Reality TV Personality and Event Extraordinaire Samantha Goldberg Wins BizBash Award

    BLACKWOOD, NJ, November 21, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Samantha Goldberg, who has owned and operated Goldberg and Co. / Gold Events, LLC for more than two decades, won the BizBash "Reality Show Event Planner of the Year" Chicago Readers' Choice Award. The highly-regarded award was presented to Goldberg on November 14 during BizBash IdeaFest Chicago.

Goldberg has developed an incredible career as a TV personality, celebrity event designer, and celebrity spokesperson. The sassy, savvy, and highly skilled Goldberg is known nationwide as a party planner to the stars, and is featured as a lead personality and designer on Style Network's "Whose Wedding is it Anyway?" and "Married Away."

She has also become a renowned spokesperson for many mainstream brands, such as Hilton Hotels, Bloomingdale's, and Party City.

While Goldberg is confident in her tremendous success, she is humbled by this most recent award.

"It's an amazing honor to have my peers nominate me for the NYC and Chicago Readers' Choice "Best Reality TV Wedding Planner." Chicago is my home and my heart. While I may not live there currently, I work on many events there regardless," she says. "It's nice to know I have not been forgotten by the key people who allowed me to excel in this career. I owe them more than words can say."

Other nominees in Goldberg's category included Ally Vitella of Franco Vitella Catered Affairs, David Tutera of David Tutera, and Shawn Rabideau of Shawn Rabideau Events and Design.

The awards featured 13 categories, such as "Event Designer of the Year" and "Corporate Event Planner of the Year." Nominees were endorsed by industry peers who recognized individual contributions to the Greater New York area event and meeting industry.

For more information on Samantha Goldberg's company, visit www.samanthagoldberg.com.

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