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MOT IVATE .
Looking for a way to reward your valuable employees or host
a memorable team building experience? With miles of breath-
taking coastal scenery, gorgeous inland vistas, and attentive
hospitality staff, Maine is an ideal incentive destination. Since
Maine is one of the nation’s great outdoor playgrounds, you
may want to combine your business meeting or convention
with an exhilarating recreational outing. Or let your delegates
discover their own adventure; just knowing what’s available to
them is likely to make them more eager to attend your event.
Welcome to Maine.
The Western Lakes and Mountains region offers superb
downhill skiing, snowmobiling and rafting, while most other
outdoor activities are easily accessible in Greater Portland.
You can paddle gently in a canoe through the state’s largest
salt marsh in Scarborough or take in a panoramic view of
brilliant foliage on a fall hike up Bradbury Mountain in Pownal.
Maine Audubon sanctuaries in Portland, Falmouth and Free-
port are the ideal place for bird watchers to roam while golfers
will find excellent links, both inland and oceanside.
Biking and kayaking are two of the most popular outdoor
activities that can be done as a group, and experienced guides
are available to lead your group in both. Elegant schooners
will sail your party down the bay for a close-up view of forts
and lighthouses. Or you can don rubber gloves and haul
traps with a Maine lobsterman. Try ice-fishing or whale-watch-
ing, or let L.L.Bean’s Outdoor Discovery Schools introduce
you to archery, paddle-boarding, fly-fishing, or a host of other
exciting activities.
Reward your group with a motivating adventure or simply
enjoy the views as you conduct business amid a natural
backdrop conducive to productivity and clear thinking. Maine
will not disappoint.
Photos on right:
from top: HappyME; Northern Outdoors Adventure Resort
FESTIVALS &
ANNUAL EVENTS
2017
MARCH
1–11 / Maine Restaurant Week
Specially-priced three-course meals
celebrate Maine’s culinary scene from
the South Coast to Maine’s Mid Coast.
24–26 / Maine Boatbuilders Show
Portland’s gathering of the finest craftsmen
& boatbuilders on the East Coast.
MAR 29–APR 2 / The Maine Flower
Show in Portland.
Displays by Maine’s
best garden and landscape companies.
JUNE
11 / Old Port Festival
in Portland.
Crafts & food booths, kids’ activities,
music & live entertainment.
16–18 / Launch! A Maritime
Festival in the Kennebunk region.
Celebrating all things maritime for which
this area is so well known.
22–24 / Greek Heritage Festival
in Portland.
Greek foods, arts and
crafts, and live entertainment.
25–JUL 1 / Windjammer Days
in Boothbay Harbor.
Fully rigged
windjammers sail into the harbor.
Concerts, antique boat parade,
& fireworks.
JULY
1–SEPT 2 / Summer In The Park
in Freeport
.
Fun family events and free
concerts all summer.
21–23 / Yarmouth Clam Festival
Celebration includes a parade, races,
games, entertainment & all the clams you
can eat.
AUGUST
2–6 / Maine Lobster
Festival in Rockland.
New England’s
fun festival where lobster is king.
5 / Beach to Beacon10K Road
Race in Cape Elizabeth.
5,000+ runners race from Crescent
Beach to Portland Head Light.
12 / Art In The Park in South
Portland.
Paintings & prints by artists
from the entire Eastern Seaboard.
10–19 / Portland Chamber Music
Festival in Portland.
Evening performances by outstanding
young musicians.
“ Maine, and especially Portland, has some of
the friendliest people; they really made our
members feel welcomed and at home.”
— Tom Voytek, Commander, CWV Post 1562