150th Anniversary of Civil War Recognized in 2011

Staff members of the Cambridge/Guernsey County Visitors & Convention Bureau recently attended Ohio's Appalachian Country's quarterly meeting in Coshocton. Guest speakers were Mark Holbrook and Kristina Kuehling from the Ohio Historical Society who spoke about Civil War 150, the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The Ohio Historical Society is working on new approaches for telling Ohio's story of its participation in the Civil War through regional partnerships, statewide networking, and leveraging resources. Look for traveling exhibits in the future featuring Democracy, Transformation and Memory.

Pictured here are Debbie Robinson, executive director of the VCB and Mark Holbrook.

To learn more about Civil War 150, log onto http://www.ohiocivilwar150.org/.

Team Tourism Members Learn How to Prepare Their Businesses for Disaster

On Monday, January 25, Guernsey County Tourism Industry members met for their quarterly meeting. Presenting a program on emergency preparedness, Ron Clawson, a 25 year veteran in the insurance and property management industry explained to the group how to prevent disasters and the steps to take in the event one takes place. Pictured here with Ron are the owners of Rainbow International, specialists in restoration and cleaning, (l) Scott Hart and John Hart.

Team Tourism meets in at Theo's in downtown Cambridge quarterly to network with one another, share valuable information, and learn about travel trends that may effect their businesses.

To learn more about Cambridge/Guernsey County Tourism, log onto http://www.visitguernseycounty.com/.

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/.