Tourism Windsor Essex Celebrates 10 Years of the Best of Windsor Essex Awards
Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island is pleased to announce the 243 finalists across 48 awards in our 10th Annual Best of Windsor Essex. The awards celebrate the best places to go and things to do in the region, as voted on by locals.
The public are invited to cast their votes at bestofwindsoressex.ca/vote today. Voting is live now and will run through Sunday March 2nd, 2025 at 11:59pm. Visitors can vote once per valid email address – having their say on who may be the best of the best in the region.
“We couldn’t be more excited to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Best Of Windsor Essex Awards, helping us celebrate unique and authentic experiences from across the region to our visitors” said Gordon Orr, CEO of Tourism Windsor Essex. “Giving locals a voice in what we showcase and promote is important, and the ‘Best Of’ awards allows us to honour so many attractions and businesses as finalists and winners in a unique way each year. This year alone we are highlighting and profiling 243 businesses and attractions as finalists in the 48 awards including best pizza, best on-the-water activity, and best historical attraction.”
The 48 awards this year fall under the following categories:
- Arts & Entertainment
- Attractions & Events
- Drink
- Food
- Outdoor Adventure
- Shopping
- Stay
- Photo Op
Largely a social media campaign, the awards help highlight spots that locals love to visit, and are also used for marketing purposes throughout the year. Last year bestofwindsoressex.ca saw over 34k visitors to the site to check out the ‘Best Of’ list. As thanks for sharing their opinions, voters will also be entered to win a Best of Windsor Essex Shopping Spree with over $500 in prizes from some of our ‘Best Of’ Winners once they vote at bestofwindsoressex.ca/vote.
Winners of the Best of Windsor Essex Awards will be announced at an Awards Ceremony on Wednesday April 2nd, 2025 at a grand spectacle on Cosmo’s Stage inside Caesars Windsor. In addition to commemorative plaques, a letter of congratulations and bragging rights, two free months of advertising on windsoriteDOTca, winners will also be prominently featured at bestofwindsoressex.ca and in our Official Visitor Guide set to be released in April.
“Over the past 9 years we have seen over 103k votes cast for the Best of Windsor Essex Awards, showing how passionate locals are about their favourite places in the region” said Gordon Orr. “With the caliber of these finalists it will be hard for voters to just choose one, and we will be honouring multiple year winners to celebrate our 10th anniversary. This 10th annual initiative will help us tell our story and feature some of the best of our tourism assets to market to tourists.”
