Dec. 1. Visit Lake Norman (VLN) was recently honored with three awards for destination marketing at the North Carolina Tourism Industry Association Conference held in Charlotte.

Cornelius-based VLN received a platinum award in the Community Stakeholders/Relations category for the 7th Annual Lake Norman Photo Contest. Also received two gold awards for a Wedding Ad campaign in the Group category and another award for Leveraging Partnerships/Conference Scholarships in the Meetings & Conventions category.

All 100 counties in North Carolina are invited to submit their travel and tourism marketing efforts prior to the conference. The award selection committee is comprised of peers from North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia industry affiliates.

The North Carolina Tourism Industry Association Conference is an annual joint conference between the Destination Marketing Association of North Carolina and the North Carolina Travel Industry Association