The 2010 Winners
The IMEX Academy Awards
were presented to the some of the meeting industry's brightest talents at
the IMEX 2010 Gala Dinner. The winners were: Asia Pacific - Suprabha Moleeratanond, Director, Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau, The Americas - Greg Ortale, President & CEO, Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau, Europe - Nik Racic, Executive Director, Croatian Convention Bureau, Africa & the Middle East - Yussef Husseiny, Exhibitions Manager, Jordan Tourism Board.
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Suprabha Moleeratanond with Ray Bloom, IMEX Group Chairman
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Greg Ortale with Ray Bloom |
Nik Racic with Ray Bloom |
Yussef Husseiny with Ray Bloom |
This year's JMIC (Joint Meetings Industry Council) Unity Award was presented to Christian Mutschlechner, Director of the Vienna Convention Bureau for his outstanding contribution to the international meetings industry.
The joint IMEX- MPI Foundation Student Scholarship Award is presented to the winner of the international IMEX-MPI ‘University Challenge’ where students are judged on presentations given at various Future Leaders Forums around the world. Renea Anderson, from the Rosen College of Hospitality Management, USA, was judged an outstanding winner of this year’s award.
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JMIC Unity Award Winner Christian Mutschlechner, Vienna Convention Bureau with Leigh Harry, JMIC |
MPI Foundation Student Scholarship Award Winner Renea Anderson, from the Rosen College of Hospitality Management, USA with Bruce MacMillan, MPI |
The IMEX Green Exhibitor Award went to the Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau (SCIB). The SCIB was awarded the IMEX Green Exhibitor Award 2010 in recognition of its widespread use of Swiss wood in its stand construction. The wood is a renewable resource and net remover of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. All promotional material used at IMEX was printed carbon-neutral. In addition, all Switzerland Tourism staff, including the stand builders, travelled to Frankfurt by train to reduce carbon emissions.
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The award winning Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau (SCIB) stand |
COP15 Logistics and CSMP Team picked up the coveted IMEX Green Meetings Gold Award in recognition for the UN Climate Change Summit COP15. With sustainability as its raison d’être, the organisation strategy for this event encompassed everything from accountability, social responsibility and stakeholder engagement to producing a lasting legacy and commitment to change.
The Silver Green Meetings Award was given to the Intel Corporation, Corporate Event Marketing for its Intel Development Forum (IDF) America event.
Accepting the Green Meetings Gold Award, Svend Olling, Head of Department, Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with Amy Spatrisano, GMIC and Ray Bloom |
Collecting the Green Meetings Silver Award, Lou Cozzo, Corporate Event Marketing Manager, Executive Speech and Event Strategy Group, Intel Corporation with Amy Spatrisano, GMIC and Ray Bloom
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Tourism Toronto won the globally recognised IMEX Commitment to the Community Award. The award, was presented to Alice Au, Director of Sales, International Meetings & Events and Mark Crawford, Account Director, Corporate International & US Northeast.
The IMEX AACB (Association of Australian Convention Bureau) Vin Barron award for bureaux staff went to Deborah Lonne, Coordinator, Convention Bureau, Brisbane Marketing.
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Commitment to the Community Award Winner Alice Au and Mark Crawford, with Amy Spatrisano, GMIC |
IMEX-AACB 2010 Vin Barron Prize for Bureau Staff Winner Deborah Lonne with Ray Bloom |
The IMEX Green Supplier Gold Award, given to the supplier who has demonstrated the best effort to minimise the environmental impact of their venue or product, was presented to Adelaide Convention Centre. The Silver award was given to Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Green Supplier Gold Award Winner Alec Gilbert, Adelaide Convention Centre with Amy Spatrisano, GMIC and Ray Bloom |
Green Supplier Silver Award Winner, Alison Gardiner, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre with Amy Spatrisano, GMIC |
New this year was the Site Master Motivator Award, this new award has been introduced to recognise a member of the industry who has shown the highest standard of excellence in creating or executing motivational events. The award went to Laurie Sprouse, President, Ultimate Ventures, a DMC Network Company, for her valiant crusade to defeat two proposed tax bills that would have put her company and many others out of business. Thanks to her hard work, now in the state of Texas, destination management companies are able to deduct the cost of service from their tax base.
Site Master Motivator Award Winner Laurie Sprouse, President, Ultimate Ventures, a DMC Network Company with Brenda Anderson, CEO, Site
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