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Brass Ring Awards Winners

The Brass Ring Excellence Awards are the most prestigious professional honors awarded to member facilities, marking excellence throughout the international attractions industry.

HUMAN RESOURCES EXCELLENCE

iaapa honors 20205 human resources best health wellness europa-park
Europa-Park Resort
for the Feelgood Healthcare Center

Best Health and Wellness Program

iaapa honors 2025 human resources best innovation training europa-park
Europa-Park Resort
for the Welcome Center 75 & MACK Academy

Best Innovation In Training

iaapa honors 20205 best reward recognition and retention program fundación parque jaime duque
Fundación Parque Jaime Duque
for FPJD Work - Family - Life Balance

Best Reward, Recognition, and Retention Program

iaapa honors 2025 best talent acquisition program ocean park corporation
Ocean Park Corporation
for Ocean Park Halloween Fest 2024 - Go Go Let's Ghost!

Best Talent Acquisition Program

FOOD & BEVERAGE EXCELLENCE 

iaapa honors 2025 best new building renovation or new build meow wolf houstin
Meow Wolf Houston
for Radio Tave's Cowboix Hevvven

Best F&B Building Renovation or New Build

iaapa honors 2025 best new special event festival vancouver aquarium
Vancouver Aquarium
for Fish & Sips at the Vancouver Aquarium

Best New F&B Special Event or Festival

iaapa honors 2025 winner best new menu item ananda farm
Ananda Farm
for The Perfect Pair: Wine and Charcuterie Topper 

Best New Menu Item Limited Operation

iaapa honors 2025 food and bever best new menu item vancouver aquarium
Vancouver Aquarium
for The Megalodon Burger

Best New Menu Item Year-Round Operation

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT EXCELLENCE 

iaapa honors 2025 live entertainment best creative atmosphere universal bejing
Universal Beijing Resort
for Universal's Half Time Show

Most Creative Atmosphere Production 

iaapa honors 2025 most creative halloween production universal studios hollywood
Universal Studios Hollywood
for The Purge: Dangerous Waters

Most Creative Halloween Production 

iaapa honors 2025 live entertainment best creative spectacular-europa-park
Europa-Park Resort
for Colossal “20 Jahre Colosseo"

Most Creative Spectacular

iaapa honors 2025 live entertainment best theatrical production bauer lab
Bauer Lab
for Buchanan: The Original Korean Musical

Most Creative Theatrical Production: Limited Operation

iaapa honors 2025 most-creative theatrical production year round operation puy du fou asia
Puy du Fou Asia
for SAGA City of Light

Most Creative Theatrical Production: Year-Round Operation

iaapa honors 2025 most creative winter holiday production walt disney world
Walt Disney World
for “What’s This?” Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Sing‑Along

Most Creative Winter Holiday Production 

iaapa honors 2025 live entertainment showstopper carnival magic
Carnival Magic
for River Carnival Parade

The Showstopper

MARKETING EXCELLENCE 

iaapa honors 2025 best marketing campaign fantasialandia
Fantasilandia
for Poseídos por la Diversión Total / Possessed by the Total Fun

Best Digital Marketing Campaign

iaapa honors 2025 best talent acquisition program ocean park corporation
Ocean Park Corporation
for Horrors of the Hidden City

Best Integrated Marketing Campaign

iaapa honors 2025 best marketing outdoor advertisement aqua nick hotel
Aqua Nick Water Park
for Best Day In Riviera Maya

Best Outdoor Advertisement

iaapa honors 2025 bes social media marketing campaign great canadian bungee
Great Canadian Bungee
for The Branded Customer Experience Campaign

Best Social Media Marketing Campaign

GAMES & MERCHANDISE EXCELLENCE

iaapa honors 2025 best collective visual merchandise fantasyisland
Fantasy Island Amusement Park
for Fantasy Island's Midway

Best Collective Visual Merchandise Display: Limited Operation

iaapa honors 2025 best visual merchandise display africam safari
Africam Safari
for Morocco Gift Shop

Best Collective Visual Merchandise Display: Year-Round Operation

iaapa honors 20205 best custom regail souvenier moreys piers
Morey's Piers and Water Parks
for Curley's Fries Dog Toys

Best Custom Retail Souvenir: Limited Operation

iaapa honors 2025 best souvenir merchanidse africam safari
Africam Safari
for Sketch Hoodies

Best Custom Retail Souvenir: Year-Round Operation

iaapa honors 20205 best customized game prize moreys piers
Morey's Piers and Water Parks
for Uncle Sammy

Best Customized Game Prize

iaapa honors 20205 best individual visual merchandise display moreys piers
Morey's Piers and Water Parks
for Candy Wheel

Best Individual Visual Merchandise Display

SUSTAINABILITY EXCELLENCE

TOP FEC OF THE YEAR  and  TOP LBE OF THE YEAR

PortAventura Best Sustainability Program IAAPA Honors 2025
PortAventura World
for Creating Unforgettable Experiences with Positive Impact

Best Sustainability Program


 

Inspiration Award

IAAPA Honors Where inspiration ignites progress visual
Sabine Lehmann
Curiositas

Europe, Middle East, Africa

IAAPA Honors Where inspiration ignites progress visual
Cicero Fiedler
Interparques

Latin America, Caribbean

IAAPA Honors Where inspiration ignites progress visual
Duncan Dickson (posthumously)
Rosen College of Hospitality Management/UCF

North America

Service Award

IAAPA Honors Where inspiration ignites progress visual
Evelyne Villame
Space Association

Europe, Middle East, Africa

IAAPA Honors Where inspiration ignites progress visual
Valeria Canon
Aquapolis and Aeropolis

Latin America, Caribbean

IAAPA Honors Where inspiration ignites progress visual
Gina Claassen
Herschend Family Entertainment

North America

Young Professional Award

IAAPA Honors Where inspiration ignites progress visual
Cassidy Newman
Whitewater West

Europe, Middle East, Africa

IAAPA Honors Where inspiration ignites progress visual
Marcos Michan
Xtreme Park

Latin America, Caribbean