{"id":6142,"date":"2013-09-26T10:19:30","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T14:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=6142"},"modified":"2013-09-27T11:40:19","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T15:40:19","slug":"vote-sleeping-bear-dunes-the-eighth-wonder-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=6142","title":{"rendered":"Vote Sleeping Bear Dunes the Eighth Wonder of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Virtual Tourist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualtourist.com\/8thwonder\" target=\"_blank\">Eighth Wonder of the World<\/a>\u00a0contest is in the final stretch with September 30\u00a0the last day for voting.\u00a0 Sleeping Bear Dunes is still in the top 25 of about 350 submissions so we would like to finish strong.\u00a0 Please remember to vote and encourage your employees, friends, family and guests to vote too. \u00a0\u00a0If you are involved with social media add this information as a post to get more people involved.\u00a0 \u00a0Remember, you can vote once per day!<\/p>\n<p>To make your voting simple just click on this link\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualtourist.com\/8thwonder\" target=\"_blank\">Eighth Wonder of the World<\/a>\u00a0and type \u201csleeping\u201d into the search box and click on \u201cSearch\u201d and Sleeping Bear Dunes will come right up to click on and register your vote.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your support.<\/p>\n<p><b>Brad Van Dommelen<br \/>\n<\/b>President and CEO<br \/>\nTraverse City Convention &amp; Visitors Bureau<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virtual Tourist Eighth Wonder of the World contest is in the final stretch with September 30 the last day for voting. 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