We are pleased to announce that the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau has won eight prestigious awards this year from our clients and customers across the meetings industry. These awards reflect the outstanding service focus of the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau and its staff and were awarded based on superior service and top notch support to meeting planners and convention delegates.

2009 Pinnacle Award
The Pinnacle Award is coveted by convention & visitors bureaus because it represents recognition directly from clients for outstanding service to the association and meetings industry. The Pinnacle Award winners are selected by meeting planners and Successful Meetings Magazine.

2009 Gold Service Award
The GBCVB is the recipient of the Gold Service Award based on a survey conducted by Meetings & Conventions Magazine. Over 700 domestic and international convention & visitors bureaus competed for the award but only forty were selected as award recipients. The Gold Service Award signifies commitment to superior service for convention planners and delegates.

2009 Planners' Choice Award
The GBCVB was chosen to receive the 2009 Meeting News Planners' Choice Award by surveying over 40,000 meeting, convention, and incentive travel planners who are part of the Meetings News community, based on service quality.

2009 Award of Excellence
The GBCVB was chosen as the recipient of the Award of Excellence by Corporate & Incentive Magazine to recognize CVBs that have best served the corporate meetings and incentive travel markets.

2009 Inner Circle Award
The GBCVB was chosen as the recipient of the 2009 Inner Circle Award, which recognizes top rated convention and visitors bureaus, by the readers of Association Meetings Magazine.

2009 World Class Award
The GBCVB was chosen as the recipient of the World Class Award by the readers of Insurance & Financial Meetings Management, the Executive Source for Planning Meetings and Incentives.

2009 Distinctive Achievement Award
The GBCVB was chosen for the Distinctive Achievement Award by a ballot vote in Association Convention Facilities Magazine  by state, regional, and national association meeting planners.

2009 Top Destination Award
The GBCVB was chosen as the 2009 Top Destination from Facilities & Destinations (F&D), as voted on by their 51,000+ readers (Association and Corporate Meeting Planners and Executives).