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Greetings,
Memorial Day is upon us! Hope you have a happy and safe (and
prosperous) weekend.
This enewsletter is our way of letting you know the opportunities,
upcoming events and other items of interest that come across our desks
each week. Have something new happening at your place? Keep us up-to- date
by emailing us the details: [email protected]
Know of someone who could use the information in this eNewsletter? Use
the easy new "forward" feature at the bottom of this email!
82nd Annual Meeting
The Directors and Officers of the Cape Cod Chamber of
Commerce
Cordially Invite You & Your Guests
to the 82nd Annual
Meeting on June 18, 2003
Reception, Dinner, Election of Directors and
Presentation of the Cape Cod Business Excellence Awards
at the Cape
Codder Resort & Spa, Route 132 & Bearses Way, Hyannis
Social Hour from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. and Dinner will
follow
The cost is $40 per person, $300 for a table of 8
Register
Now!
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PBS Weekend Explorer |
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 PBS Weekend Explorer travel
series is coming to Cape Cod! PBS Weekend Explorer travel series is
an Emmy and Telly award winning production featuring scenic
destinations with unique attractions. The show features the history,
nature, wildlife and culture of the destinations and searches out
both traditional landmarks and best kept secrets.
Background:
- Weekend Explorer shows are presented on 140 public
broadcasting stations with additional stations adding each month.
- Last year Weekend Explorer aired more than 2,050 telecasts
with a total viewership of 15 million.
- Viewer demographics are 53% women, 47% males with an average
household income of $70,000.
- Each program is broadcast a minimum of four times during a
two-year period on members stations.
- Additionally the show airs in more than a dozen foreign
countries, including HBO E. Europe.
- PBS.org is the most visited .org site on the internet. Weekend
Explorer is by far the most visited travel site on PBS.org with
6,000 individual visitors/week.
Cost:
Rooms/Meals for a crew of 5-6 for 4-6 nights. (Hosted/RTC)
Here is where I need your help and ideas
- 5 Comp rooms from June 26 to June 30
- Meals
- Unique attractions and people
This program will mean
thousands and thousands of free advertising dollars for Cape Cod so
please help where you can.
Please call 508-862-0700 ext. 512 or E-mail me
[email protected] as soon as possible.
Thank
you!
Arthur R. Ratsy
Vice President Tourism
Visit the Weekend
Explorer website »
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New Orleans Office for Career Opportunities |
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career center, has opened an office at 77 Finlay Road, Orleans and
will hold an Open House for employers from 12:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 28th. Each employer who attends the Open House will
automatically receive a complimentary gift, free Career
Opportunities membership and an information packet to help you get
started using Career Center services. If you cannot attend, but
would like to know more about the many employer services offered at
Career Opportunities, please call Pat Whalen at (508) 240-1900.
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Cape Cod Chamber Joins "Green" Hotels
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| Wendy Northcross, Cape Cod Chamber CEO,
announced that the Chamber joined the "Green" Hotels Association in
March as an educator member. This membership honors the Chamber's
commitment to help protect Cape Cod-and our earth- through a
campaign to enlist more Cape lodging members in the organization.
Properties can qualify for membership in this growing and
influential organization by instituting measures that save water,
energy and reduce solid waste. Hotels can easily institute
relatively simple changes, such as providing gentle reminders in
several languages asking guests to consider re-using their towels a
second time and foregoing a change of bed linens every day. Not only
will thousands of gallons of water and detergent be saved, but this
directly affects sewage volume and toxicity. Such seemingly minor
changes can save the property up to 5% in utility costs (properties
can save more than $6.50 per day per occupied room*) and at least
70% of guests will likely participate. Properties can also readily
institute recycling programs for aluminum cans, glass, newspapers,
cardboard and other solid waste, thereby making a direct
contribution to lessening the impact of solid waste volume on our
landfills. Since Cape Cod trucks solid waste, for the most part, off
Cape, this is of particular importance.
Other changes, which can contribute to the "greening" of Cape
Cod, include: installing water-saving toilet dams and low-flow
showerheads, providing reminders for guests to turn off lights and
HVAC and to take hotel bar soaps home for use rather than
discarding. Individually, these seem like relatively minuscule
measures, but, as a destination, Cape Cod can truly make a
difference in promoting ecological consciousness throughout the Cape
and with its visitors, the majority of which will applaud and praise
such efforts!
In addition to the obvious positive impact of such changes,
hoteliers, innkeepers and B&B owners who have adopted "green"
practices are finding their conservation measures have helped reduce
the negative impact of the recent economic downturn.
Read More...
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Seeking Copyright Free Photography |
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| Do you have copyright free photos that you are
willing to share with the Cape Cod Chamber? We are seeking copyright
free photos, especially scenes with people/families for use in
tourism promotional pieces. Any digital photography must be at least
300 dpi.
Submissions may be sent to Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, PO Box
790, Hyannis, MA 02601. For more information or questions, please
contact Elaine Perry at 508-862-0700, ext 518.
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Post your jobs for free! |
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| Just a reminder that the Cape Cod Chamber
Career & Job Center is up and running. This section of our
website is designed to assist both members who are looking for
employees and those individuals seeking employment.
All Cape Cod Chamber Members (with an email address on file at
the Chamber office) have the capability to post employment listings
that will be seen by a variety of people seeking employment.
Visitors are encouraged to post resumes online and search job
listings thorough this site simply by providing a current e-mail
address. (In fact, everyone who sends resumes to our attention for
summer jobs are asked to go through this system. That is over 100
people so far this year!)
Check it
out... »
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Buzzards Bay Oil Spill Disaster Assistance & Information
Center |
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| The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
(MEMA), in cooperation with the Resposible Party, Bouchard
Transportation, has opened a Disaster Assistance & Information
Center at the Hampton Inn off Alden Road (Rtes 240 & 6) in
Fairhaven, MA. The Center remains open Monday through Saturday from
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM for an indefinite period. The Center is designed
to provide detailed information to business owners, fishermen, boat
owners, property owners, yacht clubs, marinas, and municipalities.
Affected parties will have the ability to file insurance claims with
representatives of the Responsible Party's carrier in the Center.
Additionally, the National Pollution Fund Center, as well as state,
federal, local and volunteer agencies and organizations continue to
be present to offer assistance.
The Center represents one central location which area businesses
and residents can contact, 508-990-1400, or visit to initiate the
reimbursement and recovery process or just obtain answers to their
questions.
Massachusetts Emergency Management
Agency Website »
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| UPCOMING EVENTS & WORKSHOPS |
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JUNE
10: CAPE COD CHAMBER MEMBER BUSINESS NETWORKING GROUP
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JUNE
18: CAPE COD CHAMBER ANNUAL MEETING & DINNER
SEPTEMBER
22: 6TH ANNUAL CAPE COD CHAMBER GOLF CLASSIC
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