The Cievents crew took out two awards

SpiceNews congratulates all the 2014 MEA NSW State Award winners.

Check out the full list of winners from last Thursday’s ceremony:

State winners – company

• Association or government meeting of the year: Arinex Pty Ltd for The NSW Rural Fire Services Association Conference (RFSA 2013)
• Banqueting and catering: Trippas White Group
• Cause-related event of the year: Dolton House for the Biaggio Signorelli Foundation
• Corporate meeting of the year: Cieventsfor the Woolworths Limited National Conference 2013
• Event management organisation: Verve Creative Events
• Exhibition services: ExpoNet NSW
• Incentive reward of the year: Cievents for the Flight Centre Global Gathering in Cancun
• In-house meetings management department: Australasian Society for HIV Medicine
• Meeting venue – 500 delegates or more: Australian Turf Club
• Meeting venue – under 500 delegates: Macquarie Graduate School of Management
• Meetings and events management organisation with eight or more employees: Arinex Pty Ltd
• Meetings and events management organisation with less than eight employees: Forum Group Events
• Metropolitan destination  marketing organisation: Business Events Sydney
• Special event of the year: Belle-Laide Events Pty Ltd for Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE)
• Specialty event venue: Dockside Group
• Specialty meeting venue: Doltone House
• Support services: Lumi
• Technical and creative production – branch turnover greater than $5 million: AV1

State winners – individual

• Business development person of the year: Tanya Brown, Haycom
• Event manager of the year: Lauren Hayward, Forum Group Events
• Meetings manager of the year: Lorraine Di Vito, Arinex Pty Ltd
• Y MEA future leader: Sam McNeill, Song Division