Detroit
Parade
Places
in Top
Ten in
USA
Today 10
Best
Reader’s
Choice
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Award
Contest
DETROIT
– The
Parade
Company
announced
today
America’s
Thanksgiving
Parade®
presented
by Art
Van was
named
second
in the
Best
Holiday
Parade
category
in the
USA
Today
10Best
Reader’s
Choice
travel
award
contest.
The
contest
nominees
were
selected
by a
panel of
relevant
experts
and the
public
voted
for
winners
online.
America’s
Thanksgiving
Parade
presented
by Art
Van was
named #2
in the
country
of all
holiday
parades
and was
the
highest-ranking
Thanksgiving
parade.
A full
list of
results
can be
found
here:
http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-holiday-parade-2017/.
“We
are
thrilled
that
America’s
Thanksgiving
Parade
presented
by Art
Van was
voted
one of
the top
parades
in the
country
by the
public,”
said
Tony
Michaels,
president
& CEO of
The
Parade
Company.
“Our
goal is
to make
the
Parade
bigger
and
better
each
year for
the
thousands
of
families
lining
Woodward
Avenue.
The
Parade
is also
broadcast
in over
190
cities
across
the
country,
putting
Detroit
on a
national
stage.
We are
incredibly
grateful
to our
wonderful
sponsors
and the
Detroit
community
who
continue
to
generously
support
the
Parade.”
Celebrating
its 91st
year,
America’s
Thanksgiving
Parade
presented
by Art
Van is
produced
by The
Parade
Company.
Also
recognized
as one
of the
best
Thanksgiving
parades
in the
country
by U.S.
News &
World
Report
Travel,
this
year’s
America’s
Thanksgiving
Parade
presented
by Art
Van was
held on
Thursday,
November
23,
2017.
The
theme of
this
year’s
Parade
was
“Woodward!!
Avenue
of
Dreams!”
The
Parade
was
featured
on
WDIV-TV
Local 4,
including
a
one-hour
national
broadcast
that
reached
more
than 190
major
cities
across
the
country.
News/Talk
760
WJR’s
Paul W.
Smith
and CBS
Radio
(104.3
WOMC’s
Bobby
Mitchell
and
Stacey
DuFord)
also
provided
parade
day
coverage.
For more
information
about
America’s
Thanksgiving
Parade
presented
by Art
Van,
visit
theparade.org.
Nominees
for all
categories
of the
USA
Today
10Best
Reader’s
Choice
travel
award
contest
are
chosen
by a
panel of
relevant
experts
which
include
a
combination
of
editors
from USA
TODAY;
editors
from
10Best.com;
relevant
expert
contributors;
and
sources
for both
these
media
and
other
Gannett
properties.
The
nomination
panel
for each
award
category
is
displayed
on its
associated
contest
page.
All
voting
is
digital
and the
10Best
Readers’
Choice
Award
contest
is
accessible
on the
10Best.com
website.
10Best.com
provides
users
with
original,
unbiased,
and
experiential
travel
content
of top
attractions,
things
to see
and do,
and
restaurants
for top
destinations
in the
U.S. and
around
the
world.
The core
of the
site's
uniqueness
is its
team of
local
travel
experts:
a
well-traveled
and
well-educated
group
who are
not only
experts
in their
fields -
and
their
cities -
but
discriminating
in their
tastes.
These
local
experts
live in
the city
they
write
about so
the
content
is
constantly
updated.
10Best.com
averages
5
million
visitors
per
month.
It was
acquired
by USA
TODAY in
January
of 2013.
About
The
Parade
Company
Founded
in 1984,
The
Parade
Company
is a
not-for-profit
organization
governed
by the
Michigan
Thanksgiving
Parade
Foundation
whose
board of
directors
is
comprised
of key
civic
and
corporate
leaders
in the
greater
Detroit
region.
The
Parade
Company
is
celebrating
more
than 90
years of
Parade
tradition
in
Detroit
and is
committed
to
funding,
creating
and
executing
the best
family
events
in
Michigan.
The
Parade
Company
staff,
board of
directors
and
thousands
of
parade
volunteers
work
year-round
to bring
a wide
variety
of
magnificent
events
to the
City of
Detroit
and the
region
including
the Ford
Fireworks,
Strategic
Staffing
Solutions
Turkey
Trot,
and
America's
Thanksgiving
Parade®
presented
by Art
Van.
Follow
The
Parade
Company
on
Facebook,
Twitter
and
Instagram.
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