#MarketingEventsAwards

Marketing Events Awards Key Dates

Forge your legacy in the new era of connection

In a world yearning for authentic connections, the most powerful brand stories are not just told, they are felt. They are lived.

Marketing Events Awards 2026 stands as the definitive stage for marketing leaders who have mastered this art – transforming visions into visceral realities and moments into momentum. This is where strategic brilliance meets unforgettable executions, and where your work is celebrated for its power to not only captivate, but to truly matter.

At Marketing Events Awards, we don’t just acknowledge success: we dissect it. We celebrate the strategic brilliance, the operational excellence, and the raw creativity that defines success. Your entries will become part of a collective narrative of innovation, illustrating how live experiences are driving business results, building brand legacies, and forging unbreakable bonds with audiences.

Your work will be judged solely by an independent panel of senior, brand-side marketers. These awards present the perfect opportunity to not only showcase your best work to the wider industry and potential clients, but to also increase credibility for your events and mark yourself as an industry leader.

This year we have meticulously curated 37 categories to reflect the full spectrum of event excellence. From hyper-immersive technologies to purpose-driven activations, these categories are designed to honour every facet of your groundbreaking work.

Join us at the Marketing Events Awards 2026. Let us collectively honour the campaigns that didn’t just capture attention, but captured hearts and minds. Let’s raise a glass to the pioneers who are proving, unequivocally, that in a connected world, nothing connects us more powerfully than a shared and live experience.

What’s new in 2026?

Best

Anniversary Event

Best

Brand Experience and Activation 

Best

Performing Event

Best

Sustainability Event

Best

Use of BUDGET

Best

Use of Gamification / Contests

Best

Use of Merchandise

Event

Team of the Year (Agency)

Event

Team of the Year (Brand)

Why Enter?

MARKETING-INTERACTIVE prides itself on developing events that reflect an ever-evolving industry and on delivering the best possible opportunities for those who take part.

By entering the Marketing Events Awards 2026 you can:

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Showcase your best work, achievements and innovations to our independent, expert, client-side judges and potential future clients

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Increase credibility and gain industry-wide recognition as an award-winning company

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Receive extensive coverage across MARKETING-INTERACTIVE and social media, before and after the event

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Raise your profile to help attract new business

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Remind current clients that you are still the best!

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Celebrate your successes across your company and project teams

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Boost team morale and reward outstanding work

Make sure your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed and your teams get the recognition they deserve!

Judging Criteria

Your entry will be evaluated on the following four key areas (please read the Entry Guidelines for full descriptions):

Campaign Categories:

Context/ CHALLENGE

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STRATEGY

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EXECUTION

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RESULTS

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Talent Categories:

Please write a maximum 2,000 words (total) including evidence to support and address each of the specific category criteria bullet points outlined in the entry guideline’s judging criteria. Please ensure all areas mentioned are covered within your submission as the jury will be looking for these details. Each bullet point will hold a maximum potential value of 10 points.

Please read the Entry Guidelines for full description

Panel of Judges

Our expert judging panel will be announced soon. Keep an eye on our page for all updates on the judging panel.

If you interested in joining the judging panel, please contact Selina Kwok at +852 2695 6606 or selinak@lighthouse-media.com

2025 Panel of Judges

Winnie Tang

Winnie Tang

Head of Communications

Bonhams Asia

Julie Chiu

Julie Chiu

Executive Director, Head of Marketing & Marketing Communications, Consumer Banking Group and Wealth Management

DBS Bank (Hong Kong)

Adwin Lau

Adwin Lau

Marketing Director

Fairwood 

Elaine Tai

Elaine Tai

Regional Marketing Head

Geox

SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

For bespoke sponsorship packages, please contact us at partnerships_northasia@marketing-interactive.com

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