2008 FBBI Conference
FBBI ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!
BOOK NOW!
SPACE IS LIMITED!!!!
"Marketing: The Keys to Success"
Are you Thriving or Surviving?
September 21 - 23, 2008
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Too busy to just get away for the conference? You can now purchase a one day pass for Monday, September 22!
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If there are written instructions anywhere in your home (and you don't have teenagers)!
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THINGS YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR:
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106 S. 4th Avenue Wauchula, FL 33873
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Dear FBBI Members, The Countdown is on! In less than two weeks we will be gathering at the beautiful Chalet Suzanne in Lake Wales to learn from each other at FBBI's Annual Conference. We've themed this event "Marketing, The Keys to Success" because we truly feel that leveraging your property with appropriate marketing programs will really help you gain business in these difficult economic times. So if you haven't already booked, here's your VERY LAST reminder to go to www.florida-inns.com and register for the annual conference, September 21 - 23, 2008. We are also delighted to be celebrating the 20th year of FBBI at the annual conference... so we thought we'd share with you an excerpt about the history of FBBI taken from a recent news release.
FL Bed & Breakfast Inns Association Celebrating 20 Years
Esteemed travel writer, author and undisputed expert on all that is Florida, Herb Hiller also has another important accomplishment to his credit. In 1988 after completing the second edition of his book Guide to Small and Historic Lodgings of Florida, he realized that he knew almost
all of the Innkeepers in the state, but that they did not know each other. "I felt that if they did know each other, they would love each other and that they would have things in common that could help the industry as a whole," said Hiller.
Hiller's knack for connecting people and his ability to spot trends early led him to host the first ever "Florida Innkeeping Workshop" in 1988. The event was held at the Lakeside Inn in Mount Dora, with Innkeeper Ellison Ketchum assisting with the event and many tourism leaders, travel writers and innkeepers in attendance. After the workshop a meeting was held and Inn Route, predessor of the Florida Bed & Breakfast Inns Association was formed, with Ketchum serving as the
organization's first president.
Hiller is the author of Highway AIA: Florida at the Edge, and has written and edited various travel guidebooks including Fodor's Florida. He is an avid cyclist and has written extensively about ecological and heritage tourism in the state. Hiller is a faculty member of the Society of American Travel Writer's Institute and his work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, National Geographic Traveler and The Washington Post among many others.
Best Regards,
Pattie Detwiler
President, Florida Bed & Breakfast Inns
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Green'Inn Tip of the Month
Re-usable grocery bags are all the rage today and what better way to
send your guests home with a memory of their stay than with a grocery
bag featuring your logo prominently? This is something that can be used
as a "green" gift basket for arriving VIPs and they can be produced
inexpensively... just purchase plain bags, get your logo created as an
iron-on and apply them yourself, as needed! Here's a web site about
making your own customized iron ons!
http://h71036.www7.hp.com/hho/cache/344461-0-0-39-121.html
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The last of the list of an innkeepers amazing uses for WD-40:
1) Removes all traces of duct tape. We all know we have used duct tape for a temporary fix at sometime.
2) Use it for fire ant bites. It takes the sting away immediately and stops the itch.
3) WD-40 is great for removing crayon from walls. Spray on the mark and wipe with a clean rag.
4) Keeps pigeons off the balcony (they hate the smell).
5) If you have discovered that you have washed and dried a tube of lipstick with a load of laundry, saturate the lipstick spots with WD-40 and re-wash. Presto! Lipstick is gone!
We hope you have found at least one use for WD-40, that you didn't know previously, that will help your inn keeping days easier.
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THE ABC'S OF TEA
* Yes, the British did invent afternoon tea, not to be confused with
high tea. That was a heavier repast with biscuits and gravy.
* There are 3 kinds of Tea: Green Tea (Least processed)
Oolong (Medium processed)
Black (Most processed)
All have antioxidants.
* Don't put cream or milk in Green Tea; it will curdle.
* Herbal Tea is not really Tea. It's made from flowers and herbs such
as chamomile,
* The first tea bags were made of silk in 1904 by a New York tea and
coffee merchant, who intended to use them as samples.
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Acknowledgments:
New insurance product for FBBI members
FBBI members automatically qualify for a 5% reduction in premium. This reduction will more than offset your annual membership dues.
Herbie Wiles has long been associated with the inns in the St. Augustine area and has the endorsement of the St. Augustine Historic Inn (SAHI) Association. Agency representatives, Wayne Howell and Ralph Klein will be on hand to answer questions at the FBBI conference on September 21-23. If you would like to find out more information prior to the conference, email Wayne or Ralph bbinfo@herbiewiles.com or call their toll free number, 800-997-1961.
Wayne E Howell, Jr., CPCU
Vice President
Herbie Wiles Insurance, Inc.
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Shamrock Thistle & Crown Inn has been deemed by the state of Florida to be:
Florida's 7th Bed & Breakfast to be designated a Green Lodging Property!
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Gift Certificates
All of our Member Inns accept FBBI Gift Certificates at no cost to the Member Inn. This is our way of helping steer business to our FBBI Member Inns. We ask that our Member Inns send in their Gift Certificates to be Redeemed within 30 days of receipt and most importantly within 30 days of their expiration date to FBBI, 106 South 4th Avenue, Wauchula, FL 33873.
Since our Member Inns are our representatives in the field, we ask that you help us by checking the expiration date of Gift Certificates before you receive them as payment. We would also like you to be aware that all current Gift Certificates have numbers greater than 5000.
If a Gift Certificate has expired, the Member Inns can refuse the Gift Certificate as payment or if you see that the expiration date has been altered in any way, that would also be grounds for not accepting the Gift Certificate.
If you are unsure as to how to proceed, please call the FBBI office to verify Gift Certificate Numbers and Expiration Dates. You may also ask for a Credit Card Deposit to cover your normal cancellation policy when the reservation is confirmed. Upon arrival of your Gift Certificate Guest, please also make a copy of their Driver's License, which will help keep down Gift Certificate Fraud.
The FBBI Board of Directors is pleased to offer this Gift Certificate Program to help increase your business . We appreciate our Member Inns and wish all of you success.
Pattie Detwiler, President, FBBI
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Recipe of the Month
Cedar House Pumpkin Bread
Ingredients:
5 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
2 packages (3 ounces each) cook-and-serve vanilla pudding mix
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
Instructions:
In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs. Add oil and pumpkin; beat until smooth. Combine remaining ingredients; gradually beat into pumpkin mixture. Pour batter into five greased 5-in. x 2 1/2-in. x 2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 325* for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
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