This past Friday, Fran Gallagher and I made a trip to City Hall to present Philadelphia’s Mayor Michael Nutter with his GT Tested Reader Survey award. For those who are not familiar, the survey asks our readers, frequent business and luxury travelers, to name the best in a variety of travel-related categories including Best Airline in the World and Best Hotel in the World. We presented Mayor Nutter with the Best Domestic Business City award.

Being that I live in Center City Philadelphia, I am definitely biased, but I truly agree with our readers. Philadelphia is a great place to not only to live in but to do business as well.

On any given day, on the weekend or during the week, Philadelphia has much to offer. We have great restaurants run by great chefs such as Stephen Starr and José Garces. We have Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell for the sightseer. Our convention center provides a large space to conduct business, and our public transportation makes it easily accessible. Everything you could want or need can be found here. In addition, Philadelphia’s convenient location, between Washington, D.C., and New York, makes daily business trips a bit less daunting.

As everyone who lives in Philadelphia already knows, the city is an all-around great place, but what about those who live outside of the mid-Atlantic region? It is important that our readers not only continue to engage in our content, such as the Reader Survey, and spread the word about The City of Brotherly Love, but also to consider Philadelphia a great place to do business.

— Lindsay Gruen, digital account executive