You may have seen TCB’s new website: www.tourismbonaire.com already. But since a few weeks also the Dutch version is live! Great news, as we are again able to create new landing pages, and inform the Bonaire fan’s in our biggest market about everything that’s going on in Bonaire.
Category Archive: TCB Europe
Dec 18
TCB present at Caribbean Latin Workshop
Last November TCB Europe was presented during the third edition of the Caribbean Latin Workshop. This workshop took place in Rotterdam on a cruise ship. TCB had a table during the speed-date sessions where over 150 travel agents visited our table. They were informed about the latest island news and developments, and had the change …
Dec 18
Photos shoot VROUW Magazine (part of the Telegraaf) on Bonaire
Next month, the crew of VROUW Magazine will be visiting Bonaire. They are on island for several photo shoots. In total a number of 10 articles are made. They will be published during 2015. The crew and models are staying at Harbour Village, and the photo shoots will take place at several beautiful spots on …
Dec 18
Preparations for shows in Europe
We are busy with the preparations for the upcoming shows in Europe. To start with, TCB will be present at the Vakantiebeurs in Utrecht in January. Like always the trade-day (January 13.) is a very important day for Bonaire. That’s where we have our Bonaire moment and we hand out the Bonaire promotion prize, and …
Dec 18
Bonaire featured in National Geographic’s Marine Life
“Marine Life”, that’s the name of the new documentary shown on National Geographic Channel. This documentary, divided in 5 parts is all about the beautiful and spectacular waters around the globe. During 5 weeks, every Friday at 8 PM, one part of the documentary is broadcasted on FOX Channel in the Netherlands. The coral reefs …
Dec 18
Vara Vroege Vogels on Bonaire wins CTO Media Awards
This summer the Dutch TV-show Vara Vroege Vogels visited Bonaire. This TV program showed some interesting nature related topics on Bonaire. They’ve visited the Echo program, the re-foresting projects and the coral restoration project. Last month, the show was chosen as the winner of the CTO Media Awards in the categories TV and Radio. Producer …
Jun 12
Joint Promotion with famous Dutch writer
Joint Promotion with famous Dutch writer We are working on a new joint promotion in the Netherlands. This time with a famous Dutch writer, who lives on Bonaire: Rik Felderhof. His pseudonym is Ravelli, and his new book: SCAPA, and is in stores now. During the summer in all Bruna bookstores in the Netherlands people …
Jun 12
Bonaire Dress Travel Agent Campaign awarded
Bonaire Dress Travel Agent Campaign awarded Last month we honored José Timmerman from Vakantie Xperts Woudenberg. She was the lucky winner of the Bonaire dress sponsored by La Dress. José participated in the Travel Agent campaign we’ve organized together with Beau Monde. Her slogan was selected by the jury to be the winning one. This …
Jun 12
Again Bonaire will be highlighted on Dutch Television
Again Bonaire will be highlighted on Dutch Television Later this month another TV show will visit Bonaire for the recordings of a full program about our island. The show has over 1.3 million viewers and is broadcasted on Ned. 2. The Bonaire episode will be broadcast in 2015. Unfortunately at this moment we can’t tell …
Jun 12
Press trips Dominicus and Travel Magazine successful
Press trips Dominicus and Travel Magazine successful Last month Guido Derksen and Rene Kwak of visited our Island. They were on Bonaire for the update of the ABC Dominicus Travel guide. They knew Bonaire already but again we’ve managed to arrange some new activities for them. Dominicus Travel guides are one of the best travel …
Jun 12
Bonaire in Dutch TV Show: Vroege Vogels
Bonaire in Dutch TV Show: Vroege Vogels This month Bonaire was highlighted on the Dutch TV Show: Vroege Vogels. This nature program was broadcast on Dutch Television (Ned. 2) and viewed by more than 400.000 people. The crew visited Bonaire earlier this spring and made a nice report about the Parrot project of Echo, the …
Apr 08
Clipping report value: over 11 million euro
Twice a year we collect all articles, news items and other communication about Bonaire. We put them together in a map and calculate the publicity value. Recently we’ve done that again for the second half of 2013. The publicity value exceeds the 11 million euros. This value is an all time high record for Bonaire. …
Feb 04
Bonaire highlighted in media resellers
This winter Aletta’s goat farm was one of the settings for this year’s program “Boer zoekt Vrouw”. Viewers, originally rose from 3.5 million more than 4 million who saw Bonaire during eight weeks. Several of our partners took advantage of this promotion, and mentioned Bonaire prominently in their media. KLM, TUI, and tour operators like …
Feb 04
Bonaire Promotion Prize goes to…
Also this year the Vakantiebeurs in Utrecht took place. This is the biggest holiday show in the Netherlands and was a success with 13% more visitors than last year. Again the Caribbean Village was the place to be. Not only was Bonaire represented with a booth in the Caribbean Village, also the CN Expo was …
Feb 04
Inspirational App: Bonaire LookBook out now!
At the end of January, TCB Europe launched the new App: Bonaire LookBook. This inspirational App takes you on a visual journey to Bonaire. Beautiful images of our island are shown in several categories like diving, culture, eco adventure, windsurfing, nature etc. All images have a short description with links to the TCB website. The images …
Feb 04
Successful German tourism show
During these nine days visitors were informed about the latest developments on Bonaire. In addition to TCB, also Captain Don’s Habitat, Buddy Dive, Tropical Divers and Den Laman/La Pura Vista were represented at BOOT. They were all very enthusiastic about the business they’ve done at their booths and for sure they are interested in participating …
Feb 04
QualityCoast Award for Bonaire
In January Bonaire received the QualityCoast BasiQ Award. During the Trade-day of the Vakantiebeurs Roger Davids (TCB Europe) received the certificate from Mr. Albert Salman, director of sustainable development (Coastal & Marine Union – EUCC). Due to all the effort of Bonaire’s government and its private sector, Bonaire was elected as number 1 out of …
Dec 10
Duiken Magazine Bonaire Anniversary Special
Bonaire selected as anniversary partner of the Dutch Magazine Duiken! Next year, in 2014, Duiken Magazine celebrates its 25 years anniversary. Together with the editors of Duiken we are working on a 52 page Bonaire special, with all kinds of articles about Bonaire. From diving at the Hilma Hooker and the wild side, to articles …
Dec 10
“Boer Zoekt Vrouw”- game launched December 8th
As most of you know, on December 8th the famous Dutch TV-show “Boer Zoekt Vrouw” starts broadcasting. During 8 weeks about 4 million viewers will see Aletta van Beeck staring in this year’s International edition. To promote this, we’ve started a joint promotion with one of the largest producers of Goat-cheese in the Netherlands: Bettinehoeve. …
Dec 10
Preparations for the shows in Europe
We are busy with the preparations for the upcoming shows in Europe. To start with, TCB will be present at the Vakantiebeurs in Utrecht in January. Of course like previous years the Trade-day is important for us, as we give away the Bonaire promotion prize during the “Bonaire Moment”. Bonaire has a booth again in …
Dec 10
Press trip Peter de Jaeger, Nouveau and Beau Monde
Peter de Jaeger of the Wegener Persdiensten (services for several national newspapers in the Netherlands) went to Bonaire in November. He had a very busy schedule with lots of interesting activities and events. Peter had a perfect stay on Bonaire. Also Nouveau and Beau Monde, two famous Dutch Fashion/lifestyle magazines, visited Bonaire. They will publish …
Dec 10
Bonaire present at Caribbean Latin event
In November in Rotterdam the second edition of the Caribbean and Latin Workshops took place. This yearly event is organized for travel agents in the Dutch Market. More than 100 travel agents visited the venue. In brief sessions and groups they were informed about Bonaire. Of course we have all their names and e-mail addresses …
Dec 10
Soft Eco adventure highlighted in TO’s brochures
We’ve intensified the cooperation with the Dutch Tour operator Kuoni in 2013, and will continue to do so in 2014. Another Bonaire specialist, Does & Cadushi is now working together with Kuoni, and one of their goals is to expend their business to Bonaire. Therefore we are very pleased to see that they’ve created a …
Oct 22
Bonaire in Norwegian travel magazine
Recently, the Norwegian journalist Runar Larsen made a press trip to the ABC islands. His findings can be found if you understand Norwegian or just use Google translate ) in the four-page article ‘Karibiske Perler ‘(Caribbean Pearls) that was published in a Norwegian travel magazine. Runar stayed at Divi Resort, the accommodation TCB arranged for …
Oct 22
Top travel agents Meiers Weltreisen are coming to Bonaire
Meiers Weltreisen, one of the largest tour operators in Germany sponsors an annual Mega Fam trip for their best Travel Agents. This year they are coming to the ABC Islands. Around 50 travel agents will visit Bonaire by the end of November/beginning of December. Together with TCB HQ and BONHATA, a nice program will be …