EVENTS
INDIANA TOURISM
ASSOCIATION
AWARDS NIGHT
March 6 • Radisson
Louisville North in Clarksville
Photos by Christian Watson
The Indiana Tourism Awards, presented
by Midwest Living, were awarded on
March 6. The awards honor tourism
businesses who are creative, innovative
and maximize the dollars invested.
Jim Epperson, executive director of
Clark-Floyd Counties Convention
Tourism Bureau (also known as SoIN),
received the Indiana Tourism Association
Member of the Year award. The full list
of winners include: Best Cooperative
Partnership – Visit Fort Wayne for
“CurrentFortWayne.com”; Best Culinary
Focused Marketing Campaign – Visit
South Bend Mishawaka for “Indiana’s
Cool North Taco Wars”; Best Digital
Marketing – Visit Bloomington for
“Bloomington Tourism Advocacy/
Convention Center Expansion
Campaign”; Best Event/Festival –
Elkhart County Convention and Visitors
Bureau for “Quilt Gardens Along the
Heritage Trail 10th Anniversary”; Best
Leisure Travel Promotion – Grant
County Convention and Visitors Bureau
for “Classic Cool Brand Launch”; Best
Visitor Guide (Marketing Budgets under
$300,000) – Columbus Area Visitors
Center for “Columbus In Style”; Best
Visitor Guide (Marketing Budgets over
$300,000) – Visit Hendricks County
for “2017 Visitors Guide”; Best Tourism
Website – Visit Madison; and Indiana
Tourism Association Member of the Year
– Jim Epperson, SoIN
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