GCVA Hall of Fame Awards 2026
The GCVA's annual Gift Card awards, celebrating the biggest and best innovations in the industry.
Event Sponsors:
Table bookings are now open for the GCVA Hall of Fame Awards 2026. This year’s event will take place at a brand new venue, The Underglobe beneath Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, creating a magical backdrop for a truly special celebration of the gift card industry. We are also delighted to announce the theme of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for this event, so don your best black tie and get ready for a spectacular evening of innovation and recognition.
Take a look at the 2025 Hall of Fame Highlights.
Book your table or tickets
Please email awards@gcva.co.uk to book your table. You will be provided with a booking code for Canapii upon invoice payment.
Gold Table
GCVA Member cost: £4,950 + VAT
Non-member cost: £7,950 + VAT
Silver Table
GCVA Member cost: £3,750 + VAT
Non-member cost: £4,950 + VAT
Half Tables
GCVA Member cost: £1,875 + VAT
Non-member cost: £2,475 + VAT
Single Tickets
GCVA Member cost: £325 + VAT
Non-member cost: £450 + VAT
Each booking includes a drinks reception, 3-course dinner with wine, entertainment, awards ceremony and the awards party.
2026 GCVA Hall of Fame Awards Categories
- Best Industry Innovation, sponsored by Onbe
- Best Creative Marketing Campaign
- Best B2B Product or Service, sponsored by epay
- Best B2C Product or Service, sponsored by Virgin Experience Days
- Team of the Year
- Best Innovation in Gift Card Manufacturing
- Retailer/Issuer of the Year, sponsored by BHN
- Service Provider of the Year
- Rising Star of the Year
- Honoured Industry Contributor 2026
Host & Entertainment Sponsor
Onbe
Onbe is a payouts platform powering flexible, modern business-to-consumer disbursements at scale. With its turnkey solution, Onbe helps clients across industries offload their entire payout operations by reducing the cost, complexity, and risk of managing these programs in-house while enabling the instant, digital, and seamless payment options consumers prefer.
Champagne & Celebration Sponsor
ePay Worldwide
epay manages a wide range of prepaid solutions and modern payment transactions through a network of POS terminals and cloud and SaaS-based applications including technical integrations, full settlement and reporting services, and comprehensive marketing and merchandising support. In total in the UK we have the largest retailer footprint with over 30,000 locations with a global retailer footprint of over 330,000 locations.
Retailer/Issuer of the Year Award Sponsor
Blackhawk Network EMEA Limited (BHN)
Blackhawk Network delivers branded payment programmes to help meet today’s most challenging business objectives. We collaborate with our partners to innovate, translating market trends in branded payments to extend reach, build loyalty and increase revenue. Whether you’re a merchant, retailer, or digital reseller, we have all the tools to help you drive revenue with a gift card programme.
Best B2C Product or Service Award Sponsor
Virgin Experience Days
The UK’s leading provider of gift experiences, and home to more than 3,000 incredible adventures across the UK and beyond. From classics that never go out of style (Spitfires and supercars, anyone?) to husky hiking, forest bathing and cocktail making, we’ve got an experience gift for everyone.
Team of the Year Award Sponsor
Cashwave
Cashwave offers eGift cards from 300 leading international, regional and local brands in 32 markets in Europe and Turkey via a single API connection. We enable rewards programme managers to offer localised, engaging and personalised employee rewards to their clients and end users.
Align your organisation with excellence at the GCVA Hall of Fame Awards 2026 through our sponsorship and promotional opportunities. Contact awards@gcva.co.uk to enquire.