Cape Fear CVB @ Association Executives of NC luncheon
Cape Fear CVB was the sponsor for the AENC luncheon at the Carolina Inn on the UNC campus in Chaep Hill, on Fri. Mayor Saffo spoke to the group to promote the new Wilmington Convention Center. As usual, his enthusiasm for Wilmington and the new convention center was very uplifting. Nice job Kim, Mikie and Muriel. The CVB did a great job of creating very creative table center pieces with a construction theme. Wilmington area hotels in attendence at the luncheon included: Blockade Runner, Sunspree Resort, Carolina Beach Courtyard, Hilton Riverside, Shell Island Resort, Hilton Garden Inn Mayfaire and Courtyard Wilmington.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Hotel Prank Call Alert
Prank Phone call Alert for Hotels
This message was sent from NYSHTA… Phone Call PRANK ALERT! It has come to our attention that prank phone callers are targeting New York State hotels. How it happens: A phone call is made to the hotel, usually in the middle of the night. The caller asks for specific room numbers. With the guest on the phone, the caller tells them there is a dangerous gas leak in the hotel and they must immediately put a wet towel under the door, smash the window and/or jump out. Multiple rooms are called during the course of the prank. A hotel targeted this week in New York State suffered substantial property damage from shattered windows, but fortunately no guests were injured. Please make your front desk staff aware of this prank so they take the proper steps to keep guests safe. At your service, G Gina Mintzer, CMP, Director of Sales Albany County Convention & Visitors Bureau 25 Quackenbush Square, Albany, NY 12207 (518) 434-1217 x301 · 800-258-3582 www.hudson400.com · www.albany.org
This message was sent from NYSHTA… Phone Call PRANK ALERT! It has come to our attention that prank phone callers are targeting New York State hotels. How it happens: A phone call is made to the hotel, usually in the middle of the night. The caller asks for specific room numbers. With the guest on the phone, the caller tells them there is a dangerous gas leak in the hotel and they must immediately put a wet towel under the door, smash the window and/or jump out. Multiple rooms are called during the course of the prank. A hotel targeted this week in New York State suffered substantial property damage from shattered windows, but fortunately no guests were injured. Please make your front desk staff aware of this prank so they take the proper steps to keep guests safe. At your service, G Gina Mintzer, CMP, Director of Sales Albany County Convention & Visitors Bureau 25 Quackenbush Square, Albany, NY 12207 (518) 434-1217 x301 · 800-258-3582 www.hudson400.com · www.albany.org
March Meeting Notes
March Meeting Notes
3/24/09 Hotel/Motel Meeting Minutes Introduction: Everyone Committee Organization Hospitality for the Homeless packets were presented. They have been distributed to homeless centers. Continue to solicit for donations. Elected: Gary- Holiday Inn Market- Treasurer Audra- Beau Rivage- Secretary Kim Huffman with the CVB: Working together Battling Consumer Confidence Numbers- 10 of 12 months have been down For 9/11 only a couple of months were down then things bounced back It’s not just happening here Room Occupancy Tax Receipts- Entire county down 7.92%- 5.8% for July-Jan Brunswick County ROT down 7.5% CVB has had budget cuts because numbers are down; however nothing has been taken from marketing and more money has been put into advertising Nationwide radio campaign has been started (never done before) Pushing affordability & value Aggressive giveaways Upcoming: Mikie-Attending Travel South for motorcoach media May 9th-17th- National Tourism week CVB will provide ribbons for front desk employees to wear that week. They will provide them at the next meeting. Meeting numbers are down nationally. There is a positive campaign being ran that recreates a positive feel about companies allowing meetings. Convention Center Update: Still on track to open Summer 2010 Additional 11,000 square feet decision to be made soon $250,000 to market convention center No staff in place, yet Participating in the Raleigh Trade Show & Destination Showcase in Washington, DC Media plan starting in June Antonio Saviano with Cape Fear Soccer Association: May Tournament coming up August tournament the last week of the month Send anyone requesting availability to the CVB. They have researched and out together a list for easy referral. Daniel Burke with IMEC Productions: Introducing the opportunity of a new possible marketing tool on U-Tube If you are interested please contact him at: Dan Burke IMEC dan@imecus.com www.imecus.com 910.622.6094 Kip: Name stays the same Treasurer/ Secretary/ President will visit previous president to retrieve account info prior to next meeting * April 17: Business After Hours at the park Legion Stadium in Bar Garden * April 14: Hammerheads Game * Monique: Passport Program Handouts
3/24/09 Hotel/Motel Meeting Minutes Introduction: Everyone Committee Organization Hospitality for the Homeless packets were presented. They have been distributed to homeless centers. Continue to solicit for donations. Elected: Gary- Holiday Inn Market- Treasurer Audra- Beau Rivage- Secretary Kim Huffman with the CVB: Working together Battling Consumer Confidence Numbers- 10 of 12 months have been down For 9/11 only a couple of months were down then things bounced back It’s not just happening here Room Occupancy Tax Receipts- Entire county down 7.92%- 5.8% for July-Jan Brunswick County ROT down 7.5% CVB has had budget cuts because numbers are down; however nothing has been taken from marketing and more money has been put into advertising Nationwide radio campaign has been started (never done before) Pushing affordability & value Aggressive giveaways Upcoming: Mikie-Attending Travel South for motorcoach media May 9th-17th- National Tourism week CVB will provide ribbons for front desk employees to wear that week. They will provide them at the next meeting. Meeting numbers are down nationally. There is a positive campaign being ran that recreates a positive feel about companies allowing meetings. Convention Center Update: Still on track to open Summer 2010 Additional 11,000 square feet decision to be made soon $250,000 to market convention center No staff in place, yet Participating in the Raleigh Trade Show & Destination Showcase in Washington, DC Media plan starting in June Antonio Saviano with Cape Fear Soccer Association: May Tournament coming up August tournament the last week of the month Send anyone requesting availability to the CVB. They have researched and out together a list for easy referral. Daniel Burke with IMEC Productions: Introducing the opportunity of a new possible marketing tool on U-Tube If you are interested please contact him at: Dan Burke IMEC dan@imecus.com www.imecus.com 910.622.6094 Kip: Name stays the same Treasurer/ Secretary/ President will visit previous president to retrieve account info prior to next meeting * April 17: Business After Hours at the park Legion Stadium in Bar Garden * April 14: Hammerheads Game * Monique: Passport Program Handouts
February Meeting Notes
February Meeting Notes
Feb. 23rd Meeting Minutes A key to the group being able to move forward is branding. Without an official name, this is an impossible task which hinders each committees efforts. The group has a page on Linked In. Please add postings to this site. The site can be retrieved under Cape Fear Lodging and Attractions, then click find group. The Attractions Association has decided to stay a part of the NHHM Association. There is an understanding that the name will be changed as soon as possible to update the name and be more inclusive. This is tabled for future discussion suggests to date include: Cape Fear Region Hospitality Association, Cape Fear Coast Hospitality Association, Cape Fear Coast Lodging and Attractions Association. Committee chairs were present and gave a brief synopsis of their current activity. Beverly Askew: Bellamy Mansion- The Promotions Committee is planning for interfaces with city officials and civic organizations to promote the association. Mar Lou: Innkeeper- The Sports Committee will continue to support CF Soccer Associations expansion efforts. It has identified New Hanover Parks & Recreation as a source of leads for individual hotels to pursue but not nessecarily for the whole organization to benefit from. They will work on bringing more golf business to the area and support Super Optimist’s effort to bring tournaments to the area. The Sharks Baseball Tournament is looking for packages to post on their website. There is a new local sports station NSP for local sports opportunities. Kip Damrow: Courtyard & Hilton Garden- Hospitality for the Homeless Committee- Since members of our group contributed toiletries for care kits for this organization, Kip would like for as many of us as possible to attend when he brings the kits to the Good Shepard House of Wilmington. Pierrette Cortner: Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites- The Meeting Planning Committee attended the Attractions Association meeting to encourage them to join the rejuvenation of the NHHM Association. Members of the attractions committee will bring their Passport program to the organization as a new committee. In addition Monique Baker will lead a Marketing Committee. After the meeting the first time attendees Jocelyn Jameson, Kathy Miller, of the Drifters Reef and Jeanne Walker of Poplar grove agreed to join this committee. First time attendee John Meyer with the Cape Fear Bridal Association agreed to attend our meetings as a liaison to his organization rather than sign up on a committee. Jim McDaniel of Airlee Gardens suggested that once we have branded our organization we may be able to coordinate efforts with the city to earmark seed money to bring events to Wilmington. He noted that marketing Wilmington as a destination The group was surveyed and agreed to meet at Orton Plantation for the Tuesday, April 28th meeting at 12 noon. The NEXT meeting will be TUESDAY, MARCH 24th at Hieronymus Seafood. The cost will be $10 per person inclusive of beverage, tax and tip. Please bring exact change or company check. A Secretary and Treasurer will need to be elected.
Feb. 23rd Meeting Minutes A key to the group being able to move forward is branding. Without an official name, this is an impossible task which hinders each committees efforts. The group has a page on Linked In. Please add postings to this site. The site can be retrieved under Cape Fear Lodging and Attractions, then click find group. The Attractions Association has decided to stay a part of the NHHM Association. There is an understanding that the name will be changed as soon as possible to update the name and be more inclusive. This is tabled for future discussion suggests to date include: Cape Fear Region Hospitality Association, Cape Fear Coast Hospitality Association, Cape Fear Coast Lodging and Attractions Association. Committee chairs were present and gave a brief synopsis of their current activity. Beverly Askew: Bellamy Mansion- The Promotions Committee is planning for interfaces with city officials and civic organizations to promote the association. Mar Lou: Innkeeper- The Sports Committee will continue to support CF Soccer Associations expansion efforts. It has identified New Hanover Parks & Recreation as a source of leads for individual hotels to pursue but not nessecarily for the whole organization to benefit from. They will work on bringing more golf business to the area and support Super Optimist’s effort to bring tournaments to the area. The Sharks Baseball Tournament is looking for packages to post on their website. There is a new local sports station NSP for local sports opportunities. Kip Damrow: Courtyard & Hilton Garden- Hospitality for the Homeless Committee- Since members of our group contributed toiletries for care kits for this organization, Kip would like for as many of us as possible to attend when he brings the kits to the Good Shepard House of Wilmington. Pierrette Cortner: Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites- The Meeting Planning Committee attended the Attractions Association meeting to encourage them to join the rejuvenation of the NHHM Association. Members of the attractions committee will bring their Passport program to the organization as a new committee. In addition Monique Baker will lead a Marketing Committee. After the meeting the first time attendees Jocelyn Jameson, Kathy Miller, of the Drifters Reef and Jeanne Walker of Poplar grove agreed to join this committee. First time attendee John Meyer with the Cape Fear Bridal Association agreed to attend our meetings as a liaison to his organization rather than sign up on a committee. Jim McDaniel of Airlee Gardens suggested that once we have branded our organization we may be able to coordinate efforts with the city to earmark seed money to bring events to Wilmington. He noted that marketing Wilmington as a destination The group was surveyed and agreed to meet at Orton Plantation for the Tuesday, April 28th meeting at 12 noon. The NEXT meeting will be TUESDAY, MARCH 24th at Hieronymus Seafood. The cost will be $10 per person inclusive of beverage, tax and tip. Please bring exact change or company check. A Secretary and Treasurer will need to be elected.
January Meeting Notes
Jan meeting notes, Part 1 (By Ella Little):
Hotel/Motel Association Meeting: January 26, 2009 - Bellamy Mansion These are not minutes…just notes I took while people were talking. I missed a few things when people were talking to me at the same time someone was speaking. You will see where I have question marks. Marilou Hurst: Thanked Frank for his work. The organization will write him and ask him for a copy of the by-laws of the Hotel/Motel Association. The objective of this group is to let anyone who wants to work together to get people to come to the Wilmington area. Monique Baker from the Cape Fear Area Attractions Committee: Suggested that perhaps her group and this group can combine forces. Their group includes attractions in Brunswick, Pender and Columbus. No one objected to that if the two groups should merge. Doreen Turdgeon: Has previous experience in working together in Massachusetts. You want to band together because you have to send one message, and it has to be loud and clear, “United we stand.” Gave us a new word…”Co-option”…cooperating with your competition. Kip Damrow: Reported on homeless project…13 or 14 properties participated. All donations were shipped to Virginia where they will be re-packaged with other donations received. Then packages will be shipped back to us for distribution at The Salvation Army and the Good Sheppard Home. They would like to be able to do this as a project two or three times a year. Kip Damrow – elected President. Election of a Secretary was tabled until the next meeting. They would like to have someone from the Attractions group be Secretary so that each group would be represented. Ella Little will act as interim Secretary. The group broke up into committees and met while eating lunch. They were asked to come up with one or two goals for the year.
Jan Meeting notes Part 2:
The group broke up into committees and met while eating lunch. They were asked to come up with one or two goals for the year. Promotion & Events: Beverly Ascue, Chair Partner with Wilmington/CFC-CVB Speak to Rotary Club at least once Do 4 places in 2009 (?) Sports: Marilou, Chair Identify every sport that takes place and put them on a calendar Have open house on neutral territory. Have sports organizers there. Do speed dating or something similar to give everyone an opportunity to talk to them. Before the next meeting get an agenda together of when professional sports teams meet Marilou will check with Jelly Belly regarding skating events. Legislative: Paul, Chair Monique Baker offered to assist him, as he is a committee of one. Make presence known with City Hall and City Council and let our concerns be known City wide and state wide – keep up on issues that affect our industry. Monique mentioned the “Save Our Summers” issue that keeps coming back up and asked everyone to be award of it and help support it. Mikie – check and see if there is a fund that supports getting big events into the Wilmington area. Membership: Karen P – Chair Get new 20 members Identify all who need to be invited to join by segments…hotel/motel, attractions, restaurants, etc. Hospitality for the Homeless: Kip – Chair Donate needed items to Salvation Army and Good Sheppard Home at least twice a year. Publicity: Maureen, Chair Brand ourselves when we establish a name for the group Work closely with TDAs, chambers, CVBs in Pender, Brunswick, New Hanover to disseminate information about what we are doing Program – Candace McGreevy, Chair Share what attractions know about Wilmington with the organization Immediate goal is to prepare a survey to see what the interests of the group are for future programs
Hotel/Motel Association Meeting: January 26, 2009 - Bellamy Mansion These are not minutes…just notes I took while people were talking. I missed a few things when people were talking to me at the same time someone was speaking. You will see where I have question marks. Marilou Hurst: Thanked Frank for his work. The organization will write him and ask him for a copy of the by-laws of the Hotel/Motel Association. The objective of this group is to let anyone who wants to work together to get people to come to the Wilmington area. Monique Baker from the Cape Fear Area Attractions Committee: Suggested that perhaps her group and this group can combine forces. Their group includes attractions in Brunswick, Pender and Columbus. No one objected to that if the two groups should merge. Doreen Turdgeon: Has previous experience in working together in Massachusetts. You want to band together because you have to send one message, and it has to be loud and clear, “United we stand.” Gave us a new word…”Co-option”…cooperating with your competition. Kip Damrow: Reported on homeless project…13 or 14 properties participated. All donations were shipped to Virginia where they will be re-packaged with other donations received. Then packages will be shipped back to us for distribution at The Salvation Army and the Good Sheppard Home. They would like to be able to do this as a project two or three times a year. Kip Damrow – elected President. Election of a Secretary was tabled until the next meeting. They would like to have someone from the Attractions group be Secretary so that each group would be represented. Ella Little will act as interim Secretary. The group broke up into committees and met while eating lunch. They were asked to come up with one or two goals for the year.
Jan Meeting notes Part 2:
The group broke up into committees and met while eating lunch. They were asked to come up with one or two goals for the year. Promotion & Events: Beverly Ascue, Chair Partner with Wilmington/CFC-CVB Speak to Rotary Club at least once Do 4 places in 2009 (?) Sports: Marilou, Chair Identify every sport that takes place and put them on a calendar Have open house on neutral territory. Have sports organizers there. Do speed dating or something similar to give everyone an opportunity to talk to them. Before the next meeting get an agenda together of when professional sports teams meet Marilou will check with Jelly Belly regarding skating events. Legislative: Paul, Chair Monique Baker offered to assist him, as he is a committee of one. Make presence known with City Hall and City Council and let our concerns be known City wide and state wide – keep up on issues that affect our industry. Monique mentioned the “Save Our Summers” issue that keeps coming back up and asked everyone to be award of it and help support it. Mikie – check and see if there is a fund that supports getting big events into the Wilmington area. Membership: Karen P – Chair Get new 20 members Identify all who need to be invited to join by segments…hotel/motel, attractions, restaurants, etc. Hospitality for the Homeless: Kip – Chair Donate needed items to Salvation Army and Good Sheppard Home at least twice a year. Publicity: Maureen, Chair Brand ourselves when we establish a name for the group Work closely with TDAs, chambers, CVBs in Pender, Brunswick, New Hanover to disseminate information about what we are doing Program – Candace McGreevy, Chair Share what attractions know about Wilmington with the organization Immediate goal is to prepare a survey to see what the interests of the group are for future programs
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