Winner and Finalist Toolkit

Congratulations on being a 2019 Stella Awards Winner and Finalist! Find everything you need here to get started.

Use the copy with the supporting graphics provided in the Stella Winner and Finalist Toolkit, including social media images, an email signature and a winner logo/badge. Spread the word!

Suggested Promotional Copy: short version, long version
Stella Awards Winner and Finalist Logos
Social Media Images
Personal Email Signature

Suggested Promotional Copy

All of the copy listed below may be used or re-purposed in company emails, blog articles, eNewsletters, your website, social media or other marketing materials.

Short Version Copy (suggested use: social media, website and/or newsletter blurb, personal email signature)

Tweet This: We’re a #StellaAwards2019 winner and among the best of the best! @mcmagtweet @successfulmtgs #Meetingprofs #Eventprofs
We’re thrilled to be a 2019 Stella Award winner, as being acknowledged with a Stella is a seal of excellence, signifying that we help deliver an exceptional meetings experience.
The Stella Awards honor excellence in the meetings industry. The program distinguishes suppliers from around the globe that consistently deliver quality service and innovation to meeting and event professionals.
To view this year’s Stella Award winners, click here. In addition, all Stella Award winners and finalists are featured in a special section in the November 2019 issues of Meetings & Conventions and Successful Meetings.

Long Version Copy (suggested use: social media, website and/or newsletter blurb)

[Insert your company name] is proud to be a winner of the prestigious 3rd Annual Stella Awards (#StellaAwards2019) from Northstar Meetings Group! We won in the category of [or change to “categories,” if you’re a winner in other categories][list winning category or categories here].
We’re thrilled to be a winner, as being acknowledged with a Stella Award is a seal of excellence, signifying that we help deliver an exceptional meetings experience.
The Stella Awards honor excellence in the meetings industry. The program distinguishes suppliers from around the globe that consistently deliver quality service and innovation to meeting and event professionals. Winners include the very best hotels, convention centers, conference centers, convention and visitor bureaus, destination marketing organizations, destination management companies, airlines and cruise lines.
Winners were recognized for achieving overall excellence, superb food and beverage, professionalism of staff, technology innovations, and other critical aspects of the meetings and event experience.
This year, nearly 10,000 votes were cast from around the world for the 508 destinations, hotels and service providers nominated in 18 categories in six regions in the United States and worldwide. There were a total of 278 total winners and finalists for 2019.
After nominations closed in April 2019, finalists in each category were determined by meeting planners during an open voting period during which nearly 10,000 unique votes were tallied. Winners were then selected by an expert panel of judges overseen by the editors of Northstar Meetings Group’s leading brands, Meetings & Conventions and Successful Meetings.
”Congratulations to this year’s winners for being recognized by such a broad community of planners, and then by our judges. They set a standard all suppliers in our industry seek to achieve,” said Loren Edelstein, vice president and content director for Northstar Meetings Group. “A Stella Award is the finest symbol of excellence for suppliers in the meetings industry.”
“The real value of the Stellas is not just to those who are being recognized for their excellence, but to the tens of thousands of other planners who look to their peers for recommendations and advice,” said David Blansfield, executive vice president and group publisher, Northstar Meetings Group. “The Stellas provide an objective, curated and credible majority view on the best of the best in the meetings industry.”
To discover this year’s Stella Award winners, or to learn more about the awards program, click here. In addition, all Stella Award winners and finalists are featured in a special section in the November 2019 issues of Meetings & Conventions and Successful Meetings.