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STS gives recognition

MBJ Staff — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:01:32 +0000

Young professionals from Virginia to California have been chosen for the first class of Forty for the Future: Travel’s Leading Talent. The Southeast Tourism Society (STS), an Atlanta-based professional association in the tourism industry, organized the recognition. The honorees in Mississippi are: Selah Havard, director of sales, Natchez Convention and Visitors Bureau; Mary-Kathryn Herrington, director [...]

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Johnson announces her retirement

MBJ Staff — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:59:40 +0000

Linda Johnson, executive director of the Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB), announced her retirement at the TCVB monthly board meeting April 5. Johnson, who was recently inducted into the Class of 2010 Tourism Hall of Fame by the Mississippi Development Authority, has led Tupelo’s tourism efforts for the past 13 years. Before her move [...]

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McCoy named ‘Shining Example’

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:05:07 +0000

Neal McCoy, director of sports development for the Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau, was named the 2009 Rising Star by the Southeast Tourism Society at its annual “Shining Examples” awards luncheon held Sept. 10 in Atlanta. The award recognizes extraordinary on-the-job performance by a person new to the travel and tourism industry. McCoy graduated from [...]

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