Continuing its role as the nations leading travel trade publication, Recommend Magazine has won the Mississippi Travel Media Award 2000 for the best travel trade publication. The honors were awarded at the Mississippi Governor's Conference on Tourism that was hosted by the Mississippi Tourism Association and the Mississippi Department of Tourism.

The award was presented by Mr. J.C. Burns, Director of the Mississippi Development Authority, which oversees the Mississippi Department of Tourism to Recommend Magazine for it's outstanding contributions, support and promotion of the State. During 2000, Recommend Magazine focused extensive editorial coverage on Mississippi including ? The Mississippi Miracle, a survey piece on Heritage and
Eco-tourism in the South, " Mississippi Casino Gaming" and ?Christmas in the South", as well as other sections featuring Mississippi.

"We are proud to be honored for editorial excellence and we pledge to continue our detailed editorial coverage for destinations like Mississippi. Our editorial staff is dedicated in providing travel agents with the most in-depth editorial in the industry," says Recommend's Publisher/Editorial Director, Laurel Herman.

Worth International Communications Corporation is the parent company of Recommend Travel Publications, Inc., publishers of Recommend Magazine, a nationally circulated travel industry magazine; Worth Custom Publishing, producer of specialized publications in the domestic and international travel fields, meetings market, corporate entities throughout the world; and, Worth Technology, which designs, creates and maintains Web sites and E-commerce options.

Worth International was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida