Media Room offers the latest press releases and articles regarding Mississippi tourism.
PRESS RELEASES
January 27, 2005
Monmouth Plantation
receives elite travel distinctions for 2005
January 19, 2005
Ogden
Museum in New Orleans and Walter Anderson Museum in Ocean Springs
lower admission prices for Mississippi and Louisiana Residents
January 14, 2005
New Hampton Inn
& Suites Hotel Breaks Ground in Vicksburg,MS
November 30, 2004
Mississippi and Dancing Rabbit
Golf Club Earn "Best-Of" Honors From 'The Golf Insider'
November 20, 2004
Ground Zero Blues
Club, National Public Radio and WBGO to Usher in 2005 Live From
Clarksdale, Mississippi
October 2, 2004
Fall Tourism
Campaign gives Mississippians incentive to travel
September 23, 2004
Mississippi Gulf
Coast Christmas on Water
July 8, 2004
Mississippi John Hurt
Historical Marker Dedication
June 9, 2004
Mississippi
Delta Highway One Heritage Festival
June 7, 2004
Two
Major Exhibits Opening in June at Ohr-O'keefe
May 7, 2004
Mississippi
Celebrates National Tourism Week
April 21, 2004
Elvis
Presley Festival Announces Line-up for 2004
April 20, 2004
Annual
French Camp Pioneer Day, 2004
April 14, 2004
MTA-Day
at the Capitol
April 5, 2004
JAZZ
FEST in Vicksburg
April 5, 2004
Port
Gibson Motor Coach Tour Package
April 5, 2004
Mississippi
Bed & Breakfast Inns Directory
February 17, 2004
Annual
French Camp Pioneer Day – May 8, 2004
February 13, 2004
Tunica
RiverPark on the Mississippi To Celebrate Grand Opening March 18-20
February 4, 2004
Mississippi
Named “Favorite Golf-Travel Destination in the U.S."
by Readers of the Toronto Sun in 3rd Annual Golfers' Choice Awards
January 30, 2004
Speed
Names New Director of Tourism Development
January 29, 2004
Mississippi
Film Office to Host Annual Summit
January 29, 2004
National
Park Service Presents Black History Month Walking Tour, Natchez
September 11, 2003
Mississippi
Tourism Office Celebrates The Blues Statewide
May 1, 2003
The Alluvian
Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
March 27, 2003
Tourism
Officials Present $500,000,000 Check to Governor Musgrove
February 6, 2003
Living
Blues Hosts First Annual Blues Sumposium to Acknowledge the Year
of the Blues
February 5, 2003
Division
of Tourism releases new Economic Impact Report
Click here to view Economic
Impact Report and Key
Indicators
January 28, 2003
American
Bus Association Names Market Stree Festival One of North America's
100 Best Events for 2003
January 28, 2003
Columbus
Spring Pilgrimage & Market Street Festival Named to Southeast
Touyrism Society's Top 20 Events for 2003
January 23, 2003
Division
of Tourism to Attend Governor's Conference
January 23, 2003
Tourism's
Own Completes Certification Course
January 15, 2003
Mississippi
Tourism Association Presents Awards to Legislators During Annual
Appreciation Luncheon
January 8, 2003
Mississippi
Film Office Launches Mississippi Film Week
January 8, 2003
Mississippi
Film Office Unveils First Mississippi Film Tourism Map
December 20, 2002
Home
and Garden TV's spotlight shines on 150-year-old home. "If
Walls Could Talk" to feature Priestley House
December 20, 2002
Tourism
Employee Receives Distinction From Leading Publication in Meetings
Industry
December 9, 2002
Mississippi's
Shell Landing Golf Club Selected As A
"Best-New Upscale Public" Course By Golf Digest
November 19, 2002
Mississippi's
Fairview Inn selected as Top Inn in North America & Caribbean
November 17, 2002
On
the Road in Mississippi: Y'all will love the golf, history, southern
hospitality and vittles, by David R. Holland, senior writer for
TravelGolf.com
November 8, 2002
Tourism Staffer
Selected to Serve on Board of AARC
November 1, 2002
Adam
Barr, GolfChannel.com, writes about the 2002 Southern Farm Bureau
Golf Classic
November 1, 2002
MDA's Own
Named to Film Commission Board of Directors
November, 2002
Mississippi
Nominated as "Emerging Golf Destination of the Year"
October 24, 2002
Vermeer
Painting to be Displayed in 2004 Dresden Exhibition in Mississippi
October 21, 2002
Mississippi
Golf Destinations Garner Industry Accolades
October 11, 2002
Mississippi
Development Authority Announces Certified Mississippi Travel Professional
Online Course
June 11, 2002
Mississippi
to Host Major Exhibition of Art Masterpieces From Dresden, Germany
May 3, 2002
Division
of Tourism Celebrates National Tourism Week
May 1, 2002
Governor
Musgrove Announces The State's New Tourism Tag Line
April 24, 2002
Mississippi
Attracts Texans in Volume - Tourism Blitz to Target Dallas and Houston
February 4, 2002
Internet
Highways to Mississippi Byways: MDA/Division of Tourism Upgrades
Web Site Creating Faster and Easier Access for Visitors
November 14, 2001
Mississippi
Featured In "Golfing The World" Series 51
November 7, 2001
State
Tourism Office Assisting With Promotion of Highway 51
September 27, 2001
Tunica
Wins Gold Service Award
September 27, 2001
Desoto
County Tourism Seeks Executive Director
September 21, 2001
Madison
Annual Banquet
September 19, 2001
MDA
Tourism Wins Shining Example Award
July 18, 2001
Iuka,
Mississippi, Site of First Eligible Tourism Incentive Project
May 3, 2001
Governor
Ronnie Musgrove Proclaims Space Day
May 2, 2001
National
Tourism Week 2001
April 23, 2001
Mississippi
Attracts Georgians in Volume Tourism Blitz to Target Atlanta
March 15, 2001
State
Tourism Office Develops Pilot Frontline Hospitality Training Program
March 14, 2001
Entertainment
and Advertising Industry Dollars Adding Up in Mississippi's Economy
March 2, 2001
Division
of Tourism Publishes Economic Impact Report
February 20, 2001
Governor's
Awards Recognize State's Tourism Champions
February 13, 2001
Public-Private
Partnership Creates Official Tour Guide to Attract Tourists to Mississippi
ARTICLES
Canton
$3M closer to film mecca goal
by Sylvain Metz - Clarion Ledger
Delta's
revamped blues museum looks to Chicago
by Samantha Santa Maria - Clarion Ledger
Mollie Gregory
Mississippi Development Authority/
Division of Tourism
P. O. Box 849
Jackson, MS 39205
601.359.3297
mgregory@mississippi.org
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