Richmond Region Tourism Foundation Awards and Annual Meeting
presented by TowneBank
The Richmond Region Tourism Foundation was thrilled to celebrate 40 years of National Travel and Tourism Week and Richmond Region Tourism while celebrating our industry’s resilience and our most dedicated industry partners and professionals at the 2023 Tourism Awards and Annual Meeting.
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RRT Foundation’s Annual Hospitality Scholarship
Proceeds from our Tourism Awards and Annual Meeting benefit the Richmond Region Tourism Foundation. The Foundation also awarded three hospitality scholarships to students pursuing a career in the tourism/hospitality industry. Congratulations Naadiya Alsalam, Junie King and Jamesha Williams on being selected as our 2023 Richmond Region Tourism Foundation Scholarship recipients. Naadiya, Junie and Jamesha are in the Hospitality Management program at Virginia State University.
Congratulations to our 2023 Award Recipients
Tourism Impact Award: Capital Region Airport Commission President & Chief Executive Officer, Perry Miller
Chairman's Award: Mayush Mehta, Regional Vice President, JP Hospitality
Partner of the Year: Discover Richmond Tours
MVP Sports Award: Aaron Reidmiller, Director, Hanover Parks & Recreation
Restaurant of the Year: Quinto Sol Mexican Grill
Hotel of the Year: Springhill Suites Chester
Event of the Year: Black Pride RVA
Tourism Leadership Award: Brad Jones, Chief Engineer, Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa / Short Pump
Customer Service Award: Pam Novak, Visitor Center Manager, Town of Ashland Visitor Center
Thank you to our award sponsors
Chairman's Award
Tourism Impact Award
Partner of the Year
MVP Sports Award
Customer Service Award
Restaurant of the Year
Hotel of the Year
Event of the Year
Tourism Leadership Award
THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNER TABLE SPONSORS
Bryant & Stratton College
Community Foundation
Hilton Richmond Downtown
Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa / Short Pump
InUnison
Padilla
Richmond Flying Squirrels
Richmond International Airport
Richmond Marriott Downtown
SMI Hotel Group
Town of Ashland
Venture Richmond
Virginia Tourism Corporation
A Special Thank You to Hamilton Glass for Creating Our Tourism Awards
Artwork (C) Hamilton Glass
This event is produced by the Richmond Region Tourism Foundation. The mission is to advance the impact and benefit of tourism on the Richmond Region by supporting and investing in local education, diversity and inclusion and sports tourism programs. Make a tax-deductible donation today.