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Lakes Region Association of New Hampshire
www.LakesRegion.org
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WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBER
Belknap Landscape Company, Inc - Gilford
Established
in 1988, Belknap
Landscape Company, Inc.
is a full-service, year-round company of land care professionals specializing in
residential waterfront properties and commercial accounts in the beautiful Lakes
Region of New Hampshire. Village West - 25 Country Club Road - Unit 302 Gilford NH 03249 (603) 528-2798 www.belknaplandscape.com info@belknaplandscape.com
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LAKES REGION ASSOCIATION
Friday, June 11th - 11AM Shotgun Start
Rain Date Monday, June 14
Waukewan Golf Club, Meredith 03253
Join us for this fun event to support the Lakes Region Association and our two scholarships the Annual Mildred A. Beach Hospitality Scholarship and the Ron Meade "On the Track to Tourism" Scholarship. Sign up online or download sponsorship and registration forms. Golf includes 18 holes and a cart for each team, gift bags, boxed lunch, raffle and BBQ dinner.
* Show your support for our tourism marketing efforts by *
* becoming a sponsor,
* playing,
* donate prizes for our team awards (4 like items), gift bags (125) and raffle.
Birdie Sponsors: Globe Direct; Lakes Region Coca Cola; Pepsi; Meredith Village Savings Bank; Schaefer Mortgage Corporation; Inns and Spa at Mill Falls;
T-Sponsors include: Preferred Vacation Rentals; Proctor's Lakehouse Cottages; Dental Expressions; Patrick's Pub & Eatery; Franklin Savings Bank; Star Media
2010 Where to Guide and Map & Guides
Copies of our
2010 publications will be in your mailbox next week. All members should
receive a delivery of copies for their guests within the next two weeks.
Please contact us at 286-8008 if you find you need additional copies during the
season.
LRA MARKETING TAKING PLACE NOW!
· 100,000 Lakes Region Map & Guides are being direct mailed in the Greater Boston Area!
· Association has television commercials airing on Comcast beginning on Monday, May 17th in the Greater Boston Area for 6 weeks!
Watch LRA Commercial  | · Comcast enhances our television commercials by
providing $10,000 bonus exposure!
Comcast has offered the Lakes Region Association (and it's
members) over $10,000 (780 spots) in FREE television exposure on ABC
Family, the Travel Channel & The Weather Channel in the Boston
North, Lowell, Manchester, Merrimack/Londonderry, Nashua and Laconia
markets for the next 6 weeks. For more information on participating in the Cooperative Summer Marketing Program - Click Here.
 Comcast & LRA - Summer Marketing Promotion
Lakes
Region Association and Comcast are coordinating a summer promotion for
the region and your business. The cooperative program will allow
multiple businesses to buy into this online marketing in the Boston
area. Read More..
RECENT ANNUAL TRADE SHOWS ATTENDED BY THE
LAKES REGION ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE YOU!
 International Pow Wow - Amy Landers is at this travel show now for three days of intensive pre-scheduled appointments with travel industry professionals (group travel & media) generating interest in the Lakes Region of NH as an international destination.
Boston Globe Travel Show - Consumer travel show with nearly 22,000 consumers attending.
AAA Trade Show - consumer travel show
Canadian Sales Mission - sales mission in Ontario to meet directly with tour operators, travel agents and members of the media.
Toronto Golf Show - popular consumer show for golf vacations
Discover New England Summit & International Marketplace - LRA met directly with leading international tour operators who want to build New England tour programs.
 National Advertising Campaign We have been extremely pleased with the inquiries and interest in
the Lakes Region from our print advertisements. Beginning in mid-March
through July we have advertisements running in the Northeast, Great Lakes Area,
East Coast and Mid-Atlantic and the South including:
Midwest Living Better Homes & Garden Family Circle Southern Living
Our national website advertisement has begun in the Northeast for
May and June with parents.com. We will have a total of 1,000,000
impressions for over six weeks.
NEW - LOOKING FOR NEW PATRONS? DOWNLOAD YOUR TRAVEL LEADS!
The Lakes Region Association has posted even more travel leads from
the Boston Globe, AAA, 2010 Spring National Advertising Campaign, the
World Holiday Show in Dublin Ireland; American Bus Association and the
Boston Globe Travel Show along with the inquiries received from our
website and 800#. Please log into www.lakesregion.org and view the Inquiries page to download these valuable resources!
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LRA 'Ron Meade On the Track to Tourism' Scholarship
 On Tuesday, May
6, 2010, The Lakes Region Association (LRA) was proud to award the 'Ron Meade on
the Track to Tourism' scholarship to Delia Day of Belmont during the awards
dinner at the 34rd Governor's Conference on Tourism held in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire. The scholarship was established in 2008 in honor of Ronald Meade, a
devoted and long standing President and Board of Director of the Lakes Region
Association. Delia, a student at Belmont High School, is a member of the National Honor Society, the
National English Honor Society, Student Council and is captain of
Belmont's Dance Team. Delia is also an active participant in
the Belmont school choir and the Suncook Valley Chorale.
 Lakes Region Association Proud to Honor
NH Travel Council Award Winners
On May 6, 2010, the New Hampshire Travel Council
honored several of the Lakes Region Association's Board of Directors,
members & friends at the 34th Annual Governor's Conference on
Tourism in Portsmouth NH. To read more on the awards visit the NH Travel Council's website.
Brad Lipe, The Laker - The Media Award
Tom
Boucher, T-Bones & Cactus Jack's - Business Excellence Award
Kelly Bryer, Maplewood Technology - Advertising and Public
Relations Award
Scott Rice, Woodstock Inn,
Station and Brewery - Dick Hamilton Lifetime
Achievement Award
Mike Duprey, White Mountain Attractions - Mildred
Beach Travel Person of the Year
VOLUNTEERS WANTED Become a Granite State Ambassador!
 Do you love helping people? Do you love New Hampshire? Are you
interested in helping travelers? Become an award winning "Granite State
Ambassador". Training for the Lakes Region Association's visitor information centers in Tilton and Alton Bay is
scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, June 14th & 15th at the Common
Man Inn & Spa, Plymouth NH. The Granite State Ambassadors (GSA)
training program provides 14 hours of learning activities that
reinforce the tools needed to meet and exceed the expectations of
guests and residents to the state of New Hampshire. "GSA" training
certifies you to volunteer at visitor centers and front line guest
service desks around the state.
Spring Promotions - We need your information
Log into the Lakes Region Association's website, www.lakesregion.org and post your MEMORIAL DAY, Hot Deals, Vacancies, Travel Packages, Events & News. Take advantage of these free promotional opportunities. They are part of your membership benefits! While you are there, download the most recent vacation inquiries!
Content for our email campaigns to potential guests, travel writers & group tour operators comes from the information you submit! Want to be front in center -- Banner advertising opportunities are also available.
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INDUSTRY NEWS & EVENTS
NH Lodging & Restaurant Association - IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED
Contact your State Senator NOW
to urge them to oppose the local rooms and meals tax
option!! Yesterday the House voted
182-173 to pass its version of a budget fix - SB 450 - which
includes a provision to enable cities and towns to adopt
their own rooms and meals tax. It
would be in addition to the 9% state rooms and meals tax - and
the additional tax rate would be determined by each city and
town. READ MORE..
NH Department of Labor - Labor Law Trainings
3 new classes added - May 21 - Town of Newcastle; May 27 - Loon Mountain; June 23 - Hanover Inn at Dartmouth. More..
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 DIVISION OF TRAVEL & TOURISM NEWS
PR Insider - Your Public Relations Resource- MAY 2010
Snapshots! - Official NH Tourism E-Newsletter- April 2010 VisitNH.gov Business Search for Group Tour PlannersThe New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism Development will redesign its Travel Trade pages in time for the new official website launch at the Governor's Conference this May. The Travel Trade section will be simplified to serve specifically group tour planners by improving the navigation, terminology, and planning tools provided. One of the tools featured in this section of the website is a database of only group-friendly New Hampshire lodging, attractions, and dining. If you represent a business that welcomes group tours of about 50 or more passengers at a time.. read moreState Welcome Center Distribution Application DeadlineIf you would like to distribute your brochure(s) at the Welcome Information Centers (WIC) under the existing guidelines through June 1, 2011, please submit your application now. Expiring brochures that do not have a renewal application submitted by June 1st will be removed from the Welcome Information Centers unless prior arrangements have been made. |
MEMBER HEADLINES
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- PSNH Energy Brief
- PSU Certificate in Historic Preservation
- Tanger Outlets and AARP Announce New Relationship
- Squam Lakes Natural Science Center News
- Belknap Landscape Company News
- PSNH Neighbors Helping Neighbors
- Bald Eagle Excursions with Experience Squam Cruises
- Alphorn Bistro is NH Magazine's Best of 2010
- Explore Winnipesaukee on Latitude 43 - Special Charter-Cruise Rates Thru Mid June
- New Music, Traditional Arts Open Canterbury Shaker Village
- 2nd Annual Tanger Fit for Families 5K Run/Walk
- Wolfeboro Inn Chosen as New England Travel Magazine Editors Pick for 2010
- WOW SWEEPSTAKES BALL
- Victoria Day & Memorial Day Weekend Sidewalk Sales at Tanger
- Vintage Baseball Game at Robbie Mills Field
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