Louisville’s Great Gatsby Theme Earns Kentucky Travel Industry’s Award of Distinction : GoToLouisville.com Official Travel Supply

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Nov. 10, 2025) – Louisville Tourism obtained high recognition for its progressive PR and advertising campaigns celebrating the a hundredth anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. At the Kentucky Travel Industry Association’s (KTIA) annual convention, the vacation spot advertising group was honored with a prestigious Award of Distinction and a Gold Traverse Award for the inventive execution of Louisville’s Great Gatsby Centennial Celebrations, alongside 9 further awards throughout a number of classes.

Louisville Tourism additionally captured a Gold Award for a visually beautiful web site showcasing Louisville’s distinctive allure to drive certified site visitors by means of a focused digital promoting marketing campaign inside Expedia’s community. The main aim of the marketing campaign was to drive bookings and income for Louisville resorts utilizing the reserving engine.

KTIA awarded a Silver Award to the vacation spot advertising group for the seasonal LouGrass Sessions, a celebration of Kentucky roots music. LouGrass blends Bluegrass with Americana, blues, jazz, and extra— providing free stay seasonal performances throughout Louisville’s venues to provide locals and guests the chance to expertise genuine sounds in Bourbon City.

Donna Spalding, Visitor Experience Representative for Louisville Tourism, was honored with a Stars of the Industry Award celebrating her distinctive contributions as a frontline skilled, a significant position in advancing the success of Louisville and Kentucky’s hospitality business.

Louisville Tourism obtained 11 Traverse Awards, which honors Kentucky journey professionals for his or her skills, creativity and effectiveness in advertising and public relations. The journey convention was held November 5-7 in Louisville and was attended by lots of of tourism leaders from throughout Kentucky.

Kentucky journey and tourism companies and advertising organizations vie for Traverse Awards in 12 classes. The Traverse Awards are judged by a panel of out-of-state journey and tourism business specialists. Award standards embody idea, creativity, outcomes and affect.