Thank you for joining us for the 2022 Kentucky Travel Industry Annual Conference in Lexington!

 TRAVERSE AWARDS

Congratulations to all of our Traverse Award winners as well as to our 2022 Emerging Leader, Member of the Year and Mangeot-Oaken Award for Distinguished Service recipients. See below for a list of all of our 2022 winners.

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
 
2022 Mangeot Oaken Winner
Rhonda Nix
Kentucky Department of Tourism
 
2022 Member of the Year
Lori Saunders
Georgetown-Scott County Tourism
 
2022 Emerging Leader
Tim Parks
Manchester Tourism Commission
 
TRAVERSE AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN TOURISM
 
Best in Show
Louisville Tourism
“Louisville Tourism Black Tourism Advisory Council”
Community Support & Engagement
 
Most Innovative
Hopkinsville-Christian County CVB
"Becoming the Batter Capital" 
Experience Development
 
Awards of Distinction
 
Division A
Lake Cumberland Tourism Commission
Lake Cumberland TV Commercial
Radio or TV Broadcast Advertising
 
Division B
Hopkins County Tourist & Convention Commission
The Great Restaurant Race
Community Support & Engagement
 
Division C
VisitLEX
New Convention Center Smell Campaign
Marketing Campaign
 
Division D
Kentucky Bourbon Trail / Kentucky Distillers’ Association
Kentucky Bourbon Benefit, Team Western Kentucky
Community Support & Engagement
 
Division E
Best Western Hotels of Kentucky
Marketing Campaign
Marketing Campaign
 
2022 Traverse Winners (Complete List)
2022 Press Release Template

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