SLAA NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2004
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 PRESIDENT'S
CORNER
Julie Krull
Tips for Getting Things Done:
Just Do It!
It seems like the list of great ideas on how to
make things happen grows and grows each year.
As Attractions, we all feel the same desire at
the start of each new season, whether it falls
in the Spring, Fall, Summer or Winter. Bring in
new visitors, room nights, dollars, you name it.
We are then presented with the struggle of how
to make it happen. There never seems to be enough
time, money, bodies, hours in the day. Every one
experiences the same roadblocks. What do we do?
It's easy to sit and say we can't. There is a
laundry list of reasons why. No one would fault
you. But wouldn't it be more exciting to just
do it. Find the ways around it. What is your obstacle?
We can't always make up for lack of budgets, or
lack of bodies, but if we can get it started in
some way, no matter how small, we've done our
part. Personally and professionally, I think everyone
has come to this point. How can you make it happen?
Utilize your resources. Network with everyone
you know. Reach back into your own experiences
and you find eventually that you are the key.
It's up to us to make it happen. Make a new contact,
toss out an idea, no matter how crazy, attend
a new event, whatever. Just Do It!
As always, we wouldn't be successful without the
success of you, our members!
See you in November at the Silent Auction! Mark
your calendars for Nov. 3!
Julie
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2004
SILENT AUCTION SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 3
SLAA fundraiser for our scholarship fund! We have
already received some great items: show tickets
for the Fox, The Repertory Theatre of
St. Louis, and Stages St. Louis; one
night lodging at many area hotels; and gift baskets
(including memberships, food, hats, etc.) from many
of our attractions. Our growing selection of autographed
items include those from The Harlem Globetrotters,
television shows According to Jim,
Alias, and Less Than Perfect,
and the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment).
We are still looking for donations! They can be
sent to:
Michele Miller
Harrah’s Casino
777 Casino Drive
Maryland Heights, MO 63043 |
OR... |
SLAA Office
4728 Hedgemont Drive
St. Louis, MO 63128-1955 |
All items are welcomed and we appreciate your willingness
to help make the scholarship fund another success
in 2005!
Mark your calendar for Wednesday, November 3rd at
The Scott Joplin Club Room, located on the 2nd floor
of Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust Street. Come from
4- 7 p.m. and get a great start on some early Christmas
shopping!
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WEBSITE UPDATE
The Saint Louis Attractions Association
has been hard at work creating our new member website.
The site features a searchable membership directory,
meeting information and the newsletter, as well
as other SLAA updates.
We are still collecting our members’ logos
and pictures, so if you have not sent in your information
please e-mail it to slaa@qabs.com.
We prefer to receive them in .jpg format. Thank
you for your cooperation. We hope you find the site
to be very informative!
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START YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING
AT THE SLAA SILENT AUCTION
Wednesday,
November 3
4 p.m to 7 p.m.
Join the Saint Louis Attractions Association, Wednesday,
November 3rd at the SCHLAFLY
TAP ROOM for our Annual Silent Auction.
What a great place to get some early holiday shopping
done! Proceeds from the Silent Auction are to benefit
our scholarship fund. 50/50 raffle tickets will
also be available. Join the fun!
Auction Items Donated By:
- According to Jim
- Alias
- Build-A-Bear Workshop
- Cahokia Mounds
- Casino Queen
- Drury Hotels
- Fox Theatre
- Galub & Company
- Harlem Globetrotters
- KMOV
- Less than Perfect
- Maryland Heights CVC
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Missouri Historical Society
- Publishing Concepts
- Radison Hotel & Suite
- Raging Rivers Water Park
- Renaissance St. Louis Hotel Airport
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- Sheraton St. Louis City Center
- Sheraton Westport Hotel
- Six Flags
- St. Louis Airport Marriott
- St. Louis Cardinals
- St. Louis Town Planner
- Stages St. Louis
- Stone Hill Winery
- The Butterfly House
- The Repertory Theater of St. Louis
- The Westin of St. Louis
- Ticketmaster
- Westin Hotel St. Louis
- Where Magazine
- Worldways Childrens Museum
- WWE
- And more...
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Making Reservations
To make a reservation please contact using one
of the following methods:
E-Mail: SLAA@QABS.COM
Fax: (314) 845-1891
Phone: (314) 416-2233
Mail: SLAA, 4728 Hedgemont Drive
St. Louis, MO 63128
Download: the PDF
Version of our Newsletter (Adobe Acrobat Reader
Required) and follow the insturctions.
- Payment is required in advance or at the registration
desk the day of the meeting.
- Please make reservations by Noon, Friday,
October 29, 2004
- Walk-ins will be accomodated on a standby
basis only.
- Non-paid no shows will be invoiced for the
registration fee.
Pricing:
$20.00
Directions:
Schlafly Tap Room is located at 2100 Locust Street
(at 21st),
Schedule:
4:00 p.m. Registration/Auction
6:30 p.m. Live Auction
7:00 p.m. Adjournment
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SLAA HOLIDAY TRIP RAFFLE
This month's trip raffle will be an oral auction
at the November 3rd meeting:
Celebrate the Holidays in the St. Louis Region!
- Kick off the holiday spirit with visits for
four to the Missouri Botanical Garden and the
"Gardenland Express: Vintage St. Louis"
holiday flower and train show, featuring miniature
St. Louis cityscapes and living plant
- Enjoy a wonderful buffet dinner at Our Lady
of the Snows then stroll through the Christmas
Tree Room and Christmas Village. Enjoy the evening
choir and tour the Way of Lights. A Lego Display
and Camel Rides are available.
- On December 18th, you and three of your best
friends can celebrate the holidays at the Fabulous
Fox Theatre and enjoy the Radio City Christmas
Spectacular 4:30 p.m. show in the Fox Club.
- Round out the year on New Year's Eve and enjoy
the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's New Year's
Celebration.
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 FEATURED
ATTRACTION
THE BLACK
MADONNA SHRINE AND GROTTOS
Fall has arrived and it is the perfect time of year
to visit a local attraction where the scenic drive
through the foothills of the Ozark Mountains will
truly add to your experience. The Black Madonna
Shrine and Grottos is one of Eureka, Missouri’s
most impressive attractions, offering an array of
incredible mosaics and multi-colored rock sculptures
that all pay homage to Christian events, including
the birth and passion of Jesus Christ. The Shrine
is an inspiring example of what one man, Brother
Bronislaus Luszcz, can achieve through the love
of art, tradion, and faith.
The Shrine sits on the grounds of the Franciscan
Missionary Brothers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The grottos at the Black Madonna Shrine are constructed
of native Missouri tiff rock, which came from Potosi,
a mining community 30 miles southwest of the site.
Materials used in ornamentation -- such as seashells
and costume jewelry -- were contributed by visitors
or sent from foreign missions. Brother Bronislaus,
who in 1927 emigrated from Poland to the St. Louis
area, built the grottos by hand, without the use
of power tools. The Black Madonna Shrine and Grottos
is located about eight miles outside Eureka and
is open free to the public on the following schedule:
May - September 9 a.m.- 7 p.m., April and October9
a.m.- 6 p.m. and November - March 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Guided Tours and Pilgrimages, Liturgical Services,
Group Tours and a Gift Shop are all available. To
find out more information, visit their website www.blackmadonnashrine.org
or call (636) 938-5151.
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MEMBERSHIP BLITZ
The St. Louis Attractions Association Membership
Blitz runs from October 1st through November 1st.
We’re encouraging all current members to solicit
new members and get them to join this month! You
will receive a free gift for every two members you
sign up, plus you will be entered into a drawing
for one BIG prize to be given away at our auction
on November 3rd. Contact the SLAA office for membership
applications, or download the brochure at www.stlattractions.org/content/downloads/MembershipApplication.pdf.
Remember – you must have YOUR name included
in the application under the “referred by”
section in order to be counted.
If you or a prospective member has questions or
wants to talk to someone about the organization,
please contact Mike Fishman from IPC Graphics at
(636) 230-5454, ext. 23, or e-mail mfishman@ipcstl.com.
He’s happy to assist you!
Let’s get at least 20 new members this month!
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SPONSOR A SLAA MEETING
Sponsor a St. Louis Attractions Association meeting
and get the word out about your business! Sponsorship
of a SLAA meeting includes:
- Opportunity to greet incoming guests at
the door
- 2 to 4 minutes to speak at the meeting about
what your company does
- Permission to distribute company materials (flyers/
brochures) on every table (brochure table located
at check-in is still available to all members)
For more information, call (314) 416-2233 or e-mail
slaa@qabs.com.
We look forward to your participation!
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 THANK
YOU!
Thanks to Rita Frazier from the Science Center for
the room and all her help in
organizing the September event. And an extra thank
you for providing 2 free tickets to the Omni Max
theater for each person that attended!
Our thanks also to our panelists from the
St. Louis Concierge Association:
Pat Eisel, Barnes/ Jewish Hospital
Cornelius Green, Hyatt Regency Union Station
Kathy Sansone, St. Louis Union Station
Nathan Ivy, Renaissance Grand
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 ST.
LOUIS CONVENTION & VISITORS COMMISSION UPDATE
Shelby Gebauer
St. Louis Ranked a Top Labor Day Destination
After surveying approximately 30,000 hotel room
booking requests for the September 3 - 6 Labor Day
weekend, Priceline.com compiled its annual list
of the 50 most popular destinations for the holiday.
St. Louis ranked as the 17th most popular U.S. destination
out of the top 50. The Las Vegas Strip area was
the #1 most popular destination for Labor Day. New
York City captured five of the top 10 spots on the
list, including Midtown West (#2), Midtown East
(#4), Upper Midtown/Central Park South (#5), Midtown
South (#6) and the Upper East
Side (#10). Rounding out the top 10 were Chicago’s
North Michigan Avenue (#3), Boston’s Back
Bay (#7), Downtown Boston and Charlestown (#8) and
Downtown San Diego and Harbor Island (#9).
Visitor Guide Sales are Underway
Time is running out to place your ad in the 2005
Official St. Louis Visitors Guide – the only
publication that reaches visitors as they are making
plans to come to St. Louis. 425,000 copies of the
CVC’s Official St. Louis Visitors Guide are
distributed annually, including 11,000 hardbound
copies in St. Louis city and county hotel sleeping
rooms. If you are interested in advertising in the
St. Louis area’s most comprehensive travel
resource, contact Publishing Concepts before October
25 at (314) 781-8880 or jmoore@pc40.com.
Journalists and TV Crews Visit St. Louis
The CVC’s PR staffers continue to bring travel
writers to St. Louis. Recently they completed a
joint press trip with RiverBarge Explorer, worked
with CBS to shoot short segments, known as “bumpers,”
for The Early Show, helped MSNBC’s Great Escapes
program, showed St. Louis’ top vintage stores
to British journalists and hosted a press trip themed
to St. Louis’ animal attractions.
Hold the Date
The next CVC Membership Workshop & Orientation
will take place in the CVC office on Thursday, November
4 from 8:00 – 10:30 a.m. For more information
please contact Paulette Koons, Director of Membership,
at (314) 992-0682 or
pkoons@explorestlouis.com.
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DID YOU KNOW?
A little known holiday is observed in October that
should get more attention! The third Wednesday of
October is Missouri Day, which this year falls on
October 20. This is to commemorate when Missouri
officially became a state. To help you
get excited about this fun little holiday, here
are a few facts regarding our lovely state for you...
- The actual date that Missouri become a state
in the Union: August 10, 1821 as the 24th state
- The state bird: Bluebird
- The state flower: Hawthorn
- The state tree: Flowering Dogwood
- The state song: Missouri Waltz
- The state insect: Honeybee
- Nickname: Show Me State
- The state animal: Mule
- Famous Missourians: Josephine Baker, Yogi
Berra, Martha Jane Canary (Calamity Jane), Walter
Cronkite, Walt Disney, Betty Grable, Jesse James,
Scott Joplin, James C (JC) Penny and Harry Truman,
just to name a few!
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