The 2007 World Mail Awards, presented on Monday night at a top London hotel, brought out the very best from postal services around the globe. More than 350 senior executives from the industry gathered to hear yachtsman, hero & adventurer, Pete Goss, present the coveted trophies for best practice and excellence.

This was the 8th year the Awards have been run by Triangle and they continue to grow in both prestige and breadth of coverage, with two new awards and four new sponsors for 2007. The distinguished panel of judges met only hours before the presentation to select the eventual winners of the awards from the 38 finalists.

The twelve winners competed against a broad geographical diversity of applicants and a wide variety of products and services submitted by operators and suppliers to the mail industry.

This year's World Mail Award winners are as follows:

Corporate Social Responsibility – sponsored by DHL Global Mail
• Brazil Post for its Postal Bank project

Customer Service – sponsored by Western Union
• Canada Post Corporation for its Customer Value Management program

e-Commerce – sponsored by Saudi Post
• Deutsche Post AG for its ADDRESSDIALOG project

Growth (new award for 2007) – sponsored by Q-Post
• DHL Global Mail for its global letter-writing club LetterNet

Industry Leadership – sponsored by Pitney Bowes
• Jean-Paul Bailly, Chairman and CEO, La Poste

Innovation – sponsored by Emirates Post
• ampm for its delivery tracking solution eyeTrack

People Management – sponsored by Australia Post
• Masterlink Express for its ''Talents Maker'' management academy training program

Quality – sponsored by Magyar Posta
• Singapore Post for SingPost Quality Excellence

Retail Project (new award for 2007) - sponsored by Triangle
• Aramex International for its SHOP&SHIP mailbox system

Security – sponsored by Royal Mail
• Royal Mail for its Mail Integrity Programme

Technology – sponsored by Intermec
• Denmark Post for its GIS route planning system

Transformation – sponsored by IBM
• Saudi Post for the creation of NAQEL

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, will be held in Budapest on 19 May 2008. Applications for the 2008 Awards will open in January next year – more details can be found at www.mailawards.com.

Notes for Editors:

• The first annual World Mail Awards were presented in Paris in May 2000 – details of previous ceremonies and winners can be found at www.mailawards.com

• The World Mail Awards took place on the first day of this year's World Mail & Express Europe event in London. The World Mail & Express events have been running since 1988, and are also organised by Triangle Management Services, based in the UK;

• For more information on the 2007 World Mail Awards, photographs of the event, or further details on Triangle’s events in general, please contact events@triangle.eu.com.
   

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.