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Register Today for Tourism Talks Breakfast
Our next Tourism Talks Breakfast will be held on Tuesday, Nov 8. All employees at Tourism Partner businesses are welcome to attend this free event, which will take place from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at the
Parkway Chateau at Brat Stop (12304 75th Street). This session will be a Tourism Partner Showcase, facilitated by KACVB staff and YOU! It's designed to help Tourism Partners get to know each other a little better, and to foster better collaboration. Partners have signed up to present to the group regarding their organization's goals, upcoming projects, and ideas for collaboration. There's still time to register to attend:
contact Laura
today.
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In The News
Here are two more articles from The Walking Tourists, who visited in May. Their most recent articles feature Mars Cheese Castle and Uke's Harley-Davidson. Is something noteworthy happening at your business? Be sure Meridith is on your media release distribution list. Need help with a release? Contact Meridith!
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Winter Hours at I-94 Location
Winter hours have begun at our I-94 Visitor Information Center: it is now staffed 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. While the location is open as a rest stop 24 hours a day, KACVB staff is available to assist travelers during the posted hours. On April 1, spring/summer hours will resume and the Center will be staffed 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., seven days a week. Hours at our downtown location remain the same throughout the year: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A reminder, First Fridays continues year-round at the I-94 location. Contact Laura to participate at the open house event.
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Coupons/Military Discounts/Packages
Get added exposure and increase traffic to your business by offering visitors coupons for extra savings on your product and services! Just provide
Meridith with the details of your offer and we'll take care of posting the coupon on
VisitKenosha.com. Perhaps you already offer a coupon on your own; just provide us with the details so we can help promote the same offer! If you offer a
military discount, please make sure
we know that too! Also, consider partnering with fellow Tourism Partners to create packages. Packages that combine hotel accommodations with meals, an activity or attraction, shopping gift cards or other products and services offer travelers convenience and greater perceived value. To post an overnight travel package at no cost on
VisitKenosha.com, please contact
Meridith.
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HobNob has placed in the Top 10 of the Travel Wisconsin Supper Club Showdown. The Wisconsin Department of Tourism's website TravelWisconsin.com recently held a contest, in which people could vote for their favorite supper clubs. According to this article by Mary Bergin about the finalists, Wisconsin is home to 250-plus supper clubs! Congrats, HobNob!
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Reforestation Project at "Pets"
Kenosha County Executive Jim Kreuser has announced the award of $98,757 by the U.S. Forest Service to reforest 317 trees within Petrifying Springs Park and Golf Course. The funds were awarded to support local environmental restoration projects across six states. The grants are part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a cooperative effort between federal, tribal, state and local partners. "This grant will greatly aid our efforts to properly reforest our park and golf course following the impacts of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) infestation, and will go a long way in protecting the Pike River Watershed," Kreuser stated in a release. More>
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Featured Business: Mike's Chicken & Donut Bar
You see the pink boxes walking down the street in Downtown Kenosha - and you know they are in the hands of happy customers who just came from Mike's Donuts & Chicken. Inside those boxes are glazed donuts, cake donuts, specialty donuts, maple bacon praline long johns. All are oversized - baked fresh that day - with homemade, wild, crazy, delicious, and unique toppings and fillings. Combine those donuts with chicken and you have
Mike's Donuts & Chicken and Mike's Chicken & Donut Bar - two one-of-a-kind businesses under the same roof at 707 56th Street.
More>
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Happy Halloween from a few members of our team:
- An Occluding Extratropical Cyclone (Jake)
- Milk (Laura) and Cookie (Meridith)
- Coach Bill Belichick (Kris)
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Dates 2 Know
11/4: First Fridays @ the I-94 Visitor Information Center (
Participate!)
11/8: Tourism Talks Breakfast
11/24: I-94 Location Closed for Thanksgiving
11/24-25: Downtown Location Closed for Thanksgiving
12/2: First Fridays @ the I-94 Visitor Information Center (Participate!)
12/23, 26: Downtown Location Closed for Christmas
12/24: I-94 Location Open 8 a.m.-Noon
12/30, 1/2: Downtown Location Closed for New Year's
12/31: I-94 Location Open 8 a.m.-Noon
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KACVB Activity Report
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October 2016 |
YTD |
| Visitors Guide Requests |
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| Phone |
5 |
221 |
E-mail
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107 |
2,635 |
Reader Reply
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261 |
4,706 |
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| I-94 Walk Ins |
3,167 |
27,788 |
| I-94 Phone Inquiries |
58 |
481 |
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| Downtown Walk Ins |
47 |
389 |
| Downtown Phone Inquiries |
36 |
361 |
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| Website Activity |
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Visitor Sessions
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38,425 |
406,488 |
Page Views
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98,528 |
1,063,503 |
Online Guide Page Views
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17,829 |
268,057 |
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Give thanks for all the beautiful natural resources our state offers residents and visitors! Do your part to preserve those resources by having your business
Travel Green Wisconsin certified
!
Learn more about this program by contacting
Laura
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Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
Visitor Information Centers:
Downtown Kenosha | 262-654-7307 | 800-654-7309
812 - 56th Street, Kenosha, WI 53140 | Mon.-Fri. 8am-4:30pm
I-94 & Hwy. 165 Rest Area | 262-857-7164
10519 - 120th Avenue, Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158
April - October, 7 days a week 8am-4pm | November - March, Tues.-Sat. 8am-4pm
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