EXHIBITOR Magazine Announces Special Award Winners in its 2024 Centers of Excellence Awards

Last month Exhibitor Group announced the 25 convention centers that qualified for its fifth annual Centers of Excellence Awards, and today we are excited to announce the winners of five special awards related to the competition. The 2024 Centers of Excellence Special Awards winners are:

Best Convention Center (Over 1 Million sq. ft. of Exhibit Space)

  • Anaheim Convention Center

Kentucky Exposition Center was also a finalist in this category.

Best Convention Center (500,000 – 1 Million sq. ft. of Exhibit Space)

  • Enercare Centre

Finalists also included Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, Los Angeles Convention Center, and Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

Best Convention Center (100,000 – 500,000 sq. ft. of Exhibit Space)

  • Vancouver Convention Centre

The Colorado Springs Convention Center at The Broadmoor was also a finalist.

Best Convention Center (Less Than 100,000 sq. ft. of Exhibit space)

  • Greater Tacoma Convention Center

Overland Park Convention Center and Owensboro Convention Center were also finalists.

Best Customer Service & On-Site Support

  • Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Los Angeles Convention Center and Huntington Place were also finalists in this category.

The Special Awards winners were announced today during a special EXHIBITORInsight session which can be viewed on-demand here.

Exhibitor Group, which produces both EXHIBITOR magazine and Find It on EXHIBITORXchange, the buyer’s guide to trade show products and services, launched the Centers of Excellence initiative in 2019 to identify and recognize North America’s best convention centers for trade shows and events.

The highest-scoring venues named among EXHIBITOR Magazine’s 2024 Centers of Excellence are featured in a special supplement in the 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 venues that qualified for EXHIBITOR Magazine’s 2024 Centers of Excellence include:

  • 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


“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,” said Emily Olson, editor of EXHIBITOR magazine.

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 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.

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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