GULF SHORES, Alabama — The publishers and editors of ConventionSouth, the national multimedia resource for planning events in the South, have presented Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau with a 2019 Readers’ Choice Award.
“ConventionSouth readers and fans have voted to decide the best meeting sites in the South, and it is no surprise to us that Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau has been selected to receive our annual Readers’ Choice Award,” said ConventionSouth Senior Editor Marcia Bradford. “The value in receiving this prestigious recognition is that it comes from the United States’ top meeting professionals who hold events in the South. These planners demand the highest level of customer service and quality facilities, and they have contributed in determining that Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau indeed displays the commitment to professionalism, creativity and service that they require.”
Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau is among 337 convention and visitor bureaus (CVBs), meeting facilities and hotels located across the South to receive this year’s Readers’ Choice Award. Throughout the year, meeting professionals nominated the meeting sites they believe provide exemplary service for group events. The nominated sites are then compiled onto an online ballot where meeting professionals and fans are asked to vote for the best of the best. More than 7,000 voters participate in the selection process.
Since creation in 2001, this is the third time that Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau has received the award. It will be featured as an award recipient in the December 2019 Awards Issue of ConventionSouth magazine.
Celebrating over 35 years as a leading meeting planning resource, ConventionSouth magazine is based in Gulf Shores, Alabama, and is distributed to more than 18,000 meeting professionals located across the country who book meetings held within the South, according to Bradford.
A complete list of award winners can be found online at conventionsouth.com/2019-readers-choice-award-winners-announced.
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