There is now new incentive for being successful on the Internet: The first SUR.es prize ceremony was held last night in the Hotel Barceló in Malaga city and eight different awards were given in front of around 400 people to organisations and individuals connected with the province of Malaga whose work on Internet is noteworthy for its significance, quality, accessibility, design and opportunity in the eyes of the jury and SUR.es users.

Federico Moret, manager of SUR.es was in charge of welcoming all the guests, who included the Mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, and other local and regional authority representatives. "With these prizes SUR.es is aiming to continue driving the advances of Malaga on the Internet. I am very grateful to the jury for their commitment, the sponsors and the thousands of people who visit SUR.es every day, without whom we would not have been able to become the number one source of information in the province," the manager of SUR.es told the audience.

The master of ceremonies was comedien Daniel de la Cámara and throughout the event there was plenty of entertainment which included imitations of famous people by the stand up and the screening of a video which shows a day in the working life of SUR.es as well as the prize giving.