The Riviera Nayarit sweeps the 2021 Magellan Awards
- The awards recognize excellence in communication strategies, marketing, and other outstanding services across various industry segments.
The Riviera Nayarit won four Magellan Awards 2021—two gold and two silver—for Best Crisis Communication, Best Beach Destination, Best Green Eco Destination, and Best Honeymoon Destination. The awards were presented by Travel Weekly, North America’s most influential provider of travel market news, research, opinion, and analysis.
These awards recognize outstanding strategies in communications, public relations, marketing, design, and other services across a wide range of industry segments, including hospitality, travel destinations, online travel services, airlines and airports, travel agents and travel agencies, tour operators, and more.
The Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) participated with several projects evaluated and overseen by a unique panel of top travel professionals that included the most prominent names and leaders in the industry (according to Travel Weekly’s standard of excellence), winning four awards.
“Each year, we recognize industry innovators and creative communicators with our Magellan Awards. This year we recognize the resilience, ingenuity, and the way forward created by those who shared their company’s initiatives through words, images, and design and kept travel part of the conversation and part of the equation,” said Arnie Weissmann, editor-in-chief of Travel Weekly.
Unforgettable experiences
Marc Murphy, managing director of the CVB Riviera Nayarit, shared the importance of creating unforgettable memories and experiences for travelers. “Our unwavering commitment to offering the best experience to our visitors has earned us four Travel Weekly Magellan Awards this year,” said Marc Murphy, managing director of the Riviera Nayarit CVB.
“The CVB’s work is reflected in awards like these, which position the destination as one of the best worldwide and highlight how important it is for hotels, tourism service providers, and society in general to improve the experience of those who visit us,” he said.
Awards won by the Riviera Nayarit 
1 Best Communication – Marketing Crisis | Gold
2 Best Beach Destination | Gold
3 Best Green Ecological Destination | Silver
4 Best Honeymoon Destination | Silver
All winners will be featured in the Travel Weekly magazine and website and will also receive a gold or silver statuette manufactured by the same company that makes the Oscar and Emmy Awards.
For a complete list of gold and silver winners, visit www.travelweeklyawards.com.
The Riviera Nayarit is a safe destination. Our hotels, restaurants, and tourist establishments follow all the health protocols established by the Federal Government’s Ministry of Health and operate at the allowed capacities. Access to the beaches is limited. Be a responsible tourist: wear your mask and keep your distance.
We’re ready!
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The Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) and the Bahía de Banderas Hotel and Motel Association (AHMBB) reaffirm their commitment to the strategic promotion of the destination. They pursue areas of opportunity and consolidate new markets to increase the number of incoming tourists to the destination for the benefit of all Nayarit residents with the support of the Government of the State of Nayarit.
