Monday, February 15, 2010
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
THE organiser of a Herefordshire festival has finished a troubled year on a high note.
Big Chill co-founder Katrina Larkin received a lifetime achievement award at the 2009 UK Festival Awards.
Judges praised her “vision and energy” during the ceremony at London’s O2 Arena last Thursday.
Katrina started the festival in 1994 and has won numerous awards during [...]
Monday, November 16, 2009
The annual Q Awards is one of the music industry’s most infamous events, renown for its celebrity shenanigans. This year it was held on 26th October at the Grosvenor House in Park Lane with Q Awards – The Gigs, this year held at north London venue the HMV Forum, providing a six-day run up of [...]
Thursday, November 12, 2009
ExCeL London, Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company’s (ADNEC) exhibition centre in the UK capital has been named as London’s Business Venue of the Year for the second year running at the Visit London 2009 awards held on Thursday 5th November.
The London venue also won the Best Corporate Event of the Year for its highly successful [...]
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Showsec was recognised for achieving excellence in four award categories during this October’s Security Excellence Awards.
Most notably, for the fourth consecutive year, the company won the highly acclaimed Event Security Team Of The Year award, collected by London Area Manager Paul Legge from presenter Ronnie Corbett.
The company was nominated in three other categories and applauded [...]
Thursday, October 1, 2009
KIRKCUDBRIGHT’S famous Wickerman Festival has been nominated for seven prizes at the 2009 UK Festival Awards.
Commonly known as Scotland’s most family-friendly music event, The Wickerman could scoop awards from six categories following the success of the 2009 event which was held on July 24th and 25th at Dundrennan.
Wickerman organiser Jamie Gilroy said of the nominations: [...]
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Firefly Solar have been awarded ‘Supplier of the Year’ at the 2009 Event Awards, held at the prestigious Park Lane Hilton, London on September 25th.
The Event Awards is regarded as the event industry’s number one award ceremony, showcasing the best exhibitions, experiential campaigns and creative events. The panel of judges, hand-picked for their expertise, [...]
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Some of Scotland’s most innovative and cutting-edge events organisers were honoured on friday night at an awards ceremony in Glasgow.
The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) scooped the Grand Prix for Event Services in recognition of its work at the forefront of Scotland’s international events industry.
Ben Goedegebuure, director of sales for the Glasgow arena, said: [...]
Friday, August 21, 2009
SUNDERLAND’S Stadium of Light has been shortlisted for a tourism award after hosting nearly a quarter of a million guests in just eight weeks.
The venue is in with a chance of winning the Business Tourism of the Year Award, part of the North East Tourism Awards.
In addition to a number of corporate events and private [...]
Friday, July 3, 2009
CREAMFIELDS festival has been named as Tourism Event Of The Year at The Mersey Partnership Tourism Awards 2009.
The Daresbury dance event, to be held on August 29 and 30, fought off the British Open Golf Championships, Tate Liverpool, Klimt and Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
Cream CEO James Barton was proud to receive such lofty recognition. He said: [...]
Monday, May 18, 2009
COVENTRY’S Ricoh Arena has been short-listed for a prestigious national conference and exhibition award.
The city’s £113 million multi-use development is among an impressive line-up of illustrious companies such as Wembley, The O2, ExCeL and Manchester United, all competing for the title of Venue of the Year.
The highly competitive AEO Excellence Awards 2009, run by the [...]
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The judging panel for this year’s Scottish Event Awards is starting to come together with four judges already in place.
This year, David Sharpe, managing director of the London Eye and the recently appointed chairman of ‘Events 2012 and Beyond will be on the panel.
Sharpe will head up the development group working with the London Organising [...]
Friday, April 17, 2009
SCOTLAND has been confirmed as the host of this year’s Mobo music awards.
The Music of Black Origin Awards will take place at Glasgow’s SECC, taking the ceremony out of London for the first time since its inception in 1995.
And a host of stars, including Rihanna, Beyonce, Alexandra Burke and X Factor finalists JLS are being [...]
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
THE Isle of Wight Festival has scooped another award, while comedy duo Matthew Horne and James Corden became the latest acts tipped for the Island and this summer’s festival.
The festival, which recently revealed legend Neil Young and iconic rockers The Pixies as the closing acts for Sunday night, was recognised at the International Live Music [...]
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Margate’s Big Event has been shortlisted for two awards in a national competition for event organisers.
The event, which is Kent’s leading land and air festival, takes place over the Father’s Day weekend.
It has been shortlisted in two categories of the awards, organised by the National Outdoor Events Association.
Margate’s Big Event is competing for top honours [...]
