The Stevie International Business Awards 2012: Deadline extended

All individuals and organisations worldwide - public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small - may submit nominations to The International Business Awards. No additional late penalties or fees will be charged in association with the deadline extension. Entry details are available at http://www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.

International Business Awards categories recognise achievement in every facet of the workplace.

Categories include:

• Management Awards
  
• Company of the Year Awards
  
• Customer Service Awards
  
• Human Resources Awards
  
• Information Technology Awards
  
• Marketing Awards
  
• New Product Awards
  
• Public Relations Awards
  
• Web Site Awards, Smartphone and Tablet App, and other media awards.

Final results of this year's IBAs will now be announced in mid-August, with the awards presented at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Seoul, South Korea on Monday, 15 October.

The 2012 International Business Awards will include the Second Annual People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favourite Companies, in which the general public worldwide will vote for their favourite companies. Each company honoured with a Gold, Silver or Bronze Stevie Award in The International Business Awards' company of the year categories will be automatically included in people's choice voting, which will open in mid-August.

The 8th Annual International Business Awards were presented in October 2011 in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. Honourees included American Express, Bombardier, Inc, Etisalat, Everything Everywhere, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, Siemens AG, TATA Motors, Tesco Poland, Toyota Motor Corporation, Turk Telekom, and Unilever N.V., among others. 2011 results are summarised here.

About The Stevie Awards:

Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honouring organisations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognise outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at http://www.stevieawards.com, and follow the Stevie Awards on Twitter @TheStevieAwards.