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I hope you'll fill in your cell phone number in the form below so that you can become a subscriber to one or more of these lists for Taos deals texts.  It's just getting started, but be one of the first to receive Taos deals texts for money saving coupons and offers from Taos businesses.

If you're a Taos business owner, contact me, as this is extremely effective marketing to drive customers to your business when you want them.  And, it's very inexpensive as well.  For the cost of one newspaper ad you can run thousands of text messages in multiple campaigns.

As a freelance writer, I wish I had the skill for travel writing.  I'd hardly consider it work to stay and eat at the resort with an assignment for 400 words.  Good article though for Taos and for El Monte Sagrado.

Even better, as I take new photos, they're added to a great mapping site, and you can view maps by items of interest in the Taos area.  As each map has the links to the others at the top, I'll just take you here to the Taos Arts Map as an example.  All are easily accessed from the Maps tab at the top of every page.  You can zoom, change map type, and mouse over the icons or the images for more information.

I'm trying to map every hotel, motel, b&b, business, building, restaurant, gallery, studio, horse trail, hiking trail and campground in the Enchanted Circle area.  To do that, I need to take a photo at the site, but I don't mind, and it's free.  I want this to be the best site on the Web for Taos area information.  So, if you have a business or favorite location you want mapped, email it to me, and I'll move it up higher on the list.  These maps will get more on them as quickly as I can take the photos.

These Mamas get around, and you'll probably find something interesting to read on their site about somewhere you're planning to visit.

Current Hotel Deals in Taos - Book Today!

Hotel Name Rooms From Expires Don Fernando De Taos $59/nt 11/24/2008 Days Inn Taos $65/nt 11/24/2008 Best Western Kachina Lodge $76/nt 11/24/2008 Quality Inn Taos $80/nt 11/24/2008

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Popular lunch buffet.

Previously Holiday Inn Don Fernando

575-758-4444

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Excellent breakfasts.

575-758-2200

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The State of New Mexico Tourism Department has an annual cooperative grant program in which they award funds to qualified marketing entities in the state that apply with specific programs, are determined worthy during a review process, and can provide a 50/50 match for the grants awarded.

The 2008-09 award list, including amounts, is attached.  It includes specific Taos awards this year of $51,000 for marketing.

This total includes $10,000 toward the Town of Taos marketing effort – the Town/Griffin & Associates applying for the first time this year in conjunction with the Taos Gallery Association and the Taos County Chamber of Commerce.  The $51,000 also includes a $33,000 award – among the largest ever granted by the State – going to a consortium of the Taos County Chamber of Commerce and the Taos County Lodgers Association, who have previously applied and won for their great marketing program(s).  In addition, this year the Museum Association of Taos received $5,000; the Harwood Museum Art Alliance was granted $3,000; Taos Ski Valley Chamber is down for $9,000; and the Taos County Film Commission for $1,000.

There are many other awards in Taos’ immediate North Central New Mexico region, including $7,000 to the Enchanted Circle Coop effort, of which the Town of Taos and Taos County Chamber area members.  Our region has been granted approximately $124,000 in marketing funds by the state for 2008-09.  Congratulations to all.

Cathy Connelly, Public Relations Director

Town of Taos

400 Camino de la Placita

Taos, NM 87571

http://www.taosgov.com

cconnelly@taosgov.com

505-751-2001 office

Fax 575-751-2026

505-779-1013 cell

Worldmark Taos consists of 67 vacation ownership units, including studio, studio-plus, one and two bedroom units. A survey of Worldmark owners indicated that Taos is one of the top destinations, due to our area beauty and many activities and the arts. We certainly wish them luck in filling these units with happy visitors.

Wyndham Vacation Ownership entered the New Mexico market in the summer of 2006 by opening its first WorldMark sales center in Albuquerque. It also opened its first 21-unit ski-in, ski-out resort, WorldMark Red River in December 2007.

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