Scottish Event Awards ready to make a show of themselves

The Awards are the only annual scheme that reward and celebrate all areas of the thriving events industry in Scotland. Now in its third year, The Scottish Event Awards are going from strength-to-strength, with event organisers, promoters, in house-teams, venues and suppliers all entered the awards, and the judging taking place in London last week.

The judging panel was chaired by Izania Downie, CEO of Eventia. Joining her were Alison Wills, Confex Group; Zoe Watts, head of events and catering, The Natural History Museum; Rick Stainton, managing director, Smyle; Dennis Hagerty, parade marshal, New York Tartan Day; and John Sachs, chairman, Variety Club.

The results will be be revealed at the gala awards ceremony being held on Thursday 9 September at the new Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow. This fantastic new venue is set to open in September following a £20m refurbishment. Dating back to 1883, the Grand Central Hotel has a long history of hosting prestigious events and the Scottish Event Awards will be one of the very first events to take place at the newly refurbished building.

To book tickets go to www.scottisheventawards.net/book or for more information, contact Kimberley Baran on 0141 559 6078 or kim.baran@carnyx.com

This year's sponsors include ticketSOUP.com, Material, Ha Ha Comedy, Stand and Cameron Presentations.

A record number of events and services were nominated this year. A small selection of those nominated include (all pictured) Big Man Walking, in the Best PR Strategy category; Best Small Venue nomination for The Caves; Fresh n Lo Pedal for Scotland was nominated in the Best Sports Event; Best Unusual Venue saw The Scotch Whisky Experience nominated; Caledonian Brewery's Murder a Beer event was nominated in the Cause Related or Charity category; while the Edinburgh International Science Festival was nominated in the Cultural event category.