Honors are awarded in 16 categories celebrating overall excellence, superb food & beverage, professionalism of staff, sustainability initiatives, and other critical aspects of the meetings and event experience. The Stella Awards recognize hotels, convention centers, conference centers, airlines, cruise lines, Destination Marketing Organizations, Convention & Visitor’s Bureaus and Destination Management Companies that consistently deliver quality service and innovation to meeting and events professionals. The Stella Awards are described as follows: The annual Stella Awards are selected by an expert panel of judges that are overseen by the editors of Northstar Meetings Group's leading brands, Meetings & Conventions, Successful Meetings, Meeting News and Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey is a destination resort with 21 ocean-front acres, located right International and United States Terriritories.Stella Awards are also presented in the following additional regions: Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia and The Northeast Region consists of the following 13 states:Ĭonnecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,