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Profiles: Your Town A Destination

In this months feature from Your Town A Destination, Roger and Maury talk about the rule of telling stories, rule #16 and how great stories can make an experience that much more memborable.

This month we would like to feature two local businesses; St. Eugene Mission Golf Resort Casino and Fort Steele Heritage Town in Cranbrook and see how they apply their story telling techniques into their marketing plans.

Check out these business features and more in the April issue of Rockies Tourism Networker newsletter.

Previously featured - Rule #13, Rule#22, Rule #24

What's Happening...

Rockies Tourism Networker, April 2009 - 4/4/2009
Delta Announces Weekly Summer Service - 4/1/2009
Tourism Kimberley announces Kimberley: A Marketing Avatar - 3/30/2009
Marketing Feature :The Age of Persuasion with Terry O'Reilly - 3/18/2009
Rockies Networker, March 2009 - 3/17/2009
Federal Budget 2009 extended the opportunities for work sharing - 3/9/2009

LEGENDS TOLD: St. Eugene Mission Golf Resort Casino

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Legends Night at St. Eugene Mission Golf Resort Casino

Cultural tourism is the fastest growing sector of the tourism industry. Visitors want more than stunning locations, unique settings and fun activities. The baby boomers, the first of the ‘most educated’ generations, want to know more about the places they are visiting.

EXPERIENCE HISTORY: Fort Steel Heritage Town

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Fort Steele, explore yesterday today!

There are a great many stories that flow through time with old places. Old buildings once had people living and working in them and human curiosity, especially in this day and age when tourists hunger for more information and education in their experiences, is richly rewarded with a visit to Fort Steele Heritage town, located 14 km north east on Highway, No.3 from Cranbrook.

BRANDING A UNIQUE IDEA: Spirit Trail Adventures

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Dinner in an Igloo

Using their story-telling abilities and warm engaging characters, as well as a delightful touch in the kitchen, co-owners of Spirit Trail Adventures - Martina Danzer and Charlie Sims have developed their 'Dinner in an Igloo' into a unique and fascinating experience for not just tourists, but regular Canadians, as well.

BRANDING UNIQUE QUALITIES: The White House in Windermere

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Every Windermere needs a White House

Near the original Windermere Lake in Britain’s Lake District, there is the White House bed and breakfast and bar. It’s a fine old establishment by all accounts, if one contemplates what makes a fine old place in the old world.