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Goldsboro-Wayne County Is Honored With ConventionSouth’s Annual Readers’ Choice Award

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Oct. 12, 2020

Goldsboro-Wayne County Travel & Tourism Is Honored With ConventionSouth’s Annual Readers’ Choice Award

GULF SHORES, Ala.— It is with honor that the publishers and editors of ConventionSouth, the national multimedia resource for planning events in the South, present Visit Goldsboro, formally known as Goldsboro-Wayne County Travel & Tourism, with a 2020 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 Visit Goldsboro has been selected to receive our annual Readers’ Choice Award,” said ConventionSouth Associate Publisher Ashleigh Osborne. “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 Goldsboro-Wayne County indeed displays the commitment to professionalism, creativity and service that they require.”

Visit Goldsboro is among 380 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 third time that Visit Goldsboro has received the award, making it an even greater honor to present it with a 2020 Readers’ Choice Award. Goldsboro-Wayne County will be featured as an award recipient in the December 2020 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 2021, our Awards Issue is one of the most popular must-read resources within the meetings industry,” Osborne said.

“We’re delighted to be recognized as a top meeting destination for the third consecutive year,” says Ashlin Glatthar, director of Goldsboro-Wayne County travel and tourism. “This meaningful award couldn’t have happened without the genuine hospitality of our community and level of excellence set by the staff at the Maxwell Center. No matter if our visitors come for meetings, sports, or leisure, our department is committed to providing a positive experience that cannot be found or duplicated elsewhere.”

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

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

https://conventionsouth.com/2020-readers-choice-award-winners-announced/

The ConventionSouth Readers’ Choice Award logo is available for use at:

https://conventionsouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Readers-Choice-Award-1-1024×981-1-1.jpg

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Contact:

Ashley Strickland, Event Sales & Marketing Manager

ConventionSouth

astrickland@conventionsouth.com

(800) 968-0712

www.conventionsouth.com

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