Great State Fair

The IBBG booth at the Iowa State Fair was a terrific success.

This was our first year in the Varied Industries Building, and it couldn't have been better. Our location was perfect, as visitors could see us from the hallway, and many who did, made an unscheduled turn to come visit our booth. Our Innkeepers who manned (and womanned) the booth had a great time. We were the busiest booth in the room, and our visitors spent the most time there. We have already secured the same spot for 2008, so that our many visitors will know right where to find us.

We also had a presence in the Grand Hallway of the Iowa Tourism Hall at the lite 104 Radio Station Booth, where some of our member Innkeepers gave away a free night stay, in return for extra exposure at the booth plus radio ads through the week. Lite 104 FM is the official radio station of the Iowa State Fair, and we are already comitted to work with them again in 2008.

One of our newer Innkeeper- members just called excitedly to tell us that she had already booked three guests who saw her property at our booth at this years fair. She also related that bookings from the IBBG website were keeping her very busy.

We hope readers who are looking for that Special Weekend Getaway, will book rooms real soon!

We are sorry if you visited our booth, and we were out of 2007 Directories, the demand was greater than previous years. We anticipated that 8,000 would be enough for Fair Week, but we were well short. We'll be printing more this coming year, in anticipation of the increased demand.

Our Innkeepers are looking forward to our annual Fall Fun Conference on Nov. 4th at Living History Farms near Des Moines. We'll tour the Flynn Mansion, and then meet for short entertainment, a great meal, and much comaraderie, as well as a special surprise!

IBBG Innkeepers are like blondes, they have more fun!