First Annual ‘We Are Puerto Vallarta’ Awards

The first annual “We Are Puerto Vallarta” awards was a celebration of the businesses, venues, entertainers, and special people that have made Puerto Vallarta a truly remarkable destination.

The voting covered 25 categories, from Outstanding Individual and Favorite Business Owner, to Favorite Taco Stand. Sponsored by local rental and real estate company PVRPV, ThrIVe IV and MedSpa, PrintPV.com and El Grano, the award nominations were collected by surveying thousands of guests. An awards ceremony was held in April 2024, that covered the period for 2023.

Jamie Alexander, director of business development for PVRPV, said after the initial call for nominations were completed by guests, it was opened to the public to vote, with voting shared across social media platforms and through email invitations sent by PVRPV to its large database. Once announced, the momentum and enthusiasm for the awards took flight. Other agencies, companies and other media outlets from Puerto Vallarta loved the idea so much they too asked to share the survey with their guests, customers and audience.

“We surveyed thousands of their guests and to develop the nominations,” Alexander explained.

“Instead of a popularity contest, it is the actual people that come to PV to enjoy what PV has to offer that selected the nominees. We know that these inaugural awards are just the beginning of an exciting journey. As we move forward, we will continue to add new categories & nominees based on the recommendations and insights shared by guests through surveys and through people like YOU, who love our community.”

A Facebook page has been created, We Are Puerto Vallarta, to share the information on the nominations and awards. You can view it here.

Alexander said that they will be adding categories next year based on feedback from voters. 2024 voting will start in December 2024 and the winners will be announced in 2025.

“Thank you to EVERYONE for your participation in recognizing the people and businesses that make our community so great,” he said.

“In the first 24 hours of voting, we received over 1,200 responses to the 2023 ‘We Are Puerto Vallarta Awards’.”

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