Discover Odessa

09/04/2026

🏆 We’re bringing home some hardware from Plano!

The Discover Odessa team is coming home from the 2026 Destinations Texas Annual Conference with four Destination Excellence Awards! 💙

🥇 First Place • Digital Innovation
Discover Your Story Video Campaign

🥇 First Place • Sports Promotion
Where Friday Night Lights Was Born Campaign

🥈 Second Place • Meeting & Convention Promotion
PBIOS Destination Welcome Center

🥉 Third Place • Leisure Tourism Promotion
Ultimate ODTX Giveaway

AND the awards weren’t the only thing we celebrated! 🎓
Teresa Vasquez, our Sports Sales Specialist, earned her Destination Management Specialist (DMS) designation. With Teresa earning her DMS, more than half of our team is now DMS certified! 🎉

Behind every one of these achievements is plenty of creativity, collaboration and hard work, all with one goal in mind: telling Odessa’s story, welcoming folks to our community and giving visitors more reasons to experience our corner of West Texas. 💙🏆

TexasTourism

08/24/2026

Your day in the ODTX could look a little something like this… ☀️✨

☕ Coffee Sweet Traveler Patisserie
🎨 Stroll through the galleries Ellen Noël Art Museum
🌮 Dinner Limon con chile 🍋🌶
🍹 End the day with a margarita + good company Maria’s Mexican Kitchen

Looks like it’s time to plan your trip to Odessa. 😉🌵
discoverodessa.org

TourTexasApproved

08/06/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Teresa Vasquez on earning her 2026 Destination Marketing Specialist (DMS) Certificate! 🎓

Her dedication to destination marketing helps strengthen our sports tourism efforts and bring more events to Odessa. 🏈

We can't wait to celebrate with Teresa as she receives her award at the Destinations Texas Annual Conference in Plano this September. 👏

Congratulations to our 2026 Destination Marketing Specialist (DMS) graduates 🎓

These tourism professionals have completed the DMS program and are helping shape the future of destination marketing across Texas. We look forward to recognizing their hard work and dedication at the 2026 Awards Ceremony during our Annual Conference in Plano on September 2.

Please join us in congratulating:
• Karla Grzymala – Explore Pflugerville
• Elliott Moore – City of Deer Park
• Grace Richardson – City of Canton, Texas
• Amy Tarr – Visit Amarillo
• Teresa Vasquez – Discover Odessa
• Jodi Willard – Visit Rockwall
• Heather Yadon – Visit Alpine, Texas

08/05/2026

🍵 Looking for the best matcha in Odessa?

We visited our local coffee shops & coffee trucks to create your go-to matcha guide. From classic lattes to fruit-forward favorites, there's something for every matcha lover.

📖 Read more: https://discoverodessa.org/best-matcha-in-odessa-tx/

Looking for the best matcha in Odessa? We visited local coffee shops and coffee trucks across Odessa, Texas to find the best matcha lattes, strawberry matchas, mango matchas, and more.

07/27/2026

🌵 Looking for your next West Texas getaway?

We know a place.