Calendar of Events
June 2009
June 3 BedandBreakfast.com Open House,
700 Brazos, Suite B700, Austin, TX. Meet the entire teams of
BedandBreakfast.com, RezOvation, Webervations and Inns.com, tour
our downtown office, and let us treat you to lunch. Noon- 1p.m.,
followed by one-on-one staff appointments (on request). Please RSVP to Jessica at
jbatt@BedandBreakfast.com or 512-322-2701.
July 2009
July 19-22
Mississippi/Louisiana B&B associations, Natchez, MS. Information: Peter Sharp, 601-948-3429,
peter.sharp@fairviewinn.com. Speaking: Sandy Soule.
2010
January 9-16
Seminars at Sea; 10th anniversary cruise. Norwegian Pearl,
sailing from Miami to Samana, St. Thomas; Tortola, and Great
Stirrup Cay. Information:
innsales@charter.net, 800-871-8977. Speaking: Sandy
Soule.
January 10-13 Mid-Atlantic Innkeepers Trade Show & Conference, The Homestead, Hot Springs, VA.
January 17-19 Tri-State Conference (Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio).
March 8-11 Innkeeping Conference & Trade Show, hosted by PAII in cooperation with Select Registry and Texas Bed & Breakfast Association, Austin, TX. Information: conference@paii.org, 856-310-1102.
Free webinars for BedandBreakfast.com members
Watch your inbox for invitations to our new free webinars! We've given several webinars for different sections of the country. We've worked out the kinks and are ready for more! Upcoming topics include Yield Management: It's Not Just for Hotels, Selling the Value of B&Bs over Hotels, and Reviews -- Use It or Lose It.
Here's what webinar participants are saying:
"I thought yesterday's webinar was chock full of great information. The webinars are a very valuable service that BedandBreakfast.com provides and I truly appreciate the information." — Charlotte, Ardmore Inn, Woodstock, VT
"Took more ideas away than I was expecting! Thank you!" — Jill Ryan, The Inn at Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay, MI
"Thank you for your valuable suggestions. I got a whole page of suggestions that we'll be trying to implement in our 2009 marketing efforts." — David, Burgundy Lane B&B, Waynesboro, PA
"I thought the webinar was extremely helpful. It provided a number of new ideas we had not considered. We will be looking into several new advertising venues such as blogs and Facebook/MySpace/Twitter. Thank you for a very informative, useful and enjoyable experience." — Mornington Rose B&B, Stratford, ON
Eric Goldreyer, Sandy Soule, Janice Hurley, Christi Beechwood and Clay Gilkerson attended
the B&B Expo in Brussels in March.
Sandy Soule and Christi Beechwood visited with travelers and innkeepers at the Passion Chambres d'Hotes in Paris.
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, Rachel Rivas, Sara Shusta, 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.
