13B: Trailblazer Awards Program
Supplement the successful ROSE Awards program with a Trailblazer Award program that recognizes individuals who started in the tourism industry and have had continued success and community impact throughout their career. Design the award to illustrate both vertical career pathways available within the tourism and hospitality industry as well as the value of skills learned in the industry that have led to success in other industries.
Value to the Community
Like the ROSE Awards program, this program recognizes Indy's residents who showcase signature Hoosier Hospitality and have used their industry skills to build their careers or give back to their community.Value to the Hospitality Industry
Recognizing that the skills gained working in hospitality pay dividends throughout life helps demonstrate that the industry's value is more than that reflected solely in wages paid. The soft skills required in the industry, including those of customer service, caretaking, and empathy, are transferable to many fields and are often much harder to learn, and provide more pathways to success, than hard skills learned in other industries. Identifying and celebrating individuals who demonstrate these benefits can help us better cultivate such skills while also better communicating the industry value to regional economic development.Updates
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Visit Indy (Lead)
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Priority + Progress
Monitoring priorities are the middle 60% or so of actions that TTI is keeping its eye on and supporting as needed.
TTI Role
The primary role means TTI is taking a significant leadership role in this action. This is the most-involved type of role and typically applicable when Visit Indy is leading or significantly contributing to an action implementation.
