‘LatAm Channel Academy: 2014 Awards’ to take place at DISTREE Brazil & Latin America in October

SAO PAULO, PARIS and LONDON – DISTREE Brazil & Latin America 2014 will host the ‘Latin America (LatAm) Channel Academy: 2014 Awards’ as part of its three-day programme for senior executives from the region’s leading vendors, distributors, retailers and e-tailers. DISTREE Brazil & Latin America will take place from October 22-24th at the Iberostar Bahia Hotel in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.

The fourth annual awards ceremony will once again recognise ICT and consumer electronics (CE) channel excellence in the region. Hundreds of top retailers and distributors will vote live at a Gala Dinner on October 23rd to identify overall vendor winners across 15 separate categories.
During the live voting session, channel partners are asked to select their preferred vendors based on a number of criteria including channel engagement, channel strategy, pricing policy, stock management, product evolution, margin potential, retail engagement and marketing. The 15 award categories for the ‘LatAm Channel Academy: 2014 Awards’ are:

PCs: LatAm Vendor of the Year

TABLETS: LatAm Vendor of the Year

SMARTPHONE & TABLET ACCESSORIES: LatAm Vendor of the Year

PC ACCESSORIES: LatAm Vendor of the Year

IMAGING: LatAm Vendor of the Year

STORAGE: LatAm Vendor of the Year

PRINTING: LatAm Vendor of the Year

SMARTPHONES & MOBILES: LatAm Vendor of the Year

TVs & DISPLAYS: LatAm Vendor of the Year

GAMES & GAMES ACCESSORIES: LatAm Vendor of the Year

HOME NETWORKING: LatAm Vendor of the Year

SOFTWARE: LatAm Vendor of the Year

AUDIO ACCESSORIES: LatAm Vendor of the Year

WEARABLE TECH & CONNECTED DEVICES: LatAm Vendor of the Year

DISTREE BRAZIL & LATAM 2014: Best in Show

DISTREE Brazil & Latin America 2014 will gather together hundreds of senior executives and buyers from the region’s top ICT and consumer electronics (CE) retailers and e-tailers in one place at one time. The three-day event gives vendors, brand owners and distributors, a unique opportunity to outline their consumer channel strategy, showcase their latest products and pre-schedule a packed agenda of one-on-one meetings with channel executives.

Prior to the awards ceremony, the LatAm Channel Academy invite all of the region’s eligible ICT & CE distributors, retailers and e-tailers to participate in the nomination process that will determine the shortlist of five vendors in each products category.

Tawfik Djafari, Event Director for DISTREE Brazil & Latin America, said: “These are channel awards that actually mean something with the nomination process and the final live vote decided by channel partners. We look forward to announcing the official nominations in September.”

The LatAm Channel Academy has also included a Best in Show award for exhibitors at DISTREE Brazil & Latin America 2014. The event gives participating brands the chance to showcase their products and hold one-on-one meetings with senior channel executives. Channel delegates attending will be asked during the event to nominate the exhibitor that they believe is most deserving of the Best in Show award.

Farouk Hemraj, CEO at DISTREE Events, said: “We are proud to run the Channel Academy awards at DISTREE events around the world. The neutral and independent nature of these awards, coupled with the transparent live electronic voting process, ensures that they identify true channel excellence in each region.”

About DISTREE Brazil & Latin America

DISTREE Brazil & Latin America is the ultimate business platform for vendors looking to meet all the key channel decision makers from across the region in one place at one time. Delegates include senior executives from the top ICT & CE retailers, e-tailers and distributors from Brazil and all major markets in Latin America www.distree-latam.com. Follow event updates on Twitter @DISTREE_LatAm

About DISTREE Events

DISTREE Events specialises in the planning, organisation, staging and management of ICT & CE channel events. DISTREE Events is a Paris−based company owned by Infopro Digital. The team at DISTREE Events has successfully organised such events for the past decade, gathering more than 10,000 senior executives from 80 countries during that time. DISTREE Events spans the entire EMEA region, Asia-Pacific and Latin America with employees based in Paris, Dubai, Moscow, London, Singapore and Sao Paulo. For more information, visit www.distree.com or follow us on Twitter @DISTREE_Events

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