I am not wildly enthusiastic about 3 1/2 million or so visitors to MDI but they bring lots and lots of money and it's needed. Clogging up single lane highways is difficult to say the least. BUT I have no problems trying to help tourists who try to respect the local way of life we have. When their attitude towards me is one of servitude and what can you do for me I do kinda get my back up. ALSO, I can't tell you how uneasy my wife and I and so many others in this country are with President orange head and vice president Elon Musk are!! I am concerned about just about everything he is doing but what is close to home is Acadia National Park and Jackson Lab and how all the cuttings will affect my neighbors and workers. I am a SWH native. I am long retired and financially doing well but I worry about my children and my grandchildren and what is happening to the rule of law and the constitution in MY country. Trump scares the hell out of me and what's worse is the "all hands on deck" that the Republicans in the House and Senate buy into. Hopefully there are many MAGA folks that are getting a dose of the reality of King Donald and a private citizen who has seemingly been given the keys to the kingdom. It's no conincidence that several agencies who have been looking at Musk's business practices have lost their leaderships. Musk has made billions from us US taxpayers. Guess it's not enough? He has a Canadian passport and there is a huge move afoot to take it away from him.
I didn’t get back to you today on your email in time but I wanted to share that the Bar Harbor Inn is on pace with last years forecast for visitation and do not see any inclination of a decline as written in the journal article. We are largely isolated from the escalating airline costs as MDI is a vast majority drive in business model, otherwise that would be a negative impact given how expensive it is to fly today.
Across Witham Family Hotels we have a variety of property types and price points and all hold true to past years occupancy pacing. So, for at least right now we are expecting a steady year of guests who have stayed with us for years and years and whom spend much of the year looking forward to just a few days in this little paradise.
So despite the negative news of late and the validty of Mrs. Pohle’s article in other regions, I don’t currently see the same impacts on MDI for our portfolio. The Bar Harbor tourism brand remains a strong one nationwide and within Canada.
As Maine goes, so goes the nation.
Way to go , Lincoln ,and other protesters bravely raising their voices to save our democracy and our country!
I am not wildly enthusiastic about 3 1/2 million or so visitors to MDI but they bring lots and lots of money and it's needed. Clogging up single lane highways is difficult to say the least. BUT I have no problems trying to help tourists who try to respect the local way of life we have. When their attitude towards me is one of servitude and what can you do for me I do kinda get my back up. ALSO, I can't tell you how uneasy my wife and I and so many others in this country are with President orange head and vice president Elon Musk are!! I am concerned about just about everything he is doing but what is close to home is Acadia National Park and Jackson Lab and how all the cuttings will affect my neighbors and workers. I am a SWH native. I am long retired and financially doing well but I worry about my children and my grandchildren and what is happening to the rule of law and the constitution in MY country. Trump scares the hell out of me and what's worse is the "all hands on deck" that the Republicans in the House and Senate buy into. Hopefully there are many MAGA folks that are getting a dose of the reality of King Donald and a private citizen who has seemingly been given the keys to the kingdom. It's no conincidence that several agencies who have been looking at Musk's business practices have lost their leaderships. Musk has made billions from us US taxpayers. Guess it's not enough? He has a Canadian passport and there is a huge move afoot to take it away from him.
Lincoln,
I didn’t get back to you today on your email in time but I wanted to share that the Bar Harbor Inn is on pace with last years forecast for visitation and do not see any inclination of a decline as written in the journal article. We are largely isolated from the escalating airline costs as MDI is a vast majority drive in business model, otherwise that would be a negative impact given how expensive it is to fly today.
Across Witham Family Hotels we have a variety of property types and price points and all hold true to past years occupancy pacing. So, for at least right now we are expecting a steady year of guests who have stayed with us for years and years and whom spend much of the year looking forward to just a few days in this little paradise.
So despite the negative news of late and the validty of Mrs. Pohle’s article in other regions, I don’t currently see the same impacts on MDI for our portfolio. The Bar Harbor tourism brand remains a strong one nationwide and within Canada.
Hope that helps,
Jeremy Dougherty
Managing Director at Witham Family Hotels
Thanks. I'm not surprised. You guys are a class act. I stayed at Bar Harbor Inn during the pandemic. Was a great experience.