Craig is a husband, father, team leader, travel and food writer, senior youth group coordinator, designer, brander, community builder, volunteer, and social media strategist. He likes to travel, go camping, go on road trips, watch movies, build stuff, operate the grill, and sing with his band. Craig is a member of the North American Travel Journalists Association and Travel Media Association of Canada. If you are a PR agency or brand and would like Craig to review a travel destination, vehicle, restaurant, product or service, please send him an email.
Anson and I decided to hang out in Detroit for an extra day to join the last group of international media on a plant tour of Ford’s Flat Rock Assembly Plant. Michigan Casting Center Opened in January 1972, Ford’s Michigan Casting Center, or MCC as it was then known, was one of the most technologically advanced casting facilities in the world. The Michigan Casting Center...
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Earlier this week, I went to the media launch for the winter edition of A Taste Of Burlington at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre, with various other media and fellow bloggers. It was nice to see Christine, Elizabeth, Sid, Chanry and Davindra there. A Taste of Burlington is a culmination of Tourism Burlington, Aldershot BIA, Burlington Downtown and local restaurants. This year, 18 local restaurants...
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Day 3 started off with a quick visit to Cobo Hall for the Lincoln Press Conference, and then off to do a tour of the Dearborn Truck Plant at the Rouge Factory. I have visited this plant before in 2013. This would be the first time I would get to see the production of the new 2015 F-150. A small city… The Rouge Factory is...
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While Day One of the NAIAS Media Summit was simply awesome, the bar got raised about 4 notches on Day Two. Monday, January 12th, 2015 will go down as one of the greatest days in history for the Ford Motor Company. As part of the launch of Ford Performance, 3 new performance vehicles were launched. The Ford F-150 Raptor, Shelby GT350R, and the Ford GT...
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When I found out the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant was on the itinerary for #FordNAIAS, I put my head down, and closed my eyes. I could picture plans for the Model T being sketched out, the workers assembling the vehicles… oh the history. To say I was excited was an understatement. Arriving at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant The Piquette Avenue Plant is located in...
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