Annual Meeting -
October 22nd, 2008
Gordon Lodge
(directions)
RSVP Online - it's quick and
simple!
(Similar format
to last year's meeting/ hors d'oeuvre reception)
4:00
Board Meeting
in The Boathouse
6:00
Reception in the Lodge
Short Presentation of Reports between
6:30 and 7:00
Subject To Change
Amend your renewal to a month that isn't so
stressful.
Find out how you can
make the move!
Add your
Brochure to your InnLine
Page - free of charge!
Contact
Phil or
Cathy with your questions!
Sunset date set by
DCTZ Commission for promotion of businesses outside of the DC Tourism
Zone.
Details
(Please note - as the
primary vendor of marketing for Door County, the Door County Visitor
Bureau has worked very hard to maintain our working relationship with
ALL of our members. As you may know, the City and Townships
outside of the Zone have made great progress and it is our hope that the
above Sunset date will not be needed after all. ALL of our members are
very important to us and we had nothing to do with the actions of the
City of Sturgeon Bay that caused the Tourism Zone Commission to seek the
legal opinion that prompted this notice. Our Goal has
always been to unify the peninsula - not divide it. )
Affordable Health
Insurance for Small Business?
We
might have a solution for you - Details
Web Statistics!
Website Visit History
from 1999 to 2008 for "January through August"
Food for thought...
"What Travel Writers Really DO"
"Why Heads in Beds Benefit Everyone "
"More about Door County’s Room Tax"
Click HERE
to read the above articles.
A Brand
has a point
-
An Editorial by Jack Moneypenny
Blog,
Blog, Blog
Seeing the
County through a new pair of eyes.
Click HERE
to see what our guests are blogging about!
How Have We Promoted Door County this
Summer?
Annual Report
from the Door County Tourism Zone
Commission
Available HERE
Door County Brand Blueprint
Presented
by Believable Brands
Summary
(478 KB)
Full Report
(167 KB)
Audio Recording of
Presentation (27,757KB) (Requires
Fast Connection)
(Please let me know if this recording was helpful to you.
Phil
phil@doorcounty.com)
Travel
Green Wisconsin Certified Members!
"I would highly recommend the Travel
Green Wisconsin certification process to other Door County businesses.
At The Cookery, we decided to complete the certification because we felt
that the application process would provide us with a useful tool to help
us analyze ways in which we are already sustainable as well as new
practices and initiatives that could be implemented to lessen our
environmental footprint. Although you can certainly "green" your
business without this certification, the application process prompts you
to think of new avenues to become more sustainable and it is also unique
in that it encourages you to educate your staff and customers of the
certification and your initiatives. I think this education piece is
particularly important because a ripple effect will hopefully be felt as
employees and customers realize that some of your efforts could also be
performed in their own lives."
--- Courtney Skare, The Cookery
Restaurant
Click HERE
to read more about The Cookery's Green Practices
This is a great time
to become a Travel Green Wisconsin Certified business!
Visit
www.TravelGreenWisconsin.com today!
Energy Incentives
from Wisconsin Division of Energy:
The state has announced a small
business grant program to assist eligible small businesses in the
hospitality or tourism industry that have partnered with Travel Green
WI. This program matches existing Focus on Energy incentives for ENERGY
STAR bulbs, fixtures, occupancy sensors, exit signs, food service
equipment and vending machines.
For more info on the Wisconsin Division of Energy’s
incentives, contact Barbara Smith at 608-266-7554.
Updates
from our President & CEO, Jack Moneypenny
~ IMPORTANT - Payment Policy
Updated ~
Current and Archived letters to the
membership
 Calendar
of
Events Form!
Promote your events on
DoorCounty.com AND our Countywide Kiosk system!
Our Events Calendar is still a number one source for
"What's Happening" in Door County.
Click here
to Submit Your Event Online!
If you have something planned - we want to know!
This
calendar is open to the public - please submit your events for
consideration.
Coffee
with Jack
From 8 to 10 AM on the following mornings, I will be available to chat
about the issues most important to you and your business. I would
love to have you stop in to share your thoughts and Ideas.
I hope to see you there! - Jack
Jack Moneypenny,
President/CEO:
jack@doorcounty.com
"Attractions" now able to apply for Highway
Signage.
Recent legislation has passed to allow attractions, off major highways
(42 or 57 in Door County) opportunities to apply for directional
signage.
Click HERE for more Information and an Application
WIGCOT
2008
The Wisconsin Governor's Conference on Tourism
You can't imagine how great this conference really is until you attend!
~ Make plans to attend next year's
conference in LaCrosse ~
It's rated as one of the
very best tourism conferences in the nation.
Conference
Spotlight:
http://www.wigcot.org/spotlight.htm
There is a discount for
Multiple registrations so encourage your friends to attend!
2008 Media Tours
~ In Cooperation with
Geiger & Associates ~
May 7th - 11th
& July 13th - 18th
To participate, contact Traci Klepper,
of Geiger & Associates
at:
traci.klepper@geigerpr.com
Comments from our July Journalists
Request a copy of the Articles resulting from these
tours.
Unfortunately,
copyright law prohibits the posting of these published articles on our
website, however, as a Member of the DCVB, you may request that a copy
of Geiger & Associate's Quarterly Press Clippings be mailed directly to
you by completing the following online Request Form:
Request Articles: http://www.doorcountyvisitorbureau.org/media.htm
Looking for
Employees?
•
Post your open positions on
the Visitor Bureau's Job Site
www.JobsInDoorCounty.com
•
Contact one of our local
employment services
Directory
•
Employee Housing
Leads
www.doorcountyvisitorbureau.org/Housing.htm
•
International Exchange Students
Center for Cultural
Interchange
www.cci-exchange.com
Kate Lapinski
kate@cci-exchange.com
When
visitors ask...
"What is
there to do around here?"
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