We’re running the first WXO Experience Awards. Anyone can nominate an experience, your own or someone else’s. WXO Members will vote. Winners will be announced in a glittering ceremony at the World Experience Summit. Read on to find out how to take part…

In 1929, 270 people gathered at a private dinner function at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to celebrate the first ever Academy Awards.

Created to bring together the five branches of the movie industry – actors, directors, producers, technicians, and writers – the Awards were mainly attended by Academy members, and not yet known as the Oscars.

Now in 2024, more than 270 people will gather at the House of Yes in New York to celebrate the first ever WXO Experience Awards.

Categories

They will showcase the good, great, and innovative in the Art, Science, Business, Technology and Impact of Experience:

1. ART 

Experiences that are immersive, innovative, engage the senses, and make people feel something through outstanding design and/or operations.

2. SCIENCE 

Experiences that apply learnings from science in an engaging, novel or compelling way.

3. BUSINESS 

Experiences that are profitable, repeatable, scalable, or achieved great things with a small budget.

4. TECH 

Experiences that use new or emerging technology, or apply any technology in a way that really elevates the experience.

5. IMPACT 

Experiences that have a positive impact on people, society, community or planet, whether through enhancing wellbeing, bringing people together, or being truly sustainable.

How To Nominate

Why are these not just some other experience awards?

Anyone can nominate, both their own experience or someone else’s. And just like the Oscars, the winners will be decided by an expert vote by WXO Members – all of whom have been vetted by the WXO Membership Committee.

Nominations close Friday 24 May.

FAQ

• Does the experience have to have taken place in the US?
  No – we’re a global organization and encourage applications from around the world.
  
• Does the experience have to have taken place within a certain time frame?
  Within the last year.
  
• Are there budget considerations (like small, med, large subsections) within the categories?
  No – not this year.
  
• What are the award benefits?
  We will promote the winners on our website, newsletter and social media, as well as crowning them at our ceremony in New York.
  
• Can you apply more than once?
  Yes, you can nominate an experience in as many categories as you think are relevant.