The 2006 World Mail Awards were presented to the winners at a glittering Gala Dinner at the Rive Gauche St Jacques Hotel in Paris on Wednesday evening, 10 May, in front of an audience of more than 250 senior postal industry executives from around the world. With more than 100 entries received this year, the competition was fierce for this, the 7th annual presentation of the mail industry's premier global honours.

Having issued their shortlists four weeks ago, the panels of distinguished independent judges met in Paris during the afternoon before the ceremony to determine the winners of the 2006 awards. A few hours later, Alex Taylor, multi-lingual journalist, compere and television presenter, presented the awards to:

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (Sponsored by Deutsche Post World Net)
Royal Mail Group plc for its CSR programme

CUSTOMER SERVICE (Sponsored by Innovapost)
South Africa Post Office for its eBDN (electronic bulk mail delivery notes) system

e-COMMERCE (Sponsored by ME-News)
Korea Post for its Internet Shopping Mall

INNOVATION (Sponsored by Emirates Post)
Estonian Post for its card transaction via GSM phone payment solution

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT (Sponsored by Australia Post)
Magyar Posta for its project "People are our competitive advantage"

QUALITY (Sponsored by Spring)
Q-Post for its Quality Management Center

SECURITY (Sponsored by Royal Mail)
Post Denmark for its action against robberies and theft in post offices

TECHNOLOGY (Sponsored by Intermec)
Korea Post for its establishment and operation of Korea Post Logistics System (PostNet)

TRANSFORMATION (Sponsored by IBM)
La Poste / De Post for "The three years that changed the Belgian Post"

INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP (Sponsored by Pitney Bowes)
Mr John Potter, Postmaster General & Chief Executive Officer, US Postal Service

The World Mail Awards are organised annually by Triangle Management Services to highlight, reward and celebrate best practice within the mail industry across the globe. Next year's World Mail Awards, and the World Mail & Express Europe conference, will be held in London on 21-23 May 2007. Applications for the 2007 Awards will open in January next year – more details can be found at www.mailawards.com.

Notes for Editors:

• World Mail & Express (WMX) events have been running since 1988, all organised by Triangle Management Services, based in the UK

• Paris 2006 was the 14th European event and 24th worldwide

• 2006 will also see the World Mail & Express Americas event in Rio de Janeiro on 4-5 December, as well as the UK Express Delivery Conference in Birmingham in July, the UK Mail Awards and The Mail Show in London in October / November

• For more information on the 2006 World Mail Awards, photographs of the event, or on WMX events in general, please contact events@triangle.eu.com.

• Press delegates are welcome to attend all events

Triangle Management Services Ltd, founded in 1984, is today the pre-eminent independent specialist management services company within the global mail, express and logistics sectors. Triangle offers the following services to clients: Recruitment, Market Research, Consultancy, Conferences and Mergers and Acquisitions - all of which focus primarily on the mail and express industry sectors.