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| March 18, 2011 |
PARTNERS
PLUS
Manitowoc
Area
Visitor & Convention
Bureau |
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Partners Plus is an informative
E-Newsletter for Marketing
Partners about Marketing
Partners and activities that are happening at the
VIC.
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Volunteer
Spotlight |
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Marlene Longmeyer
-- over 390 hours since March
2007
 Marlene has been a Visitor Center
volunteer since 2007 and a carferry greeter since 2010.
She enjoys helping visitors and sharing information
about the Manitowoc - Two Rivers area.
In
addition to helping at the VIC and carferry dock, she
volunteers at Holy Family Memorial Hospital in the
Pastoral Care Office and at Hope
House. She also tutors Jefferson
School students at Lakeshore United Methodist
Church.
Marlene
loves spending time with her family, especially
her 5 grandchildren. She
also enjoys reading, traveling, history, and
dominos.
Thank you Marlene! We
appreciate your friendliness, helpfulness and
knowledge about our community.
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PR
Firm Helps Spread the
Word |
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The
MAVCB has hired Armadillo Marketing, led by Carla
Minsky, to assist with its public relations program.
Priorities will include refining the brand image of the
area, creating a new web site, and assisting with
e-marketing and publicity. Minsky's client roster is
dominated by tourism clients, including...read
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Wisconsin's Schooner Coast
Hosts Denis Sullivan Voyage |
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 Wisconsin's Schooner Coast, a new
tourist destination, will be hosting the the Denis
Sullivan, the world's only re-creation of a 19th
century three-masted Great Lakes schooner.
On
June 25-26, 2011 the Denis Sullivan will be docked next
to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum as part of the Museum's
annual River Rendezvous event. They will offer deck
tours, 2-3 hour cruises, and a three day sail along
the Schooner Coast to...read
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Wisconsin
State H.O.G.Rally |
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| 2005 H.O.G. Rally
Parade |
The Wisconsin State H.O.G. Rally returns to the
lakeshore June 23-25, 2011 for "Mutiny on the Beach" at Neshotah Beach
and Park, Two Rivers. Help us
welcome Rally riders by advertising in the
State Rally Program Book. The book will be stuffed
inside the Rally Welcome Packets for distribution
to each rally participant. Click here for advertising rate
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MAVCB Celebrates
National Tourism Week
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The MAVCB is planning an
educational "Tourism Summit" event Thursday, May
12, 7:30 am, Holiday Inn of Manitowoc. Featured
speakers will be
Dave Fantle, Deputy
Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Tourism; Carla
Minsky of Armadillo Marketing; and Connie
Loden, Manitowoc
County
Economic Development
Corporation.
Watch for your invite
coming in the mail soon! |
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MAVCB Awarded
$15,000 TIC
Grant |
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The
MAVCB was awarded a $15,000 TIC
Grant by the Wisconsin Department of Tourism in
2010. The Manitowoc VIC has one of the highest
traffic patterns in the state and has greeted over
750,000 visitors since 1993! The Manitowoc Visitor
Center fit all the required criteria in every way and
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Just
Released! 2011 Discovery
Guides! |
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The "all
new" MAVCB Discovery Guide features a new design, new
maps and many new MAVCB Marketing Partner ads and
listings. The Guide features the winning photos of
the Second Annual MAVCB Digital Photo Contest
throughout the guide. 
Also
new is the Microsoft Smart TAG featured on the
front cover. Snapping a picture of the TAG
with a smart phone brings up the MAVCB website which also has Facebook and Twitter social networking pages and a
link to view the Guide online.
The
Discovery Guide is the main response piece to
MAVCB advertising, and our "lure" to attract visitors to
our destination. We hope you are pleased with the
publication and more importantly, we hope it generates
business for you! Thank you for your support MAVCB
Marketing Partners.
Nancian
Hall's winning photo of Rogers Street Historic
Fishing Village landed on our front cover.
Congratulations Nancian!
If
you need a quantity of guides, please stop by to pick up
a
supply for your office or business.
The
2011 DG can also be viewed electronically on
our
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Welcome
Back S.S. Badger! |
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Join us at the dock as we celebrate the
annual Return of the Carferry
Thursday May 26.
Details
TBA
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Photo
by Mike Rosinsky |
Print the 2011
S.S. Badger Carferry Schedule
Post at your business
for vistors and staff
www.ssbadger.com |
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Welcome
New Marketing
Partners! |
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Speedway Manitowoc
Bandits
Andercraft
Woods
Nicolet Welcome
Service
Book
World Port
Cities Charter
Captain's
Walk
Revolutions Bar &
Grill
Hacienda
Santa
Rosa
Scheffel's Hideaway Campground, LLC
Hoot
Communications
Spectra Print Corporation
Kids
Gear
Start Renting
LaDeDa
Books
We
thank you for your support and wish you a successful and
profitable year!
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Marketing
Partner Spotlight |
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Meet
a few of our Marketing
Partners!
Historic
Washington House ~
Member since August 1994
1622 Jefferson St., Two Rivers
920-793-2490
As a 2009
participant of the Hampton Save-A-Landmark program, they
received new hardwood floors, painted wood trim, a new
entry way for Ed Berners' Ice Cream Parlor inside and
many other renovations. Most recently, local
woodworkers designed and created a new front
entrance by using old photos of the original
1850 entrance.
Open May-September: 10
am - 8 pm; October - April: 10 am - 4 pm
Stop by and enjoy
an old-fashioned ice cream sundae!
9400
County Road O, Two
Rivers
920-794-7480
Enjoy swimming,
biking, hiking, hunting or exploring!
The park offers 6 miles of sand-ridged beach on
Lake Michigan shores and 3,000 acres of
nature. They feature the Rawley Point Lighthouse,
127 campsites, 2 rustic cabins, outdoor group camping,
lodge and nature center. Various hiking and ski trails,
the Rawley Point bicycle trail, and Ice Age
trail. In winter experience
cross-country skiing or snowmobile trails in the
forest.
Open year
round
Embrace nature!
Get your 2011 State Park stickers now or give
one as a gift.
1624
New York Ave., Manitowoc
920-682-7040
Check out their handpicked books for all ages,
activity kits, games, greeting cards, journals, and
fine, fun and funky gifts for readers and writers.
Specialty coffee drinks too! Browser friendly and cozy.
A novel local destination.
Open Mon -
Fri: 10 am - 5:30 pm; Sat:
10 am - 3 pm
Meet your favorite
authors at one of their many book signings and
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Upcoming
Events |
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March
19
Family
Games Community
Day,
Wisconsin
Maritime Museum
March
25-26 31st Annual Home
Builders Show,
Manitowoc County Expo/Ice
Center
March
26
Kolache
Baking Class, Kewaunee Heritage
Farm
March 26
Country Sunshine:
Clipper City
Chordsmen,
Capitol Civic
Centre
March 26-27 Quilt show: Quilters
Heaven-We are the
Stars
Manitowoc
County Expo
April
2 Inspired by the
Masters: Manitowoc
Symphony
Orchestra, Capitol
Civic Centre
April
3
Tour of the
Bernard Schwartz
House,
3425 Adams St. , Two
Rivers
April
3-17 Youth Art Month: St.
Francis of Assisi
Schools,
Rahr-West Art
Museum
for a complete list and for other events
throughout the year
Remember - Be a Tourist in Your Own Town!
Visit local attractions and attend special events
and activities.
Welcome Spring!
Kathleen, Karen, Emmy & Joan
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