Patricia Moore received the Texas Travel Industry’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Texas Travel Summit Awards Gala, held Oct. 15 as part of the 39th Annual Texas Travel Summit hosted by the Texas Travel Alliance.“I have been blessed to represent Bandera, Texas, the Cowboy Capital of the World,” Moore said in her acceptance speech. “Accepting an award for following your passion and doing what you love feels almost underserving. Isn’t that what we all strive for?”Moore’s journey into the tourism sector began after a pioneering effort in the mid-1970s, when she and a partner introduced hospice care to Texas—a ...