CT Convention & Sports Bureau Wins Award: Northeast’s Top CVB/DMO

The Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTmeetings) is the winner of the 2021 Gold Stella Award for Best Convention & Visitors Bureau/Destination Marketing Organization (CVB/DMO) in the Northeast Region of the U.S. On November 4th, Northstar Meetings Group and its leading brands, Meetings & Conventions and Successful Meetings, announced its award to Connecticut’s only statewide sales and marketing organization for meetings, conventions, and sports events.

The Stella Awards are the meeting industry’s highest honor, recognizing hotels, convention centers, conference centers, airlines, cruise lines, DMOs/CVBs and DMCs that consistently deliver quality service and innovation to meeting and event professionals. The Bureau was honored for its proactive work, especially throughout the pandemic.

“Our Bureau is honored to be recognized with such a prestigious industry award,” said Robert Murdock, President of the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTmeetings). “Connecticut’s meetings and hospitality industries are ‘open for business’, and our Bureau’s team works with meeting planners and event organizers from across the U.S. to assist them in planning successful experiences here.”

A total of 260 organizations from around the globe were honored for consistently delivering quality service and innovation to meeting and event professionals. This year, more than 6,000 votes were cast from around the world for the 603 destinations, hotels and service providers nominated in 17 categories across six regions in the United States and worldwide. Winners were selected for achieving overall excellence, superb food and beverage, professionalism of staff, sustainability initiatives, and other critical aspects of the meetings and event experience.

For more information, please visit www.CTmeetings.org or call 860-728-6789.