Monthly Archives: May, 2011
Memorial Day Weekend
Memorial Day Weekend is here! A nice long weekend to share time with family and friends enjoying cookouts and parties. We have some fun events planned here at the hotel as well. The Children’s Program begins this weekend and Nikki has a great summer schedule planned. Memorial Day officially kicks off the Summer Season here [...]
Celebrate with Jay and Laura
Jay and Laura Laffoon have just concluded their first 2 Celebrate Your Marriage Destination Events at Grand Hotel for 2011. Jay and Laura have been helping couples understand each other through love and laughter since 1995. Each time they are here I enjoy sneaking into their sessions (to take photos of course) and listening in [...]
Fun things at Mackinac Market
The season has kicked into full swing here on Mackinac and the shops of Grand Hotel are filled with some fun new items. We have newly designed coffee mugs and even a travel mug to put your favorite beverage in for that long leasurely stroll on the boardwalk. We have the cutest little hand painted stones [...]
Welcome Win-Some Women
It is that time of year once again, time to welcome the Win-Some Women Organization for their 3 day Christian Women’s Fellowship Retreat. Ladies began arriving this morning on the first boat and the boats have been coming over at near capacity since. The Parlor has been transformed from Afternoon Tea and relaxation area to [...]
Titanic at the Grand
Today begins the first ever Titanic Weekend at Grand Hotel. The festivities have kicked off with a Bon Voyage party, with some guests in full period dress as you can see, and a showing of the James Cameron movie. Tomorrow the party continues with a fashion show, historical lecture and presentation, a photo session (for those [...]
Less than one week till Grand Opening
Grand opening is less than a week away and things are moving right along. The Front Desk staff is deep in training, practicing by welcoming our pre-season guests. We even had a good friend and frequent guest take her turn behind the Front Desk while she was here for a visit. Unfortunately, I took a [...]
