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Golden night for best marketing minds in the meetings industry

03/10/2012

Around 375 events industry professionals applauded the best marketing innovations in the industry at the Meetings Industry Marketing Awards 2012 (MIMA). Guests celebrated with a gala dinner presentation at The Brewery in London, before enjoying an evening of networking.

One Great George Street
was a double gold winner, taking the top prize for both the Best Direct Marketing Campaign and the Best Digital Marketing Campaign for its successful ‘Cuts for a Cause’ project targeting the not-for-profit sector.

With the largest number of entries
received from the agency sector since the launch of MIMA, categories were fiercely contested, with Concerto Live taking the Best Live Marketing Event title and Kenes Media the Best Social Media Campaign.

Following M&IT’s online auction, which raised a record £37,000, a further £4,900 was raised via a table raffle for industry charity Meetings Industry Meeting Needs (MIMN). A new ‘Outstanding Contribution Award’ was also presented to BDRC Continental for its ongoing support of MIMN. It has donated more than £36,800 to the charity since its inception.

The MIMA Gold Award winners were:

Best Print Advertising Campaign -
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
Best Web Site -
Universal WorldEvents
Best Brochure - Venues and Destinations -
NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau
Best Direct Marketing Campaign -
One Great George Street
Best Use of Video Marketing -
venuedirectory.com
Best Use of Budget -
Mexia Communications
Best Live Marketing Event -
Concerto Live
Best Brand Marketing Campaign -
Rockliffe Hall
Best Integrated Marketing Campaign -
etc.venues
Best Social Media Campaign -
Kenes Media
Best Digital Marketing Campaign -
One Great George Street

For a full list of winners click on the link below:


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  • Mr Padraic Gilligan of MCI 03/10/2012

    I believe the Meetings Industry Marketing Awards play a key role in defining and refining the value proposition of our industry. The Awards recognize marketing excellence amongst the meetings and events industry. At a time of commoditisation, with procurement in the ascendancy, it's vital to highlight the role that professionals in our industry play across the entire MarCom spectrum both as savvy marketeers and as creative strategists. Kudos and raised champagne glasses to Mr Lewis and his slick team.

  • Mr David Owen of Etc Venues 02/10/2012

    Great evening and we were delighted to win the best integrated marketing campaign category. I hope the other winners realised I was only joking when I said that our category was more important than the others because we had to be good at lots of things rather than just one - it was meant to be very tongue-in-cheek!

  • Mr James Robertson of University Of Birmingham 02/10/2012

    An absolute honour to be nominated in the "best use of budget" category - and to win bronze was just amazing! Many thanks to the judges for the honour - and also to the organisers for an excellent evening!

  • Mrs Kursha Woodgate of Mexia Communications 02/10/2012

    What a fantastic evening! It is so important for the industry that we continue to raise the bar when it comes to marketing campaigns and the feedback from most of the judges indicated that entry standards are increasingly higher, which ultimately benefits everyone. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists!



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