26th Annual Tourism Awards & Scholarship Dinner

We hope you join us for our 26th Annual Tourism Awards & Scholarship Dinner. The date for this event is Thursday, February 20, 2025. We are moving our annual awards gala back to its pre-COVID time slot in the first quarter of the year. Having our gala in its original time slot gives us the chance to celebrate our industry in the new Savannah Convention Center Governor’s Ballroom!

Nominations for awards are officially open! Please take time to reflect on who stood out on your team this year. Our awards and scholarship dinner serves as an opportunity to show your support and appreciation for the work of your team!

If you have a team member in mind you would like to nominate, please visit our Tourism Awards Nominations webpage. We are looking for nominees for our Service Star Awards and Service Leader Award.

The Service Star Awards recognize tourism and hospitality industry employees who consistently demonstrate exemplary job performance and go above and beyond the call of duty as they service guests. Nominees can include front desk employees and concierges, valets and bellhops, housekeepers, servers, and tour guides. Support staff, which includes ‘back-of-house’ positions such as dishwashers, laundry attendants, and maintenance can also be nominated.

The Service Leader Award recognizes a managerial level employee who exhibits phenomenal service toward guests, as well as exemplary leadership toward his or her colleagues.

Scholarship Application submissions for current and prospective college students who are studying or are planning to study and pursue careers in the tourism, culinary, and hospitality arts are also open. If you know a student, or students fitting this description, please encourage them to apply for the TLC scholarship.

The TLC scholarship has awarded more than $115,000 to deserving students who are pursuing a career in our thriving tourism community. Awards have ranged from $500 to $5000 per student.

The deadline for service nominations and scholarship applications is Friday, January 17, 2025. Applications and nominations received after the deadline will not be considered for review.