Destination Mansfield-Richland County recently received recognition for achievement in marketing and advertising at the Ohio Travel Association’s (OTA) RUBY Awards presentation, held October 2 in Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio. Destination Mansfield-Richland County received multiple awards. A RUBY for its Ohio Bird Sanctuary Marketing Campaign and Citation of Excellence for its Shawshank30 Highlights video. Accepting the award was Kim Miers, Meetings/Marketing Director.
OTA’s Recognizing Uncommon Brilliance Yearly (RUBY) Awards recognize excellence in Ohio’s travel industry for efforts in advertising, marketing and public relations. Competition was strong this year with more than 241 entries in print-based, web-based, marketing campaign, advertisement and video categories among others. The awards, sponsored by Ohio Magazine, were presented during the Ohio Conference on Travel held at The Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake.
The Ohio Travel Association is the non-profit association representing attractions, destination marketing organizations, hotels, museums, suppliers, restaurants, campgrounds and other businesses who make up Ohio’s $57 billion travel industry. For more information about the Ohio Travel Association and how to get involved with colleagues in the travel economy, visit OhioTravel.org.

(Photo of Destination Mansfield-Richland County Staff, L to R: Natalie Snyder, Kim Miers, Lee Tasseff and Jodie Snavely