Tampa Convention Center Wins ConventionSouth Readers’ Choice Award News Convention Center Tampa Convention Center is proud to announce it won a prestigious 2025 Readers’ Choice[...]

Tampa Convention Center is proud to announce it won a prestigious 2025 Readers' Choice Award from ConventionSouth Magazine. These awards were based on votes from 7,000+ readers and fans. This is the third award the center has earned in just one week.

"Our continued recognition is a testament to the unwavering commitment of our staff and partners who consistently go above and beyond," said David Ingram, Tampa Convention Center Executive Director. "To be selected by the readers of ConventionSouth is further proof of our team's passion for excellence and our focus on delivering a world-class experience for our clients."

The Readers' Choice Awards spotlight the best convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs), convention centers, meeting facilities, and unique venues across the Southern United States in the meetings and hospitality industry. The Tampa Convention Center is among only 74 winners in the entire state of Florida, including CVBs and venues.

The center also won this award in 2023.

Continued Success¶

This recognition is the latest in a string of recent honors for the Tampa Convention Center. Just last week, the center announced that it won the gold medal for Best Convention Center in the Northstar Stella Awards for the third year in a row. The next day, it was announced that the center also won gold for Best Event Center in the Tampa's Best Awards.

Earlier this year, the Tampa Convention Center earned a Best Convention Center designation in the Smart Stars Awards from Smart Meetings. The facility also recently received a Center of Excellence ranking by Exhibitor Magazine.

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.
Tampa Convention Center 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 ConventionSouth¶

The South's leading meetings and events industry magazine since 1983, ConventionSouth provides invaluable information to keep readers up to date on destinations, venues, trends, news, and the people who shape the meetings and convention industry. ConventionSouth is the only monthly magazine dedicated exclusively to meetings in the southern United States, and focuses coverage on 16 states (including Florida) and Washington, D.C. It is distributed to 18,000 meeting professionals and planners across the country.