stories for you (written by us)
Sure, we thought about coming up with a new and exciting name for our blog: Ol’ Bloggy Blog.
The Duck Stops Here. Kevin.
But at the end of the day, our Google experts said that if people are looking for our blog, they aren’t going to search “The Duck Stops Here”. Or sadly, “Kevin”.
So, welcome to the Accent Inns Blog, where we’ll post stories about what’s going on in our hotels, at our locations, and more.
(By the way, if you do come up with a great name for the blog, let us know—and then we’ll let our experts know, who will let Google and Bing and all the other search engines know. You know?)
This year has more significance for the our Accent Inns family. Our own leader, Mandy Farmer, has been named the honorary Capt. Of the Navy here on the West coast. This makes remembrance day have even more significance for us and we encourage all of you to join us in remembering and thanking those who Read the rest of this entry »
As I travel around the province I run across Buy Local campaigns in almost every place I visit. I mentioned it to John Espley, aka Mountain Man, at Accent Inns and asked him what he thought. He said that Accent Inns is a huge supporter, and member, of many shop local organizations and it’s one Read the rest of this entry »
All of a sudden, everywhere seems a little darker and dingier. At this time of year, I catch myself turning on more and more lights; this got me thinking about energy savings, which in turn got me feeling guilty, which made me turn off some lights, which got me feeling a little depressed.
Many sites these days are offering advise on how to prepare for the Zombie apocalypse. I thought I’d take the time to share how an Accent Inn could be the perfect base for the impending horror movie disaster. First thing, if you want understand how a Zombie acts, wake up a teenager at 7am on Read the rest of this entry »
My local Chamber manager emailed me the other day inviting me to a lunch and learn event and it got me thinking about how important Chambers are to the business world. I used to be the CEO of a Chamber several years ago, so I have a bias when it comes to how useful they Read the rest of this entry »