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Packer Country Celebrates National Tourism Week
“Be a Tourist In Your Hometown”
Best Deals Online Travel Packages
Free Visitor Kits-Order Now
GREEN BAY, Wis.
May 5, 2004
GREEN BAY, Wis. (May 5, 2004) – With Tourism Season
right around the corner, the Packer Country Regional Tourism
Office (RTO) is celebrating by offering specials to travelers
and residents alike. Upcoming National Tourism Week (May 8-16)
promotions and activities include:
- Packer Country Tourism Summit Luncheon, May 11
- “Be A Tourist In Your Hometown,” May 15-16
- “Best Deals” Online Travel Packages at www.packercountry.com
- Take A Vacation in Packer Country This Year—Order
a Free Travel Kit
Packer Country Tourism Summit Luncheon, May 11
Travel industry officials will gather Tuesday, May 11, 11:30
a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the F.K. Bemis Conference Center,
100 Grant St., De Pere, to kick-off the travel season. The
featured guest speaker is Kinza Christensen, a motivation
strategist who will present "Touring with Gener-Vision."
Plus, we'll unveil a new, dynamic Packer Country web site
and preview upcoming exciting promotions. Media is invited
to attend.
“Be A Tourist In Your Hometown,” May 15-16
Local Green Bay area and lakeshore residents can take advantage
of a special “Be A Tourist In Your Hometown” promotion,
presented by the Packer Country Regional Tourism Office in
cooperation with 50 local tourism attractions, hotels, and
retail stores.
The weekend of May 15th and 16th is "Be A Tourist In
Your Hometown" weekend in Packer Country. For just $10,
residents may purchase a “Be A Tourist Passport,”
which gets the entire family into fourteen (14) area attractions
free of charge that weekend (a $400 value). The Passport also
saves families money throughout the year by offering pages
of valuable coupons inside.
Passports are available for purchase at the Packer Country
Regional Tourism Office, Ticket Star at the Resch Center,
Festival Foods, The Children's Museum of Green Bay, Hazelwood
Historic House Museum, Historic Washington House, Lighthouse
Inn, National Railroad Museum, Neville Public Museum, and
Osco Drug. Visit www.packercountry.com or call toll free 1-888-867-3342.
“Best Deals” Online Travel Packages at www.packercountry.com
Travelers will be swinging into Packer Country this tourism
season! Discounted travel packages and hotel rooms are online
now at www.packercountry.com!
Incredible savings, values and exciting upcoming events…like
the 2004 PGA Championship, Hot Hotel Deals, Swingfest,
and packaged theater deals for Chava Alberstein, John Gorka
& Patty Larkin, Oblivion, and Riverdance.
The internationally-acclaimed celebration of Irish music,
song and dance that has touched the hearts of millions around
the world, triumphantly returns to the Weidner Center on the
Campus of UW-Green Bay. Riverdance packages (ticket plus hotel)
start at just $108.77 per person.
Or, Jump, Jive and Wail with Swing Nouveau, Saturday, May
29th in the Ballroom of Fox Hills Golf Resort! Packages (tickets
plus hotel) are just $94 for two people. Swing Nouveau is
Milwaukee's premiere swing band, featuring high-energy, jump
and swing tunes of the 30's, 40's, 50's and 90's!
Take A Vacation in Packer Country This Year—Call
for a Free Visitor Kit
Plan your next family vacation in Packer Country at www.packercountry.com. Visitors can also call toll free, 1-888-867-3342, for
a free Visitor Kit, including an official 2004 Packer Country
Visitor Guide, Calendar of Events, and more! From Memorial
Day – Labor Day, buy a special Attractions Pass, and
receive special discounts on up to 8 family attractions.
See the new, spectacular Lambeau Field Atrium, the Tundra
Lodge Resort and Waterpark, the National Railroad Museum,
Bay Beach Amusement Park and Wildlife Refuge, the N.E.W. Zoo,
Green Bay Botanical Gardens, Hazelwood Historic House, Heritage
Hill State Park and many other exciting family attractions.
This is Green Bay’s Sesquicentennial (that’s
150 years!) Special family activities this summer include
an enhanced Kids' Day on June 25, and the Pride of Green Bay
Parade and Picnic Aug. 14. Other exciting family events include
Bayfest June 10-13, ShopKo Fireworks Celebrate Americafest
July 4, Baylake Bank Tall Ships Festival July 23-25, and Civil
War Reenactment Aug 14-15. Plus, the “Hunters of the
Sky” exhibit, produced by the Science Museum of Minnesota,
explores the world of raptors-eagles, hawks, falcons and the
like at the Neville Public Museum.
Okay, Green Bay Packers fans, prepare to get goose bumps!
Your family will love the Packers Experience –inflatable
and interactive football games for all ages, next door to
the Green Bay Packers Training Camp, July 20 - Aug. 14, ShopKo
Hall/Brown County Veterans Memorial Complex (Go online or
call to confirm dates and times prior to visit.)
See the Packers gearing up for the coming football season
(free of charge), tour the new stadium, and see the new, state-of-the-art
Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.
If you can’t wait ‘till Fall for hard-hitting
football action, try the Green Bay Blizzard, AF2, through
July 17 at the beautiful Resch Center arena. Also performing
live at the Resch Center this year—Fleetwood Mac May
12, WWE Smackdown May 23, Barney’s Colorful World Sept.
7-8, and Daryl Hall & John Oates Sept. 9.
Packer Country offers entertainment under the stars and with
stars, including Oneida Bingo and Casino’s Pavilion
Nights. Stars this year include Brad Paisley, Live, Kenny
Wayne Shepherd, Pat Benatar, Boston, George Thorogood &
The Destroyers, ZZ Top, Clint Black, and Journey.
April though September. Prices range from $20 to $25. All
ages are welcome.
Or, for a quiet, relaxing vacation, we highly recommend the
beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline and strolling the boardwalk
of Algoma, hopping aboard the Tug Ludington in the Kewaunee
harbor, or topping off your day with a delicious ice cream
in Two Rivers, home of the Ice Cream Sundae.
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