Monthly Archives: February, 2010
Winter Stories – Wedding Coordinator
Where do you go when you want all your wedding dreams to come true? Grand Hotel of course! Our Wedding Coordinator Marty Haines is very busy from the very beginning to the very end of our summer season. She has had weddings planned as early as opening weekend and as late as the day before [...]
Winter Staff Stories – Convention Department
Today’s Blog is by Holly Nitzschke, Senior Convention Manager. What do Convention Managers do in the winter? Well after working 6 days a week for 10+ hours a day on the island, I would like to say that we sit at our desk’s eating bon-bon’s and playing video games, but we don’t. Once we move [...]
Winter Staff Stories – Maintenance Department
It is hard to believe that it has been 4 months since we closed for the 2009 season. Winter is moving right along and we have only 76 days until the official opening of the 2010 season on May 5th. The maintenance crew of 9, and painting team of 2, has been busy since October 28th, [...]
Sadie Wins Best In Show
We are all so excited for Sadie and Mr. and Mrs. Musser. Sadie won the Best in Show award last night in New York at the Westminster Kennel Club 134th Annual Dog Show. This is Sadie’s 112th Best in Show win in her very short career. The competition was tough, and we were biting our [...]
Sadie at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
This year’s Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will air on the USA network Monday, February 15, and Tuesday, February 16. Going into the show this year the buzz is all around Sadie. Owned by Mrs. Amelia Musser, Sadie is a three year old Scottish Terrier, ranked # 1 and some say she is unstoppable. [...]
Celebrate Your Marriage at Grand Hotel
Celebrate Your Marriage at Grand Hotel Jay and Laura Laffoon have been bringing their fun filled Celebrate Your Marriage seminars to Grand Hotel for 13 years. Their first event at Grand Hotel held in the Spring of 1996 was called The Grand Getaway. Currently, the overnight seminars are held each spring and fall at Grand [...]
Golfing with Grand Hotel
Many wonder what the Grand Hotel sales team and other department managers do during the wintertime when the hotel is closed. One example is that each year, Grand Hotel participates in three golf shows in the state of Michigan. Representatives from the sales team along with golf professional, Jason Horricks, travel to the very popular [...]
