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Winners
of the 2015 SportsTravel Awards Announced at TEAMS ’15 in Las Vegas
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2015 U.S.
Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina, takes top honor
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Las
Vegas, NV – November 2015 / Newsmaker Alert / The 2015 U.S. Figure
Skating Championships held in Greensboro, North Carolina, was named Sports
Event of the Year, as well as Best Amateur Multi-Sport or Multi-Discipline
Event.
SportsTravel
magazine announced the winners of the 2015 SportsTravel Awards during
a gala event at the TEAMS ’15
Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. TEAMS: Travel, Events And Management
in Sports, is the world’s largest gathering of event organizers and travel
planners from the sports industry. Held on the basketball court of the
Thomas & Mack Center, the awards ceremony was emceed by ESPN’s Jessica
Mendoza.
Other
winners were the 2014 Chicago International Dragon Boat Festival; the 2015
Tough Mudder Series; the U.S. Quidditch World Cup 8 in Rock Hill, South
Carolina; the 2015 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth,
Texas; the 2015 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament; Super Bowl
XLIX in Glendale, Arizona; the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
in Vail, Colorado; the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Canada; and the 2015
College Football Playoff National Championship in Arlington, Texas.
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“This
year we are pleased to recognize a number of outstanding sporting events
at a truly iconic sporting venue,” said Timothy Schneider, publisher of
SportsTravel
magazine, which organizes the annual TEAMS Conference & Expo. “Each
of the winners is a prime example of achieving excellence in organization
and management for both competitors and spectators.”
“We
take pride in being able to serve as a resource for the readers of SportsTravel
magazine as they consistently execute high-quality events,” said Schneider.
“Both the event organizers and the host cities of the winning events should
be proud of all they have achieved through their successful collaboration.”
The
SportsTravel
Awards program bestows honors at the amateur, collegiate and professional
levels in three categories each. To be eligible, events had to occur between
July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2015. Criteria for nomination and voting included:
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Superior
organization of and attendance at the event
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The event
provided a superior experience for competitors and/or spectators
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The event’s
host city or venue served to enhance the event
The
2015 SportsTravel Award winners are:
Sports
Event of the Year
2015
U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Greensboro, NC
Best
New Sports Event
2015
College Football Playoff National Championship, Arlington, TX
Best
Professional Series or Circuit
2015
FIFA Women’s World Cup, Canada
Best
Professional Multi-Sport or Multi-Discipline Event
2015
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Vail, CO
Best
Professional Single-Sport Event
Super
Bowl XLIX, Glendale, AZ
Best
Collegiate Sports Event Series or Circuit
2015
NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament, Various Cities
Best
Collegiate Multi-Sport or Multi-Discipline Event
2015
NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships, Fort Worth, TX
Best
Collegiate Single-Sport Event
Quidditch
World Cup 8, Rock Hill, SC
Best
Amateur Sports Event Series or Circuit
2015
Tough Mudder Series, Various Cities
Best
Amateur Multi-Sport or Multi-Discipline Event
2015
U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Greensboro, NC
Best
Amateur Single-Sport Event
2014
Chicago International Dragon Boat Festival, Chicago, IL
Hosted
by the National Congress of State Games and Meet AC, TEAMS ’16 will be
held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 26–29. For more information,
please visit TEAMSconference.com
or call 877-577-3700.
The
TEAMS
Conference & Expo is organized by Los Angeles–based Schneider
Publishing, which publishes SportsTravel,
the sports world’s event magazine, and Association
News, America’s most-read magazine for association executives.
TEAMS ’16 will be held September 26–29, 2016, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
In addition to TEAMS, Schneider Publishing organizes Meetings
Quest, North America’s longest-running series of trade shows for meeting
planners. The group travel markets served by Schneider Publishing generate
106 million hotel room nights annually.
Media
Contact:
Ann
Shepphird
Schneider
Publishing
310-577-3700
SportsTravel,
TEAMS, Association News and Meetings Quest are registered trademarks
of Schneider Publishing.
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