Published by Neil ThompsonABPCO’s sparkling flagship event, the Excellence Awards 2024, took place at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on Thursday and Friday, 12th-13th December. This prestigious 2-day programme brought together over 140 ABPCO members, industry partners and sponsors – to recognise and celebrate excellence, best practice and dedication in the delivery of events in the Association, Not-For-Profit and Charity sectors.
This year felt like the best ABPCO Excellence Awards ever with a 57% increase in entries - the quality of which hit new heights - and an uptick of over 20% in attendance. There really was an amazing vibe as everyone connected and networked throughout the event, and there was much excitement as shortlisters and their supporters came together to find out who had won a coveted award.
Huge thanks to Meet Blackpool, as the destination sponsor for the event - and of course the iconic Blackpool Winter Gardens – the scene of much celebration. We also extend our thanks to our wonderful lead sponsor - the Royal Armouries in Leeds – and to our additional event sponsors including MICE Concierge, Harrogate Convention Centre and First Sight Media.
"We have all been genuinely excited about this year’s Excellence Awards. With the pandemic behind us, everyone has been in full flow, and there have been some really exciting, high quality event solutions and creative ideas and developments delivered in our sector. So, it was a real pleasure to recognise such outstanding achievements, AND to bring our wonderful, vibrant, friendly community, together to connect with each other and celebrate what has been, a really fantastic year.”
Heather Lishman, Association Director, ABPCO
THE ABPCO EXCELLENCE AWARDS – 2024 ROLL OF HONOUR
GES for winning the Industry Supplier of the Year award - sponsored by Soaring Worldwide
Northern Ireland Investment Summit, delivered by Event-ful on behalf of DBT, Invest NI and Northern Ireland Office for winning the Best Event by an Agency PCO award - proudly sponsored by Full Circle Exhibitions and Events
RenewableUK for winning the Best Association Events Team award - proudly sponsored by Olympia Events
Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys for winning the Best Member Engagement award - proudly sponsored by Memcom
EICC’s Exchange Initiative – Bridging the gap between academia and the meeting industry, for winning the Best Partnership award – proudly sponsored by International Confex
First Sight Media for NHS Confed Expo 2024 for winning the Best Digital & Technology Provider award - proudly sponsored by Conference News
ISHA Annual Scientific Meeting 2023 for winning the Best International Conference award – proudly sponsored by Boardroom Magazine
Arryann Duncan for winning the Student of the Year award - proudly sponsored by ACC Liverpool
Kaylie Hodges, NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union, for winning the Rising Star award – proudly sponsored by Abstract Events
Emma Robson, Alzheimer’s Research for winning the Guiding Star award – proudly sponsored by Excel London
NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union for winning the Best EDI at a Conference award
RenewableUK for winning the Best Sustainable Conference award – proudly sponsored by P&J Live, Aberdeen
Alzheimer’s Society Annual Conference 2024 for winning the Best Event by an In-house PCO award - proudly sponsored by Barbican
ISHA Annual Scientific Meeting 2023 for winning the Legacy and Impact award – proudly sponsored by Manchester Central
Danielle Bounds for winning the Outstanding Contribution award – proudly sponsored by Mice Concierge Ltd
For more information about ABPCO (website) please don’t hesitate to connect with Heather Lishman, Association Director at ABPCO.
