Amsterdam RAI won the Best International Venue award at the eighth annual Exhibition News Awards on Thursday 3 April in London for the second time since 2012. The Exhibition News Awards are conferred annually on businesses which make outstanding contributions to the exhibition industry and are acknowledged as the key event on the exhibition industry calendar. The award was collected by the business development team of Amsterdam RAI.
Amsterdam RAI was shortlisted in the ‘Best International Venue’ category, where it faced stiff competition from other nominees, including Cape Town International Convention Centre, ICS Stuttgart and Gallagher Convention Centre in South Africa.
In announcing its decision, the jury commented: “We were looking for ways in which the venue has worked with organisers to deliver outstanding results for internationally focused events and invested in improving its facilities. Amsterdam RAI was a clear winner in the Best International Venue category for its standout exhibition facilities and professional approach.”
“We are proud to have won this award for the second time,” says Maurits van der Sluis, Executive Vice President at Amsterdam RAI. “It shows that our efforts are noticed and paying off. Our goal is to help (international) exhibition organisers make their event the biggest success possible and a great experience for exhibitors and visitors. Amsterdam RAI should always be a venue you look forward to returning to.”
Amsterdam RAI is an event organiser itself as well a convention centre, facilitating public events with over 200,000 visitors, international exhibitions with 50,000 visitors and international congresses with 30.000 delegates. This makes Amsterdam RAI an exceptionally versatile and flexible company ready to face every economic situation.
Thanks to the 100,000+ international guests who visited Amsterdam RAI, September 2013 went down as a record month in the company’s history. More than 30,000 cardiologists, 20,000 oncologists and 50,000 television professionals from around the world visited the RAI during the ESC Congress, ECC Congress and IBC trade show to share knowledge, network and conduct business. In total, the RAI attracted more than 400,000 international visitors to Amsterdam in 2013, a growth of more than 30% over the past five years.
Exhibition News is one of the leading trade magazines for the exhibition, conference and events industry. The category ‘Best International Venue’ was open to all large international exhibition venues with 10,000 sqm or more floor space that attract major international events.
