Conde Nast Johansens launches its most excellent MICE Award 2011
Posted by Nadezda Basyrova on May 26, 2010 in Tourism News • No comments
Condé Nast Johansens is delighted to announce the inaugural Most Excellent MICE Award 2011, in association with Corinthia Hotels. The Award will be presented at the Condé Nast Johansens Annual Awards for Excellence held at The May Fair Hotel in London on 8th November 2010.This new Award will recognise hotels and venues that demonstrate excellence throughout the customer’s event experience, as well as a passion for ensuring that every event achieves the maximum possible success. The award will focus on the standard of hotels and venues and the level of service provided to MICE organisers, with the winner’s methods subsequently promoted as potential industry standards for the MICE business segment. The Condé Nast Johansens Most Excellent MICE Award in association with Corinthia will become the recognised industry benchmark.
A category winner will be chosen for each of the following; Dedicated Venues (without accommodation), Venues & Hotels (10-100 capacity), and Venues & Hotels (over 100). The overall Award winner will then be announced, chosen from the three category winners.
Condé Nast Johansens (www.condenastjohansens.com) is an international mark of distinction. Trusted for over 27 years, Condé Nast Johansens is the leading independently produced multi-media source for today’s traveller, sourcing hotels, spas and venues for leisure and business in the UK, Europe and the Americas.
Each hotel is approved for recommendation following an annual inspection by one of the team of experienced inspectors. If a property does not reach Condé Nast Johansens standards it is rejected. This maintains the integrity and quality of the brand and therefore the trust of Condé Nast readers.
Corinthia Hotels is an internationally acclaimed group of luxury hotels in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Libya, Malta, Portugal and Russia. Founded by the Pisani family of Malta in the 1960s, the Corinthia brand stands in that proud tradition of Mediterranean hospitality and its signature services communicate the ‘Warm Smiles, Inspired Flavours and Pleasant Surprises’ of its Maltese heritage. All Corinthia hotels feature state-of-the-art conference areas, extensive leisure and business traveller facilities, and are each renowned for their uniqueness of character.
Corinthia Hotels’ portfolio includes two award-winning properties: The Corinthia Hotel Budapest, Hungary – winner of Europe’s ‘Best Hotel Architecture Award’ and member of The Most Famous Hotels in the World’, and The Corinthia Hotel Prague in the Czech republic and a recipient of the ‘5 stars and 6 stripes’ designation from renowned US reviewer Seven Stars and Stripes. The Corinthia Hotels portfolio also features the elegant Corinthia Hotel Lisbon in Portugal and the renowned Corinthia Hotel St Petersburg, Russia. The latest addition to the Corinthia Hotels portfolio is the Corinthia Hotel, Whitehall Place, London – due to open at the end of 2010.
Charlotte Evans, Publishing Director for Condé Nast Johansens comments “Corinthia Hotels are industry leaders for their standards of excellence and renowned for their award winning MICE brand programme, ‘Events AT’. Their expertise will bring value and credibility to the Award. Corinthia Hotels dedicate a considerable amount of time and resource, both human and financial, to developing and improving the standards of the products and services offered to their MICE clients.”
Shawn Pisani, Products and Services Director for Corinthia Hotels, adds “We are delighted to be working with Condé Nast Johansens to create an award of excellence for MICE hotels and venues. Condé Nast Johansens represents the highest standards for the hotel, meeting venue and event industry, and is recognised as the most prestigious publisher in the travel industry. This award is being developed in line with the Johansens strategy to give more importance to the MICE segment of the tourism industry”.
The judging panel for the Most Excellent MICE Award is comprised of experienced buyers, MICE specialist hoteliers, MICE industry experts and a representative of Condé Nast with vast experience in high profile media and celebrity events. The judges are Carole McKeller, Executive Director UK & Ireland, HelmsBriscoe; Alan Newton, Group Supplier Relations Manager, Grass Roots; Didier Scaillet, Chief Development Officer, MPI; Michelle Russell, Events Director for GQ and Glamour; and Shawn Pisani, Products & Services Director for Corinthia Hotels.
The overall winner will receive a holiday for two people for the duration of four nights at the Corinthia hotel of their choice, flights included. Other prizes will be provided by MPI, HelmsBriscoe, Grass Roots, Hildon Natural Mineral Water, Champagne Taittinger and L’Occitane.
Entry is open to all current Condé Nast Johansens recommended properties, with the exception of Corinthia Hotels who are not eligible to enter. For full entry terms, prize information, and more detail on the judges please email nicola.brooke@condenast.co.uk
