Accolades

Year after year, Little Rock earns a considerable amount of positive press and many accolades. Learn more about why Little Rock is the perfect city for your next success.

2017

• Selected by Trivago.com as a 2017 “Best Value American Destination” for the third consecutive year 
• Little Rock included in “15 Southern Cities All Food Lovers Should Visit Now” - Food & Wine and Southern Living
• Huffington Post published “The 15 Most Instagrammable Spots in Little Rock, Arkansas”
• Robinson Center Received LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council
• Little Rock ranked among the nation’s “Best Under-the-Radar” Family Destinations – VacationIdea.com
• Little Rock included in “14 Cities That Give You the Worst Case of FOMO (fear of missing out)” – Expedia.com
• LRCVB honored with ConventionSouth’s annual readers’ choice award for Best Meeting Sites in the South
• LRCVB named a 2017 Platinum Choice Award winner by Smart Meetings sports events
• SportsEvents announced in 2017 that LRCVB is a 2018 Readers’ Choice Award Winner
• Named among the “Least Polluted Cities in the U.S.” – Realtor.com
• Little Rock Farmers’ Market named Best in Arkansas – USA Today
• Little Rock Central High School named among the biggest successes in National Trust for Historic Preservation’s “Most Endangered Spaces” 
• New Broadway Bridge awarded the Eugene C. Figg Medal for Signature Bridges from the Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania

2016

• Little Rock ranked #10 destination in U.S. by Resonance Consultancy in the promotion category for 2015. The designation was a part of their 2015 U.S. Place Equity Index report.
• Ranked by Trivago.com as a 2016 “Best Value Destination”  
• Big Dam Bridge included in Bicycling’s list of “the coolest bike and pedestrian bridges in the U.S.” - February 2016
• Mosaic Templars Cultural Center hosted pieces from the Kinsey Collection
• National Geographic writes “Ten Things to Love About Little Rock” - March 2016
• “Travels with Darley” airs an entire episode on Little Rock on PBS and lifestyle network Create TV 
• River Lights in the Rock featured on the cover of AAA Southern Traveler Magazine, July/August edition
• LRCVB honored with ConventionSouth’s annual readers’ choice award
• LRCVB named a 2016 Platinum Choice Award winner by Smart Meetings
• SportsEvents announces LRCVB as a 2017 Readers’ Choice Award Winner
• Wall Street Journal documents the history of cheese dip and Arkansas’s claim to its origin

2015

• ConventionSouth – Statehouse Convention Center received the Reader’s Choice Award and Top New & Renovated Award
• Facilities & Destinations – Little Rock named a Top Travel Award
• Hemisphere’s Dossier – special feature on Arkansas
• VacationIdea.com – “25 Best Things to Do in Little Rock”
• Buzzfeed website – “9 American Cities You Didn’t Know You Needed to Visit”
• Little Rock feature in Leisure & Hospitality Magazine
• Liveability.com website – “Best Breweries in Little Rock” and “99 Beers in 99 Cities List”
• Featured destination in PBS’ “Antiques Roadshow” (aired in 2016) 
• Featured in Fox Network’s "American Idol" final season 
• Featured in Le Vif/Knack (Dutch & French publications)