Cajun Coast is awarded by magazine publishers

The publishers and editors of ConventionSouth, the national multimedia resource for planning events in the South, presented the Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau with a 2015 Readers’ Choice Award.
“ConventionSouth readers and fans voted to decide the best meeting sites in the South, and it is no surprise to us that the Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau has been selected to receive our annual Readers’ Choice Award,” said ConventionSouth Publisher J. Tally O’Connor, “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 the Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau indeed displays the commitment to professionalism, creativity and service that they require.”
The Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau is among 180 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 5,000 voters participated this year in the selection process, the highest vote count ever recorded.
“We are excited to be recognized for our work in bringing group travel to St. Mary Parish” Cajun Coast Executive Director Carrie Stansbury said. “While assisting with individual and family tourism is a large part of what we do at the Cajun Coast Visitor & Convention Bureau, assisting with group travel is something that a lot of people don’t realize we also do. We always want to encourage more organizations to bring conventions or tournaments to St. Mary Parish.”
Since its creation in 2001, this is the first time that the Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau has received the award, making it an even greater honor to present it with a 2015 Readers’ Choice Award. The Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau will be featured as an award recipient in the December, 2015 Awards Issue of ConventionSouth magazine. This 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.
A complete list of award winners can be found online at:
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