April 21, 2008
MEMBERSHIP NEWS
Gail Walkowiak, Director of Market Services, Visit Duluth
Visit Duluth welcomes the following new members:
Heath Hickok
Lincoln Park Business Group
102 South 29th Avenue West
Duluth, MN 55816-0306
(218) 727-6573
(218) 727-0400 fax
info@LPBG.org
www.LPBG.org
Mission Statement: Assist and promote the Lincoln Park Community through business and economic development. The Lincoln Park Business Group is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) Community Development Corporation with a full-time director and volunteer board of directors.
Brandon Miskulin
Occasions
911 West Central Entrance
Duluth, MN 55811
(218) 727-8004
(888) 256-8005 fax
occasions@yourweddingdecor.com
www.occasionspartystore.com
Life happens, make it a party! Duluth's newest party store! The professionals at Occasions can help plan, decorate, and guide you through all the steps to making your event a success. You will find a full line of party decor products including rentals of tents, tables, chairs, linens, center pieces, and much more!
David Gaddie
Republic Bank
306 West Superior Street
Duluth, MN 55802
(218) 733-6404
(218) 733-6455 fax
info@republicbank.com
www.bankrepublic.com
Convenient banking, that’s our goal. Around the corner or just down the street, in seven neighborhood locations, there is a Republic Bank where you need us and when you need us. Each Republic Bank location is a full-service financial resource offering traditional bank products, commercial loans, home financing, business-to-business banking, online banking and more.
SPOTLIGHT ON A MEMBER
Lori Steinbach and Lisa Sundberg, Visit Duluth
Visit Duluth’s Spotlight on a Member for April is Jet Set Babies.com. Visit Duluth extends our appreciation to Patty Opoien, co-owner, for her response.
Patty and her partner formed Jet Set Babies in February 2003. They came up with the idea on their weekly walks they enjoy on the Lakewalk. They brainstormed every Wednesday until fruition.
Jet Set Babies is a very unique business and when it started they did not have any competition, in fact they were the first online company to offer this service. Patty especially enjoys the correspondence from customers after their trips saying how helpful they were or just to say thanks.
One of the most memorable moments was when a very large package got lost on its way to Hawaii and Patty was able to persuade a worker at the visitor center to go to the store and buy all of the items that was in the original package. She then had it delivered to the hotel and her customer never knew. Jet Set Babies prides itself on going above and beyond. If they make a mistake, they make it right. The best advertising is doing a great job.
Patty joined Visit Duluth in May 2007. They are currently in the process of expanding their business.
Thank you, Jet Set Babies.com for being our spotlight on a member.
Jet Set Babies.com
309 North 40th Avenue West
Duluth, MN 55807
(218) 310-3022
patty@jetsetbabies.com
www.jetsetbabies.com
GROUP TOUR NEWS
Mary Nelson, Director of Packaged Travel, Visit Duluth
The Packaged Travel Department, in conjunction with several partners from around the Minnesota, participated in the Heritage Club Peer Group Conference. Preceding the conference, over 30 operators attended a familiarization tour featuring Duluth, St. Cloud, Fargo-Moorhead and the Twin Cities.
This was a fantastic opportunity to showcase Duluth to bank club directors. Thanks to the assistance of Duluth’s group tour partners, it was a resounding success. Attendees were impressed with everything our destination has to offer and we look forward to booking many of these bank club groups in the future.
Please click on www.leisuregrouptravel.com and look under “Features – Minnesota Memories” to read the column about Duluth. This was done by a writer who toured Minnesota a few months ago.
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.
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