The Brisbane Truck Show has won two major honours in the Australian Event Awards.

This year's show was named Australia's Best Corporate Event and Best Exhibition, Trade or Consumer Show.
The awards are judged on all aspects of event management including best practice, innovation, marketing, stakeholder engagement and management, sustainability and event legacy.

And Todd Hacking, chief executive of Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia – the show promoter – says that given the calibre of other finalists, the award is "a great honour that should be celebrated by the entire heavy vehicle industry.
"The Brisbane Truck Show is your show – it's owned by industry, for the benefit of industry – with every cent reinvested in the industry association's work programme."

The 2019 show introduced new innovations including a much more visible presence around the city, a jobs hub and a link to NatRoad's annual conference.

Event manager Noelene Bradley says the show "fulfilled its key objective, as the Southern Hemisphere's largest automotive business event."

The show, which attracted 37,000 visitors, is next scheduled to be staged  in May 2021.