Hold Your Applause Until The End
“If you done it, it ain’t bragging.” – Walt Whitman
We can’t help it; we’re proud of our Grand Traverse region. And for good reason, as more national accolades have come our way recently…
Old Mission Peninsula: Chicago Sun-Times Travel Writer Lori Rackl criss-crosses the globe, and has compiled her “10 picks for 2010.” Along with sites in Qatar, Germany, and Shanghai, Rackl also urges readers to visit our own Old Mission Peninsula. She writes, “Nearby Napa is how I like to think of this 18-mile-long peninsula — home to seven unique wineries — north of Traverse City.” Rackl also cited Grey Hare Inn and Chateau Chantal as Old Mission favorites.
Horse Shows by the Bay: Our very own summer equestrian festival continues to turn heads locally and nationwide. PhelpsSports.com, a leading equestrian web site, has named Horse Shows by the Bay the 2009 Horse Show of the Year. Each year PhelpsSports.com asks its 500 subscribers to select their favorites in several categories, including horses, riders, trainers and shows. More than 1,000 horse shows are conducted nationwide each year. This year’s Horse Shows by the Bay will be held July 8 – August 1.
Overnight Pet Tags: This Traverse City-based home business started by Marco Barberini has been named a finalist for Homepreneur of the Year by CityMax, a leading Vancouver-based web developer that has built more than 572,000 business web sites. Barberini tells CityMax his online business has grown 100 percent per year, and that he devotes only seven hours per week to the enterprise.
Crystal Mountain: Crystal has nabbed two honors for its new Crystal Spa, which opened a year ago. SpaFinder rated it among the Ten Best internationally in the Winter Sports Category. Some 360,000 votes were cast on the site, which Forbes and USA Today regard as the premier online spa travel resource. And, the November/December 2009 issue of Spa Magazine features Crystal Spa among its Silver Sage Readers’ Choice Awards for Favorite Hotel/Resort Spa: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest. More than 100,000 votes were cast, with Crystal Spa second only to La Prairie at the Ritz Carlton, New York in its category.
Marathon Automotive: The December 2009 issue of Motor Age Magazine, the leading publication of the automotive service industry, has named Marathon Automotive (located at 845 South Airport Rd in TC) as one of the top ten automotive repair shops in the USA. Shops were judged based on customer service and satisfaction, history and mission, business philosophy, employee relations, shop management, technical training and certifications, tools and equipment, parts quality standards, web site, sales and marketing and industry/community involvement. Marathon is the only Michigan shop to win in the five years the magazine has published the awards. Owner Russ Schofield started Marathon in 1980.
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