In 2002, Shapiro received the exhibition industry's highest award, the Pinnacle Award.

At one time Annette Cluff won the Pinnacle Award.

In 2013 it won a national Pinnacle Award for improving medication outcomes .

There are also annual prizes for creativity in festival organizing, called the Pinnacle Awards.

YTB received the Pinnacle Award from Carnival Cruise Lines four years in a row.

The Building Owners and Managers Association awarded the 2000/2001 Pinnacle Award to 245 Park Avenue.

Earlier, in May, they were presented with the Pinnacle Award for Corporate Citizenship by the Rockland Business Association.

The Festival received the following Pinnacle Awards in 2011:

Sandman Hotel Group was presented with the Pinnacle Award for Hotel Company of the Year in 2007.