Meeting planners apparently really like the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau. The agency has received the 2008 MeetingNews Planners’ Choice Award. Some 4,000 corporate executives, meeting professionals, event planners and trade show directors named the NOCVB one of the 25 best bureaus in the country. It’s the third award of excellence for the bureau this year. “With the convention and travel industry accounting for a significant portion of the city’s annual revenue, it is important that we remain the best among convention and visitors bureaus in the nation,” says Nikki Nicholson, vice president of convention sales. In January, New Orleans hosted 3,000 meeting professionals for the annual Professional Convention Management Association, whose members schedule $40 billion in meetings annually.
NOCVB named one of the nation’s best
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