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For Immediate Release November 24, 2014
Contact Teri Schmidt, Executive Director 605.373.2030 (office) 605.366.5590 (cell)
Sioux Falls given honorable mention in national group travel publication. Sioux Falls, SD – Sioux Falls has been recognized in Groups Today’s Readers’ Choice Awards as a national emerging destination along with Charlotte, North Carolina, Anchorage, Alaska and Alberta Canada. The Sioux Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) was also noted as one of the top Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) in the Midwest. Other honorable mentions included Explore St. Louis, Missouri, Experience Columbus, Ohio, and Elkhard County CVB, Indiana. Groups Today is a national group travel professionals publication with a circulation of over 10,000 throughout the United States and Canada. Earlier in 2014, readers of Groups Today voted for categories ranging from attractions and shopping to lodging, restaurants and cruise lines. Voting ended in late summer and announcements were made in the November/December 2014 issue of Groups Today. Sioux Falls has taken spotlight as a relatively inexpensive destination for group travel and a destination easy to travel to. Teri Schmidt, Executive Director celebrated the news, “The Sioux Falls CVB works closely with travel professionals to sell Sioux Falls as an entertaining, economical and hospitable destination. We are pleased Sioux Falls is being recognized in the visitor industry on a national level. ” ### Mission: To market the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as a one-of-a-kind visitor destination, and to provide premier visitor services, and increase visitor spending, in order to enhance economic impact throughout the community.