Honoring Pioneers Who Shaped the Industry.
This category celebrates the individuals and organizations whose vision, consistency, and impact have laid the foundation for the event world as we know it. These awards spotlight lifetime legacies and contributors which shape and inspire the future.
Honoring a visionary whose lifelong contribution has shaped and elevated India’s events and experiential industry and beyond.
Celebrating the exceptional achievements of a woman event planner in the wedding or corporate segment who has inspired leadership, creativity, and execution.
Awarded to an event that led the way in sustainability and environmental consciousness, setting a benchmark for eco-friendly practices.
The Jury’s Exclusive Picks for Boundary-Breaking Brilliance.
Handpicked by our esteemed jury, this category recognizes standout work that redefines standards. Whether bold in concept, flawless in execution, or unforgettable in experience — these winners exemplify excellence that speaks for itself.
Recognizing a pioneering leader who has steered their organization or vision with integrity, foresight, and influence.
Honoring a bold entrepreneur who introduced groundbreaking ideas and built a strong brand in the events and hospitality ecosystem.
Celebrating the most dynamic and impactful event planner whose work stands as a benchmark of innovation and flawless delivery.
Awarded for excellence in lighting design that transformed event atmospheres into unforgettable visual spectacles.
Recognizing mastery in sound design and audio engineering that elevated the experience of the event.
Presented for visionary floral styling that turned blooms into immersive, emotional storytelling.
Awarded to a production expert or team for bringing ideas to life through structure, scale, and execution.
Honoring seamless logistics management across people, platforms, and processes for an event’s flawless execution.
Recognizing the best in special effects integration that added drama and delight to event storytelling.
Celebrating creativity and safety in pyrotechnics, adding explosive beauty to unforgettable moments.
A lifetime achievement recognition bestowed upon a stalwart who redefined the industry and inspired generations.
Awarded to a standout individual who upheld dignity, leadership, and innovation in every project and interaction.
Celebrating venues that offer not just space but a world of experiences, preferred for their service, setting, and scalability.
Presented for excellence in decor and design that turned event spaces into storybooks and dreamlands.
Awarded to a DJ who moves crowds, sets vibes, and redefines entertainment through energy, rhythm, and soul.
Awarded to the best sports or motorsports events across the globe.
Celebrating Artistry That Honors Culture and Sparks Innovation.
This category applauds visionary creatives who fuse design with meaning — from culturally rich aesthetics to avant-garde expressions. It’s where heritage meets originality, and storytelling transforms into unforgettable design language.
Celebrates events highlighting the power and diversity of visual, performing, and literary arts.
Award for outstanding live music event with exceptional performances and crowd engagement.
Celebrates the promotion and preservation of culture through immersive and inclusive experiences.
For events primarily designed to entertain and emotionally engage their audience.
Celebrating a fashion or jewellery showcase that combined design, storytelling, and guest experience in a standout way.
Awarded to the most luxurious and entertaining gala evening of the year.
Celebrates excellence in live event execution, whether comedy, music, or mixed formats.
For large-scale musical events that stood out in sound, curation, and audience energy.
Recognizing Purpose-Driven Events That Create Ripples Beyond the Room.
We celebrate corporate, social, and brand events that elevate impact — whether through CSR integration, employee empowerment, sustainability, or social good. These are the moments that spark connection and leave lasting change.
Celebrating events that strengthened business relationships and led to measurable growth.
For consumer-facing events that created profound brand impact and customer engagement.
Celebrates internal or external corporate gatherings that align with business goals.
Recognizing an offsite event that redefined corporate engagement through immersive planning, memorable locations, and high-impact experiences for teams or leadership.
Awarded to a team-building initiative that delivered exceptional participation, bonding, and measurable outcomes, blending creativity with connection.
An award that celebrates the association that commands the strongest industry presence, member engagement, and public support. This recognition is based on nominations, industry votes, and overall influence, honoring the association that truly brings the event community together
For an event that created unforgettable interactive experiences, both on-ground and digital, for fans and spectators.
Recognizing an internal event that meaningfully uplifted morale, participation, and team culture through creative engagement.
Awarded to the most thoughtfully curated corporate annual day or family day that brought employees and families together through memorable experiences.
For a product unveiling that combined impactful storytelling, immersive experiences, and flawless execution to create buzz and market momentum.
Honoring a road show that effectively took the brand to the people — showcasing creativity, reach, and seamless logistics across multiple locations.
Awarded to a large-scale government-led event that demonstrated stellar planning, public impact, innovation, and multi-department collaboration.
Recognizing smaller-scale yet high-impact government events with focused outcomes and exceptional community or stakeholder engagement.
For a first-time intellectual property (IP) event that stood out in terms of originality, audience engagement, scalability, and brand potential.
Recognising a standout, original event property or concept that has demonstrated lasting value, strong brand identity, and audience engagement. This award celebrates innovation in IP creation across festivals, shows, experiences, or event series that have become benchmarks in the industry.
Celebrating Platforms That Power Progress.
This category honors expos, trade shows, and educational events that fuel growth, foster collaboration, and drive the industry forward. Whether it’s knowledge-sharing, trend-spotting, or networking at scale — these events shape the future by connecting people, ideas, and opportunities
For large-scale, multi-session events built around fandom, industries, or niche interests.
Celebrating workshops, trainings, and seminars that offered a measurable learning impact.
Recognizing public exhibitions that offered unique value to attendees and stakeholders.
Awarded to themed gatherings with experiential setups and vibrant participation.
For events promoting holistic well-being, mental health, or medical innovation.
Honoring experiences designed for meaningful professional connections and opportunities.
Celebrates high-level gatherings of leaders to shape conversations and strategies.
For events showcasing emerging technology, trends, or innovation in the digital age.
Recognizing excellence in commercial exhibitions and industry showcases.
Honoring an institute that has excelled in event education through innovation, industry exposure, and student success.
Celebrating the best-in-class trade show or business-to-business expo that facilitated impactful industry networking, deals, and sector growth.
Recognizing a business-to-consumer exhibition that attracted and engaged a mass audience through design, content, and interactive experiences.
Recognizing Events That Create Impact with Intention.
This category applauds events that serve a greater purpose — from CSR initiatives and cause-driven campaigns to eco-conscious celebrations and fundraisers. Here, creativity becomes a force for change, and every detail reflects a commitment to people, planet, and purpose.
For events that passionately support or raise awareness for a specific cause or movement.
Recognizing events that profoundly contributed to corporate social responsibility and community welfare.
Awarded to events promoting environmental consciousness and sustainable practices.
Awarded to events tackling pressing social issues with empathy and purpose.
Shining a Light on Local Legends & Regional Trailblazers.
This category honours excellence rooted in geography — celebrating individuals, and businesses that have transformed their regional event landscape. From cultural relevance to community influence, these awards recognize local heroes making a BIG impact in their own corners of the country.
Recognizing the best event executed in North India, marked by creativity and impact.
Celebrates standout event experiences delivered in the southern states of India.
Awarded to events that shone a light on the vibrant culture and innovation of Eastern India.
For the most impressive event executed in the western region of India.
Applauding Spaces That Set the Stage for Greatness.
This category celebrates venues that elevate every event — with exceptional service, seamless operations, architectural brilliance, and guest-first thinking. Whether intimate or iconic, heritage or modern, these are the places where unforgettable moments come to life.
Recognizes a premium hotel that offers exceptional luxury, service excellence, and bespoke experiences for high-end events, weddings, and corporate gatherings — setting the gold standard in the upper-upscale category.
Honors a hotel that consistently delivers high-quality service, outstanding hospitality, and seamless event execution for both business and social clientele within the upscale segment.
Honoring a midscale hotel that delivers exceptional value, dependable service, and consistent event experiences for weddings, meetings, and celebrations.
Celebrates a hotel that delivers great hospitality, functionality, and guest comfort at an affordable price point — ideal for practical event stays and crew accommodations.
Recognizes a hotel that consistently offers clean, efficient, and accessible service to guests while supporting small-scale events and business stays.
Awarded to a hotel that blends upscale facilities with value, delivering top-tier guest experiences and dependable service for events and gatherings.
Celebrates a hotel with strong design identity, curated guest experiences, and a modern vibe — perfect for immersive, creative, or influencer-led events.
Recognizes a unique, design-forward hotel offering personalized experiences, intimate spaces, and standout hospitality for niche or artistic events.
Honors a hotel known for world-class service, exquisite design, and unmatched luxury — setting benchmarks in experiential event hosting.
Recognizing venues that turned weddings and celebrations into unforgettable experiences.
Awarded to destinations or venues that excelled in hosting Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions.
For venues that exemplified sustainability and eco-conscious event practices.
Celebrates destinations known for offering exceptional leisure and entertainment experiences.
Highest Volume of Weddings & Corporate Events
Awarded to the hospitality property that delivered both scale and excellence across multiple segments.
Celebrating a resort that combines adrenaline with aesthetics for unforgettable event experiences.
Honoring a historic or culturally iconic venue that elevated an event through its unique legacy, architecture, and atmosphere — blending tradition with experiential excellence.
Honoring a venue that goes beyond four walls — offering a bold, immersive, and original canvas for unforgettable events.
Whether through its concept, architecture, environment, or adaptability, this space transformed the guest journey into an experience in itself.
Honoring innovation, immersion, and evolution in experiential marketing.
This category celebrates pathbreaking formats, cutting-edge integrations, and creative disruptions that reimagine brand engagement through technology, culture, design, storytelling, and sensory experience.
A temporary brand activation space designed to deliver immersive and memorable experiences that boost product awareness, trial, or consumer interaction.
A brand-led experiential activation at a retail space (mall, store, etc.) designed to enhance in-store engagement, footfall, and purchase intent.
An activation that combines education and entertainment — designed for youth, schools, or communities to convey information in a fun, interactive way.
An experiential initiative aimed at promoting tourism destinations through curated events, immersive trails, or destination showcase campaigns.
An event or campaign targeting youth that promotes social change, civic awareness, or volunteerism through creative experiences.
An event or campaign created with the specific goal of generating viral digital content through influencer participation, user-generated content, or immersive formats.
Redefining the Future of Wedding & Social Celebrations.
This category applauds the evolving artistry and vision in social and wedding events, where tradition meets innovation. From immersive décor storytelling to culture-fused experiences, sustainable designs to cinematic moments, these awards recognize event creators who go beyond convention to craft truly memorable, emotionally resonant, and visually iconic celebrations. It’s where imagination, personalization, and modern luxury come alive.
A wedding where a central theme was creatively brought to life across décor, fashion, entertainment, and guest experiences.
A sustainable wedding or social celebration is planned with eco-friendly materials, practices, and mindful design.
A small-scale, high-touch wedding or social event focused on personalization, elegance, and meaningful experiences.
Recognition for an exceptionally crafted stage or mandap design became the celebration’s visual centerpiece.
A wedding curated across multiple days with distinctive themes, activities, and settings for each celebration.
A standout baraat entry designed with creativity, energy, and theatrics that became a showstopper in the celebration.
A high-energy after-party featuring immersive entertainment, thematic décor, and memorable guest engagement.
A wedding that epitomized opulence and grandeur in design, hospitality, location, and overall execution.
An event that featured a striking art installation or décor piece that elevated the aesthetic and storytelling.
A single, powerful moment from the event is captured like a film scene — emotive, dramatic, and unforgettable.
A wedding or social event where every element of decor helped narrate a meaningful story or journey.
Recognizing the most impactful and flawlessly executed large-scale shows managed by a single powerhouse team.
This award recognizes the most dynamic and creatively produced lifestyle-focused event — including personal celebrations, meetups, pop-ups, fests, screenings, fashion showcases, and brand-led roadshows. It celebrates immersive design, entertainment value, and audience impact across private and public formats.
For the most seamless and beautiful integration of two or more cultures in a wedding celebration.
Recognizing the year’s most high-profile, flawlessly executed wedding for a celebrity client.
Honoring the most artistic and breathtaking floral creations across any event genre.
For a destination wedding hosted within India that embodied charm, emotion, and flawless planning.
Recognizing a wedding that successfully combined overseas elegance with cultural richness and seamless execution.
Awarded to planners and designers who navigated space, logistics, and aesthetics with innovation while executing unforgettable weddings in non-commercial venues.
Engineering the Extraordinary Behind Every Experience
This category salutes the creative engineers, technical visionaries, and backstage wizards who use technology to transform ideas into reality. From show-stopping AV and immersive XR to seamless show running, digital interactivity, and fabrication finesse, these awards recognize technical brilliance and innovation that power unforgettable event experiences.
Honoring futuristic and effective use of holograms to enhance stage presence or messaging.
Recognizing the use of drones for filming, lighting, delivery, or choreography at events.
For stage setups that feature motion, transformation, or kinetic art as part of live performance.
For AI-powered elements like personalization, content, or automation in an event setting.
Recognizing innovative use of wearables (RFID bands, smart badges, etc.) to enhance interactivity.
For innovations enabling seamless, touch-free engagement in post-pandemic event environments.
For executing complex tech setups across multiple locations efficiently.
Honoring the most efficient, user-friendly, and impactful software that simplifies event planning, boosts productivity, and enhances attendee experience.
Celebrating Spaces That Set the Stage for Iconic Events
These awards recognize hotels, venues, and destination properties that go beyond luxury and functionality, offering unforgettable experiences, seamless service, and the perfect setting for events that matter. From corporate milestones to intimate unions and lavish celebrations, these venues shape the soul of every event they host.
Honoring futuristic and effective use of holograms to enhance stage presence or messaging.
For properties that excel in hosting high-impact yet intimate business meetings, workshops, and strategy sessions.
Awarded to a venue that delivers scale, sophistication, and service for large-format business events and conferences.
Recognizing a property that masters the art of hosting stylish and soulful, intimate weddings with refined detailing.
For a destination venue that redefines grandeur, hospitality, and scale in executing spectacular large weddings.
Awarded to a metro-city venue that blends urban accessibility with world-class infrastructure for corporate gatherings.
Honors a large-format venue in metro India that supports expansive setups for expos, conventions, and summits.
Celebrates the finest large wedding venue in a metro setting that brings glamour, tradition, and scale under one roof.
For a grand venue in Asia that caters exceptionally to high-volume, high-opulence Indian destination weddings.
This award honors resorts that excel in hosting both grand weddings and high-impact corporate events, offering exceptional ambiance, service, and event infrastructure that cater seamlessly to social and business gatherings.
Recognizing a visionary leader in the hospitality or venue sector whose leadership has redefined guest experience, operational excellence, and the brand’s contribution to the event ecosystem.
Spotlighting Brilliance in Live Performances & On-Stage Talent
This category honors the extraordinary flair, energy, and innovation of on-stage professionals and performers who transform live experiences into unforgettable spectacles. From masters of ceremonies and musicians to choreographers and avant-garde performers, these awards celebrate individuals and groups who elevate events through talent, presence, and artistry.
For a female emcee who brings finesse, charisma, and class to every stage, driving high audience engagement and seamless flow at corporate or lifestyle events.
For a male emcee who combines voice, versatility, and charm to keep audiences captivated and events running effortlessly in business and lifestyle spaces.
Honoring a female emcee who breathes life into weddings and social celebrations through engaging storytelling, guest chemistry, and seamless transitions.
Recognizing a male emcee who adds flair, warmth, and memorable moments as the anchor for high-profile weddings and social events.
For a band that brought rhythm, soul, and unforgettable musical energy to a wedding or social event.
For a band that creates a magnetic live music experience for a corporate or lifestyle audience, aligning perfectly with the theme and mood.
Awarding the DJ who masterfully mixed beats, read the room, and turned the dance floor into the heart of the celebration.
For a dance troupe or choreographer whose performance added spectacle, rhythm, and emotion to a wedding or social event.
Celebrating a one-of-a-kind live act that fused concept, technology, and talent to create a groundbreaking audience experience.
Awarded to a live performer or group that wowed audiences with creativity, energy, and memorable stage presence (mixologist mentalist, Jugglers and other).
Honouring the comedian who brought laughter to life with originality, timing, and audience connection. This award celebrates outstanding live performances that elevated events through wit, humour, and unforgettable stage presence.
Celebrating the builders, makers, and executors behind every spectacular show.
These awards honor the backbone of every successful event — the teams and companies that ensure flawless execution through design, staging, lighting, sound, fabrication, power, and precision production. From building awe-inspiring stages to executing complex show flows, this category celebrates the unseen champions who make the magic happen behind the scenes.
Honoring the company that delivered exceptional end-to-end event production — from concept to flawless on-ground execution.
Recognizing the team that built outstanding, scalable, and visually immersive stage setups across formats and scales.
Awarded for technical precision, creative visual layering, and on-stage LED execution across events and experiences.
Celebrating audio professionals who delivered seamless acoustic experiences, both in live and hybrid environments.
For spectacular lighting design that enhances mood, energy, and immersive quality of shows, concerts, weddings, or brand activations.
Honoring the team that enabled dynamic setups and show safety with innovative rigging, flying elements, and truss structures.
For excellence in power, backup, distribution, and technical setup enabling multi-zone, high-scale events.
For the most reliable, tireless, and indispensable individual who makes events happen against all odds.
Honoring the innovation and intelligence that power immersive event experiences.
Recognizing innovation in technology-driven experiences — from projection mapping and LED displays to immersive AV setups and seamless rental solutions. This cluster highlights companies that elevate events through technical finesse, interactivity, and cutting-edge tools that shape audience engagement and storytelling.
Recognizing superior management of multi-device AV setups across zones, including cue systems, interactive zones, and multi-camera setups.
For the most captivating use of projection technologies, 3D/AR visuals, and story-based mapping during an event.
Awarded to rental companies supplying scalable, modern, and well-maintained equipment (AV, LED, truss, décor).
Recognizing the silent creators who shape moments beyond the spotlight.
These awards celebrate the minds and hands that craft the emotional and logistical journey of an event — backstage managers, show callers, creative technicians, set fabricators, and vendors who don’t just deliver but innovate. They represent the spirit of calm behind the storm, the orchestrators of experience beyond the spotlight.
Honoring precision, flow, and back-end control — often unseen but always critical to a show’s success.
Recognizing craftsmanship, innovation, and finish in on-site builds, theme setups, installations, and décor engineering.
For consistent, high-impact work by backstage professionals — managing crew, artist flow, rehearsals, and live cues.
Recognizing the team or partner that flawlessly managed the arrival, hospitality, and logistical flow of guests — creating a warm, efficient, and well-coordinated experience for every attendee, from VIPs to delegates.
Honoring the transport partner that provided efficient, comfortable, and reliable travel experiences — from airport pickups to smooth crew and guest coordination across the event journey.
Recognizing the agency that consistently delivers reliable, professional, and well-trained manpower for events. This award honours excellence in staffing solutions, operational support, and seamless on-ground execution across diverse event formats.
Acknowledging the agency or team that seamlessly curated and managed performers and talent, ensuring smooth execution across high-profile events.
This award celebrates creators and innovators behind the trophies, mementos, certificates, and bespoke recognition tools that make every award moment memorable. Honoring those who craft the symbols of appreciation, this category recognizes excellence in design, execution, customization, and impact in the world of rewards and recognition within the event industry.
Recognizing the most thoughtful, innovative, and brand-aligned gifting solutions that elevated the guest experience across corporate, wedding, or social celebrations.
Honoring the storytellers who shape how the world sees our industry.
These awards recognize the digital voices that amplify, document, and celebrate the world of events. From insightful bloggers to trendsetting influencers, captivating YouTubers, and boundary-pushing podcasters — they turn fleeting moments into timeless narratives. Their content doesn’t just capture, it inspires, educates, and elevates the experience industry on a global stage.
Awarded to a magazine or publication that elevated the industry with visionary editorial and storytelling.
For a media platform that shaped industry voice and reach through events, storytelling, and digital visibility.
Honoring a content creator whose social presence and storytelling elevate the world of events, weddings, and live experiences.
Celebrating YouTubers or video creators who capture, showcase, and promote the magic of events with immersive on-ground coverage.
Recognizing voices that dive deep into the industry’s insights, journeys, and transformations through powerful audio narratives.
For individuals who chronicle industry moments, trends, and highlights through compelling written content and reviews.
Acknowledging the most engaging and impactful short-form content creator covering experiences in real-time.
Celebrating creators who have transitioned from digital voices to real-world event ideators, hosts, or curators.
Honoring creators who use their platforms to empower, educate, and celebrate professionals from the industry through interviews, shoutouts, or series.
Where taste meets creativity.
Celebrating the culinary artists, mixologists, beverage innovators, and F&B partners who elevate every event through immersive dining, signature drinks, and unforgettable service. These awards honor those who turn meals into memories and refreshments into experiences — one plate, one pour, one flavor at a time.
Celebrating a catering company or culinary artist that brought authentic regional flavors to life through storytelling, presentation, and unforgettable taste.
A curated experiential campaign centered around culinary excellence, including tasting tours, immersive food pop-ups, brand-themed cafes, or chef-led sessions.
Recognizing the brand or partner that delivered the most immersive and memorable beverage and refreshment experience at an event from innovative drink menus and interactive bar setups to elegant service, hydration lounges, and curated non-alcoholic offerings. This category honors those who elevated guest delight through thoughtful taste, presentation, and hospitality.
This award honors the most creative, crowd-pleasing, and beautifully executed dessert experiences at events, from custom cakes and ice cream counters to cotton candy carts and live sweet-making stations. It recognizes innovation, presentation, taste, and the ability to elevate an event with edible artistry.
Awarded to the catering service that delivered a standout gastronomic experience, combining taste, presentation, and service excellence for weddings or social events.
Honouring the artists behind the frame, the flair, and the fantasy.
This section celebrates the visual storytellers and aesthetic visionaries who define how moments look, feel, and live on forever. From photographers who frame timeless memories, to makeup artists who bring glamor to life, from VJs and set designers who turn ideas into spectacle, to boutique houses that style every step — these awards recognize those who craft the visual soul of every event.
Honoring the VJ or digital visual artist whose content and live performance transformed events into immersive storytelling spectacles. From projection mapping to LED choreography, this award celebrates visual mastery that amplified every beat.
Recognizing the set designer or production house that redefined spatial aesthetics. This award celebrates those who sculpt stages, backdrops, and installations into iconic visual statements that leave lasting impressions.
Honoring visual storytellers who captured the essence of an event with exceptional creativity, composition, and technical mastery in photography or cinematography.
Celebrating design studios or creators who reimagined wedding and social invitations through trendsetting formats, personalization, and creative brilliance.
Honoring a makeup artist whose exceptional talent transforms individuals for weddings and social events, creating unforgettable looks with finesse and flair.
Honoring a fashion visionary whose bridal and groom creations redefined elegance, tradition, and innovation, setting trends across ceremonies and cultures.
Awarded to a boutique that offered a standout bridal and groom shopping journey, from curation and customization to service and ambiance.
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