Jun 14, 2007
Sundance Vacations Wins Best Overall Company at The American Business Awards!
I am thrilled to announce that Sundance Vacations received the 2007 Stevie Award for Best Overall Company during The American Business Awards gala held at New York City’s Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 11, 2007. Larry Wilmore of The Daily Show with John Stewart served as Master of Ceremonies. The Stevie Awards were created to honor and publicly recognize the efforts, accomplishments and positive contributions of companies and business people worldwide.
The Stevie is known as “the business world’s version of the Oscars” (New York Post, April 27, 2005), the Stevie statuette is even made by R.S. Owens, the same company that designs the Oscar, the Clio and other major awards. The American Business Awards are the only national awards program that honors virtually all types of business organizations.
Our General Manager & VP of Marketing, Joe Molitoris, and Marvin Metzger, CFO, attended the award ceremony along with many of the nation’s leading business professionals. Joe accepted the Stevie statuette, “we were stunned!” he exclaimed, “to be considered with all the other candidates was an honor in itself, but to actually be chosen was phenomenal!” 
“If Sundance Vacations were a public company, an announcement like this could send the stock price soaring. As a private company we take pleasure in the morale of our staff soaring and the enormous sense of pride and accomplishment that goes with being named Best Overall Company,” explained Sundance President, John Dowd.
More than 2000 nominations were submitted in more than 40 categories and only 128 Finalists actually received a Stevie award. I sent in several nominations and Sundance was selected as finalists in three categories! We were all really pulling for Joe to win Best Marketing Executive and the Marketing Team to win Best Marketing Team, but winning Best Overall Company is absolutely fantastic and a reflection on each and every one of us!
There is an almost tangible hum of excitement in the office this week, and it seems like every other phone call is from someone calling to say congratulations! We are all so proud and excited. Led by John and Tina, we all do our best to make this a great company and to be recognized for our hard work and dedication is an awesome feeling. Sundance is not just a place where people work, it’s a place where people are committed to their clients, their neighbors and each other… we are a family.
Kathy O’Mara ~ Wilkes Barre Admin
I am so excited that we won. This is really such a great company to work for and it’s nice that other people beyond the employees noticed it to. Congratulations Sundance!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! I knew Sundance Vacations couldn’t lose. That award is awesome. Sundance is the best overall company and this proves it.
This is so exciting!! It is such a fantastic award. It would have been so exciting to attend the event. Everyone should be very proud!! It’s like winning an oscar. Congratulations to Sundance and all the employees. This is such a great honor. The Stevie Award is really nice. where will it be displayed?
Winning this prestigious award is good motivation to continue to strive for excellence at Sundance Vacations! Congratulations to everyone!!
Congratulations to Sundance Vacations for winning such a great award. It gives me great pleasure to work for a company that was able to win overall.
None of us could believe it when we first heard that the company won! Even Tina was like “Is it true?! Is John teasing me???” It’s such a great honor for our company to be considered the best overall- Congratulations to everyone, especially John and Tina!!!
Congratulations “Sundance Vacations” it is really something to be proud of, winning an award such as that!!!!! I do think most employees know we all work for a CLASS ACT!! John and Tina Dowd really know what it takes. I am very proud to work for them and the company they built and started themselves. I’ve worked for others, but I have to say, the past almost 10 years have been the BEST!!! Thank-you John and Tina for starting this business and Thanks to all who keep it running.
Remember if we help each other win,— then we all win.
I am so pleased to work for a company that won such an honorable award. Gongratulations Sundance Vactions.
I just saw the article in the Citizen’s Voice regarding the award that Sundance Vacations received. How awesome is that!!! Whenever someone askes me where I work, I am very proud to say that I work for Sundance Vacations!!!
Wow!!! How come nobody told me about this? That’s awesome. Most definitely couldn’t have happened without every last person doing their best and enjoying their job. Man I miss it so much, you guys have no idea.
WoooHooo Go us!!!
I too am proud of yet another wonderful Sundance accomplishment!!
And Joe compliments that award wonderfully in the pictures!!
It’s a pleasure working for a company that the country recognizes as “Best overall company”… WOW…
Well it’s been a while since I’ve been on the blog, but I would like to say Congratulations to Sundance Vacations. When Joe brought the award to the office we were all very excited to hear about our company receiving it. Great Job and lets all keep up the good work!