SOFTSWISS Young Fest Wins Five Awards at Eventex Awards 2026

SOFTSWISS has received five awards at the 16th edition of the Eventex Awards 2026. The recognition went to SOFTSWISS Young Fest, a four-day corporate festival held in Turkey to mark the company's 15th anniversary.

This year, Eventex Awards 2026 received 1,405 entries from 58 countries, marking an all-time record for the competition. SOFTSWISS Young Fest took gold in the Corporate Event category and was awarded in the following nominations:

• Team Building – silver
• Data Collection and Event Analytics Technology – silver
• Attendee Management Technology – bronze
• Use of Custom-Built Technology – bronze

SOFTSWISS Young Fest brought together over 2,000 company employees from all over the globe on the Mediterranean coast. Several days of business sessions, sports tournaments, team activities, and entertainment were all tied together by a custom-built digital platform. Leadership took part in unconventional formats, including a C-level Show where executives cooked for employees.

The team-building programme combined seven sports tournaments and four large-scale formats, linked by a shared coin-based reward system. Teams earned coins not only for winning, but for working together and completing challenges across formats. This shifted the focus from individual competition to collective engagement.

A custom analytics system tracked participation across 98 activity zones in real time, helping organisers balance activity zones and adjust the programme on the go. The same data was used for improving the participant experience through visible progress, rewards, and team standings.

The Eventex jury recognised measurable results across the SOFTSWISS Young Fest, including:

• 9,681 tracked participation actions across team activities and tournaments
• 63,459 coins earned and spent through the gamified participation system
• 7,532 on-site and 5,249 online purchases in the merchandise store
• Employee NPS of 94 and an Experience Rating of 4.64 out of 5

SOFTSWISS Young Fest was designed to do two things at once – celebrate the company’s 15th anniversary and give people from different teams and locations a real reason to connect. For us, it was important to build an experience where colleagues could connect naturally, feel included, and genuinely want to take part. These five Eventex awards are a great recognition of the teams behind the project and a reminder that employee events can play a powerful role in strengthening company culture when they are built around genuine engagement.

Liudmila Glasunova

Chief HR Officer at SOFTSWISS

This is the third Eventex win for SOFTSWISS. In 2024, SOFTSWISS Value Fest took home Gold for a corporate event. Last year, SOFTSWISS Kids Camp also picked up gold in the same Corporate Event category, recognising the company's family-focused summer programme.