2010

Isadore Sharp

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

2009

Adam Goldstein

Stevan Porter

Andrew Taylor

Royal Caribbean International

InterContinental Hotel Group

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

2008

Jay Rasulo

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

2007

Steve Holmes

Wyndham Worldwide

2006

Jonathan S. Linen

American Express

2005

William S. Norman 

Travel Industry Association of America

Alan Fredericks

Travel Weekly

2004

Richard Fain

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

2003

Marilyn Carlson Nelson

Carlson Companies Inc.

2002

Jonathan Tisch

Loews Hotels

2001

Walt Disney

Walt Disney Co.

2000

Joseph Vittoria

The Travel Company

1999

Michael Egan

Certified Vacations Group, Inc

Edward Hogan

Pleasant Holidays LLC

1998

Curtis Carlson

Carlson Companies, Inc.

1997

Marjorie Beenders

Missouri Division of Tourism

Thomas Kershaw

Hampshire House Corporation

Patrick McMahon

Virginia Tourism Corporation

1996

The Honorable Ronald Brown

U.S. Department of Commerce

Kenneth Hine, CAE

American Hotel & Motel Association

George Kirkland

Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau

1995

Jim Host

National Tour Association, Inc.

1994

Roger Ballou

American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc.

Darryl Hartley-Leonard

Hyatt Hotels Corporation

David Humphreys

Recreation Vehicle Industry Association

1993

Ted Balestreri

The Cannery Row Company

Earlene Causey

VIP Travel Agency of Baytown

The Honorable John Rockefeller IV

U.S. Congress

1992

Stanley Fisher

Allied Tours

Charles Goeldner

University of Colorado, College of Business

Robert Harnsberger

Luray Caverns

1991

Preston Robert Tisch

Loews Corporation

Charles West

Alaska Sightseeing Tours TravAlaska

Kemmons Wilson

Holiday Inns, Inc.

1990

Robert Dickinson

Carnival Cruise Lines

The Honorable Ernest Hollings

U.S. Congress

Dr. John Hunt

University of Massachusetts--Amherst

Norman Philion

TIA National Chairman

1989

Bob LeBlanc

Louisiana Office of Tourism

Jack Lindquist

Walt Disney Productions

William Toohey

Travel Industry Association of America

1988

Eric Friedheim

Travel Agent Magazine

Chuck Gee

University of Hawaii

Voit Gilmore

Four Seasons Travel Service

Arthur Tauck, Jr.

Tauck Tours

1987

Robert Giersdorf

Exploration Cruise Lines

1986

Edward Book

Hershey Entertainment and Resort Company

William Edwards

Hilton Hotels Corporation

J. W. Marriott, Jr.

Marriott Hotels and Resorts

1985

Paul Ignatius

Air Transport Association

Howard "Bud" James

American Hotel & Motel Association

Irwin Robinson

Travel Weekly

1984

The Honorable Donna Tuttle

USTTA

Peter Ueberroth

Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee

1983

Howard Clark

American Express Company

Mary Huddleston

Trailways, Inc.

1982

Jeanne James

Arizona Hotel & Motel Association

James Michener

Author

1981

Bunny Grossinger

Grossinger Hotel

The Honorable James Santini

U.S. Congress

1980

Melinda Bush

Hotel & Travel Index

James Montgomery

Pan American World Airways

1979

Elana Andersen

Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Robert Sullivan

San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau

1978

Marjorie McDonald

Georgia Hospitality & Travel Association

Paul Rodgers

Ozark Airlines, Inc.

1977

Betty Blake

Betty Blake & Company

James Kerrigan

Trailways, Inc

1976

Katharine Kane

City of Boston

William Walton

Holiday Inns, Inc.

1975

Florence Somers

Redbook

C. Langhorne Washburn

United States Travel Service

1974

The Honorable Daniel Inouye

U.S. Congress

Frances Koltun

Frances Koltun Enterprises

1973

Bill Hardman

Hardman Productions

1972

Charles Gillett

New York Convention and Visitors Bureau

1971

William Patterson

American Express Company

1970

Laurance Rockefeller

Rockresorts, Inc.

1969

Clarence Arata

Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade

Robert Murphy, Jr.

Washington State Travel Council