Best Experiential Marketing Event
WestJet, Calgary, AB for WestJet Christmas Miracle: Fort McMurray Strong
Best Brand/Product Launch
Black Chalk Marketing, Toronto, ON for Visit California DREAM BIG
Best Trade Show/ Exposition
aNd Logistix Inc., Toronto, ON for Discovery 2016
Best Show Booth/Brand Display or Pavilion
BOLD Event Creative, Burnaby, BC & Go2 Productions, Vancouver, BC, for Mirage Room
Most Innovative Use of Event Technology
S4 Entertainment and Audio Visual, Vaughan, ON for the BILD Annual Awards Gala
Best Audio Visual Design for an Event
TKNL, Boucherville, QC for CS300 Swiss Air Plane Delivery
Best Event Photography
J&J Lawrence Photography, Calgary, AB for Remembrance Day, The Military Museums
Best Technical Support for an Event
bb Blanc Inc., Woodbridge, ON for Honda of Canada Manufacturing Holiday Party 2016
Best Lighting Design for an Event
Mandell Entertainment Group, Toronto, ON for The David Foster Foundation Miracle Gala & Concert
Best Conference – TIE
Details Convention & Event Management & Travel Alberta, Calgary, AB for Tourism Works
+ The Idea Hunter & Moniker Partners, Richmond Hill, ON for YPO Culture Shock
Best Multiple Day Incentive or Convention – TIE
Rare Indigo, Burnaby, BC for The 2016 Round Table Convention
+ aNd Logistix Inc., Toronto, ON for Mortgage Professionals Canada National Conference
Best Corporate Team Building Event
Senik, Montreal, QC for Hackathon
Best Event Produced by an Association, Board or Committee
ILEA Vancouver & MPI BC Chapter, Vancouver, BC for It’s a Wonderful Life: The ILEA Vancouver and MPI BC Chapter Holiday Event
Best Public Entertainment Event or Festival
PM GIGS Inc, Calgary, AB for JUNOfest Calgary ’16
Best Event Produced for a Community Based Charitable Organization – TIE
Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, Vancouver, BC for Night at the Aquarium
+ Cava Rose, Montreal, QC for The Valentine’s Day Ball ‘Street Ball’
Best Event Produced for a Corporation by 3rd Party Planner
BC Event Management, Burnaby, BC and Centerplate Catering, Vancouver, BC for The PCMA Opening Reception
Best Fundraising Event
Solutions with Impact, Toronto, ON for the Boat Rally for Kids with Cancer
Best Entertainment Production
Mandell Entertainment Group, Toronto, ON for The David Foster Foundation Miracle Gala & Concert
Best Event Produced for a Corporation by an in House Team or Planner
Centennial College, Toronto, ON for Paint the Town Green
Best Event for a High Profile Charity
e=mc2 events and Fluid Events, Toronto, ON for The Teddy Bear Affair
Outstanding Logistical Achievement – TIE
Production Canada, Vaughan ON for Galaxy – A Night Under the Stars
+ Pacific Destination Services Inc. Vancouver, BC & Dragonfly Meetings, Toronto, ON & The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel for National Partner’s Meeting Tunnel 9 Welcome Event
Best Event Decor $0 – $30,000
R5 Event Design & Management and Fab Fête Event Planning, Toronto, ON for The Whimsical World of Avatar – Madelyn’s Bat Mitzvah
Best Event Decor $30,000 – $80,000
OneWest Events Inc., Calgary, AB for The Legacy Gala
Best Event Decor $80,000 +
Decor & More Inc., Oakville, ON for Let It Snow
Best TableScaping
POP Kollaborative Inc., Calgary, AB, Decor & More Inc., Oakville, ON and Designing On The Edge, Calgary, AB for Everyone Has A Story
Best Wedding Creative – TIE
Kim Miyama Events & Artam Design, Toronto, ON for Stephanie & Jerry’s Wedding
+ Christopher J Design, Vancouver, BC for Love is a Riddle
Best Wedding Under $75,000
Reflections Weddings and Events, Calgary, AB for Music in the Mountains
Best Wedding Over $75,000
Andreanne & Co, Montreal, QC for Sara & David’s Wedding
Most Creative Catering Presentation
Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, QC for The 2016 MAC Ball
Best Overall Catered Event
Toque Catering, Victoria, BC for Farmed & Foraged
Most Outstanding Event Up to $200,000- TIE
Fifth Element Group, Toronto, ON for The Addams Family Mansion
+ Cantrav Services Inc., Toronto, ON for The Nissan Club Excellence
Most Outstanding Event Over $200,000
Boom Goes The Drum Inc., Calgary, AB for LOOK2016
Wedding Professional of the Year
Arthur Kerekes, Fusion Events
Caterer of the Year
Brent McClenahan, Lindsay Klein, Adrian Niman, The Food Dudes Inc. Toronto, ON
Entertainer of the Year
Olga Pankova, Markham, ON
Event Professional of the Year
Corey Mandell, Mandell Entertainment, Toronto, ON
Emerging Leader Award
Meghan Hird, POP Kollaborative, Calgary, AB
Spirit of the Industry Award
Alex Bickers, Vancouver, BC
Dustin Westling, Calgary, AB
