♦ 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

♦One West 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