Molly Blaisdell is the principal of Hook, Line & Thinker and has 25 years of experience promoting clients in the tourism and lifestyle industries, including an extensive background in planning and executing strategic public relations and marketing campaigns for destinations, hotels and resorts, attractions, destinations, retail centers, arts organizations, commercial real estate, non-profit organizations, health club chains, transportation organizations, communication firms and geological companies. Some of her most successful projects were designed for Hilton Hotels of San Francisco; Alcatraz Cruises; Palau, Micronesia; Pacifica, CA; Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts, with 25 Pacific Rim properties; Hornblower Cruises & Events; Extreme Makeover: Home Edition; Maui Visitors Bureau; Boston Properties’ Embarcadero Center; the YMCA; San Francisco’s Municipal Railway and the celebrated Cable Cars; Meeting Professionals International; Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation; Hospitality Resources Incorporated (now known as AVT Event Technologies); The Learning Annex; GEOCONSULTANTS, Inc.; Macerich Company’s Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek; Santana Row, San Jose; Plaza Athenee Hotel, Paris, France; Runaway Tours with FIT travel to Tahiti, Mexico and Hawaii; Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort, Maui; Mandarin Oriental Hotel, San Francisco; Stanford Court Hotel, San Francisco; Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco; and several California inns and bed + breakfast properties. Molly received numerous awards and accolades for her creative efforts to promote the Municipal Railway and San Francisco’s tourism initiatives before and after the devastating Loma Prieta Earthquake. In addition, she’s received several honors from and is a member of Bay Area Travel Writers (BATW); Hotel Sales & Marketing Association International; Pacific Asia Travel Association; and Society of American Traveler Writers (SATW). She is past President and on the Board of Directors for BATW and the Treasurer for SATW.