The business of promoting the Akron area has garnered the Akron/Summit Convention & Visitors Bureau six industry awards for 2016 efforts.
The bureau said Thursday it has received two awards from the Ohio Association of Convention & Visitor Bureaus: a first place Middy Award for the brochure called Akron Outside The Box; and a second place Middy Award for the summer marketing campaign, You May Have Heard A Few Things About Greater Akron.
Meanwhile, the bureau said, it received three first place Ruby awards from the Ohio Travel Associaton. They were for the bureau’s website www.youhadmeatakron.com; the marketing campaign, You Had Me At Akron; and for the social media campaign, 330PokeGo.
The bureau also received a Citation of Excellence from the Ohio Travel Association for the brochure, You Had Me At Akron.
Collections of the county’s 5.5 percent bed tax fund the bureau, which operates the John S. Knight Convention Center and Greystone Hall in downtown Akron.