meetNKY's Julie Kirkpatrick tells annual meeting that tourism rebounded in '22, making strong comeback
Community members, elected officials, and representatives from regional organizations gathered at Turfway Park Racing & Gaming for the meetNKY/Nort...
Community members, elected officials, and representatives from regional organizations gathered at Turfway Park Racing & Gaming for the meetNKY/Northern Kentucky Convention and Visitors Bureau's 2023 Annual Meeting this week. In remarks delivered at the event, Julie Kirkpatrick, meetNKY CEO and President, said that while business travel hasn't fully recovered from pre-pandemic levels, it did rebound to about the 90th percentile compared to 2019. meetNKY's theme for this year's meeting was 'Winner's Circle,' which both reflected the location for the gathering, and the significant strides the region's tourism industry saw in 2022 as it emerged from the pandemic.