CNN.Com Revisited

Last week we brought you news of the lead story in CNN.com’s travel section about nakations.  We continue to receive media as we’ll more fully explain below.

At this moment, however, I want to thank several clubs who were not
mentioned directly in the article, but nevertheless played a pivotal role in helping us to convince the journalists at CNN of the strength of the nude recreation market.

The impressive growth of Lake Como club in Lutz, Florida; as well as Oaklake Trails in Oklahoma, home to AANR’s 2009 Convention; plus Desert Sun of Palm Springs, California; and Abbott’s Glen of Vermont were all cited as evidence of what the industry has accomplished.  Moreover, representatives from each of those businesses—as well as Bob Migliore of Canada who discussed business there—took the time to interview with CNN reporters in preparation of the story.  Without their help, it would simply have not been possible to make the story happen.

Thank you for adding your voices to the credible voice of reason.

In related news, the list below shows how many places on the internet — from online blogs to major newspapers–have picked up the story.  Note that Laguna del Sol had a very positive visit from a local television station, as well as additional pickup for Sun Meadow of Idaho.  Note, too, that a number of stories reached Canada.

While not all pieces below are completely positive, without doubt they have prompted many, many discussions about nude recreation across North America.

Athens, Alabama News Courier
http://www.enewscourier.com/columns/local_story_084141932.html

Gadling.  Vacation Comfortably in Your Own Skin

http://www.gadling.com/2009/03/31/vacation-comfortably-in-only-your-own-skin
/

Westborough (MA) News.  Buffing it on Vacation

http://www.wickedlocal.com/westborough/news/lifestyle/columnists/x543787704/McGrath-Buffing-it-on-vacation

Fox40 Television News (CA) Laguna del Sol Story

http://www.fox40.com/pages/news_at_ten

TWINE (Track Interests)

http://www.twine.com/item/124t87v5v-2vl/on-nakation-forget-worries-and-clothes-cnn-com

Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review. CNN Features Worley Nudist Resort

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2009/mar/25/cnn-features-worley-nudist-resort/

Philly Burbs (Philadelphia, PA) Travel & Tourism Section

http://www.phillyburbs.com/information/guides/travel_tourism.html

Couer d’Alene (ID) Press Newspaper.  Nudist Resort Earns Top Honors, Press on CNN

http://cdapress.com/articles/2009/03/25/news/news05.txt

Active RAIN (serving Real estate IN IDAHO). Attracting more tourists to
North Idaho with Nakations

http://activerain.com/blogs/jscharf

LOCALISM.com (an encyclopedia on the web for neighborhoods).

The Economy is Helping Some Industries – North Idaho Nudist Community

http://localism.com/blog/id/worley/posts/1001474/The-economy-is-helping

BookingBuddyHotel’sBlog (Travel Blog)

On nakation forget worries and clothes

http://bookingbuddyhotels.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/on-nakation-forget-worries-and-clothes/

Globe & Mail (Canada). Laid Off? Try a Nakation

http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/storyLAC.20090326.FASS26/TPStory/?query=

Mick’s Live Journal (BLOG)

http://t-o-e.livejournal.com/

See March 24, 2009.

CNN Money (Online Finance News)

http://cnnmoney.mobi/money/cnn/cnn/detail/134506;jsessionid=64B50B729A5BEE3C9EF8E8AD374AD19B

The Free Republic (BLOG)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216467/posts

Show Me Blog (Professional Blog of Jim Howard of Miami, FL)

http://www.showmeblog.com/

Blog from China

http://blog.sina.com.cn/jeffreywzy

Drigger.com (Golf Boards Section)

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Brain of Garvey (Private Blog)

http://melissasuegarvey.blogspot.com/2009/03/vacation-nakation-staycation-gaycation.html

Spin Serum (Not a particularly friendly piece… reminds us lots about the
people the writer doesn’t want to see naked)

http://spinserum.com/blog/2009/03/25/nude-recreation-sounds-hot-from-afar-bu
t-beware-of-gravity/

reddit.com (A source for “what’s new and popular online)

http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/88y3fq_what_kind_of_vacations_are_recently_laid_of/

Twitter.com (CNN update section)

http://twitter.com/cnn/status/1382386213

Mixx.com (Your blend of the web)

http://www.mixx.com/stories/4325800/on_nakation_forget_worries_and_clothes

Mashget.com – Get news and video here

http://travel.mashget.com/2009/03/24/on-nakation-forget-worries-and-clothes/

DisBoards.com – Message Board posting area

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2128762

Calgary (Canada) Herald. Nakation: The antidote for economic woes

http://communities.canada.com/calgaryherald/blogs/noted/archive/2009/03/24/nakation-the-antidote-for-economic-woes.aspx

Wopopular – “Your Online News Rack”

http://www.wopular.com/news/nakation

CNN Asia Edition

http://article.joins.com/article/cnn_earticle.asp?master_code=2205001&Total_ID=3549408> &Total_ID=3549408

CrossMap (Faith based website)

http://rss.crossmap.com/article/on-nakation-forget-worries-and-clothes/story370809.htm

Hometown Digest

http://www.hometowndigest.com/2009/03/on-nakation-forget-worries-and-clothes__28344.html

Blog Catalog (Heavily Travel Related) / World Hum Travel Dispatches
http://74.125.93.104search?q=cache:Zkm_9T5pZ0MJ:www.worldhum.com/travel-blog/item/morning-links-franz-kafka-airport-sonic-boom-trains-20090323/+nakations+cnn&cd=40&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us> &cd=40&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

http://www.blogcatalog.com/dashboard.search.php?q=travel+

Daily Headlines.org

http://www.dailyheadlines.org/2009/03/24/on-nakation-forget-worries-and-clothes/

The Celebrity Café The Good, the Bad and the Bizarre

http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/features/26223.html

Glenwood Springs Post Independent.  In the buff when life gets tough

http://www.postindependent.com/article/20090331/COLUMNISTS/903309974/1022/NONE&parentprofile=1077&title=In%20the%20buff%20when%20life%20gets%20tough>
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