Recently a fairly new innkeeper told me that he had discovered something important. Passion. “You have to be passionate about something and express that passion and share it with your guests.” Oh, so true. What is your Innkeeper’s Passion. Innkeepers are lucky because they have people moving in and out of their days and can […]
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Looks like there is a new dawn on the horizon for Greenville and the Moosehead Lake Region of Maine. Last October the Moosehead Lake Regional Economic Development Corp (MLREDC) hired a destination branding expert, Roger Brooks, to develop a branding strategy for the region. The results have just come out. Friends of The B&B Team
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On a daily basis The B&B Team receives notices on the amount of repins we receive on our Pinterest boards. It is fun to see which pins are repined the most. A map of the South Carolina Beaches has been the most popular pin, repined about 60 times! What does this mean? Is it
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Sitting at an airport, reading the March issue of Business Traveler and found an article entitled ‘More Than a Bed’. This got my attention. Harvey Chipkin, the author of this article states; “A booming lodging industry is in the midst of a diversification whirlwind as it targets a new generation of travelers that might be
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Travel and Leisure is known for its lists. Best places to go for this and that and everything in between! Like ‘the coolest towns’. Asheville North Carolina was recently picked among the coolest. Besides its coolness it has been a favorite travel destination for decades. But it wasn’t always. It went through some hard
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The B&B Team and a growing host of innkeepers, past and present and long standing vendor/allied partner supporters of the innkeeping industry have and are coming together to support a NEW and vibrant non-profit trade organization. Long sentence ….I know, but together the words spell joy! The innkeeping industry has experienced a void of late.
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With the popularity and convenience of booking online, the ‘art’ of taking a phone reservation may not seem as important as it once was. Communicating by email, smart phone messaging, twitter, Facebook has reduced actual talking on the phone. I hear some people say they don’t like talking on the phone anymore! But if you are an
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The Youngstown Inn and Restaurant, mid-coast Maine in Lincolnville, an inn that defines what experiential travel is all about. It also has something else; potential. The ground work is there ready to take to the next level. A recent Travel & Leisure article has written about “an emerging new breed of inns out there. They are redefining
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Just received the March Consumer Reports magazine and a spark plug ignited in my brain! The cover story spoke to me. ‘Boost Your Home’s Value By 10%’. Let’s see if what they say can also relate to how to make your Inn more valuable. Many of the suggestions made in this article are points we
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It’s the new buzz phrase and it has caught on big time. Once again the focus is on the millennial and their travel wants and needs. Despite what the studies and media are putting out there the generation gap may not be that wide. We all want an exceptional experience when we travel.
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