Marianne Cushing

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About me

Industry Tourism
Occupation Brand Strategist & Writer
Location Fort Myers, Florida, United States
Introduction Marianne authors her personal travel blog,"Because I Said So," as well as the destination blog for Anna Maria Island & Longboat Key, Florida, www.ourislandculture.com. She is President of Cushing Ink, a writing consultancy, and former co-owner of Insight Strategies, Inc, an internationally recognized tourism marketing agency. She resides in Fort Myers, Florida with her husband, daughter and four dogs.
Interests As a child of a disabled parent travel was limited to the summer road trips from suburban New York to an uncle's house in Ortley Beach New Jersey. It wasn't until her last year in college that she took her first plane ride to Florida. Knowing from that moment she would be a travel princess her career and personal life have been centered around her love for a great concept and her love for new places. During the day she and her beloved agency-mates spend countless hours helping travelers find the destinations they emotionally connect with and in her spare time she pursues the same for herself.