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Expo Awards

Expo Awards
EXPY Icon, Las Vegas

Be recognised.

Shows
Organisers
Suppliers
Hosts

The best expos, events, conferences, summits and festivals, and the people behind them. Voted by your audience, awarded live in 2027.

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The world stage forlive events

From home shows to tattoo conventions to mining expos, industry conferences, and music festivals, and the people who run them, recognised and awarded.

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Which one are you?

Pick one and we will point you to the right place.

Expos, Events, Summits, ConferencesAwards

Regions

Events

Win your region

The 2027 Awards Package.

01
The Regional Winner badge
SVG, dark and light, the year and your category baked in. Yours to use anywhere.
On your website, your exhibitor prospectus and your booth sales page.
expoawards.org/shows/your-show
Regional Winner 2027
Your Show
yourshow.com
02
Your winner’s page
A permanent profile on expoawards.org with your dates, venue, reel and a link to your site.
It stays up after the year ends, and it ranks for your show’s name.
For immediate release
Your Show named Regional Winner at The 2027 Expo Awards
03
A press release, written for you
Written about your win and ready to send the morning the result is public.
Local press, trade media, your exhibitor list. One email.
04
Your full media kit
One private page with every file: your badge at each stage, the LinkedIn banner, the Instagram ring, your link card, the post images and your press release.
Everything you need to tell people, already made, already yours.

What’s included

Your own page
Your vote card
Nominee 2027 badge and media kit
Your press release, published on expys.org

Winners

Your digital trophy, the moment you win
Your trophy, on the night
Winner badge, credential and banner
Your full media kit
A press release, distributed on a global newswireWritten and distributed by Eventpresseventpress.org
Named in our winners’ announcement
An article
An interview
Winner’s window decal

The Expys Live and the Expys Global

Your award, presented on stage at your region’s night
Your acceptance film on the green screen, if you are there
An invitation to the Expys Global in Las Vegas
The EXPY Icon title, if you win a Global Icon Award there
A guest spot on It’s Showtime with JS, for the EXPY Icons

The night itself is a separate ticket: everyone buys a seat, winners included. Your award is presented on stage either way.

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Written and distributed by Eventpresseventpress.org

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Google News
USA TODAY Network
NBC affiliates
CBS affiliates
FOX affiliates

Placements available in

These are titles our packs can place a release in. They do not endorse The Expys and are not partners.

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On its ownMexico, Colombia or Australia edition

Every one is a placement we buy for you, not a story a journalist chose to write, and where a title publishes it carrying its own sponsored label it says so under the mark here too.

Press packs are Only available to members, priced and compared, in the portal.

Apply for an award, or nominate somebody for one. Every paid entry has its release written and published in our newsroom, free.

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Team awards · US$49 per entry

Event Rockstar Awards

The marketers, planners, operators, sellers, founders and crews who run shows. Nominate someone, free. Or apply for yourself.

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Best Event Marketer
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Best Event Planner
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Best Event Media
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Best Event Operations
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Best Event Finance
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Best Event Sales
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Best Event Customer Service
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Best Event Founder
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Best Event Photographer
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Best Event Videographer
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Best Event Social
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Best Panel Host
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Best Awards Host
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Woman in Eventsof the Year
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How the team awards work

Creator awards

Creator Awards

The people filming the show floor, and the accounts this industry follows. Nominate someone, free. Or apply for yourself.

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Best Event Creator
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Best Content Creator
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Best Instagram Account
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Best TikTok Account
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Best YouTube Account
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Host of the Year

Are you the Host of the Year?

Expo, event, conference, music festival, summit and virtual event. For the company that hosts it, in every region.

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ExpoHost of the Year
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EventHost of the Year
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ConferenceHost of the Year
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Music FestivalHost of the Year
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SummitHost of the Year
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Virtual EventHost of the Year
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Nominate Now: Nominate an organiser. The company gets the email and the link to enter.
Apply Now: Enter your own company. Pick the award, build the entry.

Show awards

Best in your category.

One award for every kind of show, in every region. Tap your category and it joins your entry.

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Every category, region by region

Exhibitor awards

Exhibitor Awards

For the companies with a stand on the show floor. Name the show you exhibited at and your entry sits against it.

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Best Exhibitor
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Best Small Exhibitor Booth
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Best Large Exhibitor Booth
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Best Exhibitor Activation
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Best New Exhibitor
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Best Product Launch on a Show Floor
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Best Exhibitor Team
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Exhibitor of the Decade
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For organisers

Organiser Awards

Open to any company that organises expos, trade shows, events, conferences, summits or festivals and ran one in the region entered between 1 January 2026 and 30 April 2027.

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Organiserof the Year
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Rising Organiser
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Best Show
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Best New Show
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Best Visitor Experience
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Best Exhibitor Experience
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Best Marketing Campaign
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Show Reelof the Year
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Best Show Brand
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Best Creator Programme
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Nominate Now: Nominate an organiser. The company gets the email and the link to enter.
Apply Now: Enter your own company. Pick the award, build the entry.

Conferences, summits and festivals

Event Awards

The conference, the summit and the festival, and the team and speakers behind them. In every region.

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Conferenceof the Year
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Summitof the Year
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Festivalof the Year
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Best New Conference
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Conference Team
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Conference Speaker Programme
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Nominate Now: Nominate an organiser. The company gets the email and the link to enter.
Apply Now: Enter your own company. Pick the award, build the entry.

Supplier awards

The suppliers organisers swear by.

Seventeen categories, voted by organisers, in every region. Nominate one, free, or enter your own.

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Exhibition Contractorof the Year
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Venueof the Year
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Conference Venueof the Year
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Events Hotelof the Year
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AV & Production Companyof the Year
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Freight & Logistics Companyof the Year
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Signage & Print Companyof the Year
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Temporary Structures & Power Companyof the Year
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Site Services Companyof the Year
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Ticketing Platformof the Year
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Catering, Bar & Hospitality Providerof the Year
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Event Entertainment Companyof the Year
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Registration & Check-in Companyof the Year
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Security & Crowd Management Companyof the Year
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Event Staffing Companyof the Year
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Cleaning, Waste & Sustainability Companyof the Year
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Event Insurance Companyof the Year
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Nominate Now: Nominate a supplier. The company gets the email and the link to enter.
Apply Now: Enter your own company. Pick the award, build the entry.

Team awards

US$49

per entry one-time

Prices exclude tax. Australian customers pay 10% GST at checkout.

100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.

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Team packs: Team 5 US$199, Team 10 US$299, Whole Team US$599. Nominating is free.

expoawards.org/people/your-name

Your own page at expoawards.org, live in minutesyour page
Your Nominee badge and media kit, the day you pay
Your press release, published on expys.org
Your vote card for LinkedIn, Instagram and textyour page
A place in the community vote, from 27 September 2026
The trophy and the winner’s kit, if you win

Your LinkedIn and website badges

Nominee. Goes up the day you go live.

Winner. Yours when you win.

Plus a banner for your LinkedIn and Instagram.

Team awards

Your award. Your page. Your badges.

expoawards.org/people/your-name

Your own page at expoawards.org, live in minutesyour page
Your Nominee badge and media kit, the day you pay
Your press release, published on expys.org
Your vote card for LinkedIn, Instagram and textyour page
A place in the community vote, from 27 September 2026
The trophy and the winner’s kit, if you win

Your LinkedIn and website badges

Nominee. Goes up the day you go live.

Winner. Yours when you win.

Plus a banner for your LinkedIn and Instagram.

US$49 one-time per entry

Prices exclude tax. Australian customers pay 10% GST at checkout.

100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.

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Team packs: Team 5 US$199, Team 10 US$299, Whole Team US$599. Nominating is free.

Add as many awards as you like, and as many team members. Entries from US$49.

The award films

Organiser awards · every region

Show Reel of the Year

The hype reel that sells the show.

Enter your show’s reel and it plays on expoawards.org for the whole year. The audience picks a winner in every region, and one reel is named the Global Show Reel of the Year at the live event.

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Show Reel of the Year

Placeholder. Entries are open.

Your audience supports you.

Display your involvement.

Your badge, straight to your LinkedIn the day you are in

Organiser
of the Year
Best
Show
Best Event
Marketer
Exhibition Contractor
of the Year

Examples. Nobody has won an Expy yet.

Your media kit.

Everything you need for your people to support you.

Nominee
The day you go live
Finalist
Announced online, four weeks before your night
Winner
Revealed live on the night

The Expys 27
The Global Icon Award, at the Expys Global

On your website

Add this to your site, your signature and your ad

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When you enter

Your badge, on your website

The Nominee 2027 badge, for your site, your email signature and your LinkedIn.

Example: the Nominee badge on a home show a comic expo

When you win

The Winner badge

Struck for your award, your country and the year.

Winners Media Pack

Every file is in your media kit

Example

Sophie Lindqvist

Show Director, [an exhibition company] · Europe’s Organiser of the Year, The Expo Awards 2027

Sweden

MessageMore

Featured

Europe’s Organiser of the Year

◇ The Expo Awards 2027

northlightexpos.com

9:41

sophielindqvist

Sophie Lindqvist

Show Director

The Expo Awards

northlightexpos.com

FollowMessage

Expys

Shows

Stands

Bridal

Conference

Opening

Winner 2027

The hall from above, the stands laid out along the aisles

A speaker walking up to open the show, the ballroom filling behind her

The roof structure of an empty exhibition hall

Wayfinding over the floor, the keynote stage one way and the maker space the other

Meetings under way on the stands along the green aisle

Vote for me

The crew around the floor plan on the morning of the build

The hall part way through bump in, vehicles still on the floor

A gift fair under the arched roof of an old exhibition hall, the aisles full

The build crew going over the run sheet before doors

Example

northlightexpos.comExample

[an exhibition company]

Europe’s Organiser of the Year · The Expo Awards 2027

Seven shows a year, and the floors people come back for.

Sophie Lindqvist’s portrait beside the promise on the business’s own website, with the winner badge in the hero. Marked example.

An example. Nobody has won an Expy yet. The person is Sophie Lindqvist, one of the invented example cast, and her portrait is a licensed photograph (Pexels Licence) of somebody who is not an entrant and does not endorse the awards. The exhibition company is invented and is written as a bracketed description, never a trading name, on a domain checked as unregistered so the badge is never on a real company’s real website. The show pictures in the grid are our own. The banner, the ring and the badges are the real media kit files.

Packages

2 Awards
Gold
Your show in its category, and the company that runs it
100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.
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What is in it
One show entry99
Organiser of the Year199
Total, all 2US$298
What you get for entering
Your own page on expoawards.org
Your vote cards
Access to the media kit for your nominee badge
One press release, published on expoawards.org
Community vote
Judged against businesses your own size
One show entry
What you get if you win
Your trophy, and your digital trophy
Your award presented on stage, live at the event or virtually
Your Winner 2027 badge, credential and banner
Your full media kit
A press release on a global newswire
An invitation to the Expys Global in Las Vegas
Be the first
5 Awards
Gold Plus
The show, the company, the reel, the campaign and the brand
Save US$90
100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.
Secure checkoutPayments by
What is in it
One show entry99
Organiser of the Year199
Show Reel of the Year199
Best Marketing Campaign199
Best Show Brand199
Total, all 5US$805
What you get for entering
Your own page on expoawards.org
Your vote cards
Access to the media kit for your nominee badge
One press release, published on expoawards.org
Community vote
Judged against businesses your own size
One show entry
What you get if you win
Your trophy, and your digital trophy
Your award presented on stage, live at the event or virtually
Your Winner 2027 badge, credential and banner
Your full media kit
A press release on a global newswire
An invitation to the Expys Global in Las Vegas
Be the first
9 Awards
Platinum
Every award your show can enter, one price
Save US$692
100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.
Secure checkoutPayments by
What is in it
One show entry99
Organiser of the Year199
Best Show199
Best Visitor Experience199
Best Exhibitor Experience199
Best Marketing Campaign199
Show Reel of the Year199
Best Show Brand199
Best Creator Programme199
Total, all 9US$999
What you get for entering
Your own page on expoawards.org
Your vote cards
Access to the media kit for your nominee badge
One press release, published on expoawards.org
Community vote
Judged against businesses your own size
One show entry
What you get if you win
Your trophy, and your digital trophy
Your award presented on stage, live at the event or virtually
Your Winner 2027 badge, credential and banner
Your full media kit
A press release on a global newswire
An invitation to the Expys Global in Las Vegas
Be the first

Every package costs less than what is inside it bought one at a time, and each card prints exactly how much less. The saving is taken at the checkout as well as shown here.

The Virtual Awards Night, streamed live

You don’t have to be in the room to win.

The Virtual Awards Night

Sunday 27 June 2027

Waiting for the live stream

The Virtual Awards Night always runs, streamed, for every region.

The stream opens 30 minutes before the show. The link is sent to everyone registered, the day before and again an hour before.

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The Expys 27Live

Be recognised.

The Expo Awards night. The best organisers, executives and entrepreneurs in one room, with the show, the table and the people in it. Being up for an award is one reason to be there, and it is not the only one.

Go to the full live events page

The Expo Awards trophy, black with a dot grid sphere, on a dark stage — Winners
The trophy
A crystal block holding the Expys sphere, on a pillar engraved with your award. Handed over on stage at your country’s night, to the winners in the room.
A render of the design, engraved with an example award.

Winners and finalists

The window decal

Home, Garden & Renovation Expo

2027

Finalist 2027

The winner’s window decal, and the Finalist 2027 decal beside it. A mockup: Home, Garden & Renovation Expo, The Expo Awards 2027.

On stage

Be recognised by your industry.

Live

9:41

Kevin Mack

Creative Director, The Expys

2h · 🌐

+ Follow

Announcing Best Event Marketer on the night. #TheExpys

Example

Winner 2027

Best Event Marketer

👍❤👏1,208164 comments · 39 reposts

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The Running Order

The Expys Live.

5:00 pmThe press callFormal remarks and questions.Step 1
6:10 pmRed carpet: photo and interviewThe press call becomes photographs only.Step 2
6:10 pmArrivalStep 3
6:30 pmOpening drinksStep 4
7:15 pmThe opening showStep 5
8:00 pmDinner servedStep 6
8:45 pmSpecial entertainment30 minStep 7

9:15 pmAwardsStep 8
9:45 pmDessert servedStep 9
10:00 pmHeadline act or special guest30 minStep 10
10:45 pmFinal awardsStep 11
11:00 pmSpecial entertainment15 minStep 12
11:15 pmClosing actStep 13

Entertainment directed by Kevin Mack.

Hosts work the floor on every night: you are met at the door, walked to your table, and introduced once you are in the room. You never walk in alone.

Indicative times. Every winner’s name is called and filmed on stage, in the room or not. Running times are set with the venue. The Executive night has a headline act; the Entrepreneur night, a special guest performance. Both are announced before the night.

The room

The Expys live event format.

A model of the gala room seen from above: the stage with the LED wall reading The Expys presents The Expo Awards 27, two side screens on the long wall, rounds of ten, a VIP lounge, the entrance arch, registration, the bar, a glam station, a partner stand, a green screen and the red carpet to the photo wall.

The nights

Reserve your place in the room.

A reservation holds your seat for 7 days, and costs nothing.

June
Melbourne, Australia
Date to be confirmed
Entries and the vote close 30 April · Finalists 7 May
1
1
1
1
The price of each one appears here the moment you add your email.
Tickets on sale for this night.
Be recognised. June 2027.
June
Singapore
Date to be confirmed
Entries and the vote close 7 May · Finalists 14 May
1
1
1
1
The price of each one appears here the moment you add your email.
Tickets on sale for this night.
Be recognised. June 2027.
June
Sydney, Australia
Date to be confirmed
Entries and the vote close 14 May · Finalists 21 May
1
1
1
1
The price of each one appears here the moment you add your email.
Tickets on sale for this night.
Be recognised. June 2027.
July
Frankfurt, Germany
Date to be confirmed
Entries and the vote close 15 May · Finalists 3 June
1
1
1
1
The price of each one appears here the moment you add your email.
A reservation holds your seat for 7 days, and costs nothing. Paying opens when tickets release.
Be recognised. July 2027.
July
Toronto, Canada
Date to be confirmed
Entries and the vote close 15 May · Finalists 4 June
1
1
1
1
The price of each one appears here the moment you add your email.
Tickets on sale for this night.
Be recognised. July 2027.
July
London, United Kingdom
Date to be confirmed
Entries and the vote close 15 May · Finalists 18 June
1
1
1
1
The price of each one appears here the moment you add your email.
Tickets on sale for this night.
Be recognised. July 2027.
July
New York, United States
Date to be confirmed
Entries and the vote close 15 May · Finalists 25 June
1
1
1
1
The price of each one appears here the moment you add your email.
Tickets on sale for this night.
Be recognised. July 2027.
July
Dallas, United States
Date to be confirmed
Entries and the vote close 15 May · Finalists 2 July
1
1
1
1
The price of each one appears here the moment you add your email.
Tickets on sale for this night.
Be recognised. July 2027.
November
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date to be confirmed · The Expys Middle East
Entries and the vote close 15 May · Finalists 8 October
1
1
1
1
The price of each one appears here the moment you add your email.
Tickets on sale for this night.
Be recognised. November 2027.
November
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Date to be confirmed
Entries and the vote close 15 May · Finalists 15 October
1
1
1
1
The price of each one appears here the moment you add your email.
Tickets on sale for this night.
Be recognised. November 2027.
The Expys Global
December
Las Vegas, United States
One night
Date to be confirmed
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
The price of each one appears here the moment you add your email.
A reservation holds your seat for 7 days, and costs nothing. Paying opens when tickets release.
Be recognised. December 2027.

Venues to be confirmed.

Every night, and what each one carries

Packages and add-ons

Make it classy.

Add what you want, or take a tier. Reserving costs nothing and holds your place; it is not a ticket.

Your night

Executive Penthouse
An Executive suite to the Penthouse. Nothing below executive.
A$2,295a night and up
Includes 10% GST.
Chauffeured transfer
A luxury car or van, door to door. One trip each way.
A$449per trip, and up
Includes 10% GST.
The Expys Golf Day
Eighteen holes the day after the night. Chauffeured there and back, lunch and a buggy.
A$595per person
Includes 10% GST.
Wine & Dine by helicopter
A private helicopter to the vineyards, a seven-course lunch, flown back and driven home.
A$4,495per person
Includes 10% GST.
The thermal springs day
The day after the night, in the geothermal pools. A luxury car from your hotel and back.
A$895per person
Includes 10% GST.
The thermal springs and a night
The springs, then a night on the Peninsula. Driven there, driven home the next day.
A$1,650per person, two sharing
Includes 10% GST.
Top Shelf drinks
Top shelf all night, for the people on your order you add.
A$295per person
Includes 10% GST.
Press Party access
The red carpet, media interviews and photographs with the leaders in the room. Drinks and finger food.
A$295per person, 30 a night
Includes 10% GST.
The Red Carpet
Your arrival shot properly on the carpet at the Expys 27 media wall, with the photographers on you, and then a seated studio portrait, all of it in your media kit.
Price on application
The after-party
A night designed around you. Curated for the room, creative directed by Kevin Mack.
A$449per person, 150 a night
Includes 10% GST.
The Situation Room
Twenty seats, two appointed strategists, and the problem you actually came with. The day before the night, with breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Price on application

Or take a tier

Centurion

Your own experience coordinator

What Centurion includes in Melbourne

The VIP seat, with Top Shelf and the Press Party
The Executive Penthouse
The transfer
The golf day
Wine & dine
The thermal springs
The thermal springs and the stay
The after-party
An experience coordinator of your own, for the whole stay

How many: 10 cards are issued worldwide, each one numbered, and they are allocated by region. Where it starts: the night, the Executive Penthouse on the night of the awards, the car on the days it runs, and every experience the city offers. What makes it more: extra hotel nights, extra car time, and anything else you ask us to arrange, each charged at cost and agreed with you before it is booked.

Hosts work the floor on every night, for every guest: the greeting at the door, the walk to your table, and the introductions once you are in the room. You never walk in alone.

Centurion

MelbourneNo. 1 of 10

A woman seated by floor-to-ceiling glass high above the city, the bridge and the harbour below

Prices per person, in Melbourne’s currency. The Executive Penthouse is one room. Every city has its own day out and its own restorative day, priced for that city. Hotels, cars, courses, operators and the bar list are confirmed with the venue and named then. The Press Party gives you time with the press in the room; no coverage is promised. The Mastermind Breakfast is by invitation and never sold.

The Expys Global

The Expys Global,Las Vegas

Country winners. One stage.

Date: December. Date to be confirmed.
Location: Las Vegas, United States.

Win at the Global and your seat is on us. Bring the team and you buy the table around it.

Every live night

How the year runs

Enter. Share. Let your audience decide.

Full timeline

Your entry

Pick your award.

Team awards
Nineteen awards for the people who run shows, and the creators who film them. Build your page, share it for votes.
Apply Now
Show awards
Your show in its vertical and region. 42 verticals, seven regions.
Apply Now
Organiser awards
Organiser of the Year, Best Show, Best New Show, the conference awards and more.
Apply Now
Supplier awards
Stand builders, venues, conference venues, AV, freight and print. Voted by organisers.
Apply Now

Working with

Expo Awards

The world stage forlive events

Which one are you?

Expos, Events, Summits, ConferencesAwards

Regions

The Regional Winner badge

Your winner’s page

A press release, written for you

Your full media kit

Your community supports your award.

See your category come alive.

Show Reel of the Year

Your audience supports you.

Winners Media Pack

Featured

Packages

Gold

Gold Plus

Platinum

The Virtual Awards Night, streamed live

The Expys 27Live

Be recognised by your industry.

The Expys Live.

The Expys live event format.

Reserve your place in the room.

Melbourne, Australia

Singapore

Sydney, Australia

Frankfurt, Germany

Toronto, Canada

London, United Kingdom

New York, United States

Dallas, United States

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Las Vegas, United States

Make it classy.

Executive Penthouse

Chauffeured transfer

The Expys Golf Day

Wine & Dine by helicopter

The thermal springs day

The thermal springs and a night

Top Shelf drinks

Press Party access

The Red Carpet

The after-party

The Situation Room

Centurion

The Expys Global,Las Vegas