FINALISTS IN 18TH ANNUAL STEVIE AWARDS FOR SALES & CUSTOMER SERVICE REVEALED

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 (Bernama) -- The Stevie Awards has unveiled finalists in the 18th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, an international competition recognising excellence in customer service, contact centres, business development, and sales.

A diverse group of organisations and individuals worldwide have been recognised in awards categories for sales executives, solution providers, contact centres, new products and services, among others.

Organisations with five or more finalist nominations include Allianz Services Pvt Ltd; Avetta; Blackhawk Network; Capital Rx; CivicPlus; Datasite; DHL Express Vietnam; DHL Express (worldwide); Element Electronics; Inspiro; Intuit; Loveholidays; OpenGov; and Purpol Marketing Limited.

According to a statement, all finalist nominations ultimately will be named Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners and the placements will be revealed during a gala banquet on April 12 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

More than 2,300 nominations from organisations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were evaluated in this year’s competition, in which finalists were determined by the average scores of over 200 professionals worldwide in seven specialised judging committees.

All nominated finalist customer service departments will be included in voting for the People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Customer Service whereby the general public may vote for their favourite providers of customer service until March 29.

Furthermore, nominations for a special prize, the Sales Partnerships Ethics in Sales Award, remain open through March 15 and there are no entry fees for nominees submission for this award, which will recognise outstanding examples of ethical sales practices.

-- BERNAMA