The 13th edition of the prestigious MeetingPlanner.pl POWER AWARDS® 2024 is behind us! The final gala – MP Power Night – took place on 24 April 2024 at the new headquarters of the Polish History Museum in Warsaw, which provided a unique venue for the event industry.
The MP Power Awards® competition annually recognises the best projects, people, venues and products in the meetings and events industry. It is also an opportunity to reflect on this dynamically developing sector, which plays a vital role in promoting Poland.
Winners of the MP Power Awards® 2024
During the ceremony, winners were announced in the categories of MP Power People, MP Power Project, MP Power Venue, and MP Power Product, as well as special awards for “Sustainable Development in the Event Industry” and the “Creative of the Year in the Event Industry” competition. Titles for Top Ten Agencies of 2024 and Agency of the Year were also awarded.
Among the winners in the MP Power People category were:
- Transport: Marta Wiśniewska, Global Director of Sales, LOT Polish Airlines (Nominees also included Anita Bożek, Senior Key Account Manager, Lufthansa Group, and Dorota Muracka, Sales Specialist, Mazurkas Travel Transport)
- Event Agency: Dorota Wojtczak – Live Age (Nominees: Kamil Caliński, Chief Events Officer & Partner, 180Heartbeats + Jung V Matt, and Barbara Świderska, President, Dream Events Poland)
- Incentive Travel: Agata Gościńska – Viventum (Nominees: Maciej Gruczyński, Head of Incentive Department, Weco-Travel, and Krzysztof Pobożniak, CEO, Haxel Events & Incentive)
- DMC/PCO: Magdalena Hołowińska – MTP Group (Nominees: Paweł Jurczak, Founder & Managing Partner, Creative Poland, and Marta Kicler, Business Development Director, Mazurkas DMC Poland)
- Convention Bureau: Jan Mazurczak – Poznań Convention Bureau (Nominees: Agnieszka Sikorska, Director, Silesian Tourism Organisation, Silesia Convention Bureau, and Łukasz Wysocki, President, Gdańsk Tourism Organisation, Gdańsk Convention Bureau)
- Venue: Aneta Lewandowska, General Manager, Sofitel Warsaw Victoria (Nominees: Konrad Kozioł, Vice President, PreZero Arena Gliwice, and Artur Trukawiński, General Manager, Arche Nałęczów)
- Association: Łukasz Wilczyński, President, European Space Foundation (Nominees: Prof. Katarzyna Katulska, Vice President, Polish Medical Radiological Society / Head of Neuroradiology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences; Prof. Jacek Legutko, Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Polish Cardiology Society Congress, Director of the Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College)
- Catering & Gastronomy: Jakub and Michał Budnik, Chefs, MCC Mazurkas Conference Centre & Hotel / Mazurkas Catering 360 (Nominees: Milena Białobrzeska, Sales Director, Royal Catering, and Caroline Radziszewska-Kłoszewska, Vice President, Batida; Managing Partner, PMW x Batida Catering)
- Marketer: Marcin Morawski – Dell Technologies Poland (Nominees: Kamila Cichocka, Marketing Director, Microsoft, and Anna Janowczyk, Business Growth Manager, OLX Group)
Award-Winning Venues Included:
- Conference Center: CKF_13 – Fabryczna Conference Centre, Kraków (Nominees: Art Box Experience, Warsaw, and SEN & MOON, Warsaw)
- Event and Conference Hotel: Radisson Blu Hotel, Sopot (Nominees: DoubleTree by Hilton Warsaw, and Narvil Conference & Spa, Serock)
- Business Hotel: Focus Hotel Premium Warsaw (Nominees: Arche Dwór Uphagena Gdańsk, Crowne Plaza® Warsaw – The Hub, and Mercure Kraków Fabryczna City)
- Green Venue: International Congress Centre and Spodek, Katowice (Nominees: Montownia, Gdańsk, and Suntago Water Park, Wręcza)
- Multifunctional Venue: Expo Kraków – International Trade and Congress Centre (Nominees: Gdańsk International Fair and PreZero Arena Gliwice)
- Premiere of the Year: Arche Nałęczów (formerly the Military Sanatorium) and Multimedia Pavilion 7A, Poznań (Nominee: Mercure Szczyrk Resort)
The full list of winners is available on the websites: MeetingPlanner.pl and MP Power Awards® 2024.
A Unique Place for a Unique Event
The gala was held at the Polish History Museum, whose new headquarters opened in September 2023 on the grounds of the Warsaw Citadel. In addition to its museum function, the venue also serves as a modern conference centre with nearly 5,000 m² of space. Facilities available to organisers include an auditorium, two conference rooms, a cinema-theater hall, a main hall and a terrace with a city view.
Congratulations and Thank You!
The Polish Tourism Organisation extends heartfelt congratulations to all the winners and nominees of the MP Power Awards® 2024. Your efforts, creativity, and professionalism are not only an inspiration for the entire industry but also have a real impact on Poland’s image as a modern, attractive and hospitable country.
We are pleased that events like the MP Power Awards® bring the community together, promote best practices and enhance the prestige of Poland’s meetings industry on the international stage. We look forward to more initiatives and successes – see you at next year’s gala!
Source: Meetingplanner.pl; Edited by JM
The online broadcast of the MP Power Night and the final of the MP Power Awards competition is available on YouTube.
