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EXHIBITOR Magazine Honors Best North American Convention Centers with 2024 Centers of Excellence Awards
10/20/2023
ROCHESTER MN. – Exhibitor Group is proud to announce the following 25 convention centers as winners of its fifth annual Centers of Excellence Awards. Exhibitor Group, which produces both EXHIBITOR magazine and Find It on EXHIBITORXchange, the buyer’s guide to trade show products and services, launched this initiative in 2019 to identify and recognize North America’s best convention centers for trade shows and events.

“Exhibit managers rarely have a say in where trade shows are held, but they are often the ones most impacted by that decision. The Centers of Excellence Awards allows them to recognize the exhibitor-friendly venues that make their experiences at trade shows and events smooth and successful,” said Emily Olson, editor of EXHIBITOR magazine, noting that everything from health and safety protocols to the cost and quality of Wi-Fi access can have a significant impact on exhibiting companies’ experiences at events. “The facilities on this list have proven their ability to host trade shows and events of all sizes while providing world-class service and state-of-the-art accommodations.”

The venues that qualified for EXHIBITOR Magazine’s 2024 Centers of Excellence include:
    Centers of Excellence
  • Anaheim Convention Center
  • Baltimore Convention Center
  • Colorado Convention Center
  • Duke Energy Convention Center
  • Edmonton EXPO Centre
  • Enercare Centre
  • Greater Columbus Convention Center
  • Greater Tacoma Convention Center
  • Hawaii Convention Center
  • Huntington Place
  • Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas
  • Kentucky Exposition Center
  • Kentucky International Convention Center
  • Los Angeles Convention Center
  • Miami Beach Convention Center
  • Overland Park Convention Center
  • Owensboro Convention Center
  • Raleigh Convention Center
  • Renasant Convention Center
  • San Diego Convention Center
  • Seattle Convention Center
  • Tampa Convention Center
  • The Convention Center at The Broadmoor
  • Vancouver Convention Centre
  • Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Special Awards
In addition to naming North America’s 25 best convention centers for trade shows and events, EXHIBITOR magazine’s Centers of Excellence program will present five special awards. The finalists for those awards are listed below:

Best Convention Center (Over 1 Million sq. ft. of Exhibit Space)
  • Anaheim Convention Center
  • Kentucky Exposition Center
Best Convention Center (500,000 – 1 Million sq. ft. of Exhibit Space)
  • Enercare Centre
  • Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center
  • Los Angeles Convention Center
  • Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Best Convention Center (100,000 – 500,000 sq. ft. of Exhibit Space)
  • The Colorado Springs Convention Center at The Broadmoor
  • Vancouver Convention Centre
Best Convention Center (Less Than 100,000 sq. ft. of Exhibit space)
  • Greater Tacoma Convention Center
  • Overland Park Convention Center
  • Owensboro Convention Center
Best Customer Service & On-Site Support
  • Huntington Place
  • Los Angeles Convention Center
  • Walter E. Washington Convention Center
The Special Awards winners will be announced on November 15 at 1 p.m. CDT during a special EXHIBITORInsight session.

Small, medium, and large convention centers located anywhere in North America are invited to apply annually, with entrants evaluated using an objective algorithm weighted to reflect how EXHIBITOR magazine readers value a variety of variables. The myriad criteria considered were categorized into five primary areas:
  • Facility & Functionality
  • Location & Accommodations
  • Service & Execution
  • Expansions & Upgrades
  • Awards & Industry Participation
The evaluation process also includes a survey of event planners, show organizers, and exhibit managers who have recently hosted (or exhibited at) events within each facility, as well as a review of entrants’ event spaces, selling points, and innovations, conducted by a panel of corporate exhibit managers.

The highest-scoring venues were then named among EXHIBITOR Magazine’s 2024 Centers of Excellence, and they will be featured in the upcoming October/November issue of EXHIBITOR, as well as via an online portal where readers can learn more about each of the facilities that qualified for this honor. The portal, housed within the Find It on EXHIBITORXchange website, enables face-to-face marketers to quickly and easily research potential event venues and learn more about the convention centers that are hosting the trade shows and exhibitions on their annual calendars.

For more information on the Centers of Excellence competition, visit www.ExhibitorOnline.com/Awards/CoE.


About Exhibitor Group
The leader in trade show and corporate event marketing education, Exhibitor Group publishes EXHIBITOR magazine, an award-winning publication featuring best practices in trade show marketing. EXHIBITOR's learning events include: EXHIBITORLIVE, The Conference and Exhibition for Trade Show and Corporate Event Marketing; EXHIBITORFastTrak accelerated learning conferences; and EXHIBITOR eTrak, professional online learning. Exhibitor Group is also the founder of CTSM (Certified Trade Show Marketer), the industry's only university-affiliated professional certification program, and the EXHIBITORNOW podcast, your source for the latest news and interviews with thought leaders in trade shows and events. Learn more at www.ExhibitorOnline.com.

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