The Oklahoma Travel Industry Association (OTIA) held its annual RedBud Awards Gala at the Oklahoma History Center on May 7, 2019. Open to all Oklahoma tourism entities, the RedBud Awards represent the highest honor given in the Oklahoma tourism industry. The Gala was held as part of the 2019 Oklahoma Conference on Tourism.
 
Emceed by Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell and Jenifer Reynolds, 32 awards were given in 16 categories. The awards recognize Oklahoma's top tourism attractions, events, programs and organizations for outstanding efforts to serve and promote Oklahoma’s tourism industry. 
 
Competition entries must have been produced, published, broadcast or held between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018. All entries were evaluated by a slate of tourism professionals on specific criteria including customer service and experience, marketing effectiveness, media relations, variety of audiences reached, value and overall creativity.  
 
The winners include:
 
Outstanding Agritourism Attraction
Redbud: Oasis Animal Adventures
 
Best Social Media
Redbud: Koch Communication - Project: Time Off
Redbud: Muskogee War Memorial Park - Remembering Our Fallen
Merit: Tahlequah Area Chamber of Commerce: Tourism Department - Tasty Tuesday
 
Best Brochure or Publication - 11 pages or more ($30,000 to $50,000 budget)
Redbud: Lake Texoma Association - 2019 Guide to Lake Texoma
Merit: Oklahoma Hall of Fame & Gaylord - Pickens Museum Visitor Guide
 
Best Brochure or Publication - 11 pages or more ($25,000 or Less Budget)
Redbud: Visit Norman - Official Visitors Guide of Norman/University of Oklahoma Visitors Guide
Redbud: Philbrook Museum of Art - Museum Confidential Exhibition Booklet
Merit: Great Plains Country Association - 2019 Southwest Oklahoma Destination Guide
 
Best Overall Marketing Campaign
Redbud: City of Pauls Valley 19th Annual Okie Noodling Tournament & Festival
Merit: Visit Stillwater
 
Best Website
Redbud: Chickasaw Country
Merit: Koch Communications - Be Native Website
 
Best Partnership
RedBud: Edmond Convention & Visitors Bureau, Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau, University of Central Oklahoma
Merit: Philbrook Museum of Art & Public Radio Tulsa - Museum Confidential Podcast
 
Outstanding Media Coverage: Online
Redbud: RSU - TV's Living Grand on Grand Lake
Merit: Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau
 
Outstanding Media Coverage: Overall
Redbud: Koch Communications - COOP Ale Works 23rd Street Armory Announcement
Merit: FireLake FireFlight Balloon Festival
 
Outstanding Attraction
Redbud: Visit Stillwater - Tumbleweed Dance Hall & Concert Arena
Merit: Chisholm Trail Heritage Center
 
Outstanding New Attraction
RedBud: Vortex Alley Brewing
Merit: Chickasaw Nation Information Center
 
Outstanding Temporary Exhibit
RedBud: Philbrook Museum of Art - Museum Confidential
Merit: American Banjo Museum - Jim Henson - Life and Legacy
 
Outstanding Event
RedBud: City of Pauls Valley - 19th Annual Okie Noodling Tournament & Festival
Merit: Pawhuska Chamber of Commerce - National Indian Taco Championship
 
Outstanding New Event
RedBud: Main Street Guymon - Pangaea: An International Evening
RedBud: Chickasaw Cultural Center - Native Pottery Market
 
Outstanding Lodging Property
RedBud: Candlewyck Cove Resort
Merit: Ben Ranch Cabins of Osage County
 
Tourism Organization of the Year
Redbud: Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau

Click here to view this year's photo album from the event! 

 

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