BizBash is a premier website that tracks and networks the event and meeting industry, providing a resource for those putting on some of the most prestigious gatherings on the planet. Organisers of White House State Dinners and The Academy Awards head there for contacts, ideas and best practices.

So, when BizBash puts together a series of lists of The 100 Top Events, held in the United States in 2015, it’s something that movers and shakers sit up and pay attention to. And so should Comic-Con fans as San Diego Comic-Con has been awarded top spot out of the highly regarded collection of events in the Entertainment Industry category.

Beating out world-renowned gatherings such as the Upfront Week (#4) and the Miami Winter Music Conference (#7), and even the Sundance Film Festival (#2), it’s interesting that Comic-Con was selected for this particular category instead of Trade Shows, further highlighting SDCC’s place in the cultural Zeitgeist beyond its perceived networking and industry value.

AEISD has been in contact with BizBash and Anna Sekula, the Editor-In Chief of the site has clarified: the selections for the categories and the standings awarded aren’t down to any statistical models but have been determined by the experienced staff at BizBash themselves.

“Success comes in all shapes and sizes,” says Sekula, “this is not a list of the highest-grossing fund-raisers or the largest trade shows by square footage. Rather, it’s the mix of several factors—from economic impact to influence within a specific industry—that determines the rankings in the Top 100.”

The site also recognises the efforts of the Comic-Con International committee, including their staff and volunteers, as well as CCI’s efforts to work beyond the confines of the Convention Center and into the city itself. “The events on the lists consistently execute at the highest level through their own combination of the right speakers, venues, sponsors, attendees, technology, and a host of other logistics considered by the thoughtful planners behind them. They succeed because planners understand the powerful process that occurs when people come together through a common interest, whether something as basic as food or as complex as the global economy,” says Sekula.

We at An Englishman In San Diego would like to add our congratulations to everyone at CCI on the receipt of this prestigious accolade, and look forward to more and more recognition for their efforts to make SDCC the event worth travelling the globe to attend.

(Note: the quotes above from Anna Sekula were supplied to AEISD via Grazia Mohren, Vice President of Marketing at BizBash and we thank her for getting in to touch and responding to our enquiries for this post.)

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