ICONSIAM, Thailand’s new mega-landmark of eternal prosperity on the Chao Phraya River, has written a new chapter in the history of Thailand’s retail sector by winning the first prize in the Best Shopping Center category at the MAPIC Awards 2019 in Cannes, France, and the top prize in the Best Retail Development category from the MIPIM Asia Awards 2019 in Hong Kong – both regarded as the “Oscars” of the world’s and Asia’s real estate industry.
The awards are testimonies to the spectacular success of ICONSIAM and reinforce its position as a globally recognised game-changer. In triumphing over the other contestants and winning the MAPIC Award 2019 in the Best Shopping Centre Category, ICONSIAM has proven its capacity to combine creativity with cutting-edge innovation, explore revolutionary concepts, and push the boundaries of retail and destination development to bring the best of Thailand and the best of the world together and present it to the world. With this award, ICONSIAM has been formally recognised as a lifestyle destination that transcends the traditional definition of a shopping centre in its concepts, the world-class architecture, and the extraordinary experiences it delivers on all fronts, from art and culture, innovation, to product offerings and entertainment. This new model for retail development has not only captivated the attention of the world but has also set a new benchmark for the world’s retail development industry.
ICONSIAM has also won the top award in the Best Retail Development category at the MIPIM Asia Awards 2019, and has been acclaimed as a large urban retail project that has created a new paradigm for retail development in terms of its components, experience delivery, and sustainable business model, in which ICONSIAM has built Thailand’s first-ever large-scale network of collaboration consisting of entrepreneurs, government agencies, private businesses, civil societies, and the communities along the Chao Phraya River to create prosperity, spread benefits far and wide, and spur economic growth, while also elevating the quality of life for all.
ICONSIAM has won multiple prestigious global awards from international award organisations, including the World Retail Awards 2019 for Best Store Design of the Year in recognition of the architectural design by Urban Architect Co., Ltd.; the International Property Awards for Retail Development; the Prix Versailles 2019 (South Asia and the Pacific) in the Shopping Malls category; the Gold Stevie Award 2019 for Art, Entertainment & Public – Art Event by the International Business Awards 2019 (The 16th Annual International Business Awards); four top awards from the International Council of Shopping Centers’ (ICSC) Asia Pacific Awards for Best Design and Development – New Developments, Best Marketing – Business-to-Business (B2B), Best Marketing – Grand Opening, Expansion & Renovation, and Best Marketing – Public Relations and Events. ICONSIAM was the only new development to ever receive the highest number of first prize awards in the same year.