ACVB hands out honors.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: Inside Alaska Business - Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau - Brief article

The Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau honored members and volunteers at the Seymour Awards banquet in April. The Westmark Anchorage Hotel was chosen Member of the Year. The Westmark was one of the 10 founding companies of ACVB and has been deeply involved in ACVB and the community ever since, ACVB officials said. ACVB volunteers Lucy Burger, Clyde Bloker and Billie Bloker were recognized as ACVB's volunteers of the year. Burger serves at the downtown log cabin visitor information center. The Blokers serve at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, where ACVB has three visitor information centers. The Alaska Native Education Association and the RAISE Program was chosen Meeting Champion of the Year. The award recognizes the groups' efforts to attract the National Indian Education Association's Annual Convention to Anchorage in 2014. The group's 2,000 delegates will meet in Anchorage with an estimated economic impact of more than $2 million. Alaska Step-On Guides received the Member Contribution to the...