Best of Awards

Click here to view the photos from the night by Alabastro Photography 

Drum roll, please! The votes have been counted, and it is now time for the big reveal of the 2016 Best of the Northwest, chosen by meeting and event planners, topnotch service providers and other industry experts. Raise a glass to toast this year’s winners!

If I looked as good as the U.S. National Park Service on my 100th birthday, I’d be one happy camper. In the Northwest, we have “happy campers” galore, thanks to the wealth of national parks right here at home. They provide us with myriad opportunities for post-meeting group adventures, outdoor team-building activities and off-the-grid business retreats. As a tip of the hat to this year’s national park service centennial celebration, I’ve chosen five parks as my editor’s picks, along with a place to stay, meet and unwind.

Congratulations to the finalists of the 2016 Best of Northwest Meetings + Events readers’ choice awards! We look forward to celebrating with you and presenting the honors on Thursday, October 20 at Metropolist. 

Congratulations to the finalists of the Northwest Meetings + Events' Best of Awards 2016! We look forward to celebrating with each of you at our Best of Awards on Thursday, October 20 at Metropolist, where the honors will be presented.

* Connect with us on social media before, during and after the awards with the hashtag #BestofNW2016

If you didn’t make it to our Best of event on October 21, you missed one heck of a great party! Thanks to everyone who joined us and helped us celebrate our 5th anniversary of the awards—it was a fun and lively crowd! You can read all about the winners in our fall issue.

I want to thank our sponsors again:

I once saw a T-shirt that read, “Alcohol: Because no great story ever started with a salad.” While I’m not sure that is actually true, booze and brews can certainly make a party that much more enjoyable. So this year, I salute some of our region’s finest distilleries and breweries that also happen to offer on-site event space. Cheers!

The Last Frontier’s First Choice for Brews and Banquets 
Glacier BrewHouse

NWM+E proudly announces the best of the best in the Norhtwest region, as selected by you - the reader. 

Alaska

Best Attraction

Congratulations to all Northwest Meetings + Events 2015 Best of Northwest Finalists! We've listed the finalists in each category in alphabetical order, so don't get too excited - yet.