Update: City beach to reinstate swimming
After a minor rant about the wisdom of prohibiting swimming at the Plattsburgh City Beach, this morning’s editorial in our local press seems to echo many of my concerns. It almost seems like someone there actually ‘gets it’, but stops just short of pointing out the fact that there is economic impact from beach visitation.
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Tags: beach·lake champlain·plattsburgh
Technologically inclined birders may find this event interesting. Thanks to Joan Collins of the Northern NY Birds group for the tip. Full event details below. As some of you might know, the Adirondack Regional Tourism Council has recently rolled out the Adirondack Birding Guide which features the regions birding sites combined with Google Map technology.
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Tags: bird·events·st lawrence county·wildlife
The Cluetrain Manifesto – 95 theses
A day spent talking about marketing has left the TourPro somewhat breathless. Could it be that I was chasing after the cluetrain? Traditional tourism marketing was demolished by the internet, now the ‘established’ internet is quickly being obsoleted by the new centers-of-gravity represented by the growing presence and power of the social networks. (I’m not talking about MySpace)
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Tags: advertising·web 2.0
