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How Famtastic Are You?
It's been a pretty torrid time for the event industry, and we have all bounced back. As we are a fabulous and resilient lot, it's now time to shine a light on some outstanding venues, companies and people, with the Famtastic Awards.
Free to enter, until the early bird deadline, we are looking to recognise amazing agents, superb suppliers and just all round famtastic aspects of our industry,
Entries are free until 4 August 2023 and then charged at £25+vat per entry for late submissions

The Judging & Results

The Event
Friday 27 October 2023
The Mercure Piccadily Hotel
Portland Street
Manchester M1 4PH
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Speed Dating Afternoon
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Drinks Reception
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Dinner
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Awards
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Entertainment
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Midnight Munchies
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Black Tie with a Hint of Pink!

The Rules
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Entries are free during the early bird period
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An admin charge of £25+vat will apply to late entries
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You may enter as many times as you like
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It's quick & easy to enter online
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The Judges decisions are final and no correspondance will be entered into following the results.
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Please don't nominate anyone without their permission
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Good Luck!
How to Enter
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Simpy use the online entry form
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Upload any images as requested
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Good Luck!

We'll be supporting Meeting Needs as part of the Famtastic Rocks Awards. Details coming soon.
The Judges To Date
Carol Ann Whitehead The Zebra Partnership
Lisa Carpenter, Magnifisense
Mandy Jennings Venues of Excellence
Peter Jackson Red Blaze
Marianne Hadley, Image Events
Stijn Huijbers Hilton Hotels
Carole McKeller Helms Briscoe
Gail Crowe, Magnifisense
Fiona Stillborn Pavillions of Harrogate
Claire Robertson Agiito
Flow Hancox Autograph Events
Naomi Phillips, Classic Lodges
Martin Ellis, Team Umbrella
Wendy Ashton-Evans, Pinapple Events
Tracey Norcup, Valor Europe
Azhar Hussain, Fingerprint Events
Claire Lee, Venue Queen
Andrew Woods Leonardo Hotels
Alison Best Dafour, Best Options
Matt Curran, Chew Events
Mark Heywood Village Hotels
Donna Hodges, Inception Events
Kate Stephens, Noble Events
Kevan Holland Trident
Lauretthe McKellan, Pineapple Events
Kate Hutchinson, The Secret Event Service
Martin Dempster Trident
Ken Findlay, Perception Events
Mandeep Gabhari, Zone Event Network
Juliet Price, Beam
Aaron Hornback, Horizon Health Network
Liz Moss, EventPro
Gemma Pott, Principal York
Louise Harding, Event Corner
Gavin Farley Assembl AG
Stephen Morton Prior, Clearwater
Henrick Court, HC Events
The Timeline
1 January 2023 Entries Open
4 August 2023 Early Bird Deadline
11 Augustl 2023 Final Deadline
18-28 August 2023 Judging
11 September 2023 Nominations Announced
27 October 2023 Awards Ceremony & Event
Judging is completely transparent. Our extensive panel of experienced and excellent judges will have access to all entry submissions and will be asked to vote, and score only those venues, or indeed agencies, that they have direct knowledge or working with.
The results will be based upon the total average score submitted by our various jurors over each and every category, and where there might be a discrepency, or the scores are too close to make a decision, the judges will be consulted for their opinions and then our chair of the judges will make a final call.
All of the judging will be complted online (we know our judges are busy people) and in each category, with the exception of the Famtastic Rocks Special Award, which does not invite entries, there will be a winner and a highly commended awarded (unless there are insufficient entries in that category.
It is a fair and transparent system and where entrants receive an unusually low score, it will be queried to ensure the judging and process remains impartial and unbiased.
Please note that agents judge onlu suppliers and suppliers only agents.
We want to recognise excellence and have fun along the way!
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Famtastic Academic Venue of the Year
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Famtastic Agent of the Year
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Famtastic Agency of the Year
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Famtastic Bedroom of the Year
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Famtastic Boardroom of the Year
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Famtastic Caterer or Chef of the Year
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Famtastic Conference Centre of the Year
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Famtastic Green Initiative of the Year
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Famtastic Hotel Brand of the Year
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Famtastic Independent Hotel of the Year
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Famtastic International Representation of the Year
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Famtastic Independent Venue of the Year
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Famtastic Marketing of the Year
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Famtastic New Talent of the Year (A)
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Famtastic New Talent of the Year (S)
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Famtastic Refurbishment/Rebrand of the Year
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Famtastic Representation of the Year
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Famtastic Sales Professional of the Year
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Famtastic Sports Venue of the Year
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Famtastic Team Building Company of the Year
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Famtastic Unique Venue of the Year
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The Famtastic Rocks Special Award (Non Entry Category)