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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, January 15, 1994                   TAG: 9401150172
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV7   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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HOSTS HAS MORE TIME FOR REQUIREMENTS

New River Valley HOSTS - the tourism promotion group - will have an extra three months to meet the Virginia Department of Economic Development's Tourism Accreditation Program requirements.

The program, which has nearly two dozen standards, is designed to organize communities for tourism development and promotion. So far, HOSTS has received approval for about half of them.

New River Valley HOSTS expects to complete the program in April.

For more information, call Jill Barr, 731-3623.



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