ATHENS, Ga. (April 27, 2016) – VisitAthensGA.com has been selected as a winner for “Outstanding Website” in the travel category of the 2016 Internet Advertising Competition sponsored by the Web Marketing Association.
VisitAthensGa.com is one of five destination marketing organizations’ websites that made the cut and is the only winner located in the eastern U.S. region.
The website was completely redesigned and launched in October 2015 to give it the fresh and functional feel that users have come to expect. The website was created by Simpleview, a tourism industry leader with over 350 CVB clients, with the user experience in mind. Content, imagery and navigation are designed to be inspirational by providing ideas for Athens experiences. VisitAthensGA.com also offers Responsive Web Design (RWD), which automatically adjusts content for an optimal viewing and interaction experience across a wide range of devices, including desktop, tablet and mobile phone.
The Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards were developed by the Web Marketing Association to honor excellence in online advertising, recognize the individuals and organizations responsible for creating work, and showcasing the award winning Internet advertising.
A complete list of 2016 award winners selected in the Internet Advertising Competition can be found online at http://www.iacaward.org/iac/winners.asp.
About Simpleview
Based in Tuscan, Arizona, Simpleview has supported destination management organizations (DMOs) since 2001 with tools, knowledge and creativity to help them perform at the top of their game. Working with the world’s top cities and smallest towns, Simpleview believes that every DMO has a role to play in creating a better experience for the people who visit and a better life for the people who call it home. In 2007, Inc. Magazine began publishing the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing U.S. private firms. Simpleview ranked on that list and has secured a spot every year since, earning a place in an elite group of less than 400 companies nationwide. Simpleview has achieved that distinction by managing their business with the same approach they bring to customers: smart use of resources, visionary thinking, attention to everyday needs, hard work, planning ahead and never stopping at “good enough.” Today, Simpleview is a company of more than 150 people dedicated to destination marketing, both by working with individual DMOs and by helping the industry as a whole adapt, evolve and thrive.
About the Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau
The Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau is a proactive sales and marketing organization whose primary goal is to increase the economic impact of the hospitality and visitor industry by attracting individual visitors, group tours, and meetings and conventions to Athens. Tourism WORKS for Athens, contributing $256 million in spending, 2,500 jobs, $48 million in wages earned, $9.53 million in state tax revenues and $7 million in local tax.
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