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 Soon, another season of heli-skiing will be coming to a close. Here at the Visitor's Center, we love heli-skiers and if there is any question as to why, just check out the Ski Media Page on our web site. Lots of photography, videos, and blogging is out there about the extreme skiing adventures in our mountains as well as our beautiful community. Thank you skiiers and snowboarders for all the great coverage of Haines!
The 2010 tourist season is fast approaching. Keep an eye and ear open for what's happening in Haines this year. Lori Stepansky Tourism Director |
| CRUISE SHIP CALENDAR & NEWS | |
The 2010 Haines Cruise Ship Calendar is now available. We will be trying to visit businesses throughout town to hand out the calendar. If you would like a copy of the calendar in the mean time, stop by the Visitor Center Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
You can always view the current cruise ship schedule for Haines on the cruise page of our web site or the CLAA
site where other port calendars are available also. Please check back often for changes to the schedules.
Volunteers needed: If you are interested in driving the Peoplemover Cart on cruise ship days, please contact Angie Robinson at the Visitor Center for scheduling.
Special Note: Alaska Cruise Association representative Rod Pfleiger will be the speaker at the Haines Chamber
luncheon, April 23 - location TBD. |
| YUKON TRADE SHOW | |
The Yukon Trade Show will be held in Whitehorse April 30 - May 2. Once again the Haines Visitor Center and the Haines Chamber are working together to promote Haines at this event to all our Yukon friends and neighbors.
Be sure to check your emails for great opportunities to promote your business at this venue. Drop off giveaway items, brochures, and promotional materials at the Haines Chamber or the Visitor Center by Friday, April 23 - 4:00 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact Joan Carlsonat 907-766-2202 or Lorior Tammy at 907-766-2234. |
| CONFERENCES & TRADE SHOWS | | |
Haines will be host to two special conferences this year. The Women's Club will be holding their spring meeting the weekend of May 28. We understand there will be about 50 to 60 members attending this meeting.
The other conference coming to town is the Emblem Club Convention. Information is forthcoming, but it is to be held towards the end of September. We will keep you posted about the details of this meeting when they are made available.
Tourism Director, Lori Stepansky, had a busy month of travel in March as she attended four conferences and trade shows:
Seattle Bike Expo: Attended on behalf of Haines and as president of SATC (Southeast Alaska Tourism Council), we booth-shared with Alaska Marine Highway. About 12,000 bike enthusiasts attended the show to learn more about product and destinations for riding their bikes.
 SeaTrade/Cruise Shipping Convention: Haines was able to participate by booth sharing with Alaska ACT and Office of Economic Development. This is a huge trade show and the first time Alaska had a presence there with a booth at the trade show and 30 delegates from Alaska. Stepansky attended many of the conference sessions. The talk of the conference/convention was the  attendance of Alaska's Governor Sean Parnell as this is the first time a governor or any such government official had attended the convention. Governor Parnell met with cruise line executives and visited with the Alaska delegates and media persons at the Alaska booth. Proposed legislation is still pending but we are all hopeful for a great outcome.
 Side note
WACVB Tourism Tech Summit: Social media is growing and changing as are the tools for visitor services and promotional opportunities. This event helps attendees dig deeper in to the social media arena to learn how to be effective with marketing and learning more about how to analyze data of the efforts. Stepansky gathered ideas soon to be implemented on our own Facebook and Twitter accounts.
ATIA Marketing Meetings: The annual spring ATIA meetings were held in Juneau the end of March. Research data was provided for last year's visitor statistics as well as forecasts for this season. Times are tough but foreign markets for Alaska are looking good and studies show potential Alaska visitors are booking their trips in a shorter time frame verses planning out several months in advance. Also, data indicated people like those vacation planners in-hand as much as the web sites. |
| HAINES IN THE MEDIA | |
Ads for Haines appeared in the following:
Sunset Magazine - April issue
Wings Quarterly In-Flight Magazine
Woodall's 2010 Campground Directory
Trailer Life 2010 RV Parks & Campground Directory
2010 AAA Western Canada/Alaska Tourbook
Ads scheduled:
Sunset Magazine -May & June
Juneau CVB - Enhanced directory listing
Haines made the cover of Powder Magazine once again thanks to photographer Jeff Cricco and skier Duncan Adams - Way to go guys!
For more Haines photos, videos, articles, and blogs, check out our Haines Media Page and our Ski Media Page.
If you would like a copy of the 2010 Haines Vacation Planner sent to family and friends, please use our Vacation Planner request form or send the information to Angie Robinson at the Visitor Center. |
| SATC ANNUAL RETREAT | | |
The Southeast Alaska Tourism Council, SATC, board held its annual retreat last week in Skagway to review regional cooperative marketing opportunities. This tourism council is actively putting energy and efforts in to promoting the Southeast Alaska region. The top item of the retreat agenda addressed development of an Inside Passage branding process, development of a regional marketing plan, and a review of our most recent print advertising, consumer trade show participation, and bringing travel writers to the area. Representatives from Skagway, Haines, Wrangell, Ketchikan, Sitka, Juneau, Whitehorse, and the AMHS participated in the meetings. |
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