ADNEC Group, an international venue development and business management company, has scooped two prestigious ‘AEO Awards’ for the second year in a row at the Association of Event Organisers (AEO) Awards ceremony held in London recently. 

The 2015 edition of the award recognized Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre as the ‘Most Sustainable Exhibition and Conference Venue’ and ExCeL London as the ‘Venue of the Year’,  taking the total number of international awards won by ADNEC Group to 74 across diverse industry sectors.

Commenting on the award, Humaid Matar Al Dhaheri, Acting Group CEO at Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC), said: “ADNEC Group is delighted to be honoured with these coveted awards in the events industry. It is encouraging to see ADNEC’s strong commitment to developing advanced event infrastructure and delivering excellent services continue to receive a nod from the industry’s most respected players. This recognition is an outcome of our collective efforts and will further motivate us to continuously improve our offerings and exceed the expectations of our key stakeholders including event organisers, exhibitors and delegates.

The AEO Awards recognizes the best that the global events industry has to offer celebrating organisers’ achievements, venue excellence and service quality

ADNEC Group venues, which comprises Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), Al Ain Convention Centre (AACC) and ExCeL London, has previously won leading industry awards for its sustained efforts in boosting the MICE sector in Abu Dhabi and offering flexible, state-of-the art and technologically advanced facilities for exhibitions, congresses and corporate events.

Some of the distinctions include the Sustainability Award at the AEO Excellence Awards 2014, Venue of the Year for ExCeL London at the AEO Excellence Awards 2014, Exhibition Venue of the Year at Event Awards, Middle East’s Leading Exhibition & Convention Centre at World Travel Awards, Best Middle East Exhibition for IDEX at Middle East Events Awards, Best Meetings & Conference Centre in the Middle East for Al Ain Convention Centre at Business Destinations Travel Awards, and Best Commercial High Rise Development - Capital Gate at Arabian Property Awards.

ADNEC offers 133,000 sq m of inter-connected floor space to match the expectations of a wide variety of events and exhibitions. Equipped with modern facilities and built to international standards, the venue attracted 1.6 million people across 327 events in 2014.