Key Changes

New Categories Introduced

In 2025, we have added 6 new categories available to enter:

• Best Association Event
• Best Incentive Event
• Event Hotel of the Year
• Destination Marketing Business of the Year
• Exhibition Services / Event Build Company of the Year
• In-House Event Team of the Year

Adjusted Judging Criteria for Regional Areas

The Best Small Regional Event and Best Regional Event categories have adjusted their judging criteria slightly to focus on the benefits to the local regional community – the criteria is now, “Degree of Local Community Integration”. The list of excluded LGA’s can be found at: Regional Event Categories – Excluded LGA’s

Changes to Existing Categories

• Venue of the Year has been amended to recognise a Team within a venue, with the category renamed to ‘Venue Team of the Year’
• The Management Categories have been amended to replace ‘Company’ with Agency, with the categories now being Small Event Agency of the Year; Public Event Agency of the Year and Corporate Event Agency of the Year

Australian Event Symposium

Making a return in 2025, the Australian Event Symposium will provide delegates with keynote presenters and smaller breakout sessions aimed to deliver the latest updates in the industry and further professional development.
Stay tuned for updates as the program develops.
If you’d like to present at the Symposium, get in touch with us at [email protected]