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THE AWARDS
Winning an industry award has many benefits for your business from building credibility and trust, to being a differentiator from other balloon businesses when speaking with potential customers.
In partnership with the UK's leading industry organisation, BAPIA, we have curated an awards programme that has something for everyone and an opportunity for every artist to get recognition for the business that they have worked so hard on building.
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Our Judges
BAPIA & The Event Collective
We have brought together two industry powerhouses to form our judging panel.
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BAPIA is the UK's leading industry association. Lead by John and Sue Bowler, there is literally nothing they don't know about this industry. Sue, an award-winning balloon artist, has been creating incredible designs all over the world since 1990. And John is an industry veteran, having worked directly for manufacturers and owned his own wholesale business before starting BAPIA.
The Event Collective is the biggest social brand in the industry. Based in Sydney, Australia, Annie and Jess have created an industry directory of some of the industry's leading names from across the globe. Anyone who's anyone has been featured on The Event Collective and with almost 1M followers (and a reach of over 11M), The Event Collective is hands down the most successful social brand ever to exist in the industry.
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The Awards
BALLOON ARTIST OF THE YEAR
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To be considered for Balloon Artist of the Year, your business must have been trading for a minimum of two years and you are required to enter at least three other awards.
BEST NEWCOMER
To be considered for Best Newcomer, your business must have been trading for a maximum of two years and you are required to enter at least two other awards.
BALLOON RETAILER OR PARTY STORE OF THE YEAR
To be considered for Balloon Retailer or Party Store of the Year you must have a premises that is visited by your customers to purchase from you.
BEST ORGANIC BALLOON DISPLAY
Organic balloon decor refers to a style of balloon arrangement and design that is natural and free-flowing in appearance. Organic balloon decor uses balloons of varying sizes and shapes to create a natural and uneven appearance, rather than using uniformly inflated balloons.
BEST CLASSIC BALLOON DISPLAY
Classic balloon decor refers to uniformly inflated balloons, traditional styles of balloon arrangements and designs that typically involve simple, symmetrical patterns and structures. This type of balloon decor is characterised by its neat and orderly appearance, often using standard shapes and colour combinations.
BEST BALLOON DISPLAY INCORPORATING PROPS OR FLOWERS
We would like to see your finest balloon display, incorporating props and/or flowers, seamlessly blending the best of organic and classic styles or ingeniously combining the two.
