May 2025 – Visit Seattle’s Love For All Boat campaign – finalist in the Special Event category – 2025 Sabre North America Awards
May 2025 – Seattle’s park system named eighth best in the U.S. – Trust Public Land
April 2025 – Seattle named #19 in the World’s Best Cities Report – World’s Best Cities
February 2025 – Visit Seattle’s Love For All Boat campaign – Gold in the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International’s Integrated Marketing, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Marketing category – HSMAI Adrian Awards
February 2025 – Seattle named #6 in the Top 10 Smart Cities Across the US – CoworkingCafe
January 2025 – Seattle ranked in the top 30 of Heartland Forward’s 2024 Most Dynamic Metropolitans – Heartland Forward
2024 Accolades
December 2024 – Visit Seattle and C+C’s Love For All Boat – Best in Community Relations – PRWeek US Awards
December 2024 – Platinum Choice Awards – Hotels – Hyatt Regency Lake Washington at Seattle’s Southport – Smart Meetings
October 2023 – The United States’ Most Educated City – U.S. Census Bureau
October 2023 – Visit Seattle’s Kissing in the Rain campaign wins Silver Magellan Award for Destination Marketing-Live Installation/Activation Program for Destinations – Travel Weekly
October 2023 – Seattle Convention Center Awarded 2023 Silver Winner for Best Convention Center – Northstar Stella Awards
October 2023 – Visit Seattle Awarded 2023 Silver Winner for Best CVB/DMO – Northstar Stella Awards
September 2023 – Seattle Convention Center Recognized as a 2023 Best Of Award Winner for Best Convention Centers –Meetings Today
September 2023 – Visit Seattle Recognized as a 2023 Best Of Award Winner for Best West CVBs/DMOs– Meetings Today
September 2023 – Seattle Convention Center Ranked Among Top Convention Centers– Wall Street Journal