Norfolk CVB Wins Gold Service Award for 2008
Norfolk, VA - (July 14, 2008) – A dedication to quality service is the key to maintaining customers and is also the key to winning Meetings & Conventions’ Gold Service Award. This prestigious award honors Convention & Visitors Bureaus that have excelled in professionalism and dedication in their service to meeting professionals.
This year the readers of M&C awarded 77 domestic and 13 international CVBs with the Gold Service award distinction. Relying on their extensive industry experience in both corporate and association markets, M&C’s readers made the selections based on key criteria including: professionalism of staff; support on hotels and site inspections; assistance with ground transportation planning; guidance on local attractions; and liaison with local venders and services.
“To continually provide quality service to clients sets these superior bureaus apart. All our Gold Service winning CVBs know the value of creating a lasting impression can never be understated” said Bernard W. Schraer, Meetings & Conventions’ Group publisher. “The 2008 Gold Service winners continually excel in many valuable areas of service, impressing not only their clients but also the demanding readers of M&C.” Schraer adds, “Our entire staff joins M&C’s readers in honoring these outstanding CVBs who continue to focus on effective working partnerships with meeting professionals.”
Winning CVBs will be featured in Meetings & Conventions’ Gold Awards issue published this November.
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The Norfolk Convention and Visitors Bureau promotes the city as a welcoming waterfront destination to business, convention and leisure travelers worldwide. For more information about Norfolk, visit the city on the Web at www.norfolkcvb.com, or call 757-664-6620 or toll free at 800-368-3097.
Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Atlanta, the non-profit Southeast Tourism Society is dedicated to the promotion and development of tourism to its member states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. www.southeasttourism.org
