This year's Event Award judges included event managers from clients such as PlayStation, ITV and O2, and agencies and suppliers including RPM, Mustard Catering and Ear to the Ground.
Together they have nominated an impressive shortlist of companies that are leading the way in the experiential, creative and exhibition sectors of the event industry.
In alphabetical order here is the shortlist:
The Arena Group
Because / Myriad PR
Brand Events
Brand Fuel
Brando
Business Design Centre
Creative Crew
Crown Business Communications
Cube Communications
DMG World Media
Drive Productions
DRP Group
EC&O Venues
Event UK
Excel London
Exposure Promotions
FESPA
Firefly Solar CIC
Fitch Live
Frank PR
Full Circle
Gatorade Specialist Sport PR Team / Logistik
Goose Communications / Vok Dams Gruppe
Haygarth
Haymarket Exhibitions
Historical Promotions and Event Management
Ignite
Imagination
Innovision
Itch
Jackson Gilmour
Jack Morton Worldwide
Limelight Sports
Mash
Media 10
Moving Venue Caterers
Natural History Museum Events Team
Publicis Consultants PR
The Recipe
Rola-Trac
The Rouge Partnership
Royal Albert Hall
RPM
Rugby Expo 09
The Saatchi Gallery
Sense
SGA Productions
Sledge
Slice Events
Smartfusion
Sprout
Sternberg Clarke
Taylor Herring
Top Banana
TRO
UBM Live
Unity
Upper Street Events
VOS Media
Why Not!
Worldspan Group
Young Guns
If your company has not been shortlisted there is still a chance you could if your event appeared on the showcase pages of Event magazine between May 2008 and May 2009.
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