November 21, 2017
Meetings + Incentive Travel’s readers nominated their favourite venues and suppliers and then cast 1,893 votes to determine the winners of the magazine’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards.
The 2017 winners and honourable mentions are featured in a special photo report in the November/December 2017 issue. Click here to view the issue.
Discover Saint John was thrilled to be awarded an Honourable Mention for Best Destination Marketing Organization!
The Readers’ Choice Awards program currently has 21 categories. Three of the categories—Best Hotel, Best Venue (without bedrooms) and Best Caterer—each call for nominations in four regions: Eastern Canada, Central Canada, Western Canada and The Territories. Nine more categories—Transportation (ground), Speakers Bureau, Registration Services, Mobile Event App, AudioVisual, Entertainment (new), Destination Marketing Organization (new), Destination Management Company (new) and Premium/Gift Supplier (new)—are awarded nationally. Please note: Not all categories drew nominations.
Here are our readers’ choices!
BEST DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION
- WINNER – Discover Halifax
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Tourisme Montréal
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Discover Saint John
BEST HOTEL – EASTERN CANADA
- WINNER – The Lord Nelson Hotel & Suites │ Halifax, NS
- HONOURABLE MENTION – The Algonquin Resort St-Andrews-By-The-Sea | Saint Andrews, NB
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel | Halifax, NS
BEST HOTEL – CENTRAL CANADA
- WINNER – White Oaks Resort & Spa │ Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Fairmont Château Laurier | Ottawa, ON
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Sheraton on the Falls | Niagara Falls, ON
BEST HOTEL – WESTERN CANADA
- WINNER (tie) –The Fairmont Empress Hotel | Victoria, BC
- WINNER (tie) – Fairmont Chateau Whistler | Whistler, BC
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Hilton Whistler Resort & Spa | Whistler, BC
- HONOURABLE MENTION – The Fairmont Palliser | Calagary, AB
BEST VENUE – EASTERN CANADA
- WINNER – Shore Club | Hubbards, NS
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 | Halifax, NS
BEST VENUE – CENTRAL CANADA
- WINNER –Art Gallery of Ontario│ Toronto, ON
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Palais des Congrès de Montréal | Montreal, QC
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Scotiabank Convention Centre │ Niagara Falls, ON
BEST VENUE – WESTERN CANADA
- WINNER – Calgary Stampede │ Calgary, AB
- HONOURABLE MENTION – BMO Centre │ Calgary, AB
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Calgary Telus Convention Centre │ Calgary, AB
BEST CATERER – CENTRAL CANADA
- WINNER – Foodies on Foot | Toronto, ON
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Peter and Paul’s Event Catering │ Toronto, ON
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Urban Source Creative Catering | Toronto, ON
BEST ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
- WINNER – A2D2 – Aerial Dance Cirque Company | Mississauga, ON
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Painchaud Productions (La Famille Painchaud) | Lévis, QC
BEST TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER
- WINNER – Atlantic Tours | Dartmouth, NS
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Luxury Coach │ Toronto, ON
- HONOURABLE MENTION– Francesco’s Limousines | Toronto, ON
BEST AUDIOVISUAL COMPANY
- WINNER – PSAV®
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Freeman Audio Visual Canada
- HONOURABLE MENTION – AV-Canada
BEST PREMIUMS/GIFTS SUPPLIER
- WINNER – Brand Boulevard | St. Catherines, ON
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Orangefish.ca | Toronto, ON
- HONOURABLE MENTION – Staples Promotional Products |
BEST SPEAKERS BUREAU
- WINNER (acclaimed) – Speakers’ Spotlight | Toronto, ON
BEST REGISTRATION SERVICES
- WINNER – BBW International Inc. | York, ON
- HONOURABLE MENTION – D.E. Systems | Ottawa, ON
Since 1998, Meetings + Incentive Travel’s Readers’ Choice Awards program has given planners the chance to thank and celebrate the industry suppliers that make their events successful. This year’s call for nominations opened on August 29 and ran to September 22, drawing 77 nominations in the program’s 21 categories. It was followed by a three-week online voting period, which determined the winners and honourable mentions in each category.