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News from Travel Michigan's Director, George Zimmermann
As you may know, a new five-year strategic plan is currently being created by and for Michigan’s tourism industry, a process being led by the Michigan Travel Commission. As a part of that process, a series of industry stakeholder meetings will be held throughout the state this summer, to solicit input into the planning process. These meetings will be very interactive and will include discussion of the industry’s vision for its future development, as well as the goals, objectives and strategies needed to achieve that vision over the coming five years.
Please follow this link to register for the industry meeting most convenient for you. The first meeting is Wednesday, June 27, in Hillman in Northeast Michigan. All meetings will start at 1:00 pm and conclude at 5:30 pm, and refreshments will be served. Further details including directions to the meeting and a set of materials it is recommended you peruse prior to the meeting will be sent out to you once you complete the registration process. We look forward to your participation in this important process!
Last week, a team consisting of Travel Michigan staff and Michigan tourism industry folks staged Michigan Day at Union Station in Chicago. We distributed more than 8,000 copies of Michigan Travel Ideas, as well as industry literature, to commuters arriving at the train station. Hudsonville Ice Cream, a hot Detroit band and the cool Pure Michigan Roush Mustang we are giving away at michigan.org rounded out our presence at the station. If you are interested in the 2013 Union Station event, contact Dave Lorenz at Travel Michigan at 517-335-0007 or lorenzd@michigan.org.
Finally, we have launched three more non-traditional Pure Michigan partnerships, promoting our state parks, Michigan Agriculture and Michigan milk. Watch for TV commercials and billboards promoting these unique attributes of Pure Michigan!
Safe travels always,
George
Tourism News & Trends
NPR – June 8, 2012
CNN – June 5, 2012
The Weather Channel – June 5, 2012
The Wall Street Journal – June 8, 2012
MLive – June 11, 2012
TV-4 Detroit – June 6, 2012
WHTC Radio – June 6, 2012
The Alpena News – June 6, 2012
WTVB 1590 AM – June 8, 2012
Holland Sentinel – June 11, 2012
Stadium Journey – June 11, 2012
League of Michigan Bicyclists – June 4, 2012
Harbor Light Newspaper – June 6, 2012
Michigan Destinations
New York Post – June 12, 2012
GQ – June 11, 2012
Kelle Hampton (blog) – June 11, 2012
Travel Michigan Radio Show – June 3, 2012
Pure Michigan News & Updates
FOX 17 Online - June 2012
WZZM TV 13 – June 8, 2012
Huron County View – June 7, 2012
BEYOND MICHIGAN
Toledo Blade – June 7, 2012
Washington Business Journal – June 5, 2012
The Creative Department – June 4, 2012
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