CMP Information, the publisher of Rental & Staging Systems magazine, and the International Communications Industries Association, Inc.® (ICIA®) are pleased to announce the eight winners of the second annual Rental & Staging Systems Awards 2004, presented at ICIA's AV Communications Excellence Awards Banquet, June 8 at InfoComm. The Awards Banquet, a sold-out, high-profile event at InfoComm 04, is a forum for AV professionals to celebrate the successes of leaders and pioneers in the industry. Held following the Manufacturers Industry Forum and Opening Welcome Reception, the banquet recognized outstanding individuals and products in the audiovisual industry.

The Rental & Staging Systems Awards recognize extraordinary accomplishment in a broad array of staged events, large and small, in the corporate staging as well as the entertainment market. Winning entries were selected by an independent panel of judges drawn from CMP Information and the ICIA Rental and Staging Council.

Judging was based on fulfillment of the event producer's concept; professionalism of show production and execution, advanced technology used in the event staging, creative use of technology and satisfaction of end user client.

Rental & Staging Systems Awards 2004 winners:

• Best Overall Staging for a Corporate or Association Event, Large Venue
  (Technology budget greater than $200K):
  Duocom - 14th World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf Show Department, Inc - Walgreens Manager's Meeting
• Best overall staging for a corporate or association event, large venue
  (Technology budget greater than $50K, less than $200K):
  Alford Media - Proctor and Gamble Awards Ceremony; Colortone - Cinecraft Productions, Big O Tires
• Best overall staging for a corporate or association event, smaller budget
  (Technology budget less than $50K):
  Eleven Producciones LTD - Mazda 20th Anniversary
• Best overall staging for non-corporate entertainment event:
  Scharff Weisberg - Sinatra, His Voice, His World, His Way
• Best overall staging for event
  (Technology budget less than $10K):
  Staging Solutions - Metro Light-Rail Opening
• Best use of AV technology for a trade show booth for a corporate client:
  Cleveland Corporate Services - NPE show
• Most innovative use of technology, smaller format event:
  Alford; BellSouth -You Call the Play.
• Most innovative use of technology, outdoor event:
  Duocom - Montreal's Urban Passenger, Live on the Conveyer Pier

Other awards announced at the banquet included winners of the Best Rental/Staging Products awards as chosen by Rental & Staging Systems readers.

About Rental & Staging Systems
Rental & Staging Systems magazine is an important resource for staging professionals who need to stay informed about the latest technology and business trends, and a valuable resource for producers, meeting planners, and corporate end-users of rental and staging services. Rental & Staging Systems magazine, its sister magazine Systems Contractor News , and parent company CMP Information are the official publishers of the InfoComm Show Daily, the onsite magazine of ICIA's InfoComm conference and trade exposition, and Live From InfoComm (www.livefrominfocomm.com).