(Hong Kong, 22 June 2015) Entering into its 10th anniversary year, the world’s leading EXPOtainment venue, AsiaWorld-Expo (AWE) has achieved a remarkable accolade with three outstanding MICE event specialists awarded the “47th Distinguished Salesperson Award” (DSA Award), which was jointly organised by the Hong Kong Management Association and the Sales and Marketing Executives Club. This is not only AWE’s first attempt to join the DSA competition, but also a milestone achievement for the Exhibition and Convention industry earning the honourable acclaim.
With a history of almost half a century, the DSA Award has long been established and recognised worldwide by sales professionals as the standard of excellence in salesmanship. In 2015, over 230 professional salespersons from 78 companies were nominated to compete in the award. Most of the contestants are from well-known conglomerates experienced in DSA competition.
Mr. Allen Ha, Chief Executive Officer of AsiaWorld-Expo Management Limited said, “Among stiff competition from contestants of diverse fields with an illustrious track record of winning experiences, we are very pleased that all three nominees from AWE have received the honourable DSA Award in our first attempt, reinforcing our team’s outstanding performance and innovative salesmanship skills. Furthermore, the process of preparation has demonstrated excellent teamwork and cross-team collaboration, which has made all of us very proud indeed.”
“This new award comes on top of our prestigious ‘Best Venue Team’ award in Asia by the CEI Asia Industry Award, which again represents industry-recognition of our team’s innovation in generating new ideas, and collaboration with customers to meet their unique and differing needs,” added Mr. Ha.
The winners of the “47th DSA Award” from AWE are Anita Wong, Yasmin Cheng, and Rachel Lo from the Business Development department. In the DSA presentation, they active pitched AWE’s Signature Green Menus, Thematic Refreshment Session, and Tailor-made Corporate Event Solution respectively.
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About AsiaWorld-Expo
Named the “Best Venue Team” for Asia by the renowned CEI Asia Industry Awards 2014, organized by prominent MICE publication CEI Asia magazine, AsiaWorld-Expo offers over 70,000 square metres of rentable space and is Asia’s only column-free, ground-level exhibition, convention and events venue which is fully integrated with the World’s Best Airport, Hong Kong International Airport (World Airport Survey by Skytrax).
Entering its 10th anniversary year, AsiaWorld-Expo has become a world-leading EXPOtainment venue, providing facilities for business and entertainment, comprising 10 state-of-the-art, ground-level and column-free halls including the AsiaWorld-Arena – the biggest purpose-built indoor seated entertainment arena in Hong Kong with a maximum capacity of 14,000; the AsiaWorld-Summit – Hong Kong’s largest indoor conference and banquet venue that seats 700 to 5,000 persons; and Runway 11 and Runway Suites series – the venue’s latest flexible conference and function facilities for 80 to 3,800 guests.
The complex is located at the centre of an extensive and efficient air, land, and marine transport network which connects Hong Kong to China's Pearl River Delta and the world's business capitals. It is ideally suited to hosting world-class exhibitions, conventions, concerts, sports, and entertainment events.
AsiaWorld-Expo is a public-private partnership between the Hong Kong SAR Government (majority shareholder) and a private sector consortium formed by Dragages Hong Kong Limited and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited, with the Airport Authority Hong Kong contributing the land. Please visit our website at http://www.asiaworld-expo.com.
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