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Don Johnson is the founder of the aspiring innkeeper seminars, INN YOUR DREAMS. In addition to teaching and consulting on the Inn/B&B industry, Don is a full-time Buyer’s Broker with The Swan Agency Sotheby’s International Realty, Maine's premier statewide Inn/B&B Real Estate specialists. www.maineinnbroker.com
 

Don brings a unique perspective to the INN YOUR DREAMS aspiring innkeeper’s seminars. Not only does he know the innkeeping business literally from the inside-out (he has owned and operated five B&B's); he has been an integral part of the surrounding business atmosphere, including all phases of tourism in the state of Maine.
If you add it all together, you will understand the level of experience Don brings to the INN YOUR DREAMS class.

A few important highlights of Don's career:

  • Creator/owner/innkeeper of the Inn at Canoe Point in Bar Harbor,  during his ten year ownership, Don created one of Maine's and New England's most successful small Inns.

  • Owner of four other successful B&B's during the 80's and early 90's: the Lindenwood Inn and Inn at Southwest in Southwest Harbor, Maine, and The Maples and Ridgeway B&B's in Bar Harbor, Maine

  • President of the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce and Southwest Harbor Chamber of Commerce, serving three and one year terms respectively.

  • Gubernatorial appointee to the Maine Tourism Commission, serving as the group's chairperson under Governor Angus King in 1996 - 1997

  • In the last 12 years, Don has been involved in selling over 100 Inns
    throughout Maine.

The above experiences in all aspects of innkeeping, have provided him with a unique understanding of the entire innkeeping world.

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