There will no doubt be a few sore heads and flagging bodies among the 1,400 of us who were at the 2008 Media Week Awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel yesterday evening.
It was a great night, with a fantastic buzz and an excellent vibe, as revellers saw MediaCom crowned Media Agency of the Year and Viacom Brand Solutions named Sales Team of the Year. Dave was Media Brand of the Year and Carat won the Grand Prix for its Adidas London Marathon campaign. ITV, News Group Newspapers, Starcom, Classic FM, Turner Media Innovations, Bauer Radio, Universal McCann and IPC also took home awards, ensuring that the prizes were shared equally amongst some of the highest profile media agencies and media owners. Times Media’s Juliet Kennard was a well-deserving winner of the Rising Star award.
There was no scurrying for the door at 11.30 when the awards presentations had finished, the hardcore partying continued until 3.00am in the Grosvenor and at various after-party events in clubs throughout London till the wee small hours (or quite big hours in some cases).
It always makes us proud that people place such store in winning an award, and also that it is very much media’s big night of the year, not just Media Week’s. Media luminaries such as Colin Gottlieb, Nick Lawson, Tom George and Stevie Spring mingled with the young up-and-coming talent of the media industry and a good time was had by all.
You can get a flavour of the event by checking out our web stories today and a gallery of pictures from the Grosvenor for those who can’t quite remember what they got up to. Thanks to all those who came along and I hope you had as good a time as we did.
