VisitDuluth.com :: Membership News Brief

June 25, 2009

MEMBERSHIP NEWS
Gail Walkowiak, Director of Market Services, Visit Duluth

Visit Duluth welcomes the following new members:

Tom Griggs
Bike Minnesota's North Shore
3429 Minnesota Avenue
Duluth, MN 55802
(218) 260-6056
bikethenorthshore@gmail.com
www.bikethenorthshore.net
Guided road bike tours up the North Shore. Includes all accommodations, meals, van support and tour leaders. The tour will ride some of the most beautiful coastline in the U.S. and visit many spectacular natural wonders. Riding is easy to moderate. You may choose 20 to 60 miles/day.

Troy Schultz
Technical Design Services of MN, Inc.
1326 Brainerd Avenue
Duluth, MN 55811
(218) 393-4644
troyschultzduluth@gmail.com
Technical Design Services of MN is a local Duluth business that provides Computer Aided Design (CAD) Services for civil, environmental and property issues. As well as Wetland Delineations and environmental site work for surface and ground water issues.

Cynthia Alesch
Alesches Accommodations
10477 Pinewood Drive
Meadowlands, MN 55765
(218) 427-2122
cindyalesch@yahoo.com
Alesches is located about 45 minutes north of Duluth near Meadowlands. We are a small accommodations facility. We have three completely furnished units, with full kitchen, living and dining rooms. Two, three and four bedrooms. We rent for birding events, reunions etc. Two night stays, weekly or monthly.

Patty Carpenter
Silver Bay Area Tourism Association
P.O. Box 1
Silver Bay, MN 55614
info@heartofthenorthshore.com
www.heartofthenorthshore.com
Promoting the businesses and cultural events of East Beaver Bay, Beaver Bay, Finland, Illgen City, Isabella, Little Marais and Silver Bay. In the Heart of the North Shore Our motto is: "to invite people to be our guests, encourage them to stay and return again."

VISIT DULUTH MEMBERSHIP
You know the benefits of being a Visit Duluth member. Do you know of another business that could also benefit from a membership? Let me know! Gail Walkowiak, (218) 625-8104 or gailw@visitduluth.com

E-NEWS UPDATES
E-News updates is a special direct-to-consumer email marketing tool, offered by Visit Duluth, that gives consumers weekly and monthly updates of specials in Duluth and the surrounding area. This online e-newsletter service allows the Web visitor to receive updates on Specials, Monthly Events, and Lodging Specials in the form an online newsletter.

We encourage you take advantage of this free service.

Participation Deadlines:

Lodging specials each Monday by 3:00 p.m. to:
Sue Mageau at admgr@visitduluth.com

Attraction Specials/Special Events by the 15th of each month to:
Lori Steinbach at cvb@visitduluth.com

If you have any questions about E-News Updates or would like further information, please feel free to contact Gail Walkowiak at (218) 625-8104.

SUMMER HOURS AT MAIN OFFICE
Visit Duluth’s main office, located at 21 West Superior Street, Suite 100, is open on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. throughout the summer.

Visitors can be directed to:

Visit Duluth (Official Headquarters-Main Office)
21 West Superior Street
Duluth, MN 55802
(218) 722-4011 or 1-800-4-duluth
Open Year Round
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and Saturdays (throughout the summer), 10:00 a.m.– 2:00 p.m.

Official Waterfront Information Center
Located on Harbor Drive (in the Vista Fleet office)
(218) 722-6024
Summer Hours: Open daily from 9:30 am.-7:30 p.m.

BROCHURE EXCHANGES
The fourth of five brochure exchanges will be held Thursday, July 16 from 2 pm-4 pm in the Visit Duluth conference room. If you have brochures, we would love to display them. Bring in your brochure and pick up other members’ brochures, as well as the new 2009 Visitor Guide. We will distribute your brochures to the waterfront information center as well.

Snacks and beverages will be served. Hope to see you all there!

Future date:
Thursday, August 6

SPOTLIGHT ON A MEMBER
Lori Steinbach, Travel Information Manager, Visit Duluth

Visit Duluth’s Spotlight on a Member for June is Sir Benedicts Tavern on the Lake. Visit Duluth extends our appreciation to Aura Coppola, for her response.

"My husband Antonino and I took over Sir Benedicts Tavern on the Lake in January. We have always loved the place, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity. We are going to keep it exactly the same as when Jack and Barbara Arnold created it 30 plus years ago. All of our soups and desserts are homemade by our general manager Jacqui Bergson. Since my husband Antonino is from Italy, we will be adding a few Italian items such as the porchetta sandwich and Tiramisu, just to name a few.

Since this is fairly new for us, it’s exciting to see just how many people really love Sir Ben's. Jack and Barbara did a great job of creating a one of a kind place for many years to come.

We joined Visit Duluth many years ago with our ceramic business, Coppola Art Imports. We love being involved with Duluth and can really understand how important tourism is to this beautiful city. Being a part of Visit Duluth has really enhanced our business and we are proud to belong to a great organization for the city and our businesses.

We love the Grandma's Marathon. It is always so incredible the amount of people that come into our city from all over the world. And now being at Sir Ben's, we are going to make it a great event all weekend!”

Thank you, Sir Benedicts Tavern on the Lake for being our spotlight on a member.

Sir Benedicts Tavern on the Lake
805 East Superior Street
Duluth, MN 55802
(218) 728-1192
(218) 728-9878 Fax

CONVENTION SALES
Julie Johnson, Senior Sales Manager, Visit Duluth

“CHRISTIAN MEETINGS & CONVENTIONS ASSOCIATION”

The Christian Meetings & Conventions Association (CMCA) showcase was held in Fort Worth Texas the end of May. The show featured an equal ratio of meeting planners to suppliers and organized specific pairing events to enhance connections. Visit Duluth had the opportunity to cultivate five qualified leads, not to mention the ongoing prospects for future business.

This was the third year Visit Duluth participated in this show as part of our expanded efforts in developing the religious market.

If you would like additional members of your staff to receive the Membership News Brief, please contact Gail Walkowiak at gailw@visitduluth.com or call
(218) 625-8104.

Visit Duluth, the city's convention and visitor's bureau, is Duluth’s only officially recognized destination marketing organization. Chartered in 1935, as a non-profit corporation, we represent more than 450 businesses that make up Duluth’s tourism industry. We are dedicated to promoting the area as one of America’s great vacation and meeting destinations while providing comprehensive, unbiased information to all travelers.