News Release

INDIANAPOLIS — Kosciusko County Convention and Visitors Bureau won the “Best Visitors Guide” with marketing budgets under $300,000, at Indiana’s annual Tourism Conference March 3-5 in Fort Wayne.

Cori Humes, executive director, Kosciusko County Convention and Visitors Bureau. is shown holding the award for the Best Visitors Guide, marketing budgets under $300,000.

The Indiana Tourism Awards were presented Tuesday, March 5.

The awards honor tourism businesses who are creative, innovative and maximize the dollars invested. There were 26 awards presented, including two individual awards, Indiana Tourism Association Distinguished Service Award and Indiana Tourism Association Member of the Year Award.

Also receiving awards was Downtown Elkhart Promotion, Best Cooperative Partnership, marketing budgets over $30,000; LaGrange County Convention and Visitors Bureau: I Love Shipshe, Best IN Indiana Activiation; Visit Fort Wayne: International Association of Venue Managers Super Regional Conference, Best Meeting/Group Partnership, marketing budgets over $300,000; Fort Wayne Zoo: So Much to Sea, Best Overall Marketing campaign – attraction; and Visit Fort Wayne: National Wheelchair Basketball Association, 2024 Women’s and Military National Championships, Best Sports Partnership.

Three hundred tourism leaders, a record attendance, from around the state came to the Indiana Tourism Conference for networking and educational sessions over three-days.