Destin Seafood Festival Named Top 20 Event in the Southeast

     Destin, FL, Aug. 1 - The 29th Annual Destin Seafood Festival sponsored by Legendary, Inc., was announced as one of the Southeast Tourism Society’s Top 20 Events for October 2007.

     “Early on Southeast Tourism Society recognized the unique, diverse and unparalleled events in the region, and in 1985, began the Top 20 Events Program. This program sought to bring more publicity and widespread recognition to the best events the Southeast has to offer,” according to the organization’s website www.EscapeToTheSoutheast.com. Top 20 Events receive extensive publication in print media, web, radio, and television throughout the U.S. and Canada.

     This year’s festival boasts 10 local seafood restaurants, four headlining acts, great local performers, arts & crafts booths, and a kids’ area.

     Festival sponsors include the following: Corporate Sponsor - Legendary, Inc.; Sunday Host / Official Accommodations Sponsor – ResortQuest; Friday Host - Goldring Gulf Distributing - Miller Lite; Saturday Host - Embarq & Embarq Yellow Pages-R.H. Donnelley, Inc.; Broadcast Advertising Partners - Beach TV, Cox Communications, The Destin Log, The Emerald Coast's Family Magazine On the Coast, EmeraldCoast.com, Max'd Out on the SMI Network, Northwest Florida Daily News, and WEAR TV; Premier Charter - Dixielectricar of Destin and Sterling Resorts; Cobia Catch - Complete Signs, Dale E. Peterson Vacations, Destin's Total Laundry Service, Extended Stay America, Payne Chiropractic Life Center, and Southern Resorts; Pompano Partner - Eglin Federal Credit Union; Associate Angler - Army Aviation Center Federal Credit Union, FNB&T, Community Bank, Copy Systems Business Center, Inc., O'Sullivan Creel, LLP, Peoples First Community Bank, Pleat & Perry, P.A., Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund, and Whitney Bank; and First Mate – BankTrust, Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC, and Dr. Alexis Tibbetts.

     For more information, please call the Destin Area Chamber of Commerce at (850) 837-6241 or visit www.DestinSeafoodFestival.org.