Favorite Exhibit House
Winner: Exhibitgroup/Giltspur
Honorable Mention: 3D Exhibits, Skyline

Favorite General Contractor
Winner: Freeman
Honorable Mention: GES

Favorite Installation and Dismantling Company
Winner: Nth Degree
Honorable Mention: Czarnowski

Favorite Transportation/ Freight Company
Winner: TWI
Honorable Mention: Barrett

Favorite of the Rest (all other types of suppliers)
Winner: Exhibit Surveys
Honorable Mention: NMR Staging & Events, United Service Companies

Favorite Show Manager
Winner: Mary Pat Heftman, National Restaurant Association & Karen Chupka, Consumer Electronics Show
Honorable Mentions: Bob Hughes, National Association of Convenience Stores Show & Mary Upton, The ASI Show!

Favorite Show of 2009
Winner: Consumer Electronics Show
Honorable Mention: National Restaurant Association

Favorite Convention City
Winner: Las Vegas
Honorable Mention: Chicago

Best Convention Center
Winner: McCormick Place
Honorable Mention: Las Vegas Convention Center

The TSEA Foundation thanks all the attendees of the Gala and its generous sponsors and participating restaurants for helping make the evening a rousing success. Sponsors of the event include: The Rebedeau Group; 3D Exhibits; Agile Trade Show & Event Furnishings, Inc.; Broan-Nutone, LLC.; Catch the Moment; Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau; EA Logistics; Exhibit Surveys; Freeman AV; Kehoe Designs; Lynn Renee Photography; Morial Convention Center and Metropolitan Limousine. Participating Restaurants included Ari; Carnivale; Fulton Lounge; Tsuki; Tizi Melloul; Lettuce Entertain You Parties & Special Events; Petterino’s; Crepes a Lattee; Wildfire and Scoozi.