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EXHIBITOR Magazine Announces Special Awards Winners for its 2026 FindIt Top 40

4/16/2026

EXHIBITOR magazine is excited to announce its Special Awards Winners in this year's FindIt Top 40 list of the world’s best trade show exhibit houses. The top finishers in each of five categories were honored at the Awards Ceremony at EXHIBITORLIVE 2026 in Tampa, Florida.

The 2026 Special Award Winners are:

  • Company and Capabilities:
    George P. Johnson Experience Marketing

  • Honors and Awards:
    Freeman

  • Thought Leadership and Industry Participation:
    Spiro

  • Service and Reliability:
    Derse

  • Creativity and Key Differentiators:
    Hargrove
All companies named to the 2026 FindIt Top 40 will also receive recognition in a special section within the June/July 2026 issue of EXHIBITOR magazine, as well as in EXHIBITOR's online FindIt Marketplace, the buyer's guide to trade show products and services.

Small, medium, and large exhibit houses with offices anywhere in the world were eligible to apply. Entries were evaluated to reflect how EXHIBITOR magazine readers value a variety of criteria when determining whether or not to include an organization on a request for information (RFI) or request for proposal (RFP). The evaluation process also included a survey of current clients and a review of entrants' past projects, selling points, and innovations.

For more information on the competition, visit ExhibitorOnline.com/Awards/top40.


About Exhibitor Group
The leader in trade show and corporate event marketing education, Exhibitor Group publishes EXHIBITOR magazine, an award-winning publication featuring best practices in trade show marketing. EXHIBITOR's learning events include: EXHIBITORLIVE, The Conference and Exhibition for Trade Show and Event Marketers; EXHIBITOR Education Week, the Professional Learning Conference for Exhibit and Corporate Event Marketers; and EXHIBITOR eTrak, professional online learning. Exhibitor Group is also the founder of CTSM (Certified Trade Show Marketer), the industry's only university-affiliated professional certification program. Learn more at ExhibitorOnline.com.

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