Calling All Tourism-Driven Businesses

I haven't been on here for a while, and for that I do deeply apologize. However, today's post is a matter of function over fun or frivolity. I wanted to re-blog an email I received today from the Ohio Dept. of Tourism. If you're a tourism-based business, I suggest you get your free listing in. Not very often are there FREE opportunities in advertising, especially one so well-distributed as this:

2010 Travel Planner Listing Deadline July 23
Be part of the 2010 Ohio Travel Planner! All Ohio travel and tourism entities are invited to submit/update their organization's information in the Buckeye database by 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, to have your free listing considered for inclusion in the 2010 Ohio Travel Planner (400,000 printed). The planner is Ohio's primary tourism information fulfillment piece and is sent to anyone requesting Ohio information from DiscoverOhio.com or 1-800-BUCKEYE.

If your database entry is current, there is no need to re-submit. Please review your entries to ensure information is current and accurate. Due to space limitations, not all listings submitted and approved will appear in the Travel Planner, however, all approved listings will be available on DiscoverOhio.com.

The planner features listings for convention and visitor bureaus and visitor service organizations, attractions, recreation, restaurants, lodging and shopping. Each listing includes business name in bold, address, city, ZIP code, phone number and Web address. Enhanced listings and advertising services may be purchased by contacting Jillian LaManna, Great Lakes Publishing advertising coordinator, at jlamanna@ohiomagazine.com or (216) 377-3655. The ad close date is Nov. 19.