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December 7, 2001 In
this edition: New
Directors elected at 80th Annual Meeting, Annual
Dinner Raffle benefits Council of Churches Food Pantry Economic
Update for September 2001 is available on www.ecapechamber.com
SBA
Sept 11 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Workshop Highlights from MOTT TravelStats Newsletter � November 2001 New
Directors elected at 80th Annual Meeting, Wednesday, November 28th, the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce members elected new members to the Board of Directors at the 80th annual meeting of the organization. Directors who were inducted include: Steve
Abbott, Doreen Bilezikian, Christmas Tree Shops Debra
Oakes, Arts Foundation of Kyle
Hinkle, James
Penn, Puritan of Dee
Petrella, Kelley Sullivan, Bryden & Sullivan Insurance Mark Simonitsch, Nantucket Sound Fish Weirs Howard Onik, The Dockside Group Robert McCarthy, LinChris Hotels Officers for the organization for the coming two years will be: Chairman of the Board Paul Rumul, Dan�l Webster, H�nK Management Corp. Vice Chair Dan Wolf, Cape Air/Nantucket Air Immediate Past Chair Kevin M. Howard, Corcoran Jenison Hospitality Treasurer John D. Davenport, The Davenport Companies Clerk Charles Ritch, Plymouth Savings Bank Officer at Large Anne-Marie Litchfield, Esq., LaTanzi, Spaulding & Landreth Officer at Large Richard Neitz, Neitz Real Estate Ex-Officio Doreen Bilezikian, Christmas Tree Shops Annual
Dinner Raffle benefits Council of Churches Food Pantry Cape Cod Chamber members and guests participated in a raffle benefiting the Cape Cod Council of Churches Food Pantry at the recent Annual Dinner Meeting. Economic
Update for September 2001 is available on www.ecapechamber.com
The
Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present the September 2001
Monthly and Third Quarter Economic Update, an in-depth look at economic
activity for those periods in several categories.
SBA
Sept 11 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Workshop Due
to overwhelming demand, The
workshops will be held Monday, December 10, 17, January 7 and 14 at Eligible
small businesses that have been directly impacted and have suffered
substantial economic injury can apply for working capital loans of up to
$1.5 million at up to 4% for up to 30 years.
Loan proceeds can be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts
payable and other bills that could have been paid had the disaster not
occurred. Loans in excess
of $5,000 require the pledging of collateral to the extent that it is
available. Personal
guaranties are required. The
SBA will not decline a loan for lack of collateral.
Applications
will be available at the workshop.
They are not available via the mail and must be obtained in
person from an SBA rep. The
application process has been streamlined.
The SBA will try to make decisions on each application within 21
days. Last date for
submitting an application is If
a small business can demonstrate a loss of revenue, year to year as of
Sept 11, the SBA may be able to provide much-needed assistance through
this program. Per
Jeannine Marshall, Executive Director, �The expansion of the SBA�s
Disaster Loan Program provides much needed relief to struggling Reservations
are required and may be made by calling Jessica at Cape & Islands
Community Development, 508-790-4980 ext 516. OSHA
RECORDKEEPING TRAINING: LIVE
SATELLITE BROADCAST AND SIMULTANEOUS WEBCAST
During this
presentation, OSHA will give a live overview of its revised
recordkeeping rule and the public will be given the opportunity to ask
questions. OSHA's
new recordkeeping rule, 29
CFR 1904, takes effect on The
Workforce Education Resource Center (WERC) at Cape Cod Community College
will host this Webcast in the Media Room located in the lower level of
the Library on December 12, 2001 from 12:30 to3:30 p.m. Although We invite you to attend for a nominal fee of $10. Seating is very limited and will be reserved for those who respond first. If you would like to reserve a seat for this event please make your check out to WERC,
Cape Cod Community College, 2240 Iyanough Rd., W. For more information please contact Kathleen Girelli at 508-362-2131 x4435 This holiday season,
the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce encourages you to consider giving the
gift of travel. As a
cnn.com article by
Thurston Hatcher (published
12/4/01) states: �If
there's simply no tie, sweater, DVD player or robotic dog that will do
the trick this holiday season for that relative who has everything, why
not send your beloved's spirits soaring this Christmas with the gift of
travel?� The article goes
on to suggest purchasing gift certificates for hotels, spas or air
travel as the perfect gift for the person who has everything.
[See the complete article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TRAVEL/NEWS/12/04/gifts.adviser.2/index.html
] Many of our members offer
gift certificates � keep reading! And speaking of gift
certificates� Please click
here if your establishment offers gift certificates (this will
generate a simple email to us that says that you offer gift
certificates. If you want
to include information with this listing, please include it in the body
of the email). We will be
compiling a list and posting it on our website for website visitors who
are looking to give the gift of travel to Highlights
from MOTT TravelStats Newsletter � November 2001 State Hotel Room Tax
Collections October 2001 collections dropped 26% compared with September 2000 and year-to-date hotel room occupancy tax collections fell 12.2% below FY 2001 collections in October. This is due in part to economic slowdown and a general decrease in business travel, as well as the tragedies that occurred on September 11th. (Source: Department of Revenue Monthly Report of collections and Refunds) A recent analysis conducted by Pinnacle Advisory Group estimates that FY 2002 occupancy tax collections will be 12.1% less than FY 2001, an estimated $14.5 million loss in tax revenue generated for the Commonwealth. Museum and
Attraction Attendance
Museum and attraction attendance for September 2001 fell 33.1%
compared to September 2000 attendance.
(Source: MOTT aggregate of 27 January- June 2001
Domestic Travel to
In 2001, January through June total domestic person trips to MOTT Website Activity MOTT website hits were down 66% during September (3.5 million) compared to September 2000 (10.3 million) and visits were down 38.9% (96,292 v 157,609). In September, 3,171 visitors signed up to receive the Getaway Guide via the MOTT website. A decrease of 7% from September 2000. 149 reservations were made from the MOTT website using our partner site WorldRes.com in September, resulting in 326 room nights. MOTT Fulfillment MOTT�s fulfillment partner, d|a|p associates, has experience an approximate 60% loss in MOTT toll-free calls since September 11th. JUST RELEASED ON
MASSVACATION.COM:
The 2000 Domestic Visitor Profile:
This document provides an overview of domestic travel to |
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