Brand Licensing's event director, Jessica Blue, said: "We're thrilled to have been commended for Trade Show of the Year at these prestigious awards and to be recognised alongside some of the best trade shows in the business. The Brand Licensing team worked very hard last year to ensure that Brand Licensing 2006 provided our exhibitors and visitors with the industry event they wanted, needed and deserved and we're honoured to have been recognised by our industry peers."

The AEO Excellence Awards, held on 14th June at London's Old Billingsgate, represented the biggest annual gathering of the exhibition industry, with over 1,200 industry players in attendance.

Brand Licensing Europe, newly re-branded this year, is the only pan-European event dedicated to licensing and brand extension and runs from 2 - 3 October 2007 at Olympia, London. For more information please visit: www.brandlicensingeurope.com