The Durban ICC was honoured as the winner of the Industrial Policy Action Plan Award at the inaugural Vision 2030 Awards.
The winners were announced last month at the highly anticipated awards ceremony held at Birchwood Hotel in Johannesburg.
The ICC has hosted several large events in the past few years, including Inernational Aids conference last year, and the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) of the UNFCCC and the 7th Session of the Conference of the Parties (CMP7) to the Kyoto Protocol in 2011.
Recently, they hosted the World Economic Forum.
The awards, said the centre in a statement on Tuesday, were a first of its kind in South Africa.
“The awards recognise the achievements and success stories of organisations, enterprises and individuals that are actively demonstrating alignment to the government’s nine-point plan to boost economic growth and achieve the milestones set by the National Development Plan (NDP).”
Durban ICC chief executive Lindiwe Rakharebe said: “I am honoured by this amazing achievement and am proud that the (convention centre) is being recognised a leader in boosting economic growth and development in South Africa. I accept this award on behalf of the entire ... team; may it spur us on to even greater contribution for our beloved country.”
They said more than 100 nominations were received for this year’s awards, covering categories including agriculture, minerals, infrastructure development, science and technology, healthcare and education and powering South Africa.
“Winners and finalists of the awards were assessed by an expert panel of judges based on a variety of organisational performance criteria.”
The Durban ICC took top honours amongst an impressive group of nominees which included the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Bombela Concession (Gautrain), Anglo American Platinum and SASFIN holdings.