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Contact: Amy Powers, Director
CruiseMaine Welcomes Three New Associate Members February 26, 2007- CruiseMaine Director Amy Powers is pleased to announce that the Washington County Commissioners office, GetEtched, and the Maine Tourism Association recently joined the CruiseMaine marketing coalition-bringing the total number of the coalition’s Business Partners to eleven.
ADMIRAL LEVEL Washington County Commissioners –Port of Eastport advocate John Miller who is the proprietor of Moose Island General Store deserves credit for fostering the new relationship between CruiseMaine and Commissioner Chris Gardner. The coalition has represented the Port of Eastport since our founding in 2002, yet this year marks the first season that the port will host a cruise ship (two calls from CruiseWest) in over 10 years and they look forward to being a regular stop on the new PEARL SEAS CRUISES ships in 2008 which will sail from Portland throughout Atlantic Canada and on to the St. Lawrence Seaway. For the last three years we have promoted local gourmet foods produced in Washington County at the Cruise Lines International Association's reception we host at the Seatrade Shipping Convention in Miami; including Wyman’s Blueberry Juice (which is now served on AMERICAN CRUISE LINES year round), Raye’s Mustards, and this year we will be adding Mainely Smoked Salmon dip which is made in Perry and Gourmet Chocolates from Monica’s Chocolates in Lubec. Contact: Chris Gardner, Commissioner, cgardner26@hotmail.com www.washingtoncounty.com CAPTAIN LEVEL Get Etched-This Brunswick, ME based company is only 2 years old and was born from the President Mike Roy's professional relationship turned friendship with NASCAR's Michael Waltrip. Mike takes images and logos and laser etches them on polished black granite which he ships to Maine from China. The pieces of granite they use range in size from paper weights to 8 x 11 larger pieces. They offer their products to Walt Disney World EPCOT, Norwegian Cruise Lines, TRANS OCEAN PHOTOS, Ladies Professional Golf Association, Professional Bowler’s Association, NASCAR, the NBA, Circus Circus Casino and many other corporate clients. Contact: Mike Roy, President PH: 207-373-9055 E-Mail: Mike@getetched.com Web: www.getetched.com
ENSIGN LEVEL The Maine Tourism Association – is a private nonprofit membership organization dedicated to promoting the interests of its membership, most of whom are tourism-related businesses. The mission of the MTA is to serve as a unifying organization representing the common interests of the tourism industry; to create economic opportunities for their membership by helping visitors and the general public become more aware of the unique quality of the Maine experience.
Contact: Vaughn Stinson, CEO Ph: 623-0363 Email: vs1@mainetourism.com www.mainetourism.com.
For information on CruiseMaine’s Associate Membership program, please contact Amy Powers, Director 207.310.0998 or director@cruisemaineusa.com. |
