Kentucky is on fire right now. Kentucky and its fine Kentuckians kicked all kinds of ass in 2014. Just like we do every year. We took a look back at 2014 and selected a few of our favorite stories of Kentucky kick assery. While there are thousands of great stories in 2014, we narrowed …

As we sit back and sip a small-batch of fine Kentucky bourbon, and let a sweet, subtle purple haze make it's way into our mind's eye- we can't help but to get a little "clarity" on the state of things. Sometimes, it takes nothing more than a simple sip & smoke to remind us …

In 1917, Irvin Cobb wrote an amazing quote about Kentucky in the Columbia Spectator. In 2014, the sentiment continues to ring true: "To be born in Kentucky is a heritage; to brag about it is a habit; to appreciate it is a virtue." Earlier this year, Jeremy Booth made us a print celebrating Cobb and …

The "no-tell motel," America's slightly repressed version of the Asian love hotel, is the accidental product of two seemingly unrelated trends of the 1960s and '70s (it's always preferable to have unrelated parents). In generous terms, the no-tell is the lovechild of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Helen Gurley Brown:  President Ike began the Interstate Highway …

The American Marketing Association recently published a case study on both 'Kentucky for Kentucky' and our 'Kentucky Kicks Ass' campaign in it's May 2014 Marketing News issue. Check out the full article here. Thanks Molly for the great case study!
Peggy Bendel, president of the New York-based travel marketing firm Bendel Communications International and a board …