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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau
Kimberly Schmitz
Director of Communication & Public Relations
kschmitz@visitTucson.org
520.770.2143
MTCVB Receives 2008 MeetingNews Planners' Choice Award
Tucson, Ariz., Oct. 28, 2008 - The Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau is proud to announce that MeetingNews magazine has awarded the MTCVB the prestigious 2008 Planners' Choice Award honoring excellence in the meetings industry.
This year the readers of MeetingNews awarded 32 domestic and 12 international convention & visitors bureaus with the Planners' Choice Award distinction. More than 40,000 meeting, convention and incentive travel planners were asked to select their preferred organizations around the globe and in the United States based on quality of service.
MeetingNews travel planners also selected top resorts, hotels, convention centers, gaming resorts and conference centers. Tucson's JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa was also honored with a Planners' Choice Award for excellence in resorts. For more information on awards and recipients visit http://www.inap.meetingnews.nielsencontests.com/.
The 2008 Planners' Choice Award winners will be featured in the December 1, 2008 issue of MeetingNews magazine.
The MTCVB is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the Tucson area as a convention, visitor and film production destination. It is financially supported by the City of Tucson, Pima County, the Town of Oro Valley and its nearly 800 individual and business members.
Visit the MTCVB website at http://www.visittucson.org/ or call 1.800.638.8350 for further information.
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