Marketing Initiatives

2006 Marketing Initiatives: proposed

2006 North Island Directory and Map Booklet

2006 Tourism Vancouver Island Visitor Guide

2006 North Island Visitor Guide

Increase Web presence

2005 Marketing Initiatives:

       - Web Page www.northislandtours.com

     - 2005 Map Booklet. Click Here for further information.

      -Co-operative ad in the Tourism Vancouver Island Visitors Guide (The official Tourism British Columbia guide for Vancouver Island)

      -Advertising in the North Island Gazette produced North Island Visitor's Guide

      - Advertising in the VINVA North Island Visitor's Guide

      -6th Annual Travel Get Away Show, Victoria, BC

2004 Marketing Initiatives:

Web Page www.northislandtours.com; 122 pages

September 2004

Fall Fair, North Island

Northern Vancouver Island Visitors Guide Ads

Island Visitor Magazine Ad

The exclusive distributor 'on the tarmac' at selected BC Ferry terminals

March 12-14, 2004

Travel Show, Hillside Mall, Victoria, BC

Victoria is an excellent market for Northern Vancouver Island Tourism Businesses to be promoted to at a very low cost; $50.

2004 North Vancouver Island Visitors Directory and Map Booklet
With a print run of 25,000 these Free Booklets were distributed on BC Ferries May-September, 2004 (routes Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bay,  Duke Point to Tswassen and Port Hardy to Prince Rupert), the booklets were also sent to all BC Info Centres and were distributed at 14 Consumer Shows in North America (Vancouver Island Travel Show, March 12-14, 2004 at the Hillside Mall in Victoria, British Columbia. Tourism Vancouver Island Booth at Florida RV Super Show, Tampa, Florida January 13-18/04; Quartzsite RV Show, Quartzsite, AZ January 17-15/04; LA Time Travel Show, Long Beach, CA February 7-8/04; Northwest Women's Show, Seattle, WA March 19-21/04. Also look for the Booklet in the Tourism North Central Island or Vancouver Island North Booth at the Washington Sportsmen Show, Puyallup, WA January 21-25/04; Pacific Northwest Sportsmen Show, Portland, OR February 4-8/04; The Outdoor Show, Vancouver, BC Feb 13-15/04; Calgary Sportsmen Show, Calgary, AB, February 13-15/04; Fred Hall's Fish & Tackle Show, Long Beach, CA March 3-7/04; Edmonton Home and Garden Show, Edmonton, AB March 20-21/04; The Outdoor Adventure Show, Calgary, AB March 26-28/04). Reference copies were sent to all Canadian Automobile Associations and American Automobile Associations.

2003 Marketing Initiatives:

Web Page: www.northislandtours.com; 8 pages

Port McNeill Accommodations Ad

A 1/4 page ad (3.5 x 5 inch) in the North Vancouver Island Drivers Guide which had a print run of 30,000 and was distributed at BC Info Centres and various Consumer Shows in North America.

Port McNeill Accommodation Brochure
With a print run of 20,000 the brochure was distributed on BC Ferries routes Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bay, Duke Point to Tswassen and Port Hardy to Prince Rupert. The brochure was also distributed to all BC Info Centres, 3 Consumer shows in North America and various other outlets.

Please contact Crystal (250-956-8222) about advertising opportunities.