Media Room offers the latest press releases and articles regarding Mississippi tourism.

PRESS RELEASES - 2007

December 17, 2007
Four Mississippi Courses Garner Distinction of Being Voted to Golfweek Magazine’s ‘Best-Of’ Casino Resort Courses List

December 17, 2007
Three Mississippi Courses Earn ‘America’s Best’ Acclaim from Golf Digest

December 10, 2007
Three Gulf Coast Events Selected As Top 20 Events By The Southeast Tourism Society

December 10, 2007
Conservationist Donates “Mike’s Pond” Property To The Nature Conservancy

December 7, 2007
Monmouth Plantation Is Proud To Be Associated With Virtuoso

December 7, 2007
Antique Galleria Announces Launch Of Web Site Browsing antiquegalleria.net

December 5, 2007
Robert Lee ‘Nighthawk’ McCollum To Be Honored With Blues Trail Marker

December 5, 2007
Natchez Council For Arts & Culture Announces Special Music Holiday Weekend Christmas From New york

November 27, 2007
Otis Rush To Be Honored With Blues Trail Marker

November 7, 2007
Grant Money Available To Mississippi Filmmakers

November 7, 2007
Jackson To Unveil Another Mississippi Blues Trail Marker Honoring Trumpet Records

November 6, 2007
The Keeping the Blues Alive Awards

November 2, 2007
Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance Unveils 3-Year Strategic Plan And New Website

November 2, 2007
Cochran Moves To Establish Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area

October 31, 2007
American Blues Network trail marker
Bo Diddley to be honored with Blue Trail marker in McComb

October 24, 2007
Monmouth Plantation Makes Conde’ Nast Traveler “Readers’ Choice Awards– 2007 Top Hotels”

October 17, 2007
Pioneer Day at the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center

October 16, 2007
Catch Mississippi Artists and Tunes on ‘Tune In Mississippi’ The Birthplace of America's Music Now Broadcast On The Internet

October 16, 2007
Crystal Springs To Honor Blues Legend Tommy Johnson With Blues Trail Marker

October 12, 2007
Alex T. Thomas With The Mississippi Development Authority Elected To National
Board Of Advisors For The National Trust For Historic Preservation

October 10, 2007
Natchez Trace Parkway Presents Frontier Day on October 27, 2007

September 25, 2007
Columbus To Join The Mississippi Blues Trail With A Marker At Historic Catfish Alley

September 25, 2007
Desoto County To Honor Female Blues Legend with Mississippi Blues Trail Marker

September 12, 2007
State Tourism Office Produces Adventure Guide

September 5, 2007
American Bus Association Names The Canton Victorian Christmas Festival
& Tupelo's Elvis Presley Festival Two Of North America's 100 Best Events For 2008

September 5, 2007
Columbus Spring Pilgrimage Selected As A Top 20 Event By The Southeast
Tourism Society

August 27, 2007
West Point To Kick Off Annual Festival With Mississippi Blues Trail Marker Dedicated To “Howlin Wolf”

August 23, 2007
STATE TOURISM OFFICE HONORED WITH MERCURY AWARD

August 23, 2007
Mississippi Blues Trail Continues to Unveil, Joins Golf, Gaming and Other Leading State Vacation Options

August 23, 2007
Grenada To Honor Guitar Legend “Magic Sam” With Mississippi Blues Trail

August 21, 2007
Courtyard by Marriott Ground Breaking

August 20, 2007
Bentonia To Honor Blue Front Café With Mississippi Blues Trail Marker

July 30, 2007
Monmouth Plantation makes Travel + Leisure “2007 World's Best” List

July 30, 2007
Leading Edges Advertising Awarded Mississippi Tourism Association Account

July 18, 2007
Monmouth Plantation Featured in Rand McNally’s Southeast Getaway Guide

July 16, 2007
Canton To Honor Blues Legend with Mississippi Blues Trail Marker

July 6, 2007
Moseley Folk Art Museum Re-Opening/Celebration

June 26, 2007
Vicksburg To Honor Blues Legend with Mississippi Blues Trail Marker

June 26, 2007
Civil War History Can Now Be Viewed In The Palm Of A Visitor's Hand!
GPS Ranger™ Launched at Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi

June 21, 2007
MSU Riley Center Announces 2007-2008 Performing Arts Season

June 14, 2007
Mississippi Blues Trail Marker To Be Unveiled In Tunica, MS

June 11, 2007
Golf Digest Magazine names Five Mississippi Courses to its ‘Top-40 Casino Courses’ Nationwide; Two Other State Courses Located Near, but Not Owned By Casinos, Also Honored

June 1, 2007
Mississippi Blues Trail Extends From Heart Of Delta To Chicago's Grant Park

May 30, 2007
Jackson To Honor Fallen Juke Joint with Mississippi Blues Trail Marker
Harrah’s Entertainment and Jimmy Buffett Unveil Plans for New Margaritaville Casino and Resort in Biloxi

May 9, 2007 National Tourism Week

April 17, 2007
The Walter Anderson Museum of Art Presents Jewels of the Sea:
Walter Anderson's Aquatica

April 10, 2007
Mississippi Celebrates Grammy® With Star-Studded Gala

April 9, 2007
Mississippi Blues Trail Markers To Honor Two Blues Legends

April 6, 2007
Parkway Celebrates National Park Week, April 22-29, 2007

April 6, 2007
The Natchez Trace Parkway to Host Program by the Mississippi Daughters
of the American Revolution

March 28, 2007
Peavey Cranks Up Guitar Custom Shop With Orange County Choppers

March 23, 2007
NEW HARMONIES; SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT OPENING IN MERIDIAN

March 20, 2007
Wild Wing River and Nature Festival

March 15, 2007
Living History Encampment at Mt. Locust

March 14, 2007
Governor Barbour Signs Legislation To Improve Film Industry Incentives

March 13, 2007
Monmouth Plantation in Bloom

March 5, 2007
Ground Broken for New Hotel Property in Natchez

March 2, 2007
French Camp Academy selected for America’s 400th Anniversary Weekend

March 2, 2007
Mississippi Tourism Association Presents Industry Achievement
Awards At Governor's Conference On Tourism

February 28, 2007
Division of Tourism releases new Economic Impact Report for 2006
Click here to view Economic Impact Report and Key Indicators

February 14, 2007
Mississippi Development Authority Launches Golf e-Travel Brouchure

February 9, 2007
Walter Anderson Museum of Art Presents "Meet the Collectors"

February 7, 2007
The ALL NEW Bridges Club House Grill and Pro Shop Debuts February 7!

January 31, 2007
Mississippi Blues Trail Markers To Be Unveiled in Bolivar County

January 31, 2007
Monmouth Plantation's Valentine's Dinners

January 11, 2007
Monmouth Plantation receives elite distinction by Travel & Leisure

January 8, 2007
Monmouth Plantation receives AAA's 2007 FOUR-DIAMOND AWARD