To: All Interested Parties                                        Contact: Amy Powers

                                                                               Director, 207-310-0998

CruiseMaine Announces Associate Membership Program

The CruiseMaine coalition which was formed in January of 2003 to represent coastal Maine destinations interested in attracting the business of cruise line's recently announced a new Associate Membership program.

“We wanted to expand our membership so we could more aggressively solicit the business of cruise lines to the coast of Maine,” said Amy Powers, director of the coalition. “Combining the resources of willing parties who have the same goals in common with ours provides us with new opportunities to have more flexibility and impact with our outreach programs.”

The program is available to all businesses in the state which benefit from increased business of the cruise lines in Maine . There are several affordable levels of membership.

For information on the benefits of becoming an Associate Member, please contact Amy at 310-0998.