The Babson Executive Conference Center (BECC) has been named one of the best Conference Centers and will receive the prestigious 2009 Successful Meetings Pinnacle Award—the mark of excellence for meeting destinations. BECC received the honors, the last seven years in a row, for an outstanding job servicing its meetings. 

BECC, home to Babson Executive Education (BEE), is managed by FLIK Conference Centers.

Readers of Successful Meetings magazine -- corporate and association executives with meeting planning responsibilities – registered to become Pinnacle Reviewers via online ballots and gave feedback based on their professional experiences worldwide. Reviews are based on a scale of 1-10 (10 being best) across four categories.

The 2009 Pinnacle Award Winners will be listed in the August Pinnacle Registry in print and online at www.successfulmeetings.com/pinnacle.

The four categories for hotels and conference centers:

• Accommodations
• Amenities
• Meeting Facilities and Services
• Food & Beverage

The Pinnacle Awards recognize reader/planner selections of the leading meeting destination venues and support organizations across the United States and internationally. All winners will be listed in Successful Meetings’ annual Pinnacle Registry, published in August. The award-winning Successful Meetings magazine has long been respected for industry innovation and authoritative discussion of meeting, special event, incentive, convention and trade show planning and execution.  With the largest industry audience, Successful Meetings reaches corporate/sales/marketing executives who plan meetings, meeting professionals and event planners, trade show directors, and association executives who are involved with planning conventions and meetings.

For more information on Successful Meetings, please visit www.successfulmeetings.com . Successful Meetings is owned by Nielsen Business Media, a division of The Nielsen Company.

About Babson Executive Conference Center

Babson Executive Conference Center (BECC), on the campus of Babson College, is consistently ranked among the world’s finest conference centers. With 22,500 square feet of meeting space and 37 International Association of Conference Centers-approved meeting rooms, BECC has the space and experience to help clients achieve their meeting objectives and requirements. The center’s features include: four state-of-the art amphitheaters, 19 breakout rooms with computers and plasma screen display, and 211 guest rooms. For more information, visit: www.babsonecc.com  .