There's a new director of the Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council. Following the retirement of longtime director Millicent Huminsky, the group has announced
After 37 years of driving tourism to Michigan's Great Southwest, Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council Executive Director Millicent Huminsky announced her retirement at the Tourist Council's annual meeting Thursday night. She will retire at the end of October, and Marcy Simpson, the Tourist Council's current office manager, will succeed her. Tim Kading, Tourist Council president, said Huminsky was instrumental in promoting visitorship to events, attractions and recreational activities in Berrien, Cass and Van Buren Counties. The growth of Southwest Michigan's tourism industry markedly increased under her leadership. L-R David Lorenz of Travel Michigan, Marcy Simpson, Millicent Huminsky When Huminsky joined the Tourist Council in 1985, there were only 10 hotels/motels in Benton Harbor, St. Joseph and Stevensville. Now there are 25 lodgings to welcome the area's expanding number of visitors. New wineries, breweries, distilleries, cideries, festivals, restaurants,
Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council Director Millicent Huminsky is retiring. The council announced Thursday Huminsky is stepping down after 37 years of
The Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council has announced a new app to help visitors plan their visits to the area. Director Millicent Huminsky tells WSJM News the Visit SW MI App enables anyone to follow an itinerary by going to the website of the Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council and browsing the Visit Widget. "As you're going through the site and you're looking at what you're going to do when you come to vacation here, or if you're looking at what there is to do if you live here, when you come across something very interesting that you'd like to do, you just put it on your itinerary and it stays with you forever," Huminsky said. "It's right on your phone." The Visit Widget is a blue map of Michigan with a star you can see at SWMichigan.org. You can browse attractions there and they wind up on your device. "We're also going to use it in the fall, the day after Labor Day, when we roll out the next Makers Trail Passport prog
The Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council has announced a new app to help visitors plan their visits to the area. Director Millicent Huminsky tells WSJM News