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...Taste of the Kenai" Food and Spirit Tasting Event Friday, February 9 at the Soldotna Sports Center. According to Shanon Hamrick KPTMC executive director, the event sold out 200 tickets an entire week in advance for the second year in a row...
...rapidly growing trend. "Event tourism is growing nationally and we have an opportunity to develop that," said Shanon Hamrick, executive director of the Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council. Local events - like farmer's markets, fairs...
...the Kenai Peninsula is still a microcosm for what tourists seek in Alaska: mountains, glaciers and wildlife, said Shanon Hamrick. "We've branded ourselves Alaska's Playground, and that's really what we are," said Hamrick, executive...
...fourth quarters of 2010. Those quarters see the most local tourism and tourist revenue, said KPTMC Executive Director Shanon Hamrick. That revenue, while a boon for the area, can be a double edged sword when it dies down, she said. "When tourism...
The Kenai Peninsula began to see a reversal of a decline in travelers this summer, Shanon Hamrick, Executive Director for the Kenai Peninsula Tourism and Marketing Council, said. A good sign for Alaska Tourism, which has...
...RSVP at 283-7989. The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesday at noon at Froso's. A presentation from Shanon Hamrick, executive director, Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council is planned. Lunch is $13. For more information...
...Transport; to the volunteer judges- Kyle Fisher, Regina Davis, Brenda Hartman, Jim Stogsdill and Pete Sprague. Shanon Hamrick, thank you for your invaluable help at the judge's stand and Merrill Sikorski, our Master of Ceremonies. Thank...
...budget. In response to the yearly uncertainty of whether the organization would get funded, KPTMC executive director Shanon Hamrick said the group's board of directors pitched an industry-driven 1 percent sales tax on tourism services throughout...
...do," he said. "My observation is that it is based on a special interest leverage of votes on the assembly."Shanon Hamrick, executive director of KPTMC, said her organization had not yet taken a stance on the issue."But, we want to...
...Attorney's office regarding the legality of that idea and working to examine other funding ideas, executive director Shanon Hamrick said.Murphy said she doesn't think people "would even notice" the one-tenth of a percent increase."I don't...