KENTUCKY BOURBON TRAIL® TOUR ADDS 21c MUSEUM HOTELS IN LOUISVILLE & LEXINGTON AS TOP-LEVEL SPONSORS
FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Kentucky Distillers’ Affiliation introduced at this time that 21c Museum Resort’s unique Louisville location is now joined alongside 21c Lexington as an official, top-level Barrel sponsor of the world-famous Kentucky Bourbon Path® journey.
Andrew Carter, Space Basic Supervisor for each 21c Louisville and 21c Lexington, stated partnership with the Kentucky Bourbon Path® is a pure match.
“We’re honored to be an official sponsor of the Kentucky Bourbon Path® tour. We stay up for being a spot for Bourbon vacationers to recharge, refuel and replicate between excursions,” Carter stated. “This may also improve our presence as a vacation spot for Bourbon explorers and is a good way to collaborate with our native distilleries and the Kentucky Distillers’ Affiliation.”
Situated within the coronary heart of downtown at 700 W. Principal St., 21c Museum Resort Louisville is the flagship property for the domestically based boutique resort chain bolstered by world-class artwork collections and acclaimed chef-driven eating places, together with Lockbox in Lexington and Proof on Principal in Louisville.
What started in 2006 as an effort by native preservationists and modern artwork collectors Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson to revive and revitalize their beloved hometown has since developed into an award-winning boutique resort model with properties throughout the nation. At present, there are 9 places with plans for extra to return.
“21c Museum Inns are well-known in Kentucky and past for offering distinctive, elevated experiences for resort friends, restaurant diners, locals and vacationers alike considering visiting the museum galleries,” stated Mandy Ryan, Director of the KDA’s Kentucky Bourbon Path® experiences.
“Guests to the Bourbon Path™ are at all times in search of methods to spherical out their journeys to our legendary distilleries by selecting one of the best eating, lodging, and points of interest Kentucky has to supply,” Ryan continues, “and our companions at 21c ship all three in spades.”
For extra details about 21c Museum Inns, go to www.21cmuseumhotels.com.
The lodges be a part of the Butchertown Grocery Bakery, Campbell Home Resort, Impartial Stave Co., Marriott Louisville East, Mint Julep Experiences, Pegasus Distillery Experiences, Seelbach Resort and VisitLex as Barrel degree sponsors.
There are eight KBT® and Kentucky Bourbon Path Craft Tour® distilleries in Louisville together with, Angel’s Envy, Evan Williams Bourbon Expertise, Michter’s at Fort Nelson, Outdated Forester, Rabbit Gap Distillery, Stitzel-Weller Distillery, Kentucky Peerless Distilling, and Copper & Kings Distillery. There are 4 KBT® and Kentucky Bourbon Path Craft Tour® distilleries in Louisville together with, City Department Distillery, Barrel Home Distilling Co., Bluegrass Distillers and James E. Pepper Distillery.
Louisville is an official Gateway of the Kentucky Bourbon Path® and residential to the Frazier Museum at 829 W. Principal St. on historic Whiskey Row, which additionally serves because the KDA’s official Kentucky Bourbon Path Welcome Heart®. Lexington is an Official Trailhead to the Kentucky Bourbon Path®.
Kentucky Bourbon is without doubt one of the Commonwealth’s most historic and treasured industries, a thriving $9 billion financial engine that sustains greater than 22,500 jobs. Bourbon-related tourism and hospitality jobs are very important to Kentucky’s financial system.
Bourbon guests took 1.5 million distillery excursions in 2021 – down solely 14% from the pre-pandemic report in 2019 of 1.72 million excursions. Complete attendance would have set a brand new report in 2021 if not for distillery closure and tour limits as a consequence of Covid.
The KBT Craft Tour® set their very own report in 2021 clocking in over 600,000 distillery stops – that’s a 35% enhance from the earlier 2019 report.
Study extra at www.kybourbon.com and www.kybourbontrail.com.
About 21c Museum Inns
21c Museum is a multi-venue museum situated in 9 cities. One of many largest modern artwork museums within the U.S., and North America’s solely amassing museum devoted solely to artwork of the twenty first century, every property options exhibition house open freed from cost to the general public, mixed with a boutique resort and restaurant. It was based in 2006 by Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson; philanthropists, preservationists, and collectors, dedicated to increasing entry to modern artwork as a method of catalyzing revitalization and civic connection. 21c presents a variety of arts programming curated by Museum Director, Chief Curator Alice Grey Stites, together with each solo and group exhibitions that replicate the worldwide nature of artwork at this time, in addition to site-specific, commissioned installations, and a wide range of cultural occasions. The group collaborates on arts initiatives with artists and organizations worldwide, together with Pace Artwork Museum, North Carolina Museum of Artwork, MASS MoCA, Modern Arts Heart, Cincinnati, Artistic Capital Basis, Artistic Time, and others.
For extra data go to 21cMuseumHotels.com
