Annual General Meeting Minutes

Website Advertising Options

Another benefit of membership in Sunshine Coast Tourism. We now offer a variety of Ad types for our Members, and prices to fit any budget from $75 to $250. For details of the various options, click here. Give your company the best possible exposure for visitors planning a trip to the Sunshine Coast.  As a member, you now have the following opportunities: A listing in our Business Directory, which is included in your membership fee Enhanced visibility with the option to purchase one of our Premium Listings in the Business Directory for only $100/year (click for sample - click on the name of the Premium listing to see the full listing info). Choose the advertising option that is just right for your business - Advertising Options. We are always thinking of new ways for our members to market their businesses through our website, and through the other marketing options that are outlined each month in our Membership Marketing Options newsletters. To take advantage of any of these new marketing opportunities, just contact us at info@sunshinecoastcanada.com and we'll get your started right away.

Sample of 'Targeted' Ad

Opportunity for Enhanced Visibility in our Directory

Website & Admin. Reports

We regularly report on: our website stats new functions marketing initiatives other information relevant to our members If you have questions about anything in these reports, please contact us at info@sunshinecoastcanada.com and we will be happy to respond. May 2010 May 2010 Size: 79.17Kb April 2010 April 2010 Size: 103.77Kb March 2010 Report March 2010 Report Size: 111.32Kb February 2010 Report February 2010 Report Size: 118.76Kb December 2009 Report December 2009 Report Size: 18.79Kb Novemberm 2009 Report Novemberm 2009 Report Size: 17.09Kb October 2009 Report October 2009 Report Size: 17.09Kb Sept. 2009 Report Sept. 2009 Report Size: 57.87Kb August 2009 Report August 2009 Report Size: 24.71Kb

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Tourism Statistics

Would you like to Participate in a Fam Tour?

'Fam Tours' (or 'Familiarization' tours) are usually requested either directly, through PR companies, or through Vancouver Coast & Mountains. Travel writers, photographers and videographers who are interested in writing an article or submitting videos or photos for magazines, newspapers, online travel sites, etc.,  approach PR companies or VCM and ask them about the possibility of a fam tour to the Sunshine Coast. These people advise about the kind of article or pictures they want to create, and that determines where they go and the kind of experience that is provided for them.

Another way that fam tours are arranged is by the presence of VCM at the various Travel & Tourism trade shows, such as the TMAC (Travel Media Assn. Of Canada) conference that was held in Vancouver.  SpectacularInk (a PR company) arranged for 6 travel writers to visit the Sunshine Coast as an add-on to the conference, and this was done months in advance so that those media interested could arrange to extend their stay in advance of the trade show.  In addition, through their presence at TMAC, SpectacularInk was approached by an award winning photographer who also asked about coming here to take photos.  So for one conference alone, we have the opportunity for 6 writers to create one or more articles each, as well as getting some great images of the Coast through a contra deal made with the photographer, plus he will be going out and selling his images to other media.

The job of Sunshine Coast Tourism is to provide the best possible experience according to the particular requests of each of the fam tour participants.  Some want a high end experience with lavish accommodations, fine dining, spas, etc., while others want a more rugged visit including camping, hiking, kayaking, etc.  So we must make the arrangements in accordance with the request of each visting  media:

• Appropriate accommodation for the particular fam tour
• Great dining, both casual and fine dining, and even box lunches
• Activities such as marine tours, spa treatments, snowshoeing, kayaking, hiking etc.
• Find locations with great vistas for photographers

We always try to showcase our members first, but we do offer a one-time-only opportunity for non-members to participate if it fills a particular need requested by the media visitor.

Our members have been extremely generous in their donations to date, and because of that we have been able to put together some amazing tours, resulting in excellent articles about the Sunshine Coast in a variety of publications and on the internet.  And often these articles contain specific information on some of the businesses who participate in the fam tours by providing their services to these members of the media.

Sunshine Coast Tourism - Logos

As part of the Sunshine Coast Regional branding strategy, you, as a member of Sunshine Coast Tourism, are encouraged to use one of these officially recognized logos in any promotional and communications tools you employ and we hope that you will help us by following a consistent manner of reproduction by using these guidelines whenever you share in the logo:

• Do not stretch or shrink the logo in any way that would affect proportions or otherwise modify the lettering or graphics
• Do not separate the lettering from the graphics
• Do not use any colours other than those indicated on the digital files
• Only use supplied shadows when they complement the image and fit the reproduction criteria
• No portion is to be rendered differently than shown, or colours substituted
• The logo may appear with or without the Positioning Statement, but the Positioning Statement must not appear without the logo or in any other format than that shown
• When in doubt, consult a professional designer for assistance in using these images with your promotional materials

To copy these logos to your own computer for your use, just put your cursor on the logo desired, right click on your mouse, and choose 'Save picture as' from the dialogue box, and then choose the location on your computer where you would like to save it, and click 'Save'.

For further information contact Sunshine Coast Tourism at info@sunshinecoastcanada.com

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