2025 Awards
- Destination Partner of the Year, HelmsBriscoe
- Platinum Choice Award Winner, Smart Meetings
- Smart Stars – Best Sporty CVB, Smart Meetings
2024 Awards
- Bronze Award – Creative Marketing Campaign, North American Travel Journalists Association
- Finalist, ESTO Destiny Award – Integrated Marketing and Messaging Campaign, U.S. Travel Association
2023 Awards
- Convention & Visitors Bureau of the Year – Secondary Market, ConferenceDirect
- Platinum Choice Award Winner, Smart Meetings
- Smart Stars – Best CVB/DMO, Smart Meetings
- Finalist – Best Communication Strategy – Tourism, City Nation Place Awards
2022 Awards
- Destination Partner of the Year, HelmsBriscoe
- Bronze Adrian Award – Marketing Recovery Strategies, Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International
2020 Awards
- Best Convention + Visitors Bureau (in town/area more than 80,000 in population), Minnesota Meetings + Events
- Platinum Choice Award Winner, Smart Meetings
- Best Supporting Company of the Year Award, Associations North
- Silver Adrian Award – Marketing Recovery Strategies, Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International
- Silver Adrian Award – Crisis Communications/Management, Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International
2019 Awards
- Best Convention + Visitors Bureau (in town/area more than 80,000 in population), Minnesota Meetings + Events
- Sports Commission of the Year (population of 500,000 and above), National Association of Sports Commissions (Sports Minneapolis)
- Certificate of Accreditation, Destinations International
2018 Awards
- Best Convention + Visitors Bureau (in town/area more than 80,000 in population), Minnesota Meetings + Events
- Excellence in Marketing – Special Project, Explore MN Tourism
2016 Awards
- Best Convention + Visitors Bureau (in town/area more than 80,000 in population), Minnesota Meetings + Events
2015 Awards
- Top 50 Meetings Destinations, CVENT
- Best ISES Effort, Minnesota Star Awards
2014 Awards
- Best Convention + Visitors Bureau (in town/ area more than 25,000 in population), Minnesota Meetings + Events
- Best Event (MPI WEC 2014), Minnesota Meetings + Events
- Platinum Choice Award Winner, Smart Meetings
- Top Meeting Destination in United States, CVENT
- Award of Merit, Explore MN Tourism
- Bronze Award – Social Media or Marketing Campaign, North American Travel Journalists Association
2013 Awards
- Best Convention + Visitors Bureau (in town/ area more than 25,000 in population), Minnesota Meetings + Events
- Award of Excellence, Explore MN Tourism
- Minnesota Excellence Award, US Trade & Commerce Institute
- Spectrum Award for Mobile Site, American Marketing Association
