As the New Year begins, the Adventures Sales Blitz Committee is busy planning the Spring 2012 Sales Mission. With the success in the past few years with a new format (a mini travel show in a tourism venue within our 1-2 day feeder markets), the committee is looking for input from members as to which market to target. Some locales suggested have been Upstate New York, East Central Pennsylvania, Cincinnati/Lexington/Louisville and West Virginia.  

The committee plans to choose a destination by the February 7th member meeting at the Hard Rock Café. The committee is considering the second or third week of April and price to participate will depend on the need for group transportation and/or overnight accommodations. Please email any suggestions or questions to Chairperson, Denise McConnell at ramadaltd@tusco.net prior to the February 7th.

Consumer Newsletter

There are still spots available for our 2012 Consumer newsletters! Each Issue will have four paid ads with 25 words, a photo and a link as well as 5 editorials. Following are the deadlines and themes of each issue:

Publishing Calendar: 

Spring (April) - Romantic Getaways {deadline 3/14}

Summer (July) - Family Fun & Rec. {deadline 6/14}

Fall (Sept. 3) - Culinary/Dining {deadline 8/15}

Winter (Nov. 5) - Performance Venues {10/17}

To submit editorial for consideration  

or to secure ad space, contact:  

Mary Olahinfo@adventuresinnortheastohio.com  Tiffany Gerber tgerber@traveltusc.com 

AAA Show

The Adventures in NE Ohio booth was once again a favorite stop for many AAA Great Vacation Expo attendees. With 11 attending partners and 14 members choosing the "Send Your Stuff" option our booth provided a full year's worth of Ohio travel ideas! Thank you to the 'Ohio Has IT' group for the use of their PLINKO game board. The opportunity to win always draws a crowd; that combined with the "Grand Prize" basket give-away, generated over 750 leads for leisure travelers to our area that will be distributed to participating partners. Thanks to all that participated, we will have a brief 'wrap-up' (10 min) after the February meeting. If you have any comments or suggestions please feel free to email Lynda Nemeth, as we are already generating a new plan for 2013.

Adventures Media Event

When? March 6, 2012 

What? Each paid Adventures member organization will receive 90 seconds to address the audience.   

  If you are mailing your profile sheets please include at least thirty-five (35) copies.  Lisa and her team will assemble the binders prior to the meeting.

*NEW FEATURE*    

Member to Member News 

Beginning with this issue of our member newsletter, we will be including brief news from members and benefits and incentives from vendor members. Our first member to member news item is from the Mohican-Loudonville Visitors Bureau. Please send future member to member news to Tiffany Gerber at tgerber@traveltusc.com.

Loudonville-Mohican -CVB New Image

Along with celebrating the 50th anniversary of canoeing in Mohican, the Loudonville-Mohican Convention & Visitors Bureau has also spent the year developing a new marketing "image" in a number of areas.  "Camp & Canoe Capital of Ohio" describes more than 4,400 campsites as well as the largest number of registered watercraft in Ohio. In addition to a new tagline, the Bureau has a new name - Mohican-Loudonville Visitors Bureau.  The Bureau has also changed its web site name to www.DiscoverMohican.com.   The long-time toll-free phone number 1-800-2MOHICAN, remains the same. The new "image" will be an important part of the Bureau's marketing plan next year, which will be themed as Mohican Rocks!     

--Submitted by CVB Director, Bob Yun

RSVP for the February Meeting!

Our February 7^th meeting will be held at the Hard Rock Café in Cleveland. The program will include a presentation honoring past presidents, a fun white elephant raffle (be sure to bring a gift-wrapped item!) and tips on making the most of our March Media Day.

AGENDA:

11:30-Registration

11:55-Welcome by Dave Schulz of the Hard Rock Café

12:00-12:30- Speaker: "How to Make the Most of Media Day" and Honor Past Presidents

12:30-Lunch and Business Meeting

1:15-White Elephant Raffle

RSVP to Mary Olah at  info@adventuresinnortheastohio.com  

877-869-9911  

Board News:

At the November membership meeting, new board members were elected to represent YOU on the Adventures board and at the January board retreat officers were elected for 2012. If you are interested in learning more about running for the board or joining a committee, contact any of the board members or Mary Olah at info@adventuresinnortheastohio.com.

Your 2012 Officers:

Allyson Bussey, President; Tiffany Gerber, Vice President; Lynda Nemeth, Treasurer; Amy Rutledge, Secretary

New Board Members:

Cathy Durant:  

Cathy is President of Travelhost of Cleveland, Akron/Canton & Amish Country. She resides in North Canton and has actively promoted tourism for the past several years in Ohio. She is currently seated on the national advisory board in Dallas. Cathy believes it is important to make sure every traveler leaves our great region with a treasured memory. Her goal is to serve the traveler by promoting all we have to offer. She has been a member of AINO since 2004.

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