The 2007 Winners
The IMEX Academy Awards were presented to the some of the meeting industry's brightest talents at the IMEX 2007 Gala Dinner. The winners were: Pierre Heumann, ANAe, Gillian Taylor, Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, Ana Maria Viscalles, Puerto Rico Convention Bureau and Gary Grimmer, Gary Grimmer & Company.
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Lisa Altieri, Puerto Rico Convention Bureau, collecting the IMEX Academy Award for The Americas, on behalf of Ana Maria Viscalles, Puerto Rico Convention Bureau. |
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This year's JMIC (Joint Meetings Industry Council) Unity Award was presented to Roger Tondeur, President of MCI. Founded by Tondeur in 1987, MCI is now the foremost global association, communications and event management group with 17 offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia plus partnerships in the USA and Latin America.
The MPI (Meeting Professionals International) Youth Foundation Winner was Milan Culic, who is currently Congress and Convention Director at the EduCons Centre in Serbia. His winning research paper addressed the pressing issues of reviving the conference and business tourism industry in Serbia.
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JMIC Unity Award Winner Roger Tondeur, MCI with Barbara Maple, JMIC and Ray Bloom, IMEX |
Milan Culic collecting the MPI Youth Foundation Award from Bruce Macmillan, MPI and Ray Bloom, IMEX. |
The IMEX Green Exhibitor Award went to Visit London who worked closely with their exhibition design agency, Protean Design, and in-house green unit Future London to enhance the green credentials of their stand. The team used innovative acrylics and PETG plastic plus di-bonded aluminium frames, making 100% of the construction materials recylcable. The compact and light design also reduced shipping and storage requirements. The use of printed materials was limited and Visit London offered visitors bottled water supplied by 'belu', a scheme which uses its profits to fund clean water projects around the world.
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The award winning Visit London stand |
The Globe Foundation of Canada's organisation of the bi-annual World Urban Forum Conference, on behalf of UN Habitat and the Government of Canada, was awarded the Gold 2007 IMEX Green Meetings Award. The Silver Green Meetings Award was made to DNC Parks and Resorts, Yosemite, for the 2006 Sierra Business Council Conference.
Barbara Maple, Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre and Ginny Stratton, Strategin Solutions collecting the Gold IMEX Green Meetings Award from Shawna McKinley, GMIC and Ray Bloom, IMEX |
John Huey, Delaware North
Companies Parks and Resorts, collecting the Silver IMEX Green Meetings
Award from Shawna McKinley, GMIC and Ray Bloom, IMEX |
The IMEX Commitment to the Community Award, was presented to Marriott International's Global Incentives and Gift Card marketing team for their community park refurbishment project in Georgia, USA.
The IMEX AACB (Association of Australian Convention Bureau) award for bureaux staff went to David McCarthy, national account manager with Melbourne Convention Bureau.
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Andreas Mueller, Marriott Hotels International collecting the Commitment to the Community Award |
AACB Award winner, David
McCarthy, Melbourne Convention Bureau |
