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The AEO Excellence Awards represents the best that the events industry has to offer, showcasing the achievements from within the industry from organisers, venues and service providers. The ceremony, which recognised the efforts of businesses through 2019 and the early part of 2020, was due to take place in June but had to be delayed due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.
In addition to the NEC scooping this prestigious venue prize, awards were also presented to a range of NEC associated businesses and events. Raccoon Events won the Innovation Award and Best Consumer Show Award for The National Running Show 2020, whilst Media 10 won Best UK Tradeshow >8,000sqm for UK Construction Week 2019 – events both staged at the venue. The CloserStill Operations Team collected the Organiser Team of the Year Award and the NEC is proud to work closely with the team across several events.
Kelly Haslehurst, Marketing Director for NEC Group Conventions & Exhibitions, commented: “We’re so proud to win this award, which is a real reminder in difficult times of what we do best, and to win for the third year in a row is a fantastic success for the NEC. Thanks to everyone involved at the AEO, the judges and to Team NEC for the continuous hard work that provided the content we needed to submit our winning entry. Congratulations to all the other winners and finalists, and we all look forward to the day when we’re able to return to safely hosting great events for our customers.”
For a full list of 2020 AEO Excellence Awards winners, please visit the AEO’s official Twitter page, here: twitter.com/aeonews.