The Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO), has announced the winners from its annual Chairmen’s Lunch and Excellence Awards, which took place on 10 December at ICC Wales.
The event was attended by more than 100 guests. The guests included in-house and agency PCOs alongside suppliers from across the industry.
The winners were chosen on the day by an audience vote, using the OpenAudience system. The winners included Manchester Central for ‘Best Industry Partner’, National Cancer Research Institute for ‘Best In-house Conference Organiser’ and Healthcare Conferences UK for ‘Best Agency Conference Organiser’.
A special Chairmen’s Award was also given to the Glasgow Convention Bureau for demonstrating the ABPCO values as part of its ‘People Make Glasgow Healthier’ campaign.
Jo Powel, co-chair, ABPCO, said that the awards represent “hard work and professionalism from amongst our members.”
Powel continued: “It is a privilege to welcome so many members, supporters and friends as they come together to celebrate our values and real-life demonstrations of best practice across association events.”
Kate Sargent, co-chair, ABPCO, commented: “This event goes from strength to strength and wouldn’t be possible without our supporting venue and destination.
“I would like to particularly thank ICC Wales, Celtic Manor and VisitWales for their incredible hosting, which included great food, passionate staff and an opportunity to visit one of the UK’s newest venues. Well done to all our worthy winners.”
Ian Edwards, CEO of ICC Wales and Celtic Manor Resort, said: “It’s been a great honour for us all at ICC Wales to give a warm Welsh welcome to the 2019 ABPCO Excellence Awards.”
Edwards added that ABPCO has been “one of our greatest supporters from the very beginning of the project, so I’m really pleased that this prestigious ceremony was among the earliest industry events to take place at our newly opened venue.”
The 2020 ABPCO Chairmen’s Lunch and Excellence Awards will take place on 7 December 2020 at P&J Live in Aberdeen.
