White Wash Sand Dunes Temporary Filming Closure
The White Wash Sand Dunes open OHV area will be closed for filming for approximately one week in late May, early June 2010. The Ruby Ranch Road, as well as all the other roads and trails in the area will remain open for visitor use. For example, the roads and trails in the Crystal Geyser area will be available for motorized use, and may be used as an alternative to the White Wash Sand Dunes.
Filming dates are subject to change. Please check for updates posted at the Travel Council's website before planning a trip to the White Wash Sand Dunes. For additional information you may contact the Moab to Monument Valley Film Commission at 435-259-4341 or tara@moabcity.org
The new bridge is open!
We just noticed a few moments ago that they opened the first side of the new bridge. You should all take a drive and experience it!
Cast your ballot for Utah!!!
Link: http://www.tvly.com/cabinfever
The Travelocity Roaming Gnome is currently touring major ski & snowboard winter destinations across the country. Where will he go next? Utah is up against Lake Tahoe. Millions of people are now voting for their favorite destinations and Utah needs your support to win. We all know Utah has The Greatest Snow on Earth® and is the best place for winter play. If Utah receives the most votes, the Roaming Gnome will visit our area, plus Utah will receive free publicity worth thousands of dollars. This gives Utah more travel business and is great for our economy.
(once there, click to become a Facebook "friend" to vote)
Vote as many times as you can. Tell all your friends too!
You can also write great comments about Utah on the Gnome’s wall at www.facebook.com/travelocity.
Become a friend of the Travelocity Roaming Gnome on Facebook and Vote on his “Cabin Fever” tab. Keep clicking on the Cabin Fever tab for a fresh ballot to vote again an again for Utah! Voting runs from January 27 through February 3rd at 10 a.m. MST.
Many thanks!
Utah Office of Tourism, Governor’s Office of Economic Development
Moab Upcoming Events!
Some of you may have heard that the Moab Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with several Moab businesses is trying the help the School system out with their money troubles. As such, we think it's important to support those who are trying the help and hope that you will too. Below you'll find a flier about the event.
When: Jan. 13th, 2010 at 6:30PM
Where: Zax, downtown Moab
Price: $10 for appetizers, beverages and live music from Alan and Valerie Brown.
Also on January 23rd at 6pm at the Grand Center, the Moab Music Festival is having a Robert Burns Tribute concert.
The Moab Community Dance Band joins Moab Music Festival Artist-in Residence
Christopher Layer, Celtic singer Marta Burton, and nyckelharpist/fiddler Sandra Wong, with a host of guest readers to salute the great Scottish poet, musician, and man of letters, “Rabbie” Burns, in a rousing concert of Scottish music, poetry readings and the traditional Salute to the Haggis.Wear your tartans, tams, & kilts! Bring the whole family! Refreshments & haggis will be served.
For information call 435-259-7003 or download the flier here.
Another Reason to Love Moab: Meetings!
Link: http://www.moabutah.info
Moab for Your Next Meeting Reunion Convention or Event
Contributed by MeetInMoabUtah on Thursday, December 31 @ 05:44:00 EST the Moab Travel Council
Utah a destination for Adventure and Leisure enters the realm of Meetings, Events, Corporate Retreats, Expos and Conferences. The Travel Council has added the Moab Utah Meetings and Events department to their promotions for the destination.
Everyone enjoys playing in Moab…so increase your next business meeting or retreat participation by selecting Moab.
Businesses and organizations planning conventions, meetings, retreats and expos in Moab now can receive personal assistance from the Moab Travel Council through the added, Facilities and Events Promoter, Michele Hill. Michele will help planners choose the perfect venues, whether they seek one place for all of their activities or a smattering of locations adorned by the Moab landscape. Moab’s accommodations average 56 rooms, upwards to 110 rooms at a single location with 4,000 sq ft of meeting/conference facilities on site. Altogether, Moab has 29 hotels, over 1,600 rooms, which includes major national chains, locally owned, luxury resorts, quaint bed & breakfasts, and condos.
Take your meeting, retreat, event out-of-doors to surround your gathering among Moab’s inspirational sandstone cliffs . The weather is fair so many days of the year. Tent rentals shelter 300, stationary pavilions are a haven for 600, the community’s Old Spanish Trail Arena, a unique venue, is established for 1,100 – 3, 500 grandstand seating, and boasts 35,000 square feet of convention space.
Moreover, Moab’s Meeting Spaces garner banquet room for 350 celebrants. On hand are expert caterers poised to usher to remote site selections with 60 sit down settings and 2,000 in a less formal affair. Reach Moab’s Promoter to design your next Moab reunion, convention or event.
From the Colorado River and thousand foot canyons, to the snow capped peaks of 12,000 foot mountains, Moab, Utah, is an outdoor odyssey and the grandeur of the scenery is matched only by the adventure experience which can be enjoyed by convention participants, either on their own or as a group for teambuilding activities.
Contact Michele Hill, Facilities and Events Promoter at 435-259-1340. Review Moab’s potential for meetings and events at http://www.moabutah.info.
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