Attend the travel-marketing event of the year, the HSMAI Adrian Awards Gala. This black-tie, networking celebration highlights outstanding work and achievements in travel marketing.
Adrian Awards Gala Monday, January 26, 2009 New York Marriott Marquis 1535 Broadway Broadway Ballroom
By January 12, 2009 $350 per seat $3,500 per table of 10
After January 12, 2009 $375 per seat $3,750 per table of 10
Registration: 4:30 to 7:30pm Reception : 5:30 to 7:00pm Dinner & Awards Presentation: 7:00 to 9:30pm
A special room rate has been arranged with the New York Marriott Marquis of $279 per night. To book your room please call the Marriott at 1-800-288-9290 or 212-398-1900 and reference: Adrian Awards. Rate cut-off is January 7, 2009.
Awards to be presented on the night of the gala include:
Platinum Adrian Awards
Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales & Marketing
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Best of Show
In addition, the following prestigious specialty awards will be presented by our partners:
DEPARTURES MAGAZINE LUXURY MARKETING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
This award is presented by Departures Magazine and chosen by an elite panel of judges who recognize the best award-winning print advertising campaigns produced for the luxury travel market. The Departures Magazine Luxury Marketing Achievement Award is selected from all HSMAI Adrian Award 2008 Gold Award winners.
TravelCLICK eMarketer of the Year
Presented by TravelCLICK, this award will go to the best integrated eMarketing program in the hotel industry. Contenders will be chosen from the Web site and Integrated Web Marketing categories.
Guided by a philosophy that states, Focus on the user and all else will follow, Google is committed to providing the best possible online experience, driven by the needs and opinions of the internet user. In honor of this principle, Google is enlisting the knowledge of relevant users, the traveling public, to determine the winner of Google's award.
Based on brand impact and consumer appeal, five powerful integrated marketing campaigns will be selected from the 2008 award winners. Those campaigns will then be judged by a panel of travelers and HSMAI members, whose voting will determine the crowd's overall favorite. In the end, Google' award winner receives the most important honor of all: recognition from the traveling public and industry peers.
New for 2008 Tourism Cares will present a Specialty Award
Gold winners will be featured in an exhibit open to all event attendees.
DEPARTURES MAGAZINE LUXURY MARKETING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
TravelCLICK eMarketer of the Year
