AEO unveils finalists of AEO Awards
The Association of Event Organisers (AEO) has released details of the finalists of the AEO Excellence Awards 2012, which will take place at The Artillery Gardens at the HAC on July 6.
The AEO Excellence Awards finalists include:
Best Trade Show Launch
- Centaur Exhibitions – AidEx 2011
- Clarion Events – Home
- CloserStill Media – The Clinical Pharmacy Congress
- Reed Exhibitions – World Travel Catering and Onboard Expo
- Regent Exhibitions – IMEX Group – IMEX America
- Revo Media Partners – Lux Live 2011
Best Consumer Exhibition
- BBC Haymarket Exhibitions Ltd – BBC Gardeners’ World Live and The BBC Good Food Show Summer
- BBC Haymarket Exhibitions Ltd – BBC Good Food Show Winter
- Brand Events Ltd – Taste of London 2011
- Brand Events Ltd – Taste of Christmas 2011
- Clarion Events – Spirit of Christmas Fair
- Media 10 Ltd – Ideal Home Show 2012
Best Live Event
- doll – Range Rover Evoque Live UK TOUR
- George P. Johnson – Zumba® Instructors Conference
- GSMA – GSMA Mobile World Congress 2012
- ITCH Ltd – V Festival
- MS Society – MS Life 2012
- UBM Awards and Partnerships – National Business Awards 2011
Marketing Campaign of the Year
- Clarion Events – The Caravan & Motorhome Show 2012
- Diversified Business Communications – Lunch! 2011
- George P. Johnson – Cisco Live Europe 2012
- i2i Events Group – The Energy Event
- Media 10 Ltd – Ideal Home Show at Christmas
- Tarsus Group – Labelexpo Europe 2011 – the greatest label show on Earth!
Organiser Team of the Year
- easyFairs – The StocExpo Team
- Fespa Ltd
- i2i Events Group – Operations Team
- Impact Events – Operations Department
- UBM – CPhI Japan 2011
- William Reed Business Media
Service Supplier of the Year
- Agility Fairs and Events Logistics Ltd – Logistics
- ASP – Online marketing solutions
- Etherlive Ltd – IT and technology for event sector
- International Lifting and Shipping – Lifting
- Melville | GES – Events Service Supplier
- Overseas Trade Show Agencies (OTSA) – International Sales and Marketing for Exhibition Organisers
- Smart AV – Audio Visual and IT Hire
- SO Group – Exhibition contractor – floorcovering
Karim Halwagi, chief executive officer, AEO, commented: “This year’s awards entries have confirmed again the incredible energy, enthusiasm, creativity and professional drive that organisers, venues and suppliers have shown in the past 12 months, offering further evidence of the strength of our industry. With over 25 per cent more submissions than last year, coupled with such high quality entries highlighted by the scores, it has been a huge task for our esteemed panel of judges to select this year’s finalists. I would like to extend my most sincere gratitude to our judges for their invaluable contribution to the process.”
