Friends of Hearst Castle Information Kiosk

Friends Announces New Information Kiosk

Friends of Hearst Castle now has an electronic information kiosk at the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport! Over 300,000 annual passengers have access to County lodging, dining, wine tasting, recreation, shopping and services offered by FHC's Business Gold members. The simple-to-use, touch-screen kiosk also provides information about Hearst Castle tours, which is available in English, French, German or Spanish translation. The new kiosk, located in the arrivals terminal, complements the two existing units, which already serves over 835,000 annual guests at the Hearst Castle® Visitor Center and National Geographic Theater Lobby.

Inclusion in the kiosk is a benefit of Business or Business Gold membership in FHC. Business Gold members are also featured on the popular Friends of Hearst Castle website, www.friendsofhearstcastle.org, which is used by tens of thousands of visitors to plan their visit to Hearst Castle. Membership dues for standard Business membership is $500 per year.

Business members have been very pleased by their participation in Friends program. “I’ve gotten more hits on my site from FHC than I get from [a travel service organization], which costs me thousands of dollars more,” said one local hotelier. “In the first month, FHC became my second-highest referring site, and the number one site was my own company!” according to a local resort sales manager.

More New Features
Friends has enhanced the kiosk program with another new feature called Business Gold , which allows kiosk users to simply touch a listing for more in-depth information, photos and a map highlighting a member’s feature, service or product. FHC is offering this option to Business members for an additional $150 in annual dues. (Benefactor and Casa Grande members receive this benefit at no additional charge).
Visit our Gold Plus information page for more details.

At the request of several members, FHC’s website and kiosks now have two additional categories, Shopping and Services. The new categories allow FHC to encompass the entire range of its dedicated membership.

For more information, or to join FHC, call our office at (805) 927-2138 or email us at friends@hearstcastle.org.

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