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<DIV>HERITAGE TOURISM AWARD NOMINATIONS SOUGHT</DIV>
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<DIV>Travel Oregon is looking for nominations of its awards given out during<BR>the Governor's Tourism Conference in April. There are seven award<BR>categories: creative tourism development, Gene Leo memorial, heritage<BR>tourism, partnership, sustainable tourism award, and tourism industry<BR>awareness.</DIV>
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<DIV>The heritage tourism award recognizes outstanding use of Oregon*s<BR>cultural or natural history by an Oregon individual, organization,<BR>business, community, or region, in order to draw visitors to the state.</DIV>
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<DIV>Nominations must be received at the Travel Oregon office no later than<BR>noon on March 6. More information about the awards is available at<BR><<A href="http://www.oregontourismconference.com/index.php?page=tourism-industry-awards">http://www.oregontourismconference.com/index.php?page=tourism-industry-awards</A>></DIV>
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