For Immediate Release, March 2018
Charleston, South Carolina, Named "South's Best City" In Southern Living 2018 South's Best Awards
CHARLESTON, S.C. (March 20, 2018)- Charleston, South Carolina has been voted the No. 1 “South’s Best City” in Southern Living’s 2018 South’s Best Awards. This is the second consecutive year that Charleston has been named the “South’s Best City” by the readers of Southern Living. A record of more than 32,000 respondents voted in the annual awards. “We are very excited to be named the South’s Best city for the second year,” said Linn Lesesne, Vice President of Sales and Public Relations of Charming Inns of Charleston and Chair of Explore Charleston. “Charleston provides an experience unlike any other community in the South. The hospitable people and culture, illustrious accommodations, celebrated cuisine and historic landmarks are what makes the Charleston area quintessential Southern.”
Please help us congratulate the following Charleston area events and establishments recognized in Southern Living’s South’s Best Awards:
Spoleto Festival USA - No. 1 “South’s Best Festival”
Charleston Wine + Food - No. 2 “South’s Best Festival”
Husk - “Best Restaurant in Every State,” No. 9 “South’s Best
Restaurant”
Holy City Brewing - “Best Brewery in Every State”
Isle of Palms - No. 5 “South’s Best Beaches”
Through an online survey, Southern Living readers voted on their favorite, cities, towns, beaches, festivals, barbecue, restaurants, breweries, grocery stores and accommodations. The 2018 South’s Best Awards survey results and methodology are featured online at: SouthernLiving.com/souths-best.
Follow the Southern Living South’s Best Awards 2018 conversation with the hashtag #SouthsBest. For the complete list of 2018 Southern Living’s South’s Best winners, visit
southernliving.com/souths-best.
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The mission of the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau is to unify and lead the local travel industry in marketing the Charleston area as an individual, meeting, incentive and group destination to both the domestic and international markets. Explorecharleston.com
Doug Warner, Director of Media Relations, Explore Charleston
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(843) 224-6888
