Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB) and the Malaysian Association of Convention and Exhibition Organisers and Suppliers (MACEOS) have created the country's first business events awards to recognise excellence, leadership, professional standards, innovation and best practices within the industry.
Set to take place this September, the RAWR Awards 2013 will also further establish Malaysia as Asia’s premiere business events destination in line with the country’s mission under the Economic Transformation Programme.
Explaining the meaning behind the name of the awards, Jonathan Kan, MACEOS president, said: “RAWR Awards is symbolic for Recognising Award Winning Results within the business events industry. RAWR (which sounds like) ‘roar’ is also associated with the growing voice and recognition of the business events sector…as a key contributor to the Malaysian economy.”
RAWR Awards will have 27 award categories including Best International Conference Award, Best Trade Exhibition, Best Incentive Programme, Best Environmental Initiative Award and Best Event, which altogether covers the four main components of the business events industry - meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions.
Speaking at the press conference, Ho Yoke Ping, general manager of sales and marketing, MyCEB, said: “It is our aim to honour the industry’s most groundbreaking work, judged by the industry’s most elite talents from around the region. The idea is to give due recognition of industry professionalism and best business practices.”
The awards are open to business event products and suppliers that are members of either MyCEB and/or MACEOS, as well as event owners such as national associations or corporations that may not be members of either organisations.
Applicants must be Malaysian registered companies operating in the country and apply to events and/or business activities that took place between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012. Submission of nominations are being accepted until July 31 this year.
-TTG Asia.
www.myceb.com.my
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