UMBC Receives Unique Venues’ 2025 Planner’s Choice Award in the Best Client Experience category

Event and Conference Services (ECS) is excited to announce that UMBC has been named a 2025 Planner's Choice Award Winner in the Best Client Experience category. This award, facilitated by Unique Venues, recognizes top venues across the U.S. and celebrates excellence in providing outstanding client service. Kayla Cooper, assistant director for sales and marketing in ECS, will accept the award on behalf of UMBC at the Unique Venues annual conference this November. Congratulations to all of our DoSA staff who supported ECS in this achievement!

ECS staff are known for their dedicated advising, expertise in the field, campus partnerships, and excellence in providing resources for successful meetings, events, and conferences. They schedule and manage over 7,000 events annually for internal and external clients.

Unique Venues helps support unique spaces and non-traditional venues in growing their business with intentional partnerships that create genuine connections and lasting impressions. 

UMBC received Unique Venue's Planner's Choice Award for Best Mid Market Venue in 2021 and were runners up in 2024 and 2023.