Could Maine’s famous tourism attractions include cannabis social clubs in hotels, or “bud-and-breakfast” inns complete with in-room vaporizers and cannabis gift bags? What about farm-to-table dinners with marijuana-infused ingredients? Possibly, said attorneys who offered opinions about the potential business opportunities ahead for Maine’s hospitality industry. Maine legalized marijuana in a referendum question last November, but […]
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New law expands job possibilities for 14- and 15-year-olds
A new Maine law aiming to get 14- and 15-year-olds to fill hospitality jobs in a tight market went into effect on Sunday. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Brian Langley, R-Ellsworth, was partially aimed at loosening Maine’s tight hospitality job market in a tourist season where the state is seeing record low unemployment levels. It […]
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Facebook leader Mark Zuckerberg vacationing in Maine
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is celebrating his fifth wedding anniversary somewhere in rural Maine. The billionaire social media giant posted a notice Friday afternoon that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are taking their annual anniversary trip to the Pine Tree State. He said that his original honeymoon got cut short so he promised Chan […]
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Tourism office's 'This is Me' campaign includes LHS boys soccer team
AUGUSTA — The state’s 2017 tourism marketing campaign unveiled Wednesday at the Maine Governor’s Conference on Tourism includes an innkeeper, a lobsterman and the Lewiston High School boys’ soccer team. The ads are softly shot, showing off some part of Maine and ending with someone saying to the camera, “This is me.” Maine Office of […]
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Maine tourism groups to provide weekly report on snow conditions
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Office of Tourism, Ski Maine Association and Maine Snowmobile Association are collaborating to provide weekly reports on snow conditions across the state. The reports on visitmaine.com will be posted each Wednesday starting in January. Phil Savignano, senior tourism officer, says it’s important for people to know that there’s always snow […]
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Tourism revenue from summer 2016 could break records
PORTLAND — Officials say revenue generated from summer tourism in Maine is poised to break all previous records at the end of August. The Portland Press Herald reports that Maine Revenue Services data shows restaurant and lodging sales for this past summer increased For the four months ending Aug. 30, restaurant sales were up nearly […]
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Maine expects ‘typical foliage season’ despite drought
AUGUSTA — The state declared Wednesday the official start of Maine’s fall foliage season with little change in leaf color. The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 2016 Fall Foliage Report showed less than 5 percent color change in northern Maine. Foliage is expected to reach peak color: Northern Maine: Last week of September into […]
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Gov. Paul LePage turns awards lunch into political speech
NEWRY — Gov. Paul LePage used a state tourism conference’s typically light-and-happy awards ceremony as a political platform Tuesday, calling for everyone in the room to pass the word that current ballot initiatives — including raising the minimum wage — will have a catastrophic effect on the state. “(Tourism is) a great industry; it’s a […]
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How to grow Maine’s $8 billion tourism industry
NEWRY — Everyone has outdoor recreation. Everyone says they’re unique. As a business, you need to find your niche, what makes you “you” — and then go get ’em. Marketing guru Roger Brooks opened the keynote at the annual Maine Governor’s Conference on Tourism on Tuesday with humor and endless advice to a crowd of […]