Hi Hidden Techies, I am working with tour guides to build customized business networking/development tours and programs in locations listed below. There are big business opportunities for those who want to partner with me in this new business line, which brewed up recently when a NJ tour guide reached me to create customized programming for her group. I have been working with one of our members in NJ, Betty Schwartz, to develop the contacts, pull out discounts and create programming for customers. We are the programming people and liaisons to the attractions/lodgings ONLY, not the booking agents or tour guides. (Aside - Betty is building her voice over portfolio and will help you cut rate; free if you can get her out on YouTube, to clients, etc . . .) I am looking people who might want to partner with me, have an internship or subcontract labor. I know of several businesses in the region that work in tourism, so I would love to connect with you if you want. Anyone in marketing/sales would also be welcome to reach me. Please do so directly at az at a-zinternational.com. If I can get groups of 10 or more then I can get rates cut in half at most lodgings. Example - you can get very nice accommodations in Harbour Island for $65 - $75/night, including tax and maid service; $100/night at a very elegant Berkshires hotel and spa; $55/night at a very nice Berkshires Quality Inn. All is arrange. And, if Hidden Techies do come with me to these locations I can arrange to connect you to business owners for networking purposes. I would even create a business networking meeting through the lodgings and/or attractions. So, come network with me and build your business in paradises from Franklin County to The Bahamas, Cape May County, NJ to the Berkshires. What more fun than making business while you play. The big corps do it and so can we. See options below. They were addressed to tour guides. best, Amy Zuckerman Hidden Tech founder www.a-zinternational.com NORTH BERKSHIRE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES, MASS. OPTIONS Shelburne Falls, for example, has the famous Bridge of Flowers and is quite an artist's destination. There are more Buddhist shrines, ashrams and spiritual healers -- and yes, yoga instructors -- in Franklin County then in half of South East Asia. OK, than anywhere outside of Marin County. Not an exaggeration. Half of my Hidden Hollywood studios are here. The biggie in the Berkshires is in Williamstown, just 40 minutes away or less. THE ARTS, Hidden Hollywood tour can combine visits in North Berkshire County with MOCA and the Clarke Art Museum in Williamstown, plus Synthespian studios (just did special effects for Surrogate) with a dip into Franklin County to visit artists and digital artists, plus a day in Shelburne Falls. I LOVE that place. Lew and I go there whenever we need a getaway near home. For MIND, BODY, SPIRIT we can do the tour of Tibet (3,000 Tibetans now in this region) I have devised (it is amazing) with a yoga workshop and shamanic journeys, psychics, channelers, etc .. .for those who want some fun on the mystical side. It will sound weird to you, but I find these folks (the good ones, anyway) to range from amusing to enlightening. The Porches is a fabulous and very unusual modern lodging in North Adams across from MOCA. There are great restaurants now in this former Mill Town. It is very, very New York. Look up Mass MOCA. What a unique place. And there are lovely B & B's just down Rt. 2 heading East. For hikers and kayakers there are great river tours. SOUTH BERKSHIRE COUNTY Again, we can do Hidden Hollywood and Mind, Body, Spirit with different museums and practitioners. All has been researched now. NOTE: I have three Berkshire lodgings available ranging from $100 - $55/night. Some are very luxurious. All are very comfortable. CAPE MAY, NJ Betty has established contact with my brother who will personally guide her to his team. He and I do not work together as there is sibling crap, but we got his attention. I know he urgently needs business and will pull out all stops to make whatever programming we want. I will act as a behind-the-scenes adviser as I know the place intimately. Lodging rates to be determined. They will be reasonable. HARBOUR ISLAND, ELEUTHERA I have lodging at Tingum Village on Harbour Island. This is a very clean, simple bungalow hotel with fabulous food. The owner is the mother of half of the top politicians of the Bahamas. Not exaggerating. They have a beach house, very lovely, that sleeps 10. I have booked a three-bedroom cottage from Feb. 14 - 21 for myself, Julia and a buddy. If you wanted to join me for even three nights (very doable), it would probably cost you about $100/night. I also shipped you information on another lodging down by the harbor - Valentine's. The Landing is the place owned by Prince Charles' cousin, India Jones. I mixed that one up. Both are very Bahamas, very lovely. The owner can bring in a historian to offer a lecture/tour of the island. We can offer a photography tour as this is often a site for filmmakers and photographers given the stunning landscape and ocean scenes. 200 miles of untrammeled beaches. It is truly heaven on earth. Group rates - $65 - $75/night - tax/maid service included I am around a lot now. Please make a time to talk. best, AZ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20100119/e4477f1f/attachment.html