Welcome to the Event Industry Awards

EIA's showcase highest standards in events industry.

Over 400 industry professionals attended the second Event Industry Awards sponsored by the Aviva Stadium. 17 awards were handed out covering the major areas of the events industry in a glittering ceremony, featuring the talents of Barry Murphy, Superfly, The Opera Singing Waiters, Ireland's Corporate Ceili and The Rhythm Corporation with the star of the show being the new Aviva Stadium which hosted the awards with verve and style.

On behalf of our sponsors we congratulate all the winners and finalists who submitted work of the highest standards making the task of our judges all the more difficult.

Special thanks to Superfly for a phenomenal post-awards set that rounded of a spectacular evening.

That's it for another year but we'll be back in 2011 and we look forward to celebrating another year of achievement with the brightest talents in the Irish events industry.

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Winners 2010

Best Event
Taste of Dublin - Brand Events

Brand Events Chief Executive, Avril Bannerton, receives
the trophy from Martin Murphy, Stadium Director at the Aviva Stadium

Best Event Management Company
Verve Marketing

Verve Marketing Managing Director, Ronan Traynor and his team are presented the trophy by Ciaran Moen, Managing Director of Avtek.

Best Professional Conference Organiser
Conference Partners

Orla Cahalane and Nicola McGrane of Conference Partners pick up the trophy
From Ciaran Moen, MD of Avtek.

Best Exhibition Organiser
Brand Events

Avril Bannerton of Brand Events, receives the award from Malachy Geelan of Another Avenue.

Best Corporate Entertainer
The Rhythm Corporation

Dave McFarlane and Robbie Harris from The Rhythm Corporation receive the award
from Geoff Lyons of the Irish Independent.

Best Live Music / Entertainment Event
AIB Street Performance World Championships

Ronan Healy, Festival Producer of the AIB Street Performance World Championships, receives the trophy from Malachy Geelan of Another Avenue.

Best Exhibition
Brand Events -Taste Of Dublin

Fran Quigley from C.A.V.S. presenting the award to Avril Bannreton of Brand Events

Best Awards Ceremony
Verve Marketing - An Post Direct Marketing Awards

Rowan McDonagh from C.A.V.S. presenting the award to Ronan Traynor and Susan Lord of Verve Marketing

Best Event Sponsorship
Guinness Area 22 - Verve Marketing

Gerard O'Neill, Chairman of Amarach Group presents the trophy to Niall Tracy, Stuart Kinch and Ronan Traynor of Verve Marketing.

Best Large Event Venue
Grand Canal Theatre

Michael Sanfey, Head of Sales and Marketing with Greenstar presents the trophy to Stephen Faloon of the Grand Canal Theatre.

Best Conference Events Venue
The Burlington Hotel

Conference and Event Sales Manager Richard Huggard receives the award from Andrew Carroll, Operations Director of Monte Carlo Entertainment.

Best In-House Event Team
INEC - Killarney

Breffni Ingerton and Cara Fullerton of INEC Killarney, receive the trophy from Monte Carlo Entertainment's Operations Director, Andrew Carroll.

Best Corporate Hospitality Company
The Hospitality Partnership

Edel King of The Hospitality Partnership, receives the trophy from Michael Sanfey of Greenstar.

Best Event Infrastructure Provider
Caterhire

Arlene Regan of Independent Newspapers presents the trophy to Caterhire's Managing Director, Gavin Divilly.

Best Event Caterer
Seasons @ Guinness Storehouse

General Manager, Joe Higgins, receives the trophy from Debbie Brennan of Independent Newspapers.

Best AV Company
Avcom

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Paul Murphy, MD of Avcom, receives the Trophy from Martin Murphy, Stadium Director at the Aviva Stadium.

Best Lighting Company
Just Lite Productions

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Gaétan de L'Hermite of Compass Group Ireland awards the trophy to Just Lite Productions Managing Director, Paul Smith.

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