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Atlantic City Convention Center and Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority Receive 2009 MeetingNews Planners’ Choice Awards
(Atlantic City, NJ, December 3, 2009) The Atlantic City Convention Center has been named one of the best Convention Centers and The Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority (ACCVA,) has been named one of the best Convention & Visitors Bureaus in the 2009 MeetingNews Planners’ Choice Awards.
The 2009 MeetingNews Planners’ Choice Awards, the mark of excellence for meeting destinations, distinguish these organizations as having done an outstanding job servicing meetings, and for quality of incentive travel programs, trade shows and conventions during the previous year.
According to Gary Musich, ACCVA vice president convention sales, “Our convention center and CVA staffs constantly work to meet our clients’ expectations. Being named for these awards certainly underlines the quality of what we’re doing in Atlantic City.”
The Atlantic City Convention Center, an SMG managed facility, was reviewed on the service and expertise of the on-site convention center staff, design and quality of exhibit space, conference and break-out rooms, quality of food service, environment and availability of the location and recycling, energy conservation and other green initiatives.
The Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority was reviewed on the service and expertise of the convention authority staff, quality and number of services provided, timely response and follow-up to questions and problems, and aid with community initiatives.
For the 2009 MeetingNews Planners’ Choice Awards, readers voted for the facilities and the bureaus that have exceeded their expectations in the meetings setting. MeetingNews’ audience of corporate and association executives with meeting planning responsibilities registered to become Planners’ Choice reviewers via online ballots.
The 2009 MeetingNews Planners’ Choice winners list will be published in the December 21, 2009 issue of MeetingNews.
The Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority serves as the destination's principal marketing arm, stimulating economic growth through convention, business and leisure tourism development. The Authority oversees the management of the Atlantic City Convention Center and Boardwalk Hall. The Authority is the first in New Jersey to achieve Destination Marketing Accreditation by the Destination Marketing Association International. The Authority is among an elite group of 47 accredited convention and visitor bureaus throughout the United States. For complete Atlantic City information, visit www.atlanticcitynj.com. Also follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AtlanticCityNJ.
The Atlantic City Convention Center is the central East Coast’s premiere meeting location. The $268,000,000 center opened in 1997, offers 500,000 contiguous square feet of meeting space and is convenient to all of the City’s hotels. In June 2008, the Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority (ACCVA) and SMG awarded Pepco Energy Services, a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: POM) a 20-year power purchase agreement with the Atlantic City Convention Center to install the largest single roof-mounted solar array in the United States. The project was completed in December 2008. The Center is operated by the Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority and managed by SMG. For additional information, visit our website at www.accenter.com. For destination information about Atlantic City, please visit www.atlanticcitynj.com
Contact: For the ACCVA: For Lou Hammond & Associates:
Karen Martin, 609-449-7126
Michael Bruckler, 609-449-7125 Emily Santos or Korin Lamourt
Elaine Zamansky, 609-449-7166 212-308-8880
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