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Contact: Anthony Tham Public Relations Manager 503-581-4325, ext. 25 atham@TravelSalem.com |
First Wednesday Crowd “Absolutely Gives Back” at Travel Salem’s Travel Cafe
SALEM, ORE. –– More than 150 people crowded the Travel Café during First Wednesday on November 4, and many brought along food and clothes to “give back” as part of Travel Salem’s “Absolutely Giving Back” program. Fifty-two pounds of food and 22 items of clothing and coats were contributed towards the program, which aims at assisting charitable organizations. The donations were presented to Salem’s Mid-Valley Women’s Crisis Service the very next day.
“We’re incredibly honored to be the first organization to receive items collected through Travel Salem’s Absolutely Giving Back program,” said Jayne Downing, executive director at the Mid-Valley Women’s Crisis Service. “We really appreciate community members that understand how important our work is and we can’t do it without those who make a difference for us and for the community.”
“It was great to see the community donating to such a great cause,” said Sarah Kammerer, Travel Salem Tasting Room Associate and Events Assistant at Willamette Valley Vineyards. “Everyone was eager and excited to help the community.
Travel Salem holds various events throughout the year such as Marketing Exchange Luncheons, Team Salem meetings, and special events. Travel Salem also operates the Travel Café Visitors Center located downtown Salem at 181 High Street NE. These activities, along with the Travel Café, attract thousands of people. In an effort to “Absolutely Give Back” Travel Salem is collecting canned or non-perishable food items and new and used winter coats for children throughout the year at the Travel Café.
Travel Salem will donate the contributions in a timely manner to various local charities or aid organizations. Support Travel Salem’s “Absolutely Giving Back” campaign and your local community by visiting the Travel Café (181 High St. NE Salem) with contributions.
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***Travel Salem is a non-profit organization that promotes Salem and Marion and Polk counties for leisure tourism and convention and event business. The local annual economic impact of the greater Salem area visitor industry is $496 million. Travel Salem manages the Official Salem Area Travel Café/Visitors Center located at the historic Grand Hotel building (181 High St. NE, Salem), two I-5 satellite visitor information locations located at the Best Western Mill Creek Inn (3125 Ryan Dr. SE) and the Red Lion Hotel (3301 Market St. NE), and the Official Salem Area Website www.TravelSalem.com***
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Culinary Tourism: Successful Ingredients in Economic Development topic at Luncheon
SALEM, ORE. –– Travel Salem’s Marketing Exchange Luncheon will be held at Mission Mill Museum (1313 Mill St. SE, Salem) on Thursday, November 19, 2009 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
The topic of this luncheon is “Culinary Tourism: Successful Ingredients in Economic Development.” Melody Johnson is the community manager for International Culinary Tourism Association and has been associated with Erik Wolf and the ICTA since its inception in 2003. Melody has received numerous awards from the tourism industry including the prestigious Oregon Governor’s Tourism Award. She will be sharing how culinary tourism creates economic and community development and how the region can grow this market.
This luncheon is a great educational opportunity and forum for attendees to promote their business by displaying literature and network with other attendees. Travel Salem’s Marketing Exchange also features a drawing for a premier give-away. Attendees could win a spa package from LaLumiere worth over $100!
As part of Travel Salem’s “Absolutely Giving Back” program, attendees are encouraged to bring canned or non-perishable food items to this event. Travel Salem will donate the contributions in a timely manner to various local charities or aid organizations. Those interested in attending this luncheon should contact Travel Salem at 503-581-4325, ext. 30 to reserve a seat! RSVPs and prepayment of $18 is required if purchased by November 13 / $23 at the door with limited seating available.
Following the luncheon, Travel Salem will hold a free hour and a half social media seminar at Mission Mill Museum open for any businesses and organizations looking to learn how to engage with consumers and build relationships with them through social networking tools such as Twitter and Facebook. Those interested in attending should contact Anthony Tham at atham@TravelSalem.com or 503-581-4325, ext. 25.
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***Travel Salem is a non-profit organization that promotes Salem and Marion and Polk counties for leisure tourism and convention and event business. The local annual economic impact of the greater Salem area visitor industry is $496 million. Travel Salem manages the Official Salem Area Travel Café/Visitors Center located at the historic Grand Hotel building (181 High St. NE, Salem), two I-5 satellite visitor information locations located at the Best Western Mill Creek Inn (3125 Ryan Dr. SE) and the Red Lion Hotel (3301 Market St. NE), and the Official Salem Area Website www.TravelSalem.com***
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Travel Salem Pins Down 2009 West Coast World Championship Youth Wrestling Tournament
SALEM, ORE. –– Travel Salem has secured the 2009 West Coast World Championship Wrestling Tournament hosted by Rocky Mountain Nationals (RMN). This event will take place at the Oregon State Fair & Expo Center on December 11-12, 2009 with nearly 1,500 K-8th grade participants from across the country hitting the mats for the first time in Salem.
“We’ve looked forward to bringing a National Wrestling Event to this area for several years,” said RMN Events Director Ed Gutierrez. “This will be special for not only the great state of Oregon, but all of us at RMN Events.”
Since 1999, RMN has been hosting some of the largest and most successful tournaments for young wrestlers. RMN Events mission is to promote wrestling and ensure lasting rewards for youth which include: 1) Athletic rigor within a spirit of fair competition; 2) Self-discipline and perseverance through training; 3) Leadership and team-building skills; and 4) Lasting friendships and memorable experiences. Through sportsmanship and related tournament activities, Rocky Mountain Nationals encourages friendships, strengthens families and fosters good citizenship.
The tournament is open to wrestlers from ages 5 – 15 & under. RMN Events offers up to 16 weights in each age division. Registration is now open, visit www.rockymountainnationals.com for more information.
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***Travel Salem is a non-profit organization that promotes Salem and Marion and Polk counties for leisure tourism and convention and event business. The local annual economic impact of the greater Salem area visitor industry is $496 million. Travel Salem manages the Official Salem Area Travel Café/Visitors Center located at the historic Grand Hotel building (181 High St. NE, Salem), two I-5 satellite visitor information locations located at the Best Western Mill Creek Inn (3125 Ryan Dr. SE) and the Red Lion Hotel (3301 Market St. NE), and the Official Salem Area Website www.TravelSalem.com***
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Travel Salem Launches “Absolutely Giving Back”
Program aims at assisting charitable organizations
SALEM, ORE. –– Travel Salem promotes the Salem area as a leisure tourism and convention and event destination strengthening the communities it serves through increased visitor expenditures - $496 million in 2008. However, Travel Salem is also committed to strengthening the region by giving back through the organization’s “Absolutely Giving Back” program.
Travel Salem holds various events throughout the year such as Marketing Exchange Luncheons, Team Salem meetings, and special events. Travel Salem also operates the Travel Café Visitors Center located downtown Salem at 181 High Street NE. These activities, along with the Travel Café, attract thousands of people. In an effort to “Absolutely Give Back” Travel Salem is collecting canned or non-perishable food items and new and used winter coats for children throughout the year at the Travel Café.
Travel Salem will donate the contributions in a timely manner to various local charities or aid organizations.
Support Travel Salem’s “Absolutely Giving Back” campaign and your local community by visiting the Travel Café (181 High St. NE Salem) with contributions.
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***Travel Salem is a non-profit organization that promotes Salem and Marion and Polk counties for leisure tourism and convention and event business. The local annual economic impact of the greater Salem area visitor industry is $496 million. Travel Salem manages the Official Salem Area Travel Café/Visitors Center located at the historic Grand Hotel building (181 High St. NE, Salem), two I-5 satellite visitor information locations located at the Best Western Mill Creek Inn (3125 Ryan Dr. SE) and the Red Lion Hotel (3301 Market St. NE), and the Official Salem Area Website www.TravelSalem.com***
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Travel Salem Ranked 21 out of 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon
SALEM, ORE. –– Travel Salem has been selected as a “Top 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon” by Oregon Business magazine. The rankings were unveiled at a banquet held at the Portland Art Museum on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, featuring a keynote from former Governor Barbara Roberts. Travel Salem was recognized as the 16th best small nonprofit and 21st overall.
“Those of us who choose nonprofit careers do so for the chance to serve a cause greater than ourselves,” said Angie Morris, president and CEO of Travel Salem. “Travel Salem attracts and retains amazing, talented staff, who bring their ‘A-game’ and give a little bit of their heart to their job every single day. There is no question why they are some of the best in the industry.”
The rankings were based on the confidential input of employees who answered 60 questions about workplace satisfaction such as benefits, management, trust, work environment and development. More than 200 nonprofits participated and 6,700 employees completed the survey. The free, voluntary survey was independently calculated by research partners Davis, Hibbitts and Midghall.
The “Top 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon” will be featured in the October issue of Oregon Business magazine.
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***Travel Salem is a non-profit organization that promotes Salem and Marion and Polk counties for leisure tourism and convention and event business. The local annual economic impact of the greater Salem area visitor industry is $496 million. Travel Salem manages the Official Salem Area Travel Café/Visitors Center located at the historic Grand Hotel building (181 High St. NE, Salem), two I-5 satellite visitor information locations located at the Best Western Mill Creek Inn (3125 Ryan Dr. SE) and the Red Lion Hotel (3301 Market St. NE), and the Official Salem Area Website www.TravelSalem.com***
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Innovative Partnership between Travel Salem and Willamette Valley Vineyards Brings Tasting Room and Retail Outlet to the Travel Cafe
SALEM, ORE. –– Through a ground-breaking partnership with Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVV), Travel Salem’s award-winning Travel Café Visitors Center now offers visitors and local consumers the opportunity to taste the “Fruit of the Vine.” Travel Salem has partnered with WVV to create a tasting room and retail outlet for their high-quality, sustainable wines at the Travel Café. In addition, Travel Salem’s conference room has been named the “Willamette Room” sponsored by WVV.
This unique partnership between a winery/vineyard and a tourism agency will allow visitors to experience wine from one of Oregon’s oldest and most sustainable wineries, and pique their interest to learn more about WVV and the region’s rich wine country. This new concept will ultimately lead to an increased regional economic impact from tourism.
“Willamette Valley Vineyards is proud to be partnering with Travel Salem’s revolutionary Travel Café,” says Jim Bernau, founder and president of WVV. “This new downtown facility is one of the major touch points for visitors to the Salem area. Offering tastes of wine at this location will grow visitor interest in the Oregon wine industry — one of our region’s most valuable assets — and help make lifelong Salem area customers of some of these visitors.”
“Part of the original vision for the Travel Café, this innovative partnership provides yet another reason for visitors to make the Salem area a stop on their journey,” explained Travel Salem President and CEO Angie Morris. “By serving as a mini-attraction, the Travel Café seeks to give visitors a taste of what the region has to offer. We wanted a partner that exemplified the best of the tourism industry – innovation, sustainability and an internationally recognized brand. We got all of that and more with Willamette Valley Vineyards.
Travel Salem and WVV launched this partnership by kicking off their shoes at the Mini Grape Stomp event held at the Travel Café on September 16, 2009. Bernau and Morris teamed up and went toe-to-toe against Ray Burstedt, president of SEDCOR and Austin McGuigan, community development director of Polk County — in a grape stomping competition right outside the Travel Café. The stomping of Morris and the swabbing of Bernau, propelled the Travel Salem/ WVV grape stomping team to an easy victory.
This partnership expands on Travel Salem’s commitment to reinvent the way a community connects with visitors and local consumers. The Travel Café offers Garmin GPS units preprogrammed with Salem area tours, AbsolutelyTix ticketing network, Wi-Fi access, plasma screens with ads and scrolling events, and now wine-tasting with WVV. The Travel Café is becoming an attraction in and of itself!
Wine-tasting will be available Monday-Saturday, 11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at the Travel Café located at 181 High St. NE, Salem. Eight distinctive wines will be featured; offering something for every palate. The wines will be served using a state-of-the-art Enomatic wine serving system. Visitors and local consumers can purchase four tastes for $6.00, which will include a one-of-a-kind Riedel wine glass. Bottles of WVV wines are also available for purchase.
About Willamette Valley Vineyards: Willamette Valley Vineyards was founded in 1983 by Jim Bernau after an inspirational visit to the west-to-south facing slope of volcanic flow in Turner, Ore., where the winery is now situated. Best known for its acclaimed Pinot Noir, WVV wines are distributed throughout the United States, Canada, and the Pacific Rim. WVV manages 300 acres of vines, which are all certified sustainable, LIVE and Salmon Safe. As Oregon’s only publicly held winery, the winery is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol WVVI. For more information, call (800) 344-9463 or visit www.willamettevalleyvineyards.com.
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***Travel Salem is a non-profit organization that promotes Salem and Marion and Polk counties for leisure tourism and convention and event business. The local annual economic impact of the greater Salem area visitor industry is $496 million. Travel Salem manages the Official Salem Area Travel Café/Visitors Center located at the historic Grand Hotel building (181 High St. NE, Salem), two I-5 satellite visitor information locations located at the Best Western Mill Creek Inn (3125 Ryan Dr. SE) and the Red Lion Hotel (3301 Market St. NE), and the Official Salem Area Website www.TravelSalem.com***
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Travel Salem Announces New Board Members for 2009-2010
SALEM, ORE. –– Travel Salem, the official destination marketing organization for Salem, Marion and Polk counties, appoints six new board members for 2009-10.
The new board members are: Alan Alexander, administrator of the Salem Municipal Airport; Connie Bradley, manager of the Oregon State Fair & Expo Center; Lois Cole, executive director at the Historic Deepwood Estate; Tim Klarr, owner of Today’s Hair Salon & Day Spa; Kristy Kummer, marketing director at Woodburn Company Stores; and Jennifer McCormick, marketing manager for Oregon State Parks.
Travel Salem’s 32-member regional Board of Directors is represented by the following:
Officers:
Dwane Brenneman—Chair
Retired, Nissan North America
Martin Morris—Vice Chair
Vice Pres/Chief Dev Officer, Salem Hospital Fdn
Terry Kelly—Past Chair
Member Services Manager, Salem Electric
Ray Teasley—Secretary
Comm Dev Dir, Mid Willamette Valley Council of Govts
Ray Burstedt—Treasurer
President, SEDCOR
Chuck Bennett
Councilor, City of Salem
Sean O’Day
Deputy City Manager, City of Salem
Directors:
Alan Alexander
Administrator, Salem Airport
Suzi Bicknell
Executive Director, Go Downtown!
Connie Bradley
Manager, Oregon State Fair & Expo
Jake Bryant
General Manager, Best Western Mill Creek Inn
Jon Carey
Director of Athletics, Western Oregon University
Jessica Carpenter
Dir of Sales, Keizer Renaissance Inn/SALA
Lore Christopher
Mayor, City of Keizer
Lois Cole
Executive Dir, Historic Deepwood Estate
Nancy Duncan
Tourism Director, Chemeketa Community College
Cori Frauendiener
Dir of Educ & Partnerships, MaPS Credit Union
Shelley Hanson
Director, Spirit Mountain Community Fund
Mona Hayes
President, Salem Multi-Cultural Institute
Steve Johnson
President, VIPS Industries
Tim Klarr
Owner, Today’s Hair Salon & Day Spa
Kristy Kummer
Marketing Dir, Woodburn Company Stores
Jennifer McCormick
Marketing Mgr, Oregon State Parks
Austin McGuigan
Community Dev Director, Polk County
Patti Milne
Commissioner, Marion County
Bunni Oslund-Fisk
Mall Manager, Lancaster Mall
Stacy Palmer
Executive Director, Silverton Chamber of Commerce
John Pataccoli
President, Redhawk Winery & Vineyard
Bonnie Stephenson
Marketing Project Coord, Chemeketa Comm College
Nancy Stockdale
Executive Director, Oregon Symphony Assoc in Salem
Bill Wilkson
Business Development, Statesman Journal
Roger Yost
General Manager, Reed Opera House
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***Travel Salem is a non-profit organization that promotes Salem and Marion and Polk counties for leisure tourism and convention and event business. The local annual economic impact of the greater Salem area visitor industry is $496 million. Travel Salem manages the Official Salem Area Travel Café/Visitors Center located at the historic Grand Hotel building (181 High St. NE, Salem), two I-5 satellite visitor information locations located at the Best Western Mill Creek Inn (3125 Ryan Dr. SE) and the Red Lion Hotel (3301 Market St. NE), and the Official Salem Area Website www.TravelSalem.com***
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Travel Salem Announces Creative Partnership with Digital City Guide
Advertise Daily in 600 Hotel Rooms and the Travel Salem Travel Café
SALEM, ORE. –– Travel Salem is pleased to announce a creative partnership with Digital City Guide, the host of the default television channel in 600 Salem and Keizer hotel rooms. This is the channel that is featured when the television is turned on.
Travel Salem has a total of 20 spaces, currently 16 spaces remain, for businesses interested in a flash or still ad in the Travel Café and in Salem and Keizer hotel rooms. The ads run eight times an hour, 160 times a day, and 4,800 times a month. This advertising medium visually reaches overnight visitors; promoting businesses who want to attract visitors to their front door.
In addition, events will be pulled from TravelSalem.com using RSS feed technology and featured as a news crawl on the bottom of the screens. Businesses and organizations can post their events for free, and take advantage of this great marketing opportunity.
Contact Travel Salem to have your space reserved because the 20 spots that are available are going fast — now down to 16. The cost of this incredible exposure is only $99 per month.
Contact Irene Bernards, director of marketing & public relations at 503-581-4325, ext. 27 or ibernards@TravelSalem.com to sign up today!
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***Travel Salem is a non-profit organization that promotes Salem and Marion and Polk counties for leisure tourism and convention and event business. The local annual economic impact of the greater Salem area visitor industry is $496 million. Travel Salem manages the Official Salem Area Travel Café/Visitors Center located at the historic Grand Hotel building (181 High St. NE, Salem), two I-5 satellite visitor information locations located at the Best Western Mill Creek Inn (3125 Ryan Dr. SE) and the Red Lion Hotel (3301 Market St. NE), and the Official Salem Area Website www.TravelSalem.com***
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“Cool Country Benefit Concert” to support local families at-risk for abuse
Concert leads efforts to reopen Child Abuse Prevention Center in downtown Salem
SALEM, ORE. –– A little bit of Nashville, TN will be coming to the Oregon State Fairgrounds. The “Cool Country Benefit Concert,” benefiting the Salem/Keizer based charity ESCAPE, will take place at the L.B. Day Amphitheater on Friday, August 14 starting at 6:30 p.m. Headlining this benefit concert is award-winning singer/songwriter Hal Ketchum with local country artist and rising star Alexis Ebert as the opening performance.
ESCAPE (Exchange, Sponsored, Child, Abuse, Prevention, Effort) is a charity formed by the nonprofit group, The Exchanged Clubs of Salem/Keizer in 1982. ESCAPE opened a Child Abuse Prevention Center in downtown Salem in 1988; the only center in Oregon. Due to lack of funding, the center was forced to close in 2002. Efforts to reopen the center are underway.
Tickets cost $20 and are available at the Travel Salem Travel Café located on 181 High St. Salem NE, online at escapeconcerts.com, or by phone at 1-800-494-8497. All proceeds from the concert will go towards reopening the Child Abuse Prevention Center as well as local Exchange Club projects.
Artists Background
Hal Ketchum is an award-winning singer songwriter and Grand Ole Opry member. Blazing on the scene in the early ’90s, Hal struck radio gold with his first single “Small Town Saturday Night” which shot to number one on the country charts. Hal’s success has continued with 15 top ten hits and selling over five million records.
Alexis Ebert is a 19-year-old singer/songwriter from Albany, Oregon. She started her career at the tender age of eleven, and at fourteen she had one of her first songs, “The Real Me,” featured in the film and soundtrack “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.” In 2008, Alexis signed a co-venture deal with Skyline and Sony Tree ATV in Nashville, Tennessee and is currently working on a new music album.
For tickets and more information about the benefit concert and the artists, visit www.escapeconcerts.com.
The Exchange Club of Salem/Keizer is part of the nationwide network of 100 communitybased Child Abuse Prevention Centers coordinated by the National Exchange Club Foundation. Its mission is to make a difference in the lives of children, families and our communities by providing support to families at-risk for abuse. To date, Exchange Club Centers have helped more than 619,763 families break the cycle of violence, thus creating safer homes for 1.5 million children.
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***Travel Salem is a non-profit organization that promotes Salem and Marion and Polk counties for leisure tourism and convention and event business. The local annual economic impact of the greater Salem area visitor industry is $512 million. Travel Salem manages the Official Salem Area Travel Café/Visitors Center located at the historic Grand Hotel building (181 High St. NE, Salem), two I-5 satellite visitor information locations located at the Best Western Mill Creek Inn (3125 Ryan Dr. SE) and the Red Lion Hotel (3301 Market St. NE), and the Official Salem Area Website www.TravelSalem.com***
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Mission Mill’s “Teen Interpretive Program” participants look to
bowl their way to Bend, Oregon
SALEM, ORE. –– Mission Mill Museum’s Teen Interpretive Program will hold a fundraising bowl-a-thon event at Town & Country Lanes in Keizer on July 31 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Money raised will go to towards the program and a trip to the nationally acclaimed High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon where the students will have the opportunity to experience professional living history programs.
Inspiration and community support are important elements for young students when they are learning history. Local youths are keeping Oregon history alive through Mission Mill’s Teen Interpretive Program; designed to introduce young students to history by teaching them how to perform living history, researching historical characters and demonstrating crafts.
In addition to the bowl-a-thon, the fundraising event will include Living History Day, time period musicians, kid’s craft table, cartoon portraits, time period food, Nintendo Wii bowling, games and more! A $10 bowling package consisting of 3 bowling games, shoe rental, and a 12oz soda will be offered for individuals not participating in the bowl-a-thon. Email reservations or questions to Mardi Smith at mardi.smith@gmail.com.
The bowl-a-thon will be take place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and the living history performance will be from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., as historical characters from Mission Mill will be interpreted by participants of the Teen Interpretive Program. One hundred percent of sponsor/pledge monies goes to Mission Mill’s Teen Interpretive Program. Current sponsors include: Interpretative Exhibits, Crowell Ing LLP, Spirit Halloween Store and Town & Country Lanes. For sponsor and pledge forms, contact Jennifer Senner at jennifers@missionmill.org.
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***Travel Salem is a non-profit organization that promotes Salem and Marion and Polk counties for leisure tourism and convention and event business. The local annual economic impact of the greater Salem area visitor industry is $512 million. Travel Salem manages the Official Salem Area Travel Café/Visitors Center located at the historic Grand Hotel building (181 High St. NE, Salem), two I-5 satellite visitor information locations located at the Best Western Mill Creek Inn (3125 Ryan Dr. SE) and the Red Lion Hotel (3301 Market St. NE), and the Official Salem Area Website www.TravelSalem.com***
