Sundance Vacations and The 2007 American Business Awards

Sundance Vacations, along with companies as diverse as Accenture, and Careerbuilder.com, is among those with multiple Finalists vying for Stevie Awards in the 5^th Annual American Business Awards.                                                                                                              

Known as “the business world’s version of the Oscars” (New York Post, April 27, 2005), The American Business Awards are the only all-encompassing national awards program that honor virtually all types of business organizations.                                                                                                                                                                                                              

More than 2000 nominations were submitted in more than 40 categories ranging from Best Corporate Responsibility Program to Best Mixed Media Campaign.  Sundance Vacations is named as a finalist for Best Overall Company and for the Best Marketing Team.  Joe Molitoris, VP of Marketing and General Manager is named as a finalist for the Best Marketing Executive.                                                            

During more than five weeks of preliminary judging, each nomination was reviewed and rated by business professionals nationwide.  In mid-May 2007, top executives on the Board of Distinguished Judges and Advisors* and their staffs performed the final judging to select the Stevie winners from among the Finalists.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Joining many of the nation’s leading business professionals, Joe Molitoris, Marvin Metzger and their guests will represent Sundance Vacations for the presentation of the 2007 Stevie Awards during a gala at New York City’s Marriott Marquis Hotel on Monday, June 11, 2007.  Larry Wilmore currently of THE DAILY SHOW with JON STEWART for Comedy Central and in the past, Consulting Producer on THE OFFICE for NBC will be Master of Ceremonies.                                                                                                               

R.S. Owens, the same company that designs the Oscar, Clio and other major awards also designs the elegant Stevie trophy.                                                                                                                           

Best Marketing Executive Finalist, Joe Molitoris, says, “I believe that this is quite an honor, to be recognized within our industry.  However, this type of thing does not happen in a vacuum and as much of an honor it is for me, it is more a recognition of the great team that works with me.  I am just as proud to be recognized as part of the Sundance Vacations marketing team that was also selected as a Stevie Award finalist. Whether or not we bring home the hardware, it is still a great thing to be marketing fun and excitement.  I’m certain that there are only a small percentage of others who are able to make that claim.”                                                                                                                                               

Richard Fiegelman, Permission Marketing Event Planner Director, adds, “I believe if Sundance Vacations wins the Stevie award for Best Marketing Team, it will be well deserved due to hard work and the creative process which transpires each day at our company.”                                                                      

* A complete list of members of the Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and Details about The American Business Awards are available at www.stevieawards.com/aba