Visit Loudoun to Host 18th Annual Meeting & Tourism Awards

Visit Loudoun will host its 18th Annual Meeting & Tourism Awards during National Travel and Tourism Week in May. The event will include a luncheon and an awards ceremony to celebrate and honor Loudoun's tourism industry – the businesses, people, and programs that make it successful.

The Visit Loudoun Tourism Awards Program showcases the work, service, creativity, and contributions of individuals and organizations as it relates to tourism promotion. Individuals who work in the industry are invited to nominate candidates for the following award categories:

• Tourism Management Employee of the Year
• Tourism Front-Line Employee of the Year
• Tourism Volunteer of the Year
• Humanitarian Award
• Hometown Star Award
• Tourism Event of the Year
• Tourism Promotion/Campaign of the Year
• Judy Patterson Award, Visit Loudoun's highest award honor

Take advantage of this opportunity to acknowledge key individuals and programs that deserve recognition and thanks for their valuable contributions and success. The Tourism Awards are given each year during Visit Loudoun's Annual Meeting. Visit Loudoun accepts award nominations on an on-going basis; the deadline to submit nominations for the 2013 Tourism Awards is 5 p.m. on Friday, February 21, 2014.

Entry Guidelines

All award entries for the 2013 Tourism Awards must be for individuals, organizations, or programs that recognize accomplishments for activities that occurred or were completed during the 2013 calendar year. Programs that were launched in 2013 that are on-going and do not yet have results or accomplishments should wait until the 2014 awards.

For more information on the Visit Loudoun Tourism Awards: http://www.visitloudoun.org/industry/Annual-Meeting-Tourism-Awards