Friday, February 5, 2010

ZEN House Wins Prestigious Award

PRESS RELEASE — For Immediate Release

Eventective Announces Winners of the 2010 Planners' Choice Award

Portland, ME - February 2, 2010 — Eventective (www.eventective.com), the Web's most comprehensive resource for event and meeting space and related services, has announced the winners of its 2010 Planners' Choice Award. This year's award honors popular wedding venues in major metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada.

The top two venues for hosting wedding receptions in 15 metropolitan areas were selected based on various criteria including the number of times a venue's listing was viewed by planners on Eventective. The winners represent a variety of wedding venues from hotels, inns and mansions to country clubs, vineyards and gardens.

2010 Winners

Metro
Venue

Atlanta, GA
Stanley House Mansion
Vecoma at the Yellow River

Boston, MA
The Endicott Estate
Massachusetts Horticultural Society and Elm Bank Reservation

Chicago, IL
The Grand Ballroom
South Shore Cultural Center

Dallas, TX
The Cotton Mill in McKinney
Delaney Vineyards & Winery

Houston, TX
Alden Houston
Briscoe Manor

Los Angeles, CA
Pacific Hills
Terranea Resort

Miami, FL
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
The Zen House

Minneapolis, MN
The Great Hall Banquet & Conference Center
Minneapolis City Hall/Hennepin County Courthouse

New York, NY
The Boathouse Central Park
Water's Edge

Orlando, FL
The Ballroom at Church Street
The Royal Crest Room

Phoenix, AZ
Inspirador
The Waterfront

Portland, OR
The David Cole Queen Anne Victorian Mansion
Skamania Lodge

Seattle, WA
The Canal
Seattle Asian Art Museum

Toronto, ON
Paramount Conference & Event Venue
Sir William Mackenzie Inn and Spa

Washington, DC
1840s Ballroom
Stonewall Golf Club




About Eventective
Eventective, the Web's most complete resource for event planners searching for meeting and event space and event services, is visited by 40,000 to 50,000 planners daily and more than 1.2 million event planners monthly. Headquartered in Portland, Maine, Eventective is one of the most popular online resources for venues and vendors on the Internet and is recognized as an authority site on Google for wedding places and party halls. As the only complete national search portal with a local focus, planners can browse a metro area for venues and vendors located within a specific area. Eventective provides planners with a selection of more than 120,000 venues, 400,000 event spaces and 180,000 vendors nationwide. As the Internet's most complete resource for meeting and event spaces throughout the U.S. and Canada, Eventective lists many niche and special-interest facilities ranging from galleries and museums to cruise ships, conference centers, hotels, resorts, restaurants, inns and mansions that are difficult to find elsewhere. Every day, planners in the U.S. and Canada send thousands of leads through Eventective, resulting in increased bookings and revenue to venues and vendors. Eventective leads generate an estimated $4.5 billion in event business annually for the meeting and events industry.