We are excited to unveil the 16th edition of Eventex Awards — the world’s leading awards for events and experience marketing. Eventex Awards 2026 is now live to celebrate the best industry achievements, giving events, experiences, suppliers, venues, and event professionals even more opportunities to shine. 

Eventex Awards 2026 follows another outstanding edition that again saw a record-breaking 4-digit number of entries (1239). This year, however, promises to shine even brighter, with a string of changes underpinning our unwavering commitment to creativity, innovation, and excellence. 

Affordability and premium recognition  

With Eventex Awards 2026, we are introducing a new tiered pricing structure that makes entering the awards more affordable, while offering new premium opportunities for recognition for the truly exceptional. 

• Core — Featuring the Eventex People’s Choice Awards, along with the tracks that honor the backbone of events and experiences — Venues, Event Production, and Event Technology.  
• Standard — The heart of Eventex Awards, with classic categories from the Events, Brand Experiences, Agencies & Teams, and Marketing, Communication & Strategy tracks. 
• Premium — A curated selection of 10 categories offering exceptional visibility for the events industry’s most celebrated achievements. 
• Grand Prix — Reserved for game-changing creativity that pushes boundaries forward and sets the ultimate benchmark for excellence. 

A focus on objectivity 

We are putting a greater focus on objectivity with the removal of public entry feedback and individual scores, enhancing the integrity of jury deliberation. 

All entries and overall scores, however, will be made public alongside the winners' announcement, reaffirming Eventex Awards’ commitment to transparency.  

A category makeover 

This year’s traditional category refresh reflects the growing importance of sustainability, wellness, and attendee experience. We’re also giving supplier recognition a complete makeover, with our new Event Production track, which lets suppliers showcase their work for a specific project, event, or experience.

Some things remain unchanged 

And while we’re making Eventex Awards better with each new edition, we’re keeping some of our greatest hits as well, including: 

• Our 5-for-3 promo, where you can register 5 entries for the price of 3.
• Personalized entry feedback — the Eventex team has your back with personalized entry feedback for every entry submitted by November 30, 2025.. 
• Score normalization — a mathematical formula that ensures that every entry is scored based on the same set of standards, regardless of the number of jury members evaluating it. 
• Evalato — the next-gen awards management software that makes both submitting and evaluating entries as easy as can be.

Ready for the spotlight?  

Your time to shine has come, so take a step into the spotlight and register for Eventex Awards 2026.