{"id":14005,"date":"2013-11-07T19:28:08","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T00:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2013\/11\/saratoga-convention-tourism-bureau-gets-award-for-chowderfest-marketing.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T13:53:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:53:28","slug":"saratoga-convention-tourism-bureau-gets-award-for-chowderfest-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2013\/11\/saratoga-convention-tourism-bureau-gets-award-for-chowderfest-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Saratoga Convention &amp; Tourism Bureau Gets Award For Chowderfest Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The Saratoga Convention &amp; Tourism Bureau<br \/>\nrecently received the 2013 American Marketing<br \/>\nAssociation\/NY Capital Region Chapter&#8217;s<br \/>\nPeople&#8217;s Choice Award at the annual Mark of<br \/>\nExcellence Awards Dinner for the 15th anniversary<br \/>\ncampaign of Chowderfest.<\/p>\n<p>Saratoga&#8217;s Chowderfest, which had its 15th<br \/>\nanniversary in 2013, has grown tremendously<br \/>\nin the last four years from an estimated 8,500<br \/>\npeople attending, and 43 chowder participants<br \/>\nin downtown Saratoga Springs in 2009 to<br \/>\nover 25,000 people attending and 73 chowder<br \/>\nparticipants county-wide in 2013, bureau officials<br \/>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s fulfilled, and surpassed, its goal to bring<br \/>\nbusiness to Saratoga&#8217;s restaurants, bars, retailers<br \/>\nand hotels during a traditional shoulder<br \/>\nperiod,&#8221; said Todd Garofano, bureau president. <\/p>\n<p>The Saratoga Convention &amp; Tourism Bureau has grown the event with the help and support of many partners, including; the city of Saratoga Springs, the Saratoga Springs City Center, the Saratoga Springs Visitors Center, several media partners, volunteers and more, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are certainly thrilled with this recognition&#8221;, said Garofano, president of the Saratoga Convention &amp; Tourism Bureau. &#8220;This is truly a community event, one that continues to grow and get better each year. 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