WOW Awards Asia Opens Industry Voting for the Nominations of Experiential Venues by Expert Panel
by EVENTFAQS Bureau Business Events | May 8, 2020 | News
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The 12th edition of WOW Awards Asia 2020, the region’s largest business & recognition platform for the Experiential Marketing, MICE, LIVE Entertainment & Wedding Industry in light of COVID-19 had decided to postpone the event to September 2020 for public health & safety.
In light of the situation, WOW Awards is now moving ahead with an Extended Reality Awards Ceremony on Friday, 31st July.
For the first time, WOW Awards Asia introduces industry voting for Group D: Experiential Venues Awards and Group E: LIVE Quotient Awards to determine the winners. This industry voting for these nominations of Group D: Experiential Venues Awards was recommended by an Expert Panel and validated by KPMG.
Experiential Venues (Group D) celebrates the best MICE & Wedding Venues of Metro India, destination India and destination Asia including Business Events, Intimate Weddings, Big Fat Weddings, Lifestyle/ Luxury Events and Convention centers.
The Expert Panel members for the WOW Awards Asia 2020 - Group D: Experiential Venues Awards and Group E: LIVE Quotient Awards are mentioned below:
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Name
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Designation
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Company Name
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Aarti Manocha
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Founder and MD
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Milestones to Memories
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Abdulsalam Shaikh
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Director
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MINT Xperience Entertainment Pvt Ltd
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Alisha Shirodkar
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Managing Director
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Tamarind Global
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Amrita Kumar
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CEO
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Candid Marketing
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Annu Anand
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Chief Catalyst & Managing Director
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A for Pineapple
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Arvind Sabhaney
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Managing Director
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Zeroin Management Pvt Ltd
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Bhavnesh Sawhney
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Director
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FB Celebrations Pvt.Ltd
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Darshan Shroff
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Director
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Momente Weddings
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Daryl Sheldon
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Director
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Seventy Seven Entertainment Pvt Ltd
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Dhruv Davar
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Chief Executive Officer
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Inextis Events Pvt. Ltd.
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Dhruv Kalra
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Director - Marketing
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VIBGYOR Brand Services Pvt Ltd
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Girish Chandran
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Partner
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Think Events
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Harish Babu
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Director
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Impresario Event Management India Ltd
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Hemant Dahiya
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Managing Director
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SALT Experiential Marketing
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Himanshu Anand
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Partner
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Brandwidth Events Private Limited
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Jatin Varma
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Founder
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Comic Con India Events
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Jueta Hemdev
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Director
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Yolo Entertainment and Weddings
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Keyur Patel
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Managing Director
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Prasang Events
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Keyur Shah
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Director
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Usually Unusual Entertainment
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| Khantil Mehta |
Director |
Go Bananas |
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Khushbu Vaid
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Director
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Pentagon Events
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Mandeep Malhotra
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Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer
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The Social Street
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Manoj Gopalani
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Director
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Seventy Seven Entertainment Pvt Ltd
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Mirza L. Baig
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Director
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Eblitz Inc
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Mohomed Morani
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Managing Director
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Cineyug International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
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Naveen Kundu
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CEO & Managing Director
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Mercury
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Naveen Rizvi
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Business Head & Vice President
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ICE Integrated
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Navneeth Mohan
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Director & CEO
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Laqshya Live Experiences - Laqshya Media Group
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Neale Murray
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Managing Director
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Fountainhead MKTG
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Neale Murray
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Managing Director
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Fountainhead MKTG
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Nishant Parashar
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Director
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engage4more
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Oum Pradutt
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Managing Director
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Phase 1 Events & Experiences
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Parthip Thyagarajan
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Co-founder and CEO
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WeddingSutra.com
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Pawan Bansal
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COO
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Jagran Solutions
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Piyush Gupta
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President
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Kestone Integrated Marketing Services Pvt. Ltd.
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Preraana Khullar
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Director
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Eventz Inspired
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Rahi Shaikh
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Director
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BOI Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
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Rajeev Jain
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Director
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Rashi Entertainment Pvt Ltd
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Rajesh Varma
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Director
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CRI Events Pvt. Ltd.
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Rajesh Varma
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Director
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CRI Events Pvt. Ltd.
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Reema Sanghavi
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Managing Director
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Maximus MICE and Media Solutions Pvt Ltd
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Sandeep Ramakrishnan
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Director
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Consumer Links Marketing Pvt Ltd
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Shankar Ganesh
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Founder
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Nyka Events Pvt Ltd
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Shilpa Rohera
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Owner
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Weddings by Shilpa & Sonika
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Siddhartha Chaturvedi
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Chief Executive Officer
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Event Crafter
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Tabassum Modi
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Founder & Director
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Victor Tango
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Tabish Khan
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General Manager - Events and Alliances
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Imagica
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Vibhor Kwatra
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Chief Brand Manager
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Jagran Prakashan Ltd
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Vidya Alva
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Executive Vice President & Business Head - Events
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Percept ICE
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Vijay Arora
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Director
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Touchwood Group
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Vivek Singh
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Joint Managing Director
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Procam International
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Click here to vote: http://votenow.wowawards.com/
Process:
The process of identifying winners in Group D is based on the Expert Panel suggestions, keeping in mind the frequency and quality of work in the last 12 -15 months done by artists and venues for the listed categories of Experiential Venues.
The expert panel comprises of minimum 30 members from the experiential realm, they have suggested 3 options each in no order of priority. Basis on their suggestions and tabulated results (minimum of 5 and maximum of 7) KPMG validates and nominations are shortlisted and further processed for the voting round.
In this round the industry along with Expert Panel will vote to shortlist and determine winners wherein all industry voting would happen via an online portal in the realm of duplication:
• All industry votes need to be cross-verified via an activation email sent to register the vote.
• Admin to approve all voting requests.
• Registrations from official ID’s ONLY will be sent this unique URL to vote after details are cross verified. We request you to please input all fields with the correct information for verification for INDUSTRY VOTING.
• 1 vote per email ID will be accepted.
• Nominated Artists & Venues are not allowed to vote, in case they register, they would not be approved / their votes would not be counted.
• KPMG will tabulate the 1 winner(s).
• The last date to vote is 15th June 2020
Click here to know more about WOW Awards Process:
Here are the nominations for Group D: Experiential Venues Awards:
Best Venue for Corporate Incentives – Metro India
Best Venue for Corporate Incentives – Destination India
Best Venue for Corporate Incentives – Destination Asia
Best Venue for Business Events – Metro India (Under 500 delegates)
Best Venue for Business Events – Destination India (Under 500 delegates)
Best Venue for Business Events – Destination Asia (Under 500 delegates)
Best Venue for Business Events – Metro India (More than 500 delegates)
Best Venue for Business Events – Destination India (More than 500 delegates)
Best Venue for Business Events – Destination Asia (More than 500 delegates)
Best Venue for Intimate Weddings & Celebrations – Metro India (Under 200 delegates)
Best Venue for Intimate Weddings & Celebrations – Destination India (Under 200 delegates)
Best Venue for Intimate Weddings & Celebrations – Destination Asia (Under 200 delegates)
Best Venue for Big Fat Weddings – Metro India (200+ delegates)
Best Venue for Big Fat Weddings – Destination India (200+ delegates)
Best Venue for Big Fat Weddings – Destination Asia (200+ delegates)
WOW Awards Asia unveils the nominations of Experiential Venues (Group D) by Expert Panel, Process of Survey, Industry Voting Process and more.