U.S. Travel Association announced recipients of the 2022 Destiny and Mercury Awards and the State Tourism Director of the Year at the annual Educational Seminar for Tourism Organizations (ESTO) conference, held August 6-9 in Grand Rapids, MI.

Wit Tuttell, Director of Visit North Carolina, has been named national State Tourism Director of the Year for 2022.

More than 1,000 travel leaders gathered in Grand Rapids, August 6-9, for the U.S. Travel Association’s Educational Seminar for Tourism Organizations (ESTO), the nation’s premier learning and knowledge-sharing event for destination marketing professionals.

Today, the U.S. Travel Association says a heartfelt goodbye to Roger Dow, who is stepping down from his role as president and CEO after 17 incredible years.

Roger Dow will be honored as the 2022 inductee into U.S. Travel’s Hall of Leaders.

The U.S. Travel Association announced today the launch of its new Sustainable Travel Coalition, which aims to align the travel, transportation and technology sectors in developing and advancing strategies to enable a more sustainable future for the U.S. travel industry.