We're passionate about building better relationships between our clients and our customers. For us, creating the kind of loyalty that drives lasting results is its own reward. But it's still nice to be recognized for our efforts, both at work and in the community. We're honored to have received such praise and happy to share a sampling of this recognition below.

Compliance with Codes of Ethics and Standards of Practice
Canadian Marketing Association (CMA) | Multiple years

Member in Good Standing
Direct Marketing Association | Multiple years

Recognition of Support and Commitment
Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada | Multiple years

Customer Care Specialist
Canadian Institute of Travel Counsellors | 2007

Co-Chairman's Award for Performance and Leadership
Motionball | 2007

Ches Chard Award
Recognition of Professionalism, Education, and Training
ACTA Atlas Awards | 2007

• AIR MILES received this award for demonstrating excellence in human resources management from ACTA, the retail travel industry's largest professional organization.

Gold Canadian Award for Training Excellence
CSTD | 2007

• AIR MILES was recognized by the Canadian Society for Training and Development for its innovative training program for managers, Make It Happen: Leadership Fundamentals

Merit Award, Customer Management: Customer Loyalty
Canadian Marketing Association | 2007

Gold, Publishing Products and Services
Silver, New Media: E-mail
Silver, Sales Promotion: Consumer Promotion
Canadian Marketing Association | 2005

Silver, Publishing Products and Services
Silver, Interactive: E-mail
Canadian Marketing Association | 2002

Silver, Retailing
Canadian Marketing Association | 2001

Top Producer Award
Best Western | 2000

Gold, Interactive/Online/Internet
Gold, Retailing
Silver, Customer Loyalty Programs
Merit Award, Multimedia Integration
Silver, Publishing Products and Services
Canadian Marketing Association | 2000

Silver, Customer Loyalty, Financial Services: Banking
Merit Award, Publishing Products and Services
Canadian Marketing Association | 1999

James Thatcher Award for Outstanding Team Performance
AIDS Walk Toronto | 1998, 1999

Gold, Retailing
Gold, Customer Loyalty Programs
(joint award with Spindrift Design, Apache Superior Printing,
and Global Direct Marketing)
Canadian Marketing Association | 1998

Gold, Customer Service Programs
Silver, Retailing
Canadian Marketing Association | 1998

The Sabre Star Award
Sabre Canada | 1997

• Through the AIR MILES® Reward Program, LoyaltyOne runs Canada's largest single-site travel agency. We received this award for top-performing travel agencies from Sabre Travel Network, a sister company of Travelocity.

Generous Support of Special Olympics Canada
Special Olympics Canada | 1996

President's Award of Excellence
Loyalty Management Group Canada | 1995

Outstanding Achievement in Developing a Custom Point-of-Sale System
Sabre Canada | 1992

• Sabre recognized LoyaltyOne for its innovative customization of Turbo Sabre, a high-speed travel reservation software application.

Honoree in the Email Marketing category
Apple 2X | 2008

Honoree in the Weird category
Antifruitcake.com | 2008

Honoree in the Online Guerilla Marketing category
Antifruitcake.com | 2008

Gold Medal, Best Opt-In Consumer Campaign
Marketing Sherpa | 2007

Top Prize
Stage-Gate Global Product Innovation Summit | 2008

• ICOM was recognized for its iVision product innovation process by Stage-Gate Inc., the consulting firm renowned for its expertise in product innovation strategy.

"Out of the Box" Award
USPS National Postal Forum | 2004

• The U.S. Postal Service recognized ICOM for its exceptional creativity and performance in developing ways to make the mail work. ICOM was one of a select group to be recognized.

Top 10 Best Small and Medium Employers in Canada
Queen's University School of Business and Hewitt Associates | 2004

Platinum Award for Exceptional Partnership
USPS | 2003-1998

50 Best Managed Private Companies
Financial Post & Arthur Anderson | 1997-2000

• ICOM first received this award, organized by Financial Post and Sponsored by Arthur Anderson, in 1997, then requalified again in 1998, 1999, and 2000.

Entrepreneur of the Year
Ernst & Young | 1998

• ICOM was selected for Canada's premier award and recognition program for entrepreneurial businesses, sponsored by Ernst & Young.

ITX Award
The Conference Board of Canada | 1997

• The Conference Board of Canada's ITX Award celebrates extraordinary success with information technology. ICOM was recognized for its invention of an automated scanner.