This program brings together print, online and broadcast journalists, photographers, bloggers and international tour operators to visit our great state of Maine. Their firsthand experiences and stories then attract those travelers, so important to the Maine economy.
How do you help and benefit?
Well, these folks need the whole experience from lodging to dining to attractions. You provide these parts of the travel experience at a discount or for free. Not only are you marketing your own property, but you’re contributing to the marketing of Maine. The PR team keeps a database of all participating businesses and calls on you depending on what type of story the request is for. Coverage from the trips and your properties is tracked and results reported to you.
This chamber, from personal experience, can attest that all of these journalists, photographers and bloggers are pre-qualified by MOT to ensure that they are either on assignment or have a strong track record of editorial placements.
Go to www.MOTPartners.com for extensive resources and other information about the Maine Office of Tourism marketing plan.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
• Tonight, April 27 is Chamber After Hours hosted by Sunnybrook, 5-7 p.m., at 340 Bath Road, Brunswick. Enjoy productive and energetic networking with other business people and see some of the changes in the facility. Lots of delicious refreshments and a putting contest with a prize of a free ticket for the May 13 Hacker’s Ball.
• On May 3 is the monthly 12 @ 12 networking group, noon to 1:30 p.m., at Community Room, 8 Venture Ave., Brunswick Landing, Brunswick. You must request an invitation as the group is limited to 12 people.
• And there are two ribbon cuttings in the beginning of May: on May 5 at 11 a.m. at the Brunswick Landing Y, 24 Venture Ave., and on May 11 at 41 Main St., Topsham, from 4-6 p.m. More details can be found on the chamber’s website at www.midcoastmaine.com.
OUR MEMBERS: The chamber welcomes The Forecaster newspaper to its membership. Our members are located in and around these communities: Arrowsic, Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Brunswick, Dresden, Edgecomb, Georgetown, Harpswell, Phippsburg, Richmond, Topsham, West Bath, Westport Island, Wiscasset and Woolwich. Go to www.midcoastmaine.com to find just the right business for products and services you need.
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