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CVB Contact:
Alana Cooper, President & CEO
acooper@monroe-westmonroe.org

Contact:
Ashley Strickland, Event & Sales Operations Manager Convention South
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Monroe/West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau Is Honored With Convention South’s Annual Readers’ Choice Award

GULF SHORES, Ala. (Oct. 27, 2022)—It is with great honor that the publishers and editors of ConventionSouth, the national multimedia resource for planning events in the South, present Monroe/West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau with a 2022 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 Monroe/West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau has been selected to receive our annual Readers’ Choice Award,” said ConventionSouth Associate Publisher Tiffany Burtnett. “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 determined that
Monroe/West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau indeed displays the commitment to professionalism, creativity and service that they require.”

Monroe/West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau is among 416 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. With over 8,000 voters participating in the selection process and the highest social media interaction to date, this has been the most successful and engaging year yet!

Since creation in 2001, this is the seventh time that Monroe/West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau has received the award, making it an even greater honor to present the venue with a 2022 Readers’ Choice Award. Monroe/West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau will be featured as an award recipient in the December 2022 Awards Issue of ConventionSouth magazine. This exciting issue will also showcase some of the most talented meeting professionals in the nation as ConventionSouth also presents planners with its annual “Meeting Professionals To Watch” designation. “Featuring peer advice and trade secrets from our Meeting Professionals to Watch in 2023, our Awards Issue is one of the most popular must-read resources within the meetings industry,” Burtnett said.

Celebrating 40 years as a leading meeting planning resource for Southern destinations, ConventionSouth magazine is based in Gulf Shores, Ala., and is distributed to more than 18,000 meeting professionals located across the country who book events held within the South, according to Burtnett.

A complete list of award winners can be found online at:

https://conventionsouth.com/20...

The ConventionSouth Readers’ Choice Award logo is available for use at:
https://conventionsouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RCA2022-Winner.