IMEX CSR event
Volunteers prepare lunch at Lichtblick House, a local IMEX charity event.
Association evening
Ray Bloom, chairman, IMEX Group, and Arnaldo Nardone, ICCA president, welcome all to Association Evening on Monday.
Socialtables
From left: Socialtables’ Chairman and CEO Dan Berger and Trevor Lynn, at Association Evening.
Michelle Mone
Michelle Mone, best known as co-owner of Ultimo Brands in the U.K., delivered the keynote address at Exclusively Corporate @IMEX, the corporate meeting planning education program.
Schuldt, Beauchine, Sirk
From left: Jane Schuldt, World Marketing Group; Fay Beauchine, formerly of Aimea; and Martin Sirk, ICCA CEO, at the IMEX opening presentation on Tuesday.
Zabloudil
Debra Zabloudil, president and CEO of The Learning Studio Inc., presenting her seminar about multiple generations in the workplace at the IMEX-CIC Inspiration Centre on the show floor.
QuickMobile
From left: QuickMobile’s Jeff Epstein, Trevor Roald, and Banks Holcombe at the FRESH Dinner, a networking event designed to bring together event professionals interested in new and different meeting design.
Abbit and Trippus
Evelien Aernaudts, Abbit Meeting Innovation (who participated remotely as a robot at the FRESH14 conference in Copenhagen in January) and Martin Klofver, CEO, Trippus, at the FRESH Dinner.
JMIC Award
On Wednesday evening at the 12th annual IMEX Gala Dinner at the Sheraton Hotel, Frankfurt, 10 industry awards were presented to a select group of global meetings industry professionals. Tom Hulton, IMEX (center), receives the Joint Meeting Industry Council Unity Award from Phillipe Fournier, president, JMIC (left), and Ray Bloom.
Academy Award for Americas
IMEX Group Chairman Ray Bloom and Managing Director Paul Flackett presented the prestigious IMEX Academy Awards to four individuals from different regions of the world. Here Bloom presents the Academy Award for the Americas to Fay Beauchine, former president of Business Loyalty at Aimia.
Academy Award for Europe
The Academy Award for Europe was given to Edgar Hirt (left), managing director, Congress Centre Hamburg, and president of the International Association of Convention Centres, by Ray Bloom.
Academy Award for Africa/Middle East
Trevor McCartney, general manager of Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre (left), received the Academy Award for the Africa Middle East region from Ray Bloom.
Green Awards
Global Initiatives and MCI were presented with the prestigious IMEX-Green Meeting Industry Council Green Meeting Award 2014 for the Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development held in Singapore in November 2013. Syed Mubarek, Sands China Ltd., collected the Green Supplier Award.
From left: Ray Bloom, IMEX; Syed Mubarak; Claire Smith, Vancouver Convention Centre; Roger Simons of MCI Headquarters Office, Singapore; and Paul Salinger, Oracle, GMIC president.
DMAI Humanitarian Award
The Destination Marketing Award from Destination Marketing Association International was awarded to Lyn Lewis Smith, CEO of Business Events Sydney, by Michael Gehrisch, president and CEO of DMAI (left), and Ray Bloom.
IAEE International Organizer Award
The International Association of Exhibitions and Events gave out a new IMEX award, the IAEE International Organizer award. David Dubois, president and CEO of IAEE, accepted it on behalf of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions and Cherif Moujabber, Creative Expos & Conference, from Ray Bloom.
Site Master Motivator Award
Sian Thomas, The Address Hotels & Resorts, received the Site Master Motivator Award. Pictured, from left: Kevin Hinton, chief staff officer of Site and the Site International Foundation; Steen Jakobsen of Dubai Convention Bureau, accepting it on behalf of Ms. Thomas; and Ray Bloom.
MPI Foundation Student Scholarship Award
The Meeting Professionals International Foundation Student Scholarship Award was presented to a young student, Irina Nikolayenko. The International University Challenge, sponsored by Marriott, takes place at Future Leaders Forums around the world, and enables students to demonstrate their creativity in event planning. The winners of each Challenge are brought together at the Future Leaders Forum in Frankfurt each May to compete against each other, with the overall winner receiving the MPI Foundation Student Scholarship Award. Shown are Paul Van Deventer, MPI president and CEO, Nikolayenko, and Ray Bloom.
