The Middle East Special Event Show (MEES) & Awards, is an annual exhibition held in Dubai UAE for Meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions (MICE), events and entertainment industry. Launched in 2011 the show provides the regional events industry with a platform to promote their products and services event managers, marketers and other relevant personnel. Previous events, Festivale and Event360, identified a need in the region for an exhibition that covered the whole of the local events industry, and so these were amalgamated to be one event in the Middle East Event Show. In 2018 the event will be re-branded to The Middle East Special Event & Exhibition Show, to be organised under the wings of The Special Event show in the USA.
In 2019 it was finally renamed to The Middle East Event Show (MEES) and takes place at the Madinat Jumeirah Resort. The exhibition is organised by Informa Connect Middle East.
Alongside the exhibition, the Middle East Special Event & Exhibition Show runs a series of educational workshops and seminars, which are free to attend. There MEES Awards night is a gala evening honouring and celebrating the best in the events industry.
Awards evening
The Middle East Special Event & Exhibition Awards evening is held annually alongside the show and aims to recognise and reward excellence within the industry. In 2017 the award categories & winners were as follows: AwardWinnerBest Trade Exhibition Under 10,000sqm GrossWindows, Doors & Facades 2017 - dmg events Middle East, Asia & AfricaBest Trade Exhibition Over 10,000sqm GrossThe Big 5 Dubai 2016 - dmg events Middle East, Asia & AfricaBest Consumer Exhibition Under 10,000sqm GrossDubai Muscle Show 2016 - HBG EventsBest Consumer Exhibition Over 10,000sqm GrossMiddle East Film and Comic Con 2016 - The AllianceBest Sporting Event2016 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Yas Marina CircuitBest Music EventRedFest DXB - Done EventsBest Arts, Culture & Entertainment EventMeet d3 - Done EventsBest Meeting/ConferenceArab Media Forum - Done EventsBest Event on a BudgetFerrari GTC4LUSSO Launch Event - The OnlookerBest Video Content ProductionFederal National Council 44th Anniversary – mamemoBest Entertainment ProductionOpening Ceremony of the Dubai Water Canal – ProdeaBest Light & Sound ProductionRedFest DXB - eclipse Staging ServicesBest Event Video SolutionDubai Canal Opening Ceremony – ProtecBest Use of Technology – ProductRobotics – ProtecBest Use of Technology - Service / SoftwareOmega Dubai Desert Classic – InitLiveBest VenueWarehouse @ The FridgeBest Temp Venue or StructureIDEX 2017 Opening Ceremony – ProtecStand Design & Build Supplier of the YearEmaar - Cityscape Global 2016 by OchreBest Supplier of the YearHarlequin ArenaSustainability AwardAbu Dhabi National Exhibition CompanyBest Event Marketing Campaign of the YearYasalam 2016 - FLASH EntertainmentOutstanding Brand Activation EventSheraton Delight My Journey – SweetwaterBest Employer of the YearLINKVIVAYoung Achiever of the YearTom Clements - Maestra GroupIndustry Icon Of The YearPach Ang - RedFilo Events
References
External links Middle East EVENT show Official site Informa Exhibition Official site Event Awards Official site