Tampa Convention Center is going for a three-peat! It is nominated for Best Convention Center (Regional – Southeast U.S.) in the prestigious Stella Awards for the third year in a row. The center won the gold medal, the top honor, for this category in 2023 and 2024.
“It is an honor to be considered for best convention center in the southeast for the third time,” Said David Ingram, Tampa Convention Center Executive Director. “Our team, including our exceptional service partners, has rightfully earned this reputation as a world-class destination and deserves this impressive recognition.”
The public can vote for the Tampa Convention Center from April 2 until May 2 here: https://stellaawards.secure-platform.com/a/gallery/rounds/17/details/15867
The Stella Awards are the meetings industry’s highest honor, recognizing convention centers, conference centers, hotels, and other event suppliers that consistently deliver exemplary service and innovation to event managers and planners. 2025 marks the 9th year for the awards, which are presented by Northstar Meetings Group.
Northstar Meetings Group received more than 1,000 nominations this year, making it the most competitive Stella Awards to date. The Tampa Convention Center is among five nominees being considered for the title of Best Convention Center in the Southeast U.S.
Only nominees with the most votes will advance to the final round. Finalists will then be judged by a panel of meeting industry experts. Winners will be announced October 1.
About the Tampa Convention Center¶
Located in the heart of Downtown Tampa, Florida, the Tampa Convention Center offers sparkling waterfront views, 600,000 square feet of transformable event spaces, and state-of-the-art amenities for event and meeting planners. The center has earned several prestigious awards, including the gold medal for Best Convention Center in the Southeast U.S. in The Stella Awards by Northstar Meetings Group two years in a row in 2023 and 2024.
The Tampa Convention Center partners with several companies to provide high-quality event services to event managers and exhibitors, including Aramark for exclusive food and beverage, Edlen for exclusive utilities, Encore for audiovisual and exclusive rigging, Sentry Event Services for security, Smart City for exclusive Internet and telecommunications, FedEx for shipping, printing, branding, and signs, and Xpodigital for digital signage.
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About Northstar Meetings Group¶
Northstar Meetings Group is the leading B-to-B information and marketing solutions company serving all segments of the business meetings, events, sports and incentives market — including full- and part-time meeting planners, as well as corporate, association, sports and not-for-profit decision-makers, and incentive professionals — facilitating their professional development and achievement of business goals. The company's influential brands — Meetings & Conventions, Successful Meetings, Associations Meetings International, Meetings & Incentive Travel, Meeting News, Incentive and SportsTravel — currently serve over 500,000 active meeting and event planners and incentive professionals, across an integrated suite of data, digital, events and print products.
For more information on Northstar Meetings Group, please visit www.NorthstarMeetingsGroup.com.