Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department Executive Director Amy Blackburn says the state will play a major role in the Route 66 centennial, with Oklahoma boasting the most drivable miles of the ...

Tulsa Regional Tourism had a standout night at the Oklahoma Travel Industry Association’s 2025 Redbud Awards, winning five honors, including the top distinction: Tourism Organization of the Year ...

America’s heartland is special — and now there’s a new reason to celebrate. Tulsa, Oklahoma just secured the U.S. copyright as the official capital of the legendary Route 66, long-regarded as a ...

For 2,448 miles, Route 66 takes road-trippers through skyscrapers and canyons, petrified forests and gateway arches. But of all those miles, there's one in particular that both exemplifies the ...

Tulsa Regional Tourism has unveiled the results of a new economic impact study showing the city hosted 10 million visitors in 2023, a record-setting milestone for the area. Jonathan Huskey and Patti ...

Tulsa Regional Tourism is gaining national attention for its efforts to elevate the city’s profile, most notably through its “Big Dam Party” celebrating the debut of Zink Lake. That event has earned a ...

TULSA, Okla. — “Building a new 650-room convention center attached hotel is no longer a nice to have for us; it’s a must-have,” said Bill Knight. Tulsa Regional Chamber’s new Board President Bill ...

In Tulsa for a bus tour of the historic highway a couple of months ago, Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell told a crowd at the Mother Road Market that Oklahoma was going to make Route 66 the main focus of tourism ...

Gov. Kevin Stitt has appointed a new director to head the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, assigning new leadership to an agency that in recent years has been plagued by scandals and ...

Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, whose primary job is to promote tourism in Oklahoma, is supporting a Tulsa City Council candidate who, in an ideal world, would like to see the city get out of the business of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department had a new interim director, Sterling Zearley, appointed by the governor on Thursday ...