Middle East Event Awards 2023 | Informa Connect Middle East | 13 April 2023 | Madinat Jumeirah, Al Sufouh 1 - Dubai - UAE

This award gathers the who’s who of the MICE and live events industry to honour outstanding individuals, teams, and companies that have conceptualised and delivered the best event experiences across the region.

Categories:
• Best Arts and Culture Event
• Best Association/Corporate Meeting
• Best Audio, Video and Lighting Solution
• Best Community Event
• Best Consumer/Trade Exhibition
• Best Employer of the Year
• Best Entertainment Production
• Best Event Marketing Campaign of the Year
• Best Event on a Budget
• Best Event Space Design & Décor
• Best Festival of the Year
• Best Music Event
• Best Social Event
• Best Sporting Event
• Best Staffing Agency
• Best Stand Design and Build
• Best Supplier of the Year
• Best Sustainability Initiative
• Best Temporary Venue or Structure
• Best Use of New Technology at an Event
• Best Venue
• Industry Icon
• Outstanding Brand Activation Event
• Young Achiever of the Year

2022 Winners

Best Arts And Culture Event
• Doha Film Institute for Ajyal Film Festival 2021

Best Association / Corporate Meeting
• Pico International Bahrain W.L.L. for The Bahrain Society of Engineers (BSE) Golden Jubilee

Best Community Event
• DXB LIVE for Al Maryah Island Community Events – Halloween, National Day, Winter Wonderland and New Years Eve Celebrations

Best Consumer Exhibition
• LINKVIVA FZ LLC for DSF Market Outside The Box (MOTB)

Best Trade Exhibition
• Tarsus Group for Dubai Airshow

Best Event On A Budget
• dmg events for INDEX Design Awards

Best Music Event
• Flash Entertainment for Yasalam After-Race Concerts 2021

Best Social Event
• The Big Night for Into the Void

Best Sporting Event
• Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management for FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX

Outstanding Brand Activation Event
• EDR + SM Pro for Abu Dhabi Reading Month

Best Stand Design & Build
• Pico International LLC for the NEOM Stand at World Future Energy Summit 2022

Best Event Space Design & Décor
• People for WED Forum 2022

Best Sustainability Initiative
• Informa Markets for Arab Health 2022
• Trident Trackway

Best Use Of New Technology At An Event
• West End Worldwide

Best Entertainment Production
• Flash Entertainment, HQWS and The Fridge for EXPO 2020 DUBAI - Live Entertainment Programming

Best Event Marketing Campaign Of The Year
• LEAP, Informa Markets PLC

Best Light & Sound Production
• STAMiNA Productions for DAKAR Rally Opening & Closing Ceremonies 2022

Best Event Video Solution
• Mediapro International LLC for LEAP 2022

Best Supplier Of The Year
• GES
• MOTUS ONE | The Event Transportation Company

Best Venue
• YAS MARINA CIRCUIT

Best Temporary Venue Or Structure
• Electra for USA Pavilion at Expo 2020

Best Employer Of The Year
• Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company

Young Achiever of the Year
• Nigel Ranasinghe from Mediapro International LLC
• Ryan Poerner from Dan Bolton Creative Management Agency

Industry Icon
• Shelley Frost from The Fridge