To bring the closing-night event for a global scientific instrument company's annual reward program on Kauai to a dramatic end, the entertainment team built suspense with a trail of clues for the 153 attendees: odd paw prints on the resort lawn, frightened staffers, and a buildup of sound effects.

Imagination Entertainment and JNR Inc. dream up an invasion of dinosaurs for the final-night event at a corporate meeting. After a dramatic buildup, dinosaurs enter the ballroom, ready to terrify--and to share selfies with--guests.

Guests find their big new friends kind of cute.

Guests love taking selfies with their prehistoric pals.

In the category Best Event Entertainment: Budget $25,000 to $100,000, the team from Insglueck wins yet again for its work with its big banking client.

To meet the client's objective of encouraging 220 bankers to look at the world from different perspectives and expand their personal horizons, the team keyed on the theme "Room for More."

The Insglueck team creates s mysterious underwater world via a three-hour animated video projected onto a 250-square-meter piece of fabric suspended overhead.

Guests are transported to a surreal world.

The team creates a mystical underwater world in a stately ballroom.

In the category Best Entertainment: Budget Above $100,000, Bravo Entertainment and Hello Destination Management team up to dream up "Celebration of the Americas."

More than 8,000 attendees from throughout the Americas are treated to a 70-minute custom theatrical entertainment production featuring an international cast of more than 200 performers.

Talent includes pyro-dancers, LED performance technology, motion-graphics, black light, shadow effects, and aerial acts, combining to create an experience that told the story of client Amway in a nonverbal way.

The production was geared to the wide age range of the audience.

Lighting showcases the worldwide reach of the client.

The team from LEO Events helps client Sherwin-Williams celebrate 150 years.

The production treats 12,000 spectators to a celebration of the founding of the company 150 years ago; the Special Events Advisory Board gave the entry the award for Most Outstanding Spectacle.

The founding of Sherwin-Williams is brought to life with a high-energy opening featuring acrobats, singers and dancers, a custom song, and an app that lets the audience share their karaoke versions of the song. 

A long view of the dramatic stage.

Two big screens function as a "book," from which an actor portraying Henry Sherwin emerges; a 50-member chorus featuring employees provides the climactic finale.