Award | Morrilton Area Chamber of Commerce(Flickr)
Award | Morrilton Area Chamber of Commerce(Flickr)
Morrilton/Conway County and the Petit Jean River Valley is apart of the Arkansas River Tri-Peaks. Serving on the board for Conway County are: Alan Hoelzeman, Joe Buckley, Susan Buser and Stephanie Lipsmeyer. We are so honored to be nominated for this award.
The winners of the Arkansas Tourism Henry Awards will be revealed on Tuesday, Feb. 28, during the 49th annual Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism in El Dorado Feb. 26-28. The awards recognize outstanding accomplishment in Arkansas’s tourism industry.
The award categories and finalists are:
Tourism Region of the Year
Presented to one of Arkansas’s 12 Regional Tourist Associations for excellence over the course of the previous year.
Arkansas Delta BywaysArkansas River Valley Tri-Peaks
The Henry Awards have been a feature of the annual Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism since their debut in 1981. The awards are named for Henri de Tonti, founder of Arkansas Post in 1686, who is often hailed as the first “Arkansas Traveler.”
During the awards ceremony, the Tourism Person of the Year Award will also be announced. Selected by former honorees, the Tourism Person of the Year Award is presented annually to an individual who has been actively involved in tourism and who has made a substantial contribution, within the past year, to the betterment of the tourism industry as a whole.
The Tourism Hall of Fame Award is presented the previous day of the conference, recognizing individuals who have been actively involved for many years in tourism and have made substantial contributions to the betterment of the industry. This year’s inductees are Benjamin Fruehauf III and Paula Miles.
Original source can be found here.
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