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EDITORIAL - "LUXURY TRAVEL"
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Read what Don Holecek and Joe Fridgen, MTB's editors, have to say about the luxury travel market in Michigan, in light of information recently published in the "Diversity in America" supplement to American Demographics magazine.
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THANKSGIVING FORECAST
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 The MSU Tourism Resource Center is projecting a record level of travel in Michigan over the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday weekend. We also wish you a happy Thanksgiving holiday!
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DEER HUNTING & CWD
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 Join Representative Gerald Van Woerkom, Chair of the Commerce Subcommittee on Tourism and Travel, as he discusses Michigan's plan to protect the state's white-tailed deer herds from Chronic Wasting Disease.
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TOURISM MATTERS
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Tourism Matters – Winter 2002/2003
Serving the Tourism Industry of Michigan
Sally J. Carpenter, Editor
A newsletter publication by MSU Extension Tourism Area of Expertise team
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BENEFITS OF MICHIGAN'S TRAILWAYS
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 Dr. Christine Vogt, an MSU professor in the Department of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources writes about the benefits of Michigan's trailways. She also shares the results of her recently competed Pere Marquette Rail-Trail study, which examines use of a Michigan trail in Midland and Isabella Counties.
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TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES
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ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS
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View a list of current MTB and MTVTA partners and find out about partnership opportunities.
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MICHIGAN TOURISM VIRTUAL TRAINING ACADEMY
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Michigan’s on-line tourism academy has some exciting opportunities under development!
As you probably already know, the first prepaid, self-paced Michigan Tourism Virtual Training Academy (MTVTA) course, “Overcoming Challenging Service Situations in Tourism,” is now available at the academy’s portal web site. Log into www.tourismcenter.msu.edu/MTVTA to check it out.
The academy’s second course “Communications to Develop Relationships in Tourism” is also nearly completed. It contains customized Michigan case studies that the academy has developed especially for you. We’ll be sure to notify you as soon as it launches!
“Advancing Your Service Expertise in Tourism,” will also be released before the end of the year. We have been working closely with several tourism leaders in Michigan to bring you five business examples, illustrating the importance of customer service. We’re excited about being able to bring you this new example of on-line learning.
And don’t forget that upon completion of these courses, you or your employees may contact the academy to receive certificates of achievement!
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BEEFREEWAY TRAINING TOPIC OF THE MONTH
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"Sales Motivation" - Imagine that you are the manager of a sales department. You work very hard and for many hours, but you often wonder if you are being as effective as possible. Sometimes you feel as if you are under-utilizing your available resources, and you fear that your sales team could be more motivated. You ask yourself questions such as, “could I take on more customers and clients?” or ”do I need more and bigger sales to make my business more profitable?” or “is business coming in fast enough to meet my goals?” If some of these situations and questions apply to you, you’ll definitely want to take a look into this month’s BeeFreeway course!
Sales motivation is a primary factor in a sales representative's success. The people who do best in sales have strong internal direction and motivation. In this month’s featured BeeFreeway training module, “Sales Motivation”, you’ll learn how to recognize the characteristics displayed by top sales performers. This course is applicable to tourism industry selling situations, and it can help new salespeople to develop their initial selling skills, as well as assisting experienced salespeople looking for new ideas or a new approach.
You or your employees may click here to begin the FREE* online learning course “Sales Motivation”. (*This software has been licensed and prepaid by the Michigan Virtual University, a unit of the Michigan Department of Career Development.)
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MICHIGAN TRAVEL INTENTIONS INDEX
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Michigan Travel Intentions Index™ is derived from the data generated by a monthly phone survey of 400 households, selected at random, from Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and Ontario. The index is a measure of the difference between respondents who expect to take "more" versus "fewer" pleasure trips to Michigan in the next 12 months. Comparisons are made to the last month and the last 12 months.
11/26/02 – The Michigan Travel Intentions Index™ registered 135.6 in October 2002, compared to 138.1 in September and 141.2 in August. This means that fewer survey respondents intend to travel in Michigan in the next 12 months. The trend exhibited by the MTII™ seems to be mirroring the recent slide seen in the Consumer Confidence Index.
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TOURISM INDUSTRY NEWS & REPORTS
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Your One-Stop Source for Tourism Industry News & Reports!
Click the link below to view dated Michigan tourism industry news links and reports that are organized into twenty different categories, making it easy for you to find items of interest that apply to your sector of the industry.
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Click this link to view a similar page with national tourism industry news links and reports.
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