AMA Houston Announces Marketer of the Year Award
Best of Category Winners
2010 Marketer of the Year Event will take place March 7, 2011
HOUSTON TX – January 24, 2011 – The Houston Chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA Houston) is pleased to announce the 42 firms selected as Best of Category Winners for the 2010 Marketer of the Year (MOTY) Award. These category winners will be honored during the March 7 awards ceremony at the Alley Theatre. One category winner will be announced at the event as the 2010 Marketer of the Year.
This year’s Marketer of the Year keynote speaker is Matt Biespiel, senior director, Global Brand Development, McDonald’s Corporation, who will speak on How McDonald’s Builds and Leverages its Brand. For more information about Marketer of the Year and other events and programs, visit amahouston.org. Tickets to the award event can be purchased at www.regonline.com/amahouston2010MOTY.
The Best of Category winners are:
Arts: Institutional
Arts: Performing
Automotive
Economic Development
Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau
Education: College/University
Education: Elementary/Secondary
Energy: Electric and Gas Utilities/Energy Mktng
Energy: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production
Energy: Oil and Gas Products and Services
Energy: Transportation/Transmission
Engineering/Construction Products
Engineering/Construction Services
Financial/Banking
Financial/Investments and Trading
Financial/Services (non-banking)
Food Processing, Packaging and Distribution
Healthcare Hospitals/Institutions
Healthcare Physicians/Services
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
Healthcare Products
Hospitality and Hotels
Manufacturing
Media: Broadcast
Media: Print
Real Estate: Commercial Builders/Developers
Real Estate: Commercial Realtors/Managers
Real Estate: Residential Builders and Developers
Real Estate: Residential Realtors
Restaurants: Multiple Locations
Restaurants: Single Location
Retail
Services: Business-to-Business
Services: Business-to-Consumer
Services: Marketing/Communications
Services: Professional Legal
Services: Web/Internet
Social Services
Sports/Entertainment: Amateur
Sports/Entertainment: Professional
Technology Products
Technology Services
Transportation
Venues and Arenas
Presenting Sponsor is the Houston Business Journal. Platinum Event Partners are KUHF 88.7 and the Greater Houston Partnership. Gold Sponsors are Brookwoods Group, CenterPoint Energy, Content Active, Shell and Sterling Bank. Silver Sponsors are Advanced Business Copiers, Captavi, Dessert Gallery, Halliburton, Freeman Leonard, Oil Online, PR Newswire and Saurage Marketing Research. Winner’s Circle Sponsors are Blinds.com, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Weatherford International. Event Partners are United Airlines, Hyatt Regency Houston, Marion Montgomery, Inc. and Ventures Marketing Group.
The 2009 Marketer of the Year, Blinds.com, will be on hand to announce this year’s winner. Prior winners include Kelsey-Seybold Clinic (2008), the Houston Zoo (2007), Weatherford International (2006) and the Houston Symphony (2005).
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About AMA
AMA Houston is the area’s premier professional marketing organization and the nation’s second largest chapter. AMA Houston provides marketers the ability to remain competitive in today’s business environment through networking events, special interest groups and real-world educational programs. Named Chapter of the Year five times in the last seven years by AMA’s international headquarters, AMA Houston serves 1,100 members with diverse marketing expertise from a variety of industries.
CONTACT:
Gary Carson
AMA Houston – Executive Director
Equamark, Inc.
+1 713 668 8550
gcarson@equamark.com
