The number of tickets sold for the occasion of the AVA’s inaugural Vending Industry Awards dinner smashed through the 400 barrier as voting for the ‘public’ categories drew to a close.
With only 60 places remaining, it’s ‘make your mind up time’ for those without a seat to sit in: apparently, sales are running at ’15-20 per day’, so the sand’s fast running out… Book now.
The AVA reports that voting has been ‘brisk’ and that many contestants have undertaken on-line campaigns to draw attention to, and to seek support for their particular tilts at glory: many of them sent press releases to us here at Planet Vending, so we can vouch for that.
It’ll be exciting to see who wins the prizes – and to hear what the organisers have to say about the, er, abrupt cancellation of the ‘Best National Operator’ category…
Incidentally, when we spoke to our mole at the AVA today we were informed that there’s ‘no final decision yet’ over the dress code for the event. We hope it’s ‘black tie’. 400 odd of us in best bib and tucker would be a hell of a sight, wouldn’t it?
