Mark Calitri Visit Owensboro President/CEO speaks tourism
Visitors don’t just notice who wins the game.They notice how a place shows up. During championship basketball in Owensboro, the scoreboard mattered — but the energy mattered more. The passion on the sidelines. The encouragement after tough plays. The way a community rallies behind student-athletes and their families. One coach stood out, not for show,…
more: Passion Shows Up First: What Visitors Notice in Owensboro Before the Final Score
Owensboro is closing out 2025 with momentum that can be felt across the entire community. The Messenger-Inquirer reported that local hotel occupancy is up 3.47% year-over-year, signaling another strong finish for the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention and Visitors Bureau. “This past month has been strong,” said Visit Owensboro President Mark Calitri. “Revenue stayed consistent, conventions…
more: Owensboro Tourism Surges as CVB Closes 2025 on a High Note
Celebrating Mary Dolan’s creative work and the standard behind the Winning Leadership Playbook by Mark Calitri, President & CEO of Visit Owensboro Leadership shows up before results ever hit the scoreboard. It shows up in standards. In preparation. In the people you choose to work with. When it came time to bring Winning Leadership…
The News-Enterprise featured our new Pete Rose leadership book this morning, putting a spotlight on the message behind it: hustle, accountability, and the small everyday plays that build real results. Their coverage reinforces something we’ve believed from the start. Leadership isn’t theory. Leadership is action. Pete Rose proved that through 4,256 hits. That same…
more: The News-Enterprise Highlights Mark Calitri and the Pete Rose Leadership Book
Owensboro’s own Mark Calitri has released a new leadership book that is already gaining media attention across Kentucky. The coverage continues to grow as newspapers, regional outlets, and industry publications highlight the book’s message around leadership, hustle, and finishing strong. This page will serve as the central place where we share media links as they…
more: Owensboro’s Mark Calitri Publishes New Leadership Book Gaining Statewide Attention
Owensboro is celebrating a new leadership book with national reach. Visit Owensboro President Mark A. Calitri has released Winning Leadership: The Pete Rose Way, a practical playbook built on effort, discipline, and the relentless mindset of MLB’s all-time hits leader. The book draws from Pete Rose’s signature traits — hustle, grit, and the way he…
more: Owensboro’s Mark Calitri Releases Winning Leadership Playbook Inspired by Pete Rose
Owensboro continues raising the bar in Kentucky’s tourism industry. Owensboro Times and the Messenger-Inquirer recently featured Mark Calitri, President of Visit Owensboro, after the organization earned multiple statewide Traverse Awards from the Kentucky Travel Industry Association. The coverage spotlighted Visit Owensboro’s wins across marketing, partnerships, print, digital, and destination management categories. Both stories highlight…
Owensboro’s own Mark Calitri, President & CEO of Visit Owensboro, has released a new leadership book titled The Winning Leadership Playbook: The Pete Rose Way (ISBN: 9783984997036). The book blends real-world leadership lessons with the grit, hustle, and high-performance mindset inspired by Pete Rose and the Big Red Machine era. Early readers have described the…
more: Mark Calitri releases The Winning Leadership Playbook: The Pete Rose Way
I had the chance to sit down with Pete Rose and dig into what really fueled his relentless drive. When you hear him talk about hustle, effort, and refusing excuses, you understand why he became the Hit King. This interview shaped a lot of the ideas in The Winning Leadership Playbook™, the book Dr. Larry…
more: Mark Calitri Interviews Pete Rose: Winning Leadership Lessons
Years ago, I sat down with the Clermont Sun for a conversation about leadership, hustle, and what it really takes to win. Reading it now, it’s clear how many of those ideas still shape my work today — and how they influenced the message behind the book Dr. Larry Bobbert and I co-authored, The Winning…