Miami Beach, FL - Channel Blade Technologies received accolades when two customer web sites took top honors at last week’s Miami International Boat Show. The awards represented top honors in two of the five categories in the annual North American Marine Industry Web Awards competition.

The winning Dealer/Broker site, HMY Yacht Sales (www.hmy.com) and OEM/Manufacturer site, Meridian Yachts (www.meridian-yachts.com) both rely on graphical interface, hosting and lead management solutions created by Channel Blade.

Representatives from both HMY and Meridian were quick to highlight Channel Blade’s efforts.

Launched in 2004, the Marine Web Awards program recognizes company Web sites that demonstrate a higher standard of excellence in creative design, ease of navigation and the presentation of up-to-date content. Judges for the awards were polled from a wide range of backgrounds. Industry executives participating this year included Tim Brunelle, senior partner and executive creative director, Carmichael Lynch Agency; Rebecca Sillin, The Zeno Group; Julie Adams, art director, Arc Worldwide; Enam Noor, founder, Desme; Fernando Regueiro, director, Internet services, NMMA); and James Nolan, group general manager of boats.com & yachtworld.com.