Caterersearch.com have just published the shortlist for all the award categories and now invite readers to vote for the final category, Website of the Year. Naturally, we think Harrison should win this, so to place your vote, visit the award website and make your selection! The winner of Website of the Year will be chosen by the readers of Caterer and Hotelkeeper, Caterersearch.com, the judging panel and the senior editors of the Caterer Group.

Gaucho won Best Group Website Award at the Caterersearch.com Web Awards 2008 last night beating Belgo and Café Rouge into the top spot. Dusted designed and developed the current Gaucho site as part of a major re-branding and positioning exercise in 2006 and since then has maintained and looked after the site to ensure it stays ahead of the competition.

Having experienced the culinary delights of both Belgo’s and Café Rouge, it’s great to see all our hard work on Gaucho formally recognised amongst such a highly competitive sector. The judges praised the Gaucho site for ease of use and impressive statistics, proving the point that strong branding and usability were as important as eye candy and moving imagery.

Gaucho’s operations director, Martin Williams, accepted the award and commented afterwards on the work we did, saying how well we had interpreted their business needs and delivered such a highly effective on-line solution.

Reflecting the tremendous growth of the Internet as a tool for business, the inaugural Caterersearch.com Web Awards honour the best websites in hospitality across 12 categories. The awards recognise the best websites in the industry and reward the organisations and individuals involved in designing, managing, marketing or promoting them. Websites were judged on criteria including visual design, innovation, content, interactivity, ease of use, commercial success and potential and overall user experience. The awards were presented last night at The Imagination Gallery, London.

The game forms the basis of a data capture programme and was launched as part of the Administrative Professionals Conference in Canada. Hosted by professional image advisor, Kimberly Law each player is guided through three simple style scenarios that help demonstrate the objective of the site – fashion tips, styling solutions and office strategies for savvy admins. In other words, how what you wear can help you exude confidence, be taken seriously and get ahead.

Hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” (New York Post, April 27, 2005), The American Business Awards are the only national; all-encompassing awards program honouring great performances in business.

Stevie Award winners will be announced during the annual gala on Thursday, June 12 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. More than 600 executives from across the USA are expected to attend. The ceremonies will be broadcast on radio nationwide by the Business TalkRadio Network and hosted by Liz Claman of FOX Business Network.

The Mermaid’s marketing director, Theresa Swift (above), accepted the award and during the post presentation interview commented on the work we did, saying how well we had interpreted the brief and delivered such a highly effective on-line solution.

MIMA was launched in 2002 to raise the standards of marketing in the meetings and events industry and to recognise the marketeers. Organised by Meetings & Incentive Travel magazine, and held on the first day of National Meetings Week, the 2007 presentation dinner took place at The Science Museum’s IMAX theatre with 300 people attending the event.

MIMA was launched in 2002 to raise the standards of marketing in the meetings and events industry and to recognise the marketeers. Organised by Meetings & Incentive Travel magazine, and held on the first day of National Meetings Week, the 2007 presentation dinner will take place on Monday 15th October at The Science Museum, London and Dusted will be there – as a nominee we are guaranteed at least Bronze, but fingers crossed for Silver or Gold.

The Webby Awards, the leading international honour for the Web, today nominated Gaucho for the Best Restaurant web site of 2007. Dusted designed and developed the current site as part of a major re-branding and positioning exercise last year.

Winners will be announced on May 1, 2007 and honoured at The 11th Annual Webby Awards Gala in New York City on June 5th. Comedian and actor Rob Corddry, star of Fox’s new sitcom “The Winner” and a former correspondent for “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” will host the ceremony.

Hailed as the “Oscars of the Internet” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards (which this year received a record 8,000 entries from over 60 countries) is the leading international award honouring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video, and Mobile Websites. The awards are judged by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, a global organization that includes David Bowie, Harvey Weinstein, Arianna Huffington, Matt Groening, Jamie Oliver, Internet inventor Vinton Cerf, and RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser.

As a nominee for a Webby Award, the Gaucho web site is also eligible to win a People’s Voice Award. Voting is open to the public from April 10th to April 27th – Vote now!