VCB Director Participates in OACVB Conference

Cambridge/Guernsey County Visitors & Convention Bureau Executive Director Debbie Robinson attended the Ohio Association of Convention & Visitor Bureaus (OACVB) Annual Educational Conference in Mt. Vernon, OH recently. The first evening's activities included dinner at the Historic Russell-Cooper House with a rousing game of Knox Squares at the Place @Woodward afterward. Mt. Vernon is home of Paul Lynd of Hollywood Squares fame.

The following day, Robinson joined other VCB executive directors from around the state for a day full of educational seminars at the Dan Emmett Conference Center.

To read more about Knox Squares, check out the Mount Vernon News at http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/09/09/17/kccvb/ .

Managing Editor of Long Weekends in Area for Long Weekend

Editor of Ohio Magazine's Long Weekends, Marie Catanese, spent an end-of-the-summer weekend in Cambridge recently. Among the many attractions she visited were the National Museum of Cambridge Glass, the Byesville Scenic Railway, the Living Word Outdoor Drama and the Dickens Welcome Center and Ye Ole Curiosity Shop. Marie is seen here on the Byesville Scenic Railway with coal miner Steve who presented her with an Appalachian bouquet of flowers.

She also had her photo taken with Mr. Charles Dickens in the Imagination Station in the Dickens Welcome Center along with artist Martha Jamail and Dickens co-chair Jonett Haberfield.

Marie enjoyed an overnight in the Colonel Taylor Inn and B&B and is seen here with proprietors Jim and Patricia Irvin.

To learn more about Long Weekends, log onto http://www.long-weekends.com/. To learn more about Cambridge/Guernsey County attractions and events, log onto http://www.visitguernseycounty.com/.

Word of Mouse

During a recent quarterly Team Tourism meeting, Guernsey County tourism partners learned from an interesting and interactive Frank Satullo all about the power of the Word of Mouse. In a world in which technological advances boggle the mind, we are just now beginning to get a grip on Web 2.0 when Web 3.0 is already impacting the way we do business. Internet marketing is ever changing, rapidly. Frank helped us understand where we’ve been, where we are and where we’re going and how to get our message to our target audience effectively and inexpensively.

Frank is pictured here with the Cambridge/Guernsey County Visitors & Convention Bureau's office manager, Dawn Beasley.

To learn more about Cambridge/Guernsey County's tourism products, log on to http://www.visitguernseycounty.com/.

Cambridge/Guernsey County VCB Staff Tours Nomad Ridge

The staff of the Cambridge/Guernsey County Visitors & Convention Bureau recently toured the brand new
luxury tented-camp experience at the Wilds. Debbie Robinson, Shauna Hearing, Julie Petrasko, and Dawn Beasly spent an afternoon at Nomad Ridge, an exclusive, adult-only destination that allows visitors to stay overnight at the Wilds. To learn more about Nomad Ridge and other unique opportunities at the Wilds, log onto www.thewilds.org.

Cambridge/Guernsey County Featured on New Television Program

In June of this year, ONN launched Ohio & Company, a brand new weekly magazine show that showcases companies, products, services and events from across the Buckeye State. Next week, Cambridge/Guernsey County will be highlighted during the one half hour episode. The dates and times are as follows:

Tues, July 14th at 6:30pm
Wed, July 15th at 10am
Thurs, July 16th at 11:30am
Fri, July 17th at 11am and 7:30pm

The segment can also be seen on the ONN website http://www.onntv.com/.

The show’s host, Eve Mueller, interviewed Debbie Robinson, executive director of the Cambridge/Guernsey County VCB who explained all of the attractions and events the county has to offer and showcased two new and unique packages visitors can enjoy, Think Pink: Getaways with a Purpose and Sherlock Holmes Weekend. Jonett Haberfield, spoke about the Think Pink Weekends with Eve, and Janine Bock explained Sherlock Homes Weekend.

To learn more about these packages and the attractions and events Cambridge/Guernsey County has to offer, log onto http://www.visitguernseycounty.com/ or call the VCB at 740-432-2022 or toll free 800-933-5480.

In the photo, L) Eve Mueller, host of ONN’s Ohio & Company interviews Janine Bock (standing) Debbie Robinson and Jonett Haberfield for the upcoming episode