Meeting professionals are once again recognizing the Tampa Convention Center for bringing an outstanding level of service to their events. Voters selected Tampa Convention Center in the Best Convention Center category for the Smart Stars Awards, presented by Smart Meetings.
The Tampa Convention Center was honored alongside 20 other centers across North America that are considered the best of the best. As a Smart Stars winner, the Tampa Convention Center is considered an outstanding hospitality brand that reflects the highest standards of excellence in service, amenities, and customer satisfaction. Voters highlighted the Tampa Convention Center as a supplier that will elevate the attendee experience for meetings and events.
These prestigious awards, now in their 13th year, are hand-selected by meeting planners and other event professionals. The results are based on their actual experiences at venues and destinations around the world.
Winning Streak
The Tampa Convention Center continues to receive recognition for going above and beyond for event managers and planners. The center is currently a finalist for Best Convention Center in the Southeast U.S. in the Northstar Stella Awards, where it has taken the gold medal in 2023 and 2024.
The Tampa Convention Center was also named among 20 Centers of Excellence by Exhibitor Magazine in 2024, which features North America’s best convention centers for trade shows and corporate events. The center was also selected for ConventionSouth’s 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards.
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 is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2025, having opened in 1990. The venue is committed to sustainability, achieving LEED Silver for Building Operations and Maintenance (O+M) Certification for green buildings.
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.
About Smart Meetings
Smart Meetings is the most dynamic meetings industry publisher in the world for event professionals. We support the hospitality community with innovative ideas, elevated experiences and authentic connections. Smart Meetings publishes cutting-edge meetings content in print and digital magazines 12 times per year, hosts luxury networking events, produces CEU-accredited webinars, transformational podcasts and offers a myriad of digital resources to help you reach your personal and professional goals.