Newport Hospitality wins award for work with Volvo Ocean Race

NEWPORT HOSPITALITY Inc. received a gala award at The Special Event Conference awards ceremony in Orlando, Fla. for its role as the appointed DMC partner for the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover in May. / COURTESY NEWPORT HOSPITALITY
NEWPORT HOSPITALITY Inc. received a gala award at The Special Event Conference awards ceremony in Orlando, Fla. for its role as the appointed DMC partner for the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover in May. / COURTESY NEWPORT HOSPITALITY

NEWPORT – Newport Hospitality Inc. has been awarded an international award for its role in promoting the Volvo Ocean Race’s stopover last spring.

The Gala Award for best multiple-day event program for a corporation or association was awarded on Jan. 14 at the Special Event Conference awards ceremony in Orlando, Fla.
Special Events magazine recognizes the finest work in special events worldwide through its awards. For the 2016 Gala Awards, the magazine received entries in 35 categories from nine countries: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, India, Ireland, Malaysia, United Kingdom and United States.

Leading a team of more than 100 vendors over a period of 12 days, the assignment for Newport Hospitality involved 30 overlapping corporate programs throughout the state, including 65 unique events plus local activities, 20-plus hotels and hundreds of vehicle charters.

“We are thrilled with this recognition and share the accolade with our supplier partners and expanded team of staff that worked so hard on our behalf,” said Laurie Z. Stroll, Newport Hospitality president. “We are forever grateful to our local port organizer, Sail Newport and to Volvo for the opportunity to work on such a spectacular event and for showcasing iconic Newport, Rhode Island on an international stage!”

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Newport Hospitality Inc. is a destination management company headquartered in Newport and serving all of Rhode Island. It partners with the DMC Network, a consortium of independently-owned destination management companies across North America.

The Volvo Ocean Race is a worldwide sailing competition that takes place over nine months with 10 stopovers across the globe. The 2014-15 edition of the race included Newport as the sole North American stopover. Sail Newport, the local port organizer for the race, selected Newport Hospitality as its DMC partner to handle corporate hotel bookings and events.

The Volvo Ocean Race returns to Newport in May 2018.

Members of the Special Events magazine advisory board determined the nominees and winners. For a complete list of winners, click HERE.

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