NEWS & SALES OPPORTUNITIES
 From Adventures in NE Ohio

May/June 2010
Hello Adventures in Northeast Ohio Members!

May is Tourism Month in Ohio and that means our restaurants, hotels and stores will be full of "out of towners".  Please make sure your frontline staff is prepared to interact with them.  Making guests feel welcome is the first step in customer service.  At the end of the day, a person who feels welcome will visit more often, stay longer and spend more!  We are all in the business of customer service, lets make our guests feel welcome and help them to spend more on their vacation!  Enjoy this edition of the newsletter and have a wonderful summer!

 

Mark Winchell, President

Adventures in Northeast Ohio
Upcoming Meeting Locations and SUMMER AUCTION INFO!
 
May 4th- Rustic Hills Country Club, Medina County.
Amir Elyon from the Ohio Division of Tourism will speak and give us an update from Columbus on state tourism in Ohio.

June 8th
Please note this is the 2nd Tuesday of the month due to the holiday.
We will meet in Wayne County at Troutman Vineyardswhere we will have the opportunity to enjoy sampling some of their wines along with our lunch and bidding on many wonderful items at our Summer Auction. 

*There will be NO meetings in July or August stay tuned for info for the September meeting.
Save these dates-because If you miss a meeting...you will miss great information and sales opportunities!
Adventures in Northeast Ohio would like to thank Charles Genzen for all his hard work.

Charles was our intern from mid-January through the end of April. We think he did a fantastic job! We hope to continue our internship program next spring. Thanks again Charles and Good Luck!
 
Also - Don't forget our mentoring program. If you are looking for help...we are here for you. For more information, contact Colleen Grey
or Mary Olah.
 
Thank you for taking the time to read about all of the exciting things that Adventures in NE Ohio is offering members in 2010.  If you have questions or need additional information on any of the stories in this newsletter please do not hesitate to contact Mary Olah at: info@adventuresinnortheastohio.com and she will be happy to assist you.
Exclusive Offer For Adventures Members!
Great Deal on Video for Your Location
 
As a media guest at the March 2, Adventures meeting, Brian Searl. was impressed with the presentations given by our members. As a NE Ohio native and the president of Insider Perks, Brian had the unique opportunity to combinehis talents of video editing with his travel expertise and launched InsiderPerks.com
in March of 2009. The site currently features over 2,000 travel videos.
 
Insider Perks has offered to partner with Adventures in Northeast Ohio to offer an exclusive 75% discount for our members on video production services for your business. Prices start as low as $250.00 and you must mention Adventures in Northeast Ohio when scheduling your video to receive the discount.If you are interested in taking advantage of this great offer please contact Brian.
 

Sales Mission To PA
A GREAT Success for Our Partners!
Tara


On March 16th Adventures in NE Ohio hosted a Sales Mission in Western PA at "Tara- A Country Inn" at which 30 group tour operators were in attendance.  The response from the operators was phenomenal and we have confirmation from several of our partners that attended that they booked business for next year already from this sales opportunity.  If you attended this event this year, thank you for making it a great event.  If you did not, we hope that you will take advantage of this amazing opportunity this fall as Adventures in NE Ohio embarks on another mission in a new area.  For questions or suggestions please contact Tonja Marshall or Tiffany Gerber today!