Monday, February 20, 2012

AMA Houston Announces Marketer of the Year Award Best of Category Winners.

2010 Marketer of the Year Event will take place March 7, 2011

HOUSTON -- The Houston Chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA Houston) is pleased to announce the 42 firms selected as Best of Category Winners for the 2010 Marketer of the Year (MOTY) Award. These category winners will be honored during the March 7 awards ceremony at the Alley Theatre. One category winner will be announced at the event as the 2010 Marketer of the Year.

This year's Marketer of the Year keynote speaker is Matt Biespiel, senior director, Global Brand Development, McDonald's Corporation, who will speak on How McDonald's Builds and Leverages its Brand. For more information about Marketer of the Year and other events and programs, visit amahouston.org. Tickets to the award event can be purchased at www.regonline.com/amahouston2010MOTY.

The Best of Category winners are:

Arts: Institutional Museum of Fine Arts/Houston

Arts: Performing Theatre Under The Stars

Automotive Momentum Audi

Economic Development Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau

Education: College/University Rice University

Education: Elementary/Secondary Episcopal High School

Energy: Electric and Gas Utilities/Energy Mktng Gexa Energy

Energy: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production ConocoPhillips

Energy: Oil and Gas Products and Services Halliburton

Energy: Transportation/Transmission CenterPoint Energy

Engineering/Construction Products Cemex

Engineering/Construction Services Foster Wheeler USA

Financial/Banking Sterling Bank

Financial/Investments and Trading Johnson Bender & Company

Financial/Services (non-banking) Null-Lairson, PC

Food Processing, Packaging and Distribution Saint Arnold Brewing Company

Healthcare Hospitals/Institutions MD Anderson Cancer Center

Healthcare Physicians/Services Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center

Healthcare Products eCardio

Hospitality and Hotels Hotel Sorella

Manufacturing Cooper Industries

Media: Broadcast KHOU-TV's Great Day Houston

Media: Print Culture Map

Real Estate: Commercial Builders/Developers Hines Interests

Real Estate: Commercial Realtors/Managers Houston Pavilions

Real Estate: Residential Builders and Developers Johnson Development

Real Estate: Residential Realtors John Daugherty Realtors

Restaurants: Multiple Locations Cafe Express

Restaurants: Single Location Branch Water Tavern

Retail Charming Charlie

Services: Business-to-Business iFIlm Productions

Services: Business-to-Consumer My Fit Foods

Services: Marketing/Communications Bullpen Marketing

Services: Professional Legal Haynes and Boone

Services: Web/Internet Pop Labs, Inc.

Social Services Friends of BARC (FOB)

Sports/Entertainment: Amateur UH Cougars

Sports/Entertainment: Professional Houston Rockets

Technology Products Dexa Systems

Technology Services Houston Technology Center

Transportation Continental Airlines

Venues and Arenas Discovery Green

Presenting Sponsor is the Houston Business Journal. Platinum Event Partners are KUHF 88.7 and the Greater Houston Partnership. Gold Sponsors are Brookwoods Group, CenterPoint Energy, Content Active, Shell and Sterling Bank. Silver Sponsors are Advanced Business Copiers, Captavi, Dessert Gallery, Halliburton, Freeman Leonard, Oil Online, PR Newswire and Saurage Marketing Research. Winner's Circle Sponsors are Blinds.com, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Weatherford International. Event Partners are United Airlines, Hyatt Regency Houston, Marion Montgomery, Inc. and Ventures Marketing Group.

The 2009 Marketer of the Year, Blinds.com, will be on hand to announce this year's winner. Prior winners include Kelsey-Seybold Clinic (2008), the Houston Zoo (2007), Weatherford International (2006) and the Houston Symphony (2005).

About AMA

AMA Houston is the area's premier professional marketing organization and the nation's second largest chapter. AMA Houston provides marketers the ability to remain competitive in today's business environment through networking events, special interest groups and real-world educational programs. Named Chapter of the Year five times in the last seven years by AMA's international headquarters, AMA Houston serves 1,100 members with diverse marketing expertise from a variety of industries.

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