Clarion Events, the organizer of several of the largest global gaming conferences and events, including ICE London, ICE VOX, iGB Live!, the London Affiliate Conference, Juegos Miami and GiGse, was named as the event industry’s most influential company of the last 25 years at the 2018 AEO Excellence Awards on June 15. The award is the highest accolade available in the UK events and exhibitions sector.
Kate Chambers, who oversees Clarion’s gaming portfolio, said that the award, which was made at a lunch attended by over 1,000 guests at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane “reflects positively on the international gaming community and its role in helping to create such strong and vibrant brands.”
“While Clarion organizes more than two hundred events in fifty countries across 10 industry sectors,” Chambers said, “our gaming portfolio remains one of the most respected within the company and is held in great esteem by both colleagues and competitors alike.
“Our established brands are growing in both size and influence, and the team continues to launch new events, new products and new services to help the international gaming industry meet its critical objectives.”
Clarion Gaming was shortlisted as a finalist across a number of sector specific categories at this year’s AEO Excellence Awards, including Marketing Campaign of the Year and Best Use of Social Media, both for ICE London, with Marketing Coordinator Beth Welcomme named in the Unsung Hero category.
Forthcoming Clarion events include iGB Live! and the Amsterdam Affiliate Conference in July, ICE Africa in October, the second annual ICE Sports Betting USA in November, and ICE London, ICE VOX, and the London Affiliate Conference, all scheduled for early 2019.
“Our mission is to deliver a global strategy for a global industry,” Chambers continued, “always working with our customers and stakeholders to help create sustainable and socially responsible gaming economies throughout the world.
“I am delighted to be part of an organization which has been recognized (as) the best in the business. ”
