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Archive for the ‘Food & Beverage’ Category


The Battle of the Bulge and Innkeeping

December 16th, 2010 by Scott Bushnell

The veterans of the Battle of the Bulge have a lesson for all of us…telling a story that strengthens the continuity of your marketing plan.

The 3 Keys to Real Estate

October 29th, 2010 by Eben Viens

#1 Location. #2 Location. #3 Location.  Somethings never change, and this old adage is just as true today as it was years ago. The phrase that has become a real estate mantra may have first been coined in 1926 in an ad in the Chicago Tribune expounding the virtues of properties located in Rogers Park. […]

Travel Packaging-Wrap Up What You Do Best

October 26th, 2010 by Eben Viens

Here in Kennebunkport we have a local family owned restaurant Alisson’s that runs a great business and has been doing it for about 30 years. When we have our Aspiring Innkeeper Seminars here in the Port we always treat our attendees to dinner on Friday to kick off our seminar. Alisson’s serves the locals and […]

Good Times at the Pilgrim’s Inn

October 5th, 2010 by Peter Scherman

Rick and I recently travelled to Down East Maine, specifically, Deer Isle and the Pilgrims Inn, to visit one of our clients.  For those people from ‘away’, Down East actually is north of where we live in Kennebunkport but that area of Maine (from Penobscot Bay to the Canadian border) is referred to as Down East. […]

Vintage Ohio

July 22nd, 2010 by Eben Viens

From a quaint New England village to an island paradise in Hawaii, all of the inns in the small lodging industry have great locations to share with guests. Some locations are well known to the world, while others are unique and extraordinary but have less world wide appeal. One destination that fits this definition has […]

A Good Table

June 17th, 2010 by Rick Wolf

After Peter’s recent posting about the simple joys of sitting on the porch and the numerous comments it elicited, I thought I would share a brief ‘reading’ with you…one I wished I had written, but will be pleased to share with you instead. A couple of weeks ago, Jan and I went to the wedding […]

Eastport…Downeast Maine’s Must See Destination!

September 18th, 2009 by Eben Viens

One of the joys of being part of The B&B Team is the opportunity we have to work with great Innkeepers at great Inns in great locations.  Many of the locations are in well known ‘destination locations’ and some are in less known ‘undiscovered’ locales.  Eastport, Maine is a small town on an island accessible by a causeway and […]

Fine Wine, Smart Ploys, and Bookings

April 27th, 2009 by Peter Scherman

Wine and travel go hand-in-hand. For those of us who love a good bottle of our favorite (or maybe an undiscovered favorite!) wine, no journey or evening meal are complete without a glass of the nectar of the gods. So it comes as no surprise that many of your guests also love a great bottle of […]

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