August09

Comox Valley 2010 and Beyond Campaign and Visitors' Guide

This is a comprehensive, one-stop investment for businesses interested in 2010 print, online, media and event destination marketing opportunities

....and includes your ad in the official Visitors' Guide for the Comox Valley.

What does this mean? As the community's official Guide...

it will be the one distributed to all Tourism BC designated Visitor Centers
it is the fulfillment piece used by area Visitor Centres to respond to phone, email, and in-person inquiries
it will be widely distributed to Victoria Times Colonist readers, Vancouver Board of Trade's newsletter subscribers, and to Western Canadian Airports such as Regina, Calgary, Kelowna and Victoria
it will be available on major BC Ferry routes connecting Vancouver Island to the Lower Mainland
it will be available to visitors and residents locally through distribution in a Comox Valley newspaper and at local gateway points including accommodations, attractions, restaurants, and key transportation locations
it will be the one used by Discover Comox Valley and Tourism Vancouver Island at media, travel, and consumer events and shows throughout Canada

Plus

it will be downloadable online from the area's official destination marketing website, www.discovercomoxvalley.com
this online version will be interactive...visitors to the online Guide will be able to click on your ad and be taken directly to your website

And...

the 2010 Guide will be published in October 2009 and available for vacation planning until the end of the 2010 year

FMI and to book your 2010 and Beyond Sponsorship Package, contact Karen Bonell (250-334-2427 ext 232 or karen@discovercomoxvalley.com), Comox Valley 2010 and Beyond Sales & Coordination. Check out the Campaign Rate Sheet here.

Please Note: Booking deadline August 31, 2009

Comox Valley joins BC's Cultural Crawl

The BC Cultural Crawl is a self-guided tour of community-initiated events: music, theatre and dance performances, visual arts, festivals, museum and heritage exhibitions, culinary arts, community art walks and more.

Your self-guided exploration of supercultural British Columbia begins here. Browse August-long events, local cultural crawls, and community art walks. Download itineraries, maps and find all of the resources you need to plan your own exploration on www.art-bc.com.

Other Destination Marketing Opportunities

- click on the title of each to find out more!

Tourism Vancouver Island 2010 Outdoor Guide

FMI: Vicky Campbell, 250-740-1216 or vicky@TourismVI.ca

Tourism Vancouver Island 2010 Vacation Guide

FMI: Jim Griffin, 250-477-4429 or jim.victoria@shaw.ca

Travel Guides to Canada

FMI: Trisha Stefani, Sales Director Western Canada

604-882-9105 or tstefani@mwadvertising.ca

Meeting Placing 2010

FMI: Katherine Butler, Business in Vancouver Magazines,

604-608-5158 or kbutler@biv.com