Biographie de Marilyn Messik
A regular feature and fiction writer for a variety of national magazines, Marilyn Messik set up a children's book and party business in the early '80s, opening first one shop and then another.
At the end of the '80s, she sold the shops and moved into the travel market, establishing U. S. Welcome which specialised in accommodation in the six New England States. As her advisory, planning and booking service flourished, she concurrently set up a publishing company to make the information more widely available.
U. S. Welcome Selected Hotels & Inns was a lush, full-colour guide to boutique hotels, country inns and B&Bs, which eventually grew to take in unique accommodations all over North America as well as featuring museums, galleries and historic sites.
The popularity of the book on both sides of the Atlantic led to invitations to speak at a large number of industry conferences. Marilyn served as a Board Member of the Professional Association of Innkeepers and was made an honorary member of the New England Innkeepers Association for her work in promoting the area. In 1999 Selected Hotels & Inns was bought out by Thomas Cook Publishing.
Subsequently, Marilyn set up a Copywriting Consultancy, Create Communication, working with businesses of all types and sizes, helping shape their messages to optimum effect.
She's written several books for business, a series of paranormal thrillers and created the Vintage Ladies Collection Gift Books.