by IMAGE
22nd Nov 2016
22nd Nov 2016
We’donned our finest gowns and joined almost 800 guests to celebrate the IMAGE Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2016 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Dublin, Burlington Road last night. The awards, now in their tenth year, honoured the incredible businesswoman of Ireland and their fantastic accomplishments thus far. We popped the champagne on arrival?(generously given from Marks and Spencer) and sipped on two stunning Winter Wonderland stunning cocktails provided by Diageo?? attendees could choose between Tanqueray TENGin, infused with fresh cranberries and blueberries or a?Ketel One Winter Frost concoction garnished with a torched pine cone, frost cinnamon and icing sugar. ?In between the networking and carefully orchestrated selfies – imperative to get the amazing backdrops designed by Miller&Lamb?and?Appassionata flowers arrangements in the background – we raised our glasses of Marks & Spencer wine as each of the winners?gracefully took to the stage to accept their awards from the legend that is Anne Doyle and sponsors Samsung, Eir, No7, and The Loop, and supported by Newstalk, Independent.ie, Enterprise Ireland and Marks & Spencer.
ICYMI:?IMAGE Businesswoman Of The Year Awards 2016: The Winners!
#BWOTY16 trended all night, and thanks to selfie sticks provided by the Irish Independent, the enthusiastic tweeting, snapping and Instagrams kept on coming. Here are some social media highlights from the empowering night:
Every table was adorned with gifts from Chupi Jewellery, wine from Marks and Spencer, beautiful flower arrangements by Appassionata Flowers and selfie sticks by the Irish Independent. Picture perfect or what?
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No7 set up a beauty lounge to accommodate all our touch-up needs – genius or what? (especially with that weather!)
What a set up from #BootsNo7! They’ve also given us some amazing prices for tonight’s #BWOTY16!
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What a woman! Xxx @pipsy_pie #ImageWomenOfTheYear #Awards #bwoty16
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And XPOS? were on hand to chat to all our winners:
Plenty of inspiring words throughout the night:
“If we don’t celebrate our achievements, then who the hell will?” The truth from @debbie_odonnell @image_magazine #BWOTY16 winner
? Jessie Collins (@thecollinsline) November 21, 2016
Freda Hayes: If you’re paranoid about something there’s probably good reason Surround yourself with people who have your back #BWOTY16
? laura george (@lgeorge353) November 21, 2016
And GORGEOUS jewellery by the lovely Chupi:
@xChupi Thank you for the beautiful gift last night @image_magazine #BWOTY16 big love from a fellow @GoingForGrowth pic.twitter.com/iGsICGiuoB
? COGNIKIDS? (@COGNIKIDS_) November 22, 2016
Huge congratulations to all the finalists and winners tonight.A room filled with success, goodwill and achievement #BWOTY16 @image_magazine pic.twitter.com/YmHH9RmaIZ
? Clodagh Edwards (@eclodagh) November 22, 2016
Selfie with my boss and makeup-artist for the night. #BWOTY16 #ImageMagazine pic.twitter.com/2rn86tHMmw
? Jomarie De la Fuente (@_Jomieee) November 22, 2016
#TanquerayTen Winter Wonderland & #KetelOneVodka Winter Frost @image_magazine @DiageoIreland #WorldClassDrinks #BWOTY16 pic.twitter.com/lpm3jlqaZX
? Venue Angel (@VenueAngel1) November 22, 2016
The woman of the moment @KNLogistics Pamela Quinn #powerhouse #BWOTY16 #WomenInBusiness #imageinspires @IMAGEie pic.twitter.com/EVjqukM3nj
? Kathryn Thomas (@gokathrynthomas) November 22, 2016
Team FH at the @image_magazine #BWOTY16 awards tonight. Was great to see so many inspiring women recognised pic.twitter.com/o3NHQneanc
? FleishmanHillardIE (@fleishmanIE) November 22, 2016
Feeling so inspired by 1.The #BWOTY16 achievements and 2. How supportive they are of each other there tonight! Amazing @image_magazine pic.twitter.com/cITZ03mXxs
? MichelleDuffyRudden (@BreffniDigital) November 22, 2016
Team FH at the @image_magazine #BWOTY16 awards tonight. Was great to see so many inspiring women recognised pic.twitter.com/o3NHQneanc
? FleishmanHillardIE (@fleishmanIE) November 22, 2016
Gutted that I had to leave #BWOTY16 early to do work. Shoes off & opened amazing goodie bags, thank you @xChupi @JustEatIE @image_magazine pic.twitter.com/gQUhDTYlJ8
? Hazel Chu (@hazechu) November 22, 2016
Words of wisdom from tonight; thank you @xChupi for your gorgeous gift @image_magazine #BWOTY16 pic.twitter.com/COQo156IpY
? Sharon Bannerton (@sharonbannerton) November 21, 2016
And here’s our Best Selfie winner, chosen by IMAGE and The Irish Independent:
On the silver screen #BWOTY16 @ucdsmurfitschool #selfie #table41 @image_magazine @IMAGEie @MillerandLamb @doubletree @SmurfitSchool pic.twitter.com/3rjcfmNWYD
? Avril Donohue (@AvrilDonohue) November 21, 2016
These are only a small selection of the fabulous snaps from the fun last night, see our Twitter: #IMAGEinspires and #BYOTY16 and Instagram for plenty more. And once again, check out our list of winners HERE.