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

HOUSTON, TX, Feb 08, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Houston Chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA Houston) is pleased to announce the 33 organizations selected as Best of Category Winners for the 2012 Marketer of the Year (MOTY) Award.

The Best of Category Winners were selected from over 130 nominated companies, organizations and institutions. These category winners will be honored during the March 18, 2013 awards ceremony at the Alley Theatre. One category winner will be announced at the event as the 2012 Marketer of the Year.

The Marketer of the Year Award is AMA Houston's annual program that honors exceptional marketing efforts by Houston-area companies, organizations and institutions. The Chapter established the Marketer of the Year Award in 2005 to recognize overall marketing excellence in the greater Houston area. The category winners are determined by a vote of chapter members combined with scoring by a panel of local marketing experts. The top award winner is determined from the Best of Category winners by a panel of marketing professionals from across the nation. A full list of category winners is below.

Prior winners of the top award include: Discovery Green (2011), University of Houston Athletic Department (2010), Blinds.com (2009), Kelsey-Seybold Clinic (2008), the Houston Zoo (2007), Weatherford International (2006) and the Houston Symphony (2005).

AMA Houston would like to recognize and thank the following 2012 Marketer of the Year Award sponsors for their support. For the seventh year the presenting sponsor is the Houston Business Journal.

This year's platinum sponsor is Insperity. Gold sponsors are: Brookwoods Group and Dignity Memorial. The silver sponsor is Atlantic Communications Media. Winner's circle sponsors are Blinds.com and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Event partners are: the Alley Theatre, Bullpen Marketing, ExactTarget, Getty Images, Houston Rockets, Seebridge Media and TeleReach.

For more information about Marketer of the Year and other AMA Houston events and programs, visit amahouston.org. Tickets to the award event can be purchased at http://amahouston.net/event/2012-marketer-of-the-year. Individual tickets are $35 for AMA Houston members and $45 for non-members.

AMA Houston congratulates the Best of Category winners for 2012 Marketer of the Year, listed below by category: Arts: Institutional Children's Museum of Houston Arts: Performing Houston Ballet Automotive Land Rover Houston Economic Development Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce Education: College/University University of Houston Education: Elementary/Secondary Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of Houston Energy: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Apache Corporation Energy: Oil and Gas Products and Services FlexSteel Energy: Transportation/Transmission/Utilities/Marketing Bounce Energy Engineering/Construction Products/Services Hoar Construction LLC Financial/Banking Smart Financial Credit Union Financial/Services (non-banking) Whitley Penn Food Processing, Packaging and Distribution Three Brothers Bakery Healthcare Hospitals/Institutions Texas Children's Pavilion for Women Healthcare Products/Services Dialyspa Dialysis Centers Hospitality and Hotels Hotel Granduca Manufacturing NCI Building Systems Media : Broadcast Houston Public Media Media: Print McElvy Media/The Leader News RealEstate: Commercial CBRE - CB Richard Ellis RealEstate: Residential Builders and Developers Aliana Development Company RealEstate: Residential Realtors John Daugherty, Realtors Restaurants: Multiple Locations Becks Prime Restaurants: Single Location REEF Services: Business-to-Business Waste Management Services: Business-to-Consumer/Retail Houston Ballet's The Nutcracker Market Services: Marketing/Communications Pennebaker Social Services Star of Hope Mission Sports/Entertainment : Amateur Rice University Athletics Sports/Entertainment : Professional Houston Dynamo Technology Products/Services Dexa Systems, Inc.

Transportation Metropolitan Transit Authority Venues and Arenas BBVA Compass Stadium About AMA AMA Houston is the area's premier professional marketing organization and among the largest AMA Chapters in North America. 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. AMA Houston was named Chapter of the Year six times in the past eight years by AMA's international headquarters.

SOURCE: American Marketing Association Houston Chapter

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