Ovation Ireland scooped the prestigious SITE Crystal award for "The Most Outstanding Incentive Event 2008" at the SITE International Conference held in Montreux in Switzerland.
Ovation Ireland received the award for an event for the Board of Directors of a South East Asian Financial Institution in collaboration with the Veritas Group, Sydney, Australia. The five day program held in Dublin in October 2007 involved three Michelin Star chef-catered events, escorted walking tours with a local author and historian, company-sponsored day at the races, signature seated dinner in the Gravity Bar of the Guinness Storehouse and an exclusive performance of Handel's Messiah with full baroque orchestra during Dinner at Dublin Castle.
Managing Director of Ovation Global DMC, Padraic Gilligan said "we constantly strive for excellence and creativity and benchmark our standards against the best companies in the world. We are delighted that Ovation Ireland has been acknowledged by the SITE Crystal Awards judging panel. This award recognises our ability to devise creative solutions to meet specific business objectives on the world stage."
The award was accepted on behalf of Ovation Ireland by Gerry Nicholls, DMC Director. In his acceptance speech Nicholls paid special tribute to his colleagues Yasmine Rodriguez, Operations Director and Rob Allidine, Events Director. "This event required meticulous attention to detail as well as "Out of the Box" creativity. Yasmine and Rob did an incredible job"
