For the ninth year in a row, The BizBash Event Experience Awards (formerly known as The BizBash Event Style Awards) are back!
Flaunting a fresh name, this year's awards program, powered by MeetingPlay, aims to highlight even more innovation in the world of events and meetings than ever before, with 78 categories shining a spotlight on the industry's finest. The 2021 awards include the return of popular categories such as Best Corporate Event Concept and Best Use of Social Media for an Event or Meeting, as well as the addition of four new categories for hybrid events: Best Hybrid Awards Show/Ceremony, Best Hybrid Association Event, Best Hybrid Environment and Best Hybrid Networking Event. Industry pros are invited to submit their most creative and effective work!
Winners will be announced at a special BizBash virtual event in December 2021. Rules for entry can be found here, and the full list of The BizBash Event Experience Awards, Powered by MeetingPlay, categories can be found below.
CLICK TO ENTER THE 2021 BIZBASH EVENT EXPERIENCE AWARDS, POWERED BY MEETINGPLAY
**Submissions close Friday, Nov. 19
Categories for The 2021 BizBash Experience Awards, Powered by MeetingPlay:
LIVE EVENTS & EXPERIENCES
Best Association Event
Best Attendee Gifting Experience/Swag Bag
Best Awards Show/Ceremony
Best Brand Activation
Best Brand/Product Launch
Best Catering at an Event
Best Conference—Less Than 5,000 Attendees
Best Conference—More Than 5,000 Attendees
Best Corporate Event Concept—Budget Over $500,000
Best Corporate Event Concept—Budget Between $250,000 - $500,000
Best Corporate Event Concept—Budget Under $250,000
Best Cultural/Multicultural Event
Best Esports Event
Best Event Decor—Budget Over $250,000
Best Event Decor—Budget Under $250,000
Best Event Entertainment Act
Best Event Lighting Design
Best Event Technology Solution
Best Fair/Festival
Best Floral Design for an Event or Meeting
Best Guerrilla Marketing Initiative/Marketing Campaign
Best Immersive Experience
Best Incentive Program
Best Influencer Event
Best Millennial/Gen Z Event
Best Mobile Tour/Roadshow
Best New Event Product/Service
Best Nonprofit Event Concept—Budget Over $250,000
Best Nonprofit Event Concept—Budget Under $250,000
Best Press Event
Best Reimagined Event Experience
Best Social Event
Best Sponsor Activation at an Event
Best Sporting Event
Best Staging and Set Design
Best Sustainability/Corporate Social Responsibility Program
Best Tabletop Design
Best Team-Building Activity
Best Trade or Consumer Show
Best Trade Show Booth
Best Use of Event Technology
Best Use of Physical Distancing Design
Best Use of Social Media for an Event or Meeting
Best Use of Special Effects at Events
Best Use of Video at an Event
Best Video Capture of an Event
VIRTUAL EVENTS & EXPERIENCES
Best Use of Social Media for a Virtual Event or Meeting
Best Virtual Association Event
Best Virtual Attendee Gifting Experience/Swag Bag
Best Virtual Awards Show/Ceremony
Best Virtual Brand Activation
Best Virtual Brand/Product Launch
Best Virtual Conference—Less Than 1,500 Attendees
Best Virtual Conference—More Than 1,500 Attendees
Best Virtual Cultural/Multicultural Event
Best Virtual Environment
Best Virtual Esports Event
Best Virtual Event Entertainment Act
Best Interactive Virtual Entertainment
Best Virtual Event/Meeting Platform
Best Virtual Fair/Festival
Best Virtual Fundraiser
Best Virtual Guerrilla Marketing Initiative/Marketing Campaign
Best Virtual Influencer Event
Best Virtual Millennial/Gen Z Event
Best Virtual Multiday Event
Best Virtual Networking Event
Best Virtual Networking/Matchmaking Platform
Best Virtual Social Event
Best Virtual Sponsor Activation
Best Virtual Sporting Event
Best Virtual Team-Building Activity
Best Virtual Trade or Consumer Show
Best Virtual Trade Show Booth
HYBRID EVENTS & EXPERIENCES
Best Hybrid Awards Show/Ceremony
Best Hybrid Association Event
Best Hybrid Environment
Best Hybrid Networking Event
See who won The 2020 BizBash Event Style Awards, Powered by MeetingPlay, here.
![For the after-party, Event Eleven built three 30-foot pagodas and hung 300 lanterns from the ceiling. They also brought in a 20-foot-tall bonsai tree and a variety of 30-foot red maples, along with other greenery and foliage. '[It all] helped create the organic atmosphere and helped transport guests into a gardenlike room,' said Schubert.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2024/02/Shogun.41_f.65dba8f23433b.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
