Burlingame, CA - October 22, 2025 - The San Francisco Peninsula is proud to announce it has been awarded the Bronze Medal for Best CVB/DMO (Regional) – Far West in the 2025 Stella Awards presented by Northstar Meetings Group.
This prestigious recognition celebrates excellence in the meetings and events industry, honoring organizations that consistently deliver quality service, innovation, and support for meeting professionals. The San Francisco Peninsula was selected from among hundreds of nominations and over 10,000 votes cast globally.
As Northstar shared: "Helping planners and attendees find the best of the Bay Area, the San Francisco Peninsula is the namesake DMO representing a diverse area with over 30 convention hotels, most offering complimentary airport shuttle service, and over 15,000 sleeping rooms in 140 properties in all. In addition, the bureau publicizes numerous unique venues, giving planners plenty of options for events, all amid natural beauty and cultural richness. From redwood forests to coastal trails, charming historic downtowns and family farms, the Peninsula is a fascinating destination with a robust DMO to help attract meetings business."
Now in its ninth year, the Stella Awards recognize excellence across multiple industry sectors, including hotels, convention centers, airlines, cruise lines, DMOs, and DMCs. Winners were evaluated for overall excellence, food and beverage offerings, professionalism, sustainability efforts, and other critical elements of the meetings experience.
The full list of 2025 winners, finalists, and profiles can be viewed at: NorthstarMeetingsGroup.com/Stellas
About Northstar Meetings Group
Northstar Meetings Group is the leading B-to-B information and marketing solutions company serving all segments of the business meetings, events, sports and incentives market — including full- and part-time meeting planners, as well as corporate, association, sports and not-for-profit decision-makers, and incentive professionals — facilitating their professional development and achievement of business goals. The company's influential brands — Meetings & Conventions, Successful Meetings, Associations Meetings International, Meetings & Incentive Travel, Meeting News, Incentive and SportsTravel — currently serve nearly 500,000 active meeting and event planners and incentive professionals, across an integrated suite of data, digital, events and print products. For more information, please visit NorthstarMeetingsGroup.com.
About The San Francisco Peninsula
The San Francisco Peninsula is the region’s official Destination Marketing Organization, dedicated to attracting meetings, conventions, business, and leisure travelers. The organization supports the local economy by promoting the area’s 140 hotels and over 250 attractions and travel-related businesses. The San Francisco Peninsula provides convention services, site selection assistance, local supplier contact information, visitor guides, and more. It is also designated to handle the region’s official Film Commission duties. The San Mateo County/Silicon Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, doing business as The San Francisco Peninsula, is a 501(c)(6) non-profit corporation chartered by the State of California and governed by an independent Board of Directors. For more information, visit www.thesanfranciscopeninsula.com.