DSV, a company providing global transport and logistics solutions, sponsors the Expone Oro Awards, keyed to acknowledge excellence in the tradeshow and congress industry, as well as serving as an excellent showcase for meetings and event industry players.
Along these lines, Iban Mas, CEO of DSV Air & Sea S.A.U., stated: "At DSV Air & Sea, we are constantly striving to come up with good ideas that allow us to innovate with talent and efficiency, with excellence as a goal. For this reason, we have decided to participate in the Expone Oro Awards, a project with which we share a large number of synergies, as a service philosophy. We are convinced that this type of initiative motivates the tradeshow and congress industries at a decisive moment for shaping their immediate future."
As the driving force behind the initiative, Expone will present the awards on 16 June, during the 8th International Congress of AFE, scheduled to be held from 16-17 June at IFA (Institución Ferial Alicantina). The ceremony will include the following award categories:
1. Exhibition Poster Award
2. B2B Tradeshow and Exhibitor Award
3. B2C Tradeshow and Exhibitor Award
4. Temporary Structure Award
5. Marketing Strategy Award
6. Sustainability and CSR Award
7. Congress Organization Award
8. Industry Supplier Award
9. Exhibition and/or Congress Centre Award
10. Industry Promotion Award
Nominations should be submitted before 16 May:
- By filling out the application form at: www.premiosexpone.com and submitting all the pertinent documents online.
- Via email: premiosexpone@edecom21.com
- Or by land mail to the following address: Revista EXPONE. Premios Oro’11 a la Excelencia en Ferias y Congresos. Edificio BMC - Ronda Maiols, 1 Local 333-333B. Sant Quirze del Valles. Barcelona.
The Expone Oro Awards has an online voting system. Once the deadline for nominations has passed and the three finalists in each award category have been chosen, the information will be posted on the official website and online voting will begin.
Those professionals interested in casting their vote should register on the website and then vote for the finalist of their choice. All votes will be registered automatically in Expone’s database. The jury’s decision will be based on online votes (50%) and the opinion of an expert committee especially created by the magazine (50%).
In addition to the collaboration of AFE (Spanish Trade Fair Association), the awards are supported by a number associations closely related to the industry, including AIMFE (Spanish Association of Trade Fair Marketing), OPC España (Spanish Federation of Professional Congress Organizers), Club for Excellence in Events, and MPI.
The obvious importance of tradeshows and congresses for the economy on a national and international scale has led El Economista, a leading financial daily newspaper, to participate in the awards as a media partner.
