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Winners of the 2019 SportsTravel Awards
FIFA Women’s World Cup in France among the events honored SportsTravel announced the winners of the 2019 SportsTravel Awards during the TEAMS ’19 Conference & Expo in Anaheim on November 13. TEAMS: Travel, Events And Management in Sports, is the world’s largest gathering of event organizers and travel planners from the sports industry. Held at the Anaheim Convention Center, the revamped awards ceremony was emceed by five-time Olympian and 12-time Olympic medalist Dara Torres. The National Congress of State Games also announced the winners of its Athlete of the Year awards during the awards ceremony.
The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, won by the United States in thrilling fashion over the Netherlands, was named the Best Professional Sports Event. It was the second consecutive World Cup championship for the United States and fourth overall. The Best Collegiate Sports Event was the 2018 Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, won by Army for the third consecutive year. The Best Amateur Sports Event was the 2019 AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships in Orlando, Florida, which featured 2,800 boys and girls teams with more than 45,000 competitors. The Best New Sports Event was the 2018 SuperPower 5K in Toronto, Ontario, which combined the sport of running with video gaming and cosplay. The Best New or Renovated Sports Venue Award was presented to Allianz Field in St. Paul, Minnesota, the new home of Major League Soccer’s Minnesota United FC. The Best Sports Host City Award went to Las Vegas, a city that opened a new Triple-A baseball stadium, was the host for the NHL and NASCAR award ceremonies, debuted the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces and hosted ‘The Match: Tiger-Phil,’ all while continuing preparations for the arrival of the Raiders in 2020.
“The SportsTravel Awards recognize the stars of the sports-event industry,” said Timothy Schneider, founder and chairman of the Sports Division of Northstar Travel Group, which publishes SportsTravel magazine and organizes the TEAMS Conference & Expo. “These outstanding honorees have provided a year’s worth of incredible experiences for participants and spectators.”
The SportsTravel Awards program bestows honors at the amateur, collegiate and professional levels. To be eligible, events had to occur between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019. Criteria for nomination and voting included:
• Superior organization of and attendance at the event • The event provided a superior experience for competitors and/or spectators • The event’s host city or venue served to enhance the event
The 2019 SportsTravel Award winners are:
BEST SPORTS HOST CITY Las Vegas, Nevada
BEST NEW OR RENOVATED VENUE Allianz Field, St. Paul, Minnesota
BEST NEW SPORTS EVENT 2018 SuperPower 5K, Toronto, Ontario
BEST AMATEUR SPORTS EVENT 2019 AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships, Orlando, Florida
BEST COLLEGIATE SPORTS EVENT 2018 Army-Navy Game, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
BEST PROFESSIONAL SPORTS EVENT 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, France
Hosted by Visit Anaheim, TEAMS ’19 was held November 11–14, 2019, in Anaheim, California. For more information, please visit TEAMSconference.com.
About Northstar Meetings Group
About Northstar Travel Group
Northstar is the owner of well-known brands including Travel Weekly U.S., TravelAge West, Travel Weekly China, Travel Pulse, Business Travel News, Successful Meetings, Meetings & Conventions, Incentive, M&C China, Meetings & Incentive Travel, Association Meetings International, Meetpie.com, SportsTravel, Travel42, Axus Travel App, Agent Studio, and Web in Travel.
The company produces more than 85 face-to-face events in 13 countries in retail travel, hospitality, corporate travel, travel technology, sports travel, and the meetings & incentive industry. Leadership events include the Phocuswright Conference, ALIS, The Business Travel Show, the largest corporate travel event in Europe, The Meetings Show, the largest meetings industry event in the UK, Web in Travel, CruiseWorld, Global Travel Marketplace, and TEAMS, the leading sports travel event.
In addition, Northstar owns Phocuswright, the leading research, business intelligence, and event producer serving the travel technology industry.
Northstar Travel Group owns the Burba Hotel Network, the leading producer of hotel investment events globally, including ALIS, the largest hotel investment conference in the world produced with the American Hotel & Lodging Association in Los Angeles each year.
Northstar is also the majority shareholder in Inntopia, the leading SaaS e-commerce software, CRM database marketing and predictive analytics business serving the mountain destination, golf, activities, hospitality, and specialty destination travel markets.
Based in Secaucus, NJ, the company has offices in New York, NY; Westampton, NJ; Stowe, VT; Denver, CO; Edwards, CO; Burlington, VT; Los Angeles, CA; Costa Mesa, CA; Lombard, IL; and global offices in London; East Grinstead, UK; Singapore; Beijing; and Shanghai. Northstar Travel Group is owned by funds managed by EagleTree Capital. For more information, please visit NorthstarTravelGroup.com.
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