This award will be presented to a business or organization for its outstanding leadership, professional excellence, and group contribution to the Alaska travel industry.

2022 – Alaska Airlines
2019 – Alaska Raptor Center
2018 – Lazy Otter Charters
2017 – All Alaska Tours
2016 – McKinley Chalet Resort
2015 – Alaska Airlines Magazine
2014 – Premier Alaska Tours
2013 – Northern Alaska Tour Company
2012 – CIRI Alaska Tourism
2011 – The Reisland Family
2010 – Co-Awarded: Alaska Act & Alaska Cruise Association
2009 – Fountainhead Hotels
2008 – Alaska Native Heritage Center
2007 – Icy Strait Point
2006 – Yukon Government Department of Tourism & Culture
2005 – Celebrity Cruises
2004 – Mat-Su Convention & Visitors Bureau
2003 – The McDowell Group, Inc.
2002 – Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau
2001 – King Career Center Tourism Program
2000 – Bernholtz & Graham

Alaskana Award under Alaska Visitors Association (AVA)
1999 – Alaska Airlines
1998 – Knightly Tours & Travel
1997 – Tim McDonnell
1996 – Bill Pedlar
1995 – MILEPOST / Vernon Pub.
1994 – Alascom, Inc.
1993 – Seibu Corporation
1992 – David Palmer
1991 – Gary Odle
1990 – Princess Tours
1989 – John Kelsh
1988 – James Michner
1987 – Stan Patty, Seattle Times
1986 – Mimi Feisst
1985 – Arizona, Charlie Meadows Show
1984 – Sybill Ehman-Schneider
1983 – Good Morning America Show
1982 – Alaska Airlines
1981 – Westours / Holland America
1980 – Bob & Norma Spring
1979 – Chicago Tribune
1978 – Dallas Morning News / Eugene Register Guard / Fort Meyers News / Fort Worth Star / Houston Chronicle / Milwaukee Journal / Minneapolis Star / Oakland Tribune / Orlando Sentinel Star / Portland Oregonian / Senior World
1977 – Stan Patty, Seattle Times
1976 – Yukon Department of Tourism & Information
1975 – Alaska Northwest Publishing
1974 – Lane Publishing
1973 – Prince Rupert, Tom Yanagihara

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