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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 9 JA N UA R Y 2 5 , 2 0 2 1 F O C U S S O U T H E R N M A I N E Kennebec Savings Bank was established in 1870 to help every member of our community save, thrive and grow. Serving the Maine banking community for over 150 years. Visit www.KennebecSavings.Bank to view a complete list of our residential and commercial products. Y ork County's lodging industry had to get creative in 2020 to stay open, as well as accommodate long-time visitors. Here are some of the solutions: 1. Ogunquit's Beachmere Inn, which has been welcoming guests for a century and has been owned by the same family for three generations, greatly relaxed its cancellation policy, working with guests to rebook. Guests were not required to forfeit deposits and the inn discussed refunds on an individual basis. 2. The Dunes on the Waterfront, also in Ogunquit, offered Maine residents a 30% discount in June. 3. In Kennebunkport, the Boathouse Waterfront Hotel installed heated "gingerbread houses" on the outdoor cocktail deck for the holiday season, accompanied by a special menu. 4. Elsewhere in Kennebunkport, the Cape Arundel Inn & Resort offered the 14-room property as an individual package rental for families or groups. 5. Kennebunkport Inn turned its property into a Christmas festival for the holidays, including a curling rink, fire pits, heated igloos and private gondolas for drinking and dining. 6. The Nonantum Resort added an outdoor kitchen and six cabanas for dining, turned its gazebo into another dining spot and rented out fire pits with s'mores kits. 7. In Cape Neddick, Cliff House built a welcome center at its entrance, offered individual art classes from a local artist and added two dining igloos to the three it had set up the previous winter, among other things. York County inns got creative in 2020 outhern Maine, particularly York County, is a key destination for summer travelers, with resorts, inns and an array of attractions. The pandemic shut- down had a widespread impact there. But, as we can see below, York County's inns got creative last year, offering socially distanced activities, adapting cabanas and heated "igloos" for outdoor dining and generally making the best of the situation. F O C U S S TA R T S O N F O L L OW I N G PA G E ยป S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7