Unique Inns Celebrates 25th Anniversary
DECEMBER 6, 2007. Unique Inns, one of North America's first bed and breakfast innkeeping organizations, recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary at the organization's semi-annual meeting in Jacksonville, Ore. Hosted by Jerry and Linda Evans, founding members and proprietors of the historic Jacksonville Inn, the three-day event was highlighted by a gala dinner during which innkeepers gathered with Executive Director Rose Allen to share stories about the past quarter-century and toast the group's success with a bottle of 1982 Port, which was bottled the year the organization began. Four of the organization's original 11 inns are still Unique Inns' members.
Other founding members recognized for 25 years with Unique Inns were David Campiche and Laurie Anderson from the Shelburne Inn in Seaview, Wash.; Dirk and Laurie Van Zante, owner of the Tu Tu' Tun Lodge in Gold Beach, Ore.; and Sharon and Jim Van Loan, proprietors of the Steamboat Inn in Steamboat, Ore.
"For 25 years, our purpose has been to promote member inns to the public, serve as an internal referral network for each other, and provide a forum for exchanging ideas and information related to the innkeeping business," said Rose Allen. "This celebration, and our growing number of members, signifies that we have been successful in driving business to our members' properties, and making a positive impact on the lives of our innkeepers."
In addition to celebration dinners and special award presentations, business meetings resulted in the voting in of four new inns. They include Tom and Darcy Tunt of 1801 First in Napa, Calif.; Rock and Kathleen Gosselin and Carl Lambert of The Avalon Hotel on Catalina Island, Calif.; Paul Mackay of The Inn at El Gaucho in Seattle, Wash.; and Bernard and Lynne Butcher of Tallman Hotel in Upper Lake, Calif. These new inns are currently being added to the Unique Inns' Web site (www.uniqueinns.com), and will be included in the 25th Anniversary Edition of the group's printed directory of locations scheduled for release in early 2008.
Looking forward, Allen said the group agreed to expand their geographic reach beyond California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, and will now consider potential new members located in Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
More information on the Unique Inns' organization and individual member inns is available online at www.uniqueinns.com
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