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July 2006 At A Glance July 2006At A Glance SSVS Newsletter July 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In This Issue * SSVS News * Sample Itineraries Now Available Online! * Countdown to ASA Softball Tournament * Wild Waves Coupons Available * Travel Trade Show * Rachael Ray Show Needs Our Help * Progress Report: Seattle Southside Tourism Map * Sea-Tac Airport Update * Interesting Industry Trends! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sample Itineraries Now Available Online! Itineraries for Seattle Southside and the Region are Now Online! At the visitor center, we have been offering sample itineraries to visitors when they just aren't quite sure what they want to do on their vacation. Now, we are offering those sample itineraries for you to utilize when helping your customers too! Simply visit www.SeattleSouthside.com (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=zg6l4wbab.0.0.7n4hpun6.0&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seattlesouthside.com%2Fpage.php%2Fgroup_travel%2Ftour_itineraries) and view and print these sample itineraries as you need them. We will be paying special attention to the needs of our visitors and updating these itineraries with the most popular sites. Link To View Itineraries - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=zg6l4wbab.0.0.7n4hpun6.0&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seattlesouthside.com%2Fpage.php%2Fgroup_travel%2Ftour_itineraries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Countdown to ASA Softball Tournament Teams start arriving July 30th! You’ve been hearing about it and we’ve been eagerly awaiting the beginning of it and the time has finally come for the Amateur Softball Association Girls 16-U National Championships. The ASA National Championships will be brining in over 135 teams from across the nation, over 100 college coaches and thousands of friends, family and spectators. The tournament will be held at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Russell Road Softball Complex in Kent and at Celebration Park in Federal Way from July 31, 2006 – August 6, 2006. If you would like to attend a game or two while this national tournament is in town, tickets are available for $10.00/day for an adult or $5.00/day for youth. Link To Official Tournament Website - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=zg6l4wbab.0.0.7n4hpun6.0&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seattle16anationals.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wild Waves Coupons Available Print Out $6 Off Coupons to Wild Waves Water Park! Now available on the Seattle Southside website are $6 off coupons for up to six people to Wild Waves Water Park. Your guests will surely be excited to utilize these special offers with this summer heat out of control! Just click onto our website www.SeattleSouthside.com (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=zg6l4wbab.0.0.7n4hpun6.0&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seattlesouthside.com%2Fspecial_offer.php%3Fimg%3D%2Fuploads%2Fattractions%2F41-c.gif)and print out the coupon as you need it. Link To Wild Waves Coupon - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=zg6l4wbab.0.0.7n4hpun6.0&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seattlesouthside.com%2Fspecial_offer.php%3Fimg%3D%2Fuploads%2Fattractions%2F41-c.gif ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Travel Trade Show Attraction Vendors Still Needed This September 28th from 3-6 pm, the Tacoma Convention and Visitors Bureau is coordinating the first South Sound Travel Show to be held at the Puyallup Fair Grounds. The show will feature the region's favorite attractions and services and a guest list of the region's top travel agents and group travel planners. The Tacoma CVB is still looking for a few more attractions to fill booth space. If you are interested, please contact Carly Stedman, Marketing Manager, at (253) 284-3267 or carly@traveltacoma.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rachael Ray Show Needs Our Help The Rachael Ray show from New York City is scouring the country for unique snacks and food items to be used for the show give-aways. They have specifically asked for Washington related ideas, snacks and items that would be donated to the show to be used to give away to their on air audience in conjunction with the taping of the Rachael Ray Show that will begin airing soon. If your company or business has non perishable food or snack items that it would like to donate to the Rachael Ray show that represents the food styles of Washington or the region, please contact us at the Visitor Center! Ideas might include smoked salmon packages, coffee items, etc. Contact Us If You Would Like To Participate! - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=zg6l4wbab.0.0.7n4hpun6.0&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seattlesouthside.com%2Fpage.php%2Fcontact_us%3FPHPSESSID%3D1d94f715395e97a0b76d39c1ece14b77 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Progress Report: Seattle Southside Tourism Map The New Tourism Map is on its Way! As the summer heat hits unbelievably hot temperatures, the Seattle Southside staff has been working their tails off to produce the new Seattle Southside Tourism Map. All of the hard work is soon to pay off! The map is currently undergoing pre-press production and is scheduled to print long before the summer is gone. Keep your eyes peeled for important mailings regarding map distribution as these babies are sure to be a hot commodity! In addition, SSVS launched the "Every Map Leads To A Treasure" promotion, encouraging travelers to visit www.SeattleSouthside.com and follow the link to order a new tourism map and be automatically entered into the grand prize drawing to win a weekend getaway in Seattle Southside. Please encourage your guests to enter! Official rules can be found on our website. Special thanks to Seattle Marriott at SeaTac, Thrifty Car Rental at SeaTac, The Spirit of Washington Dinner Train, Westfield Southcenter, ACME Bowl, the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum, The Museum of Flight, the Rainforest Cafe, and the Family Fun Center for their gracious donations to the drawing. Link to www.SeattleSouthside.com to view Map Promotion - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=zg6l4wbab.0.0.7n4hpun6.0&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.SeattleSouthside.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sea-Tac Airport Update New Information Desks at Sea-Tac Airport Help Travelers with Ground Transportation, Way Finding Two new information kiosks – one in Baggage Claim and one behind security in the Central Terminal – are busy answering questions and assisting airport travelers. The fully staffed Airport Information Booth, on the Baggage Claim level of the Main Terminal across from Carousel 12, (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=zg6l4wbab.0.0.7n4hpun6.0&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.portseattle.org%2Fabout%2Fmaps%2Fbaggageclaim.shtml) is open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. Staff assists travelers and airport visitors with ground transportation information, general airport information, and suggestions about how to spend extra time in the airport prior to check-in or between flights. The new information desk in Central Terminal (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=zg6l4wbab.0.0.7n4hpun6.0&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.portseattle.org%2Fabout%2Fmaps%2Fcte.shtml) serves passengers during peak travel times. It is staffed by Airport Volunteers from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday. Stop at the information desk to get answers to questions about shopping, dining, and gate locations and where to find the new children's play area. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interesting Industry Trends! DID YOU KNOW? Attending a sporting event ranks 10th among things to do on a trip and two-fifths of US adults are considered to be "sports event travelers" (attending a sporting event more than 50 miles away from home). Fifty-two percent of sports event travelers stay overnight in a hotel while on their trip and spend at least $235 on their trip. The above excerpt is from Travel Industry Association of America. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SSVS News Kari Got Hitched! Our Community Liaison, Kari Gallaway, is now officially Kari Lucey. Kari got “hitched” earlier this month to Michael Lucey of Tacoma. Kari will continue to send out sales leads to all of our associates and continue to keep us all informed of news and events in Seattle Southside. Kari’s email, kari@seattlesouthside.com, will remain the same, so no need to make any changes to your email list. We are very happy for Kari and Mike and wish them a lifetime of well wishes. As always, please feel free to contact Kari Lucey if you have any questions or need assistance. Calendar of Events Music In The Park Angle Lake, SeaTac July 29th-30th SeaFair Fleet Arrival Seattle August 3rd-6th SeaFair AirShow Seattle, Lake Washington August 4th-6th SeaFair Chevrolet Cup Seattle, Lake Washington August 4th-6th Aerobatic Day Museum of Flight August 12th Yesterdays Car Show Des Moines Field House August 19th-20th Gordys BBQ on the Patio Tukwila August 26th 71st Longacres Mile Emerald Downs August 20th Call for Submissions! The fourth and final edition of the 2006 Travel Update E-Newsletter will be coming out at the beginning of October. Our first three issues have shown a great success with open and click-through rates higher than the national average! We would appreciate submissions from you, our associates, to help make this last newsletter of the year a great one. If you would like to be included, please forward Karla any specials, deals or news items for the newsletter by September 22nd to karla@seattlesouthside.com. 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