Sheffield City Hall has picked up another coveted accolade -taking the venue of the year crown at the Eventia Awards.

The City Hall took Gold in the Event Hotel or Venue of the Year (>750 capacity) category at the prestigious ceremony, hosted by impressionist Alastair McGowan, at the London Hilton, Park Lane.

Beating off competition from ExCel, London and The Hurlingham Club, the venue was recognised for its excellent facilities, value for money and strong support and events team.

Eventia is the main trade organisation for the event industry and its annual awards honour outstanding business-to-business and business-to-consumer events internationally and within the UK.

The Eventia award for Sheffield City Hall comes off the back of another award this Autumn, having been named Best Large Event Venue in the country by industry publication, Event Magazine back in September and again beating off competition from the Royal Albert Hall; and Chelsea Football Club

Dominic Stokes, General Manager of SIV Events, said:  "Yet again SIV and Sheffield City Hall have shown the events industry what an exceptional service we can provide. The fact that we are consistently beating internationally renowned venues, like the ExCel Centre, and the Royal Albert Hall in national industry awards judged by our peers, shows there is no excuse for bypassing our venues and Sheffield as a destination.

This quality product comes at sensational value for money and our challenge is to ensure everyone in the industry knows about it and that every event has Sheffield on its travel itinerary."

Sheffield City Hall has been selected as the host of the National Union of Students (NUS) national conference in April 2012 and 2013 - a three day conference that is estimated to generate over £2 million pounds for the local economy.