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Visit Pigeon Forge, TN Pigeon Forge Tourism Celebrates Shining Faces of Travel
to Mark National Travel and Tourism Week
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Pigeon Forge, TN – May 2017 / Newsmaker Alert / Pigeon Forge recently recognized eight of the city’s tourism industry employees to mark National Travel and Tourism Week and bring attention to the many smiling faces that power the destination’s number one industry.

The Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism invited local businesses to nominate frontline employees whose stellar customer service makes Pigeon Forge shine as a remarkable destination. At the May 8 Pigeon Forge city commission meeting, Pigeon Forge Mayor David Wear recognized eight tourism employees with the distinction of Pigeon Forge’s Faces of Travel:

  • Johnny Baker, group sales coordinator – Ole Smoky Moonshine;
  • Glenda Burgins, park services, ticket supervisor – The Island;
  • Kim Dillon – Great Smoky Mountain Wheel;
  • Hadassah Kain – Sweet Frog Frozen Yogurt;
  • Nathan Hawk, greeter – Rockin’ Roadway;
  • Nathan Headrick, crew member – Titanic Museum Attraction;
  • Bridget Massey, front desk clerk – Inn on the River;
  • Jamie Rasnake, team member – Top Jump.
“Pigeon Forge’s Faces of Travel not only represent the many facets of our city’s tourism industry but these folks and the excellent customer service they provide are the reason more than 10 million visitors come to Pigeon Forge each year,” said Leon Downey, executive director of the Pigeon Forge Dept. of Tourism. “They represent the best of the best and are certainly worthy of our recognition and thanks, today and every day.”
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Pigeon Forge Tourism Celebrates Shining Faces of Travel to Mark National Travel and Tourism Week
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Each Faces of Travel tourism employee was highlighted on the City of Pigeon Forge’s Department of Tourism Facebook page during National Travel and Tourism Week, which took place May 7-13.

The Pigeon Forge Faces of Travel honors were awarded as part of 2017’s National Travel and Tourism Week, which celebrated the power of travel and particularly the people who make the industry remarkable. An annual tradition for the U.S. travel community, National Travel and Tourism Week was established by a congressional resolution in 1983 and first observed the following year. It is a time when travel and tourism professionals across the country unite to celebrate the unique value travel holds for our economy, businesses and personal well-being.

Tourism annually is a billion dollar industry in Pigeon Forge. The family-friendly destination hosts more than 10 million visitors each year. Located just miles from the entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Pigeon Forge is home to Dollywood theme park, the state’s most visited commercial attraction.

For more information about Pigeon Forge, visit MyPigeonForge.com.
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Contact:
Trish McGee
for Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism
615-327-1189

Photo ID: Pigeon Forge’s Faces of Travel are (left to right) Hadassah Kain, Sweet Frog Frozen Yogurt; Kim Dillon, Great Smoky Mountain Wheel; Glenda Burgins, The Island; Jamie Rasnake, Top Jump; Nathan Hawk, Rockin’ Roadway; Johnny Baker, Ole Smoky Moonshine; Nathan Headrick, Titanic Museum Attraction; and Mayor David Wear. Not pictured: Bridget Massey, Inn on the River. Photo: Pigeon Forge Dept. of Tourism

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Publishing Dates: 05/18/17 – 07/18/17
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