We at Corporate & Incentive Travel magazine are proud to present the winners of our 40th annual Awards of Excellence. We thank our subscribers — the meeting and incentive travel professionals — for judging which hotels, resorts and conference centers best served their needs by excelling in staff service, accommodations and meeting facilities, F&B, event setups and arrangements, ambience and accessibility. The subscribers also choose the convention and visitors bureaus that go above and beyond in service and support, promotional assistance, supplier, facility and venue information, coordination and liaison with local attractions and transportation, and comprehensive assistance with accommodations and site inspections.

While others may be content to rest on their laurels, these industry-leading winners prove what it means to be ‘best in class’ by continually reinventing themselves through renovations and rebrandings. Communicating and marketing effectively is all about making real connections through relationship building. When you make it personal, you make meetings and events an unqualified success — and then everyone is a winner. We salute all the winners of our Awards of Excellence on these pages and invite you to read the success stories of many of the winners featured in this annual section in our digital edition. C&IT