| Pigeon
Forge, TN – November 2013 / Newsmaker Alert / The scale, quality
and potential impact of the LeConte
Center at Pigeon Forge already have earned it an accolade in the meetings
industry.
ConventionSouth Magazine,
a trade magazine that has covered the meetings industry in the South for
more than 30 years, has given Pigeon Forge’s newest showplace a 2014 Top
New or Renovated Meeting Site Award.
“After a lengthy review of
what the LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge now has to offer meeting planners
and attendees, we feel it indeed displays a superior commitment to providing
groups with the top-of-the-line amenities and service that they require,”
said Associate Publisher Marlane Bundock.
The magazine selected 50
facilities from 14 states, south along the Eastern Seaboard from Maryland
to Florida and west to Texas and Oklahoma. The magazine will feature them
in its December issue.
“We’re in some amazing company,
including the $500 million Music City Center in Nashville and the Buena
Vista Palace Hotel & Spa in the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando,”
said Leon Downey, executive director of the Pigeon
Forge Department of Tourism.
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The LeConte
Events Center opened in October and is administered by the city’s tourism
department.
The $45 million multi-purpose
building is designed to attract trade shows, competitive events, special
events, festivals and large assemblies that will draw overnight visitors
to Pigeon Forge.
Its first booking, the International
Gift Exposition in the Smokies/Souvenir Super Show earlier this month,
filled the 232,000-square-foot building and drew approximately 10,000 people
to Pigeon Forge and surrounding Sevier County.
Information about all aspects
of visiting Pigeon Forge is available at MyPigeonForge.com
or by calling toll-free 800-251-9100.
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Media Contact:
Tom
Adkinson, APR
for Pigeon Forge Department
of Tourism
615-341-8796 |
