STS logo 2015.jpg "The Southeast Tourism Society" (STS), is a non-profit membership organization promoting tourism within the 13

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member states and the District of Columbia by sharing resources, fostering cooperation, networking, providing continuing education, cooperative marketing, consumer outreach, advice & consultation, governmental affairs and other programs. Southeast Tourism Society works with and for business-to-business and business-to-consumer companies with an interest in travel & tourism as a business. Membership is open to any organization within the travel & tourism industry – attractions, destinations, associations, lodging and a wide range of service providers from printing to marketing, public relations to travel writers. Membership is focused on networking, the opportunity for education, advocacy and more. STS was established in September 1983, and the 12 member states include

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Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

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Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

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What STS Does

Consumer Outreach: * Escape to the Southeast Travel Guide - 100,000 distribution (annual); * Escape to the Southeast eNewsletter (monthly) * Escape to the Southeast Web site Conventions & Meetings: * Spring Symposium & Fall Forum Members meeting * Congressional Summit(March) * Marketing College (July) Programs & Activities: * Advocacy programs designed to let leaders hear the voices of the industry * Southeast Travel & Tourism Research Association (TTRA) Management Award Programs: * Shining Example Awards * Top 20 Events in the Southeast

References

External links

Southeast Tourism Society
website
Escape to the Southeast
website Bylaws: http://southeasttourism.org/static/img/about-us/Current_Bylaws_amended_September_8_2015.pdf {{Authority control

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