Calendar of Events

January 2009
January 18-19 Bed and Breakfast Association of Alabama, Lake Guntersville State Park Lodge. Information: Mary Hightower, info@columbusstreetinn.com. Speaking: Rachel Rivas.

January 18-25 Seminars at Sea. Information: innsales@charter.net, 800-871-8977.

January 25-26 South Carolina Bed and Breakfast Association (SCBBA), Columbia. Information: info@southcarolinabedandbreakfast.com. Speaking: Sandy Soule, Patti McPherson. Internet Intensive.

January 28 InnTouch Conference 2009, Hickory Bridge Farm, Ortanna (Gettysburg), PA. Information: Eric Adams, 717-232-8880, info@patourism.org. Speaking: Andy Martin.

February 2009
February 1-3 InnSpire, California B&B Innkeepers Association, Monterey. Information: 800-373-9251, info@cabbi.com. Speaking: Tom Beattie, Patty Crowe.

February 17-18 Bed & Breakfast Association of Arkansas, Magazine Lodge, Paris. Information: President@bedandbreakfastarkansas.com, 501-520-9224. Aspiring innkeepers seminar, February 17.

March 2009
March 2-3 Illinois B&B Association, Northfield Inn Suites & Conference Center, Springfield. Speaking: Andy Martin. Information: Sandy Timmermann, 618-228-7068, info@illinoisbnb.com.

March 2-4 Missouri-Kansas Innkeepers Conference, Hilton Garden Inn, Independence, MO. Information: info@bbim.org. Speaking: Patty Crowe, Sara Shusta. Internet Intensive.

March 14-15 B&B Expo, Brussels, Belgium. Information: Jean Pierre Vandevenne, info@bbexpo.be, 00-32-(0)11-26.10.49.

March 30-April 2 The Innkeeping Conference & Trade Show – Hosted by PAII, Atlanta, GA. Information: 800-468-7244.

April 2009
April 6-7 Montana Bed and Breakfast Association (MTBBA), Hilton Garden Inn, Kalispell. Information: contact@MTBBA.com, 800-453-8870.

April 29-30 Preferred Inns of New Jersey, Jumping Brook Country Club, Neptune. Information: 732-449-3535 or info@njinns.com.

Need vendors? For a successful trade show and happy vendors, we have some recommendations: Offer a two-hour reception with hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar in the trade show area, typically from about 4-6 or 5-7 to kick off your conference. On the next day, offer a two-hour block of time (with no competing workshops) for vendors, perhaps after lunch. Reliable high-speed Internet access is essential. Fifteen minutes between workshops is inadequate for all concerned; recent conference evaluations show that innkeepers are placing an increasingly high value on vendor time. Feel free to contact Sandy@BedandBreakfast.com or Janice@BedandBreakfast.com for advice.

Planning ahead? Email Sandy@BedandBreakfast.com so we can start telling folks about your upcoming conference. We highly recommend adding a conference information page to your state association website so we can link directly to it. These listings are a free service of BedandBreakfast.com.

Need Speakers? BedandBreakfast.com, RezOvation and Webervations can help make your state or regional meeting a success. Eric Goldreyer, Sandy Soule, Tim Wilson, Janice Hurley, Andy Martin, John Banczak, Marti Mayne, Patty Crowe, Patti McPherson, Rachel Rivas, Sandy Soule, Sara Shusta, Tim Wilson, Tom Beattie and Willow Coyle are available to lead educational workshops on a wide variety of topics, including internet marketing, online reservations, customer service, promoting and publicizing your B&B, property management software, website design, and lots more.

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