Convention & Visitors Bureau - Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area Wins ConventionSouth Magazine's Readers' Choice Award Once Again

SOUTHERN PINES, NC – OCTOBER 30, 2008. The Convention & Visitors Bureau - Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area (CVB) has been honored with ConventionSouth magazine's annual Readers' Choice Award. ConventionSouth asked meeting professionals to nominate their choice of destination, convention center, hotel, resort or CVB as the top picks for the South. This marks the third time the CVB has been recognized by ConventionSouth readers for excellence, creativity and professionalism. The CVB - Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area was one of only three CVBs in addition to two properties that were named in North Carolina.

"Receiving the Readers' Choice Award for the third time is truly an honor and an acknowledgement that our efforts are recognized and appreciated by meeting planners," said Beverly Stewart, Director of Sales for the Convention & Visitors Bureau. "Our CVB Sales Team makes every effort to provide the highest level of customer service and to insure that meeting planner's requests are fulfilled promptly and professionally."

In notifying the CVB of the award, ConventionSouth Publisher J. Talty O'Connor stated, "The value in receiving this recognition is that it comes from the United States' top meeting professionals who book events in the South. These planners demand the highest level of customer service and quality facilities, and they have determined that the recipients of ConventionSouth's Readers' Choice Awards do indeed display the commitment to professionalism, creativity, excellence and outstanding customer service they require. It is an honor to announce that the Convention & Visitors Bureau - Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area was selected by these planners as one of the best in the South."

More than 18,000 readers were asked to cast their votes for the Readers' Choice Awards, and only the top vote getters out of approximately 2,000 meeting sites and CVBs received this recognition. Readers' comments ranged from the very simple to the very detailed, with some readers even bestowing accolades to particularly outstanding staff members.

For more information on how the Convention & Visitors Bureau - Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area can assist meeting planners, contact Beverly Stewart at (910) 692-3330 x237 or (800) 346-5362 x237. Also, visit the Web site at www.homeofgolf.com/meetings for other services and information that Beverly Stewart and the CVB Sales Department have to offer.

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The Convention & Visitors Bureau - Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area is an economic development organization and non-profit authority of Moore County, North Carolina. The CVB mission is to promote the area as a destination for visitors, meetings, conventions and tours. The CVB is funded primarily by a three percent hotel / motel room occupancy tax paid by visitors to Moore County.