Museums & Attractions
- The Wedgewood Resort, located in Fairbanks, in June opened the 30,000-square-foot Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum, featuring a collection of over 60 carriages, steam cars, brass-era autos, luxurious 1930s sedans and oddities such as early electric cars, midget racers and cycle cars. The collection displays significant American automobiles and showcases the heritage of the automobile during Alaska’s post-Gold Rush era. Visitors can view repair projects taking place in the museum’s shop and can expect to see some of the cars driving around the resort on summer evenings. For more information, call 907.456.3642 or visit www.fountainheadhotels.com.
Programs & Packages
- The Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa, in Monterey, Calif., is offering its Complete Meetings and Wellness Package, which includes everything from room blocks and tailored catering services to meeting rooms and technology set-up. Extras include a one-hour cocktail reception to greet the group upon arrival, yoga classes and guided coastal hikes led by certified instructors from the hotel’s Vista Blue Spa. Also complimentary are VIP gift baskets, room upgrades to ocean view rooms, valet parking, Internet access, Wii entertainment system and access to the Vista Blue Spa and fitness facilities. In addition, there are no additional resort fees, attrition fees or cancellation fees if rebooked within 12 months. The package is available Sunday through Thursday until Dec. 30. For more information, call 831.646.1700 or visit www.montereyplazahotel.com.
Kudos
- To help combat the impact visiting Salt Lake has on the environment, the Salt Lake CVB recently launched its own online carbon offset program in partnership with nonprofit organization TreeUtah and done in conjunction with Salt Lake County’s “One Million Trees” program. To jump-start the program, the Salt Lake CVB estimated the staff’s travel in 2009 and calculated its carbon footprint utilizing its carbon calculator (212 tons of carbon emissions). The SLCVB then purchased 424 trees to double the offset of its own estimated impact on the environment. Every tree purchased as part of the carbon offset program is being planted in Salt Lake County. The program is a 10-year campaign with the goal of planting 1 million trees in Salt Lake County by 2017. For more information, call 801.534.4900 or visit www.visitsaltlake.com/carbon_offset.