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Innovative lodging ideas ; Maine's innkeepers get creative with off-season packages to attract guests
ANN S KIM By ANN S. KIM Staff Writer Portland Press Herald (Maine) 11-16-2008 Innovative lodging ideas ; Maine's innkeepers get creative with off-season packages to attract guestsByline: ANN S KIM By ANN S. KIM Staff WriterEdition: FINALSection: BusinessType: NewsMemo: "In the off-season, you need
Publication: Portland Press Herald (Maine)
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Room to spare, hoping for travelers ; Maine's lodging industry targets nearby residents for vacations here.
ANN S KIM By ANN S. KIM Staff Writer Portland Press Herald (Maine) 02-08-2009 Room to spare, hoping for travelers ; Maine's lodging industry targets nearby residents for vacations here.Byline: ANN S KIM By ANN S. KIM Staff WriterEdition: FINALSection: BusinessType: NewsTypically, innkeeper Jay
Publication: Portland Press Herald (Maine)
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USCG Seeks Dining, Lodging Services in Maine
NORFOLK, Va., July 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard said it was soliciting services to provide temporary dining and lodging for Coast Guard personnel in Rockland, Maine. According to the synopsis: The contractor shall provide temporary lodging, healthy, appetizing,
Publication: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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LODGING APLENTY IN WIDE WILDERNESS OF MAINE.(TRAVEL)
BRYANT POND, Maine -- Alice Arlen drove 25,000 miles and never left her home state of Maine in her quest to survey backwoods accommodations for vacationers looking for a wilderness experience. The result is ``Maine Sporting Camps: A Year-Round Guide to Vacationing at Traditional Hunting &
Publication: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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Tourism group decries lodging tax hike
BANGOR - A proposed three-percent hike in Maine's lodging tax enjoys bipartisan support in Augusta, where lawmakers are trying to revamp the state's revenue formula. The lodging tax, they say, is aimed at tapping tourists, visitors and summer residents for money that would be used, in large part,
Publication: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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Group recommends raising lodging tax
ELLSWORTH - One of the immediate ways Maine could reform its tax structure and start alleviating the tax burden away from property owners is to raise the state lodging tax from 7 cents on every dollar to 10 cents, members of the League of Women Voters were told Saturday. Alan Caron, president and
Publication: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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Maine's Historic Black Point Inn Opens Doors for the Season with Lodging Deals, Specials Events and Green Updates.
May 11, 2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- carborough, ME (Vocus) - Black Point Inn (www.blackpointinn.com) has opened its doors to a season full of events, activities, and attractive lodging specials. With updated guest amenities and a continued investment in being "green," Black Point Inn is
Publication: PRWeb
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Winter gives tourism a lift ; Ski areas, snowmobile dealers and the lodging industry have a good year.
ANN S KIM By ANN S. KIM Staff Writer Portland Press Herald (Maine) 04-05-2009 Winter gives tourism a lift ; Ski areas, snowmobile dealers and the lodging industry have a good year.Byline: ANN S KIM By ANN S. KIM Staff WriterEdition: FINALSection: BusinessType: NewsThe recession had Terry
Publication: Portland Press Herald (Maine)
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Lodging tax no help
As the legislative session begins and budget shortfalls loom, our lawmakers in Augusta will likely pay considerable attention to the recent Brookings Institution's report which outlines an action plan for economic growth and prosperity in our state. While the plan contains many innovative ideas
Publication: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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Countryman Press.(Maine: An Explorer's Guide, 12th ed.)(The 100 Best Art Towns in America: A Guide to Galleries, Museums, Festivals, Lodging and Dining, 4th ed.)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Countryman Press PO Box 748, Woodstock, VT 05091 www.countrymanpress.com Other travel guides on the market cover Maine alone, but few offer the depth of Christina Tree & Nancy English's AN EXPLORER'S GUIDE TO MAINE (0811506680 $19.95), which packs in hundreds of updated web sites in its 12th
Publication: MBR Bookwatch
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