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NEW
BONAIRE AMBASSADORS
AWARDED
GOLD: |
Jesse & Patricia
Johnson |
Jesse
and Patricia recently received the
Gold Ambassador medals for 21 consecutive
years of visits to Bonaire. During
this trip, they stayed at Captain
Don's Habitat Resort, and they
tell us:
"It
was a pleasant and deeply appreciated honor
to receive the Tourism Corporation Bonaire
recognition as a "Bonaire Ambassador." We
were introduced to Bonaire diving on our
first trip some 20 years ago. Since then,
we have had the opportunity to dive in
the Red Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean,
Indian Ocean, Coral Sea, and Arabian Gulf.
While each location has its own particular
set of conditions and sea life, the return
to Bonaire is what we look forward to.
"Thanks
to the vision of Cap't. Don and others,
the reef system has remained healthy. The
island is devoted to diving, but still
sensitive to the environment, and works
to maintain the precious and delicate balance
of the marine ecosystem. The absence of
strong currents certainly adds to our enjoyment
of the fish action with their rainbow of
colors, the purple and orange sponges,
coral formations and the excitement of
the sighting of a turtle, frogfish, sea
horse, or some of the more rare and exotic
marine life.
"'Bon
Bini' is
more than welcome to us. It is a return
to the most friendly and helpful people
in the world. We are honored to receive
our ambassador awards and are pleased
to be able to help introduce other divers
to the wonderful island of Bonaire."
AWARDED
BRONZE: |
Dolly
and Andy Catanzaro |
Dolly
and Andy Catanzaro received the bronze
medal during the manager’s cocktail
party at Sorobon
Beach Resort. This is the 12th
year that they are visiting our island,
and they were very happy to be awarded
the bronze medal. They can’t
wait to go for the silver one within
3 more years. Twelve years ago, they
were looking for a naturalist resort
and discovered Sorobon Beach Resort
and have since fallen in love with
the island and continued visiting Bonaire
year after year. Andy, a doctor in
Milwaukee, has a very busy life back
home. During the holidays in Bonaire
they get to do the things they enjoy
like snorkeling, flying kites, and
radio operation. Bonaire is very good
for amateur radio enthusiasts. During
their vacations they communicate with
thousands of radio amateurs from all
over the world. Radio operation, the
beautiful island, and the wonderful
people are the reasons they keep coming
back.
AWARDED
BRONZE: |
Rob & Kobi
Lloyd, Virginia, USA |
In
May, 2004, Rob & Kobi completed their
eleventh annual visit to Bonaire, and
therefore, received their Bronze Ambassador
medals. On this visit they stayed with Buddy
Dive.
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To see more of Bonaire's Bronze, Silver,
or Gold Ambassadors, visit http://www.bonaireambassador.com!
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2004
DIVE FESTIVAL
Final preparations
are now in place for the Eighth Annual
Bonaire Dive Festival June 5th through
19th. This two-week-long event is packed
with lots of fabulous activities during
the day and evening. For the complete Dive
Festival Schedule, please check the website
at www.bonairedivefestival.com and
be sure to enjoy it!.
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TRADE
PROMOTION HUGE SUCCESS!
TCB Europe launched its spring trade
promotion and it met with a huge success.
Travel trade professionals in the Netherlands
were invited to enter a contest to win
a special Bonaire Clothing Package along
with a windsurf clinic at the Almere Beach
(near Amsterdam). Up to now, over 200 travel
agents entered the competition. They all
had to answer some Bonaire-questions so
this promotion once again can be named
an "educational" experience, not only
fun, but also informative to the trade.
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TOURISM
PRESENTATION AT TRADE MISSION
TCB Europe's Roger Davids
gave a presentation to a group of investors
in the Netherlands. The topic was why
Bonaire is such a wonderful island in
which to invest.. This presentation
was part of the larger trade mission.
A broad team of specialists flew in from
Bonaire to discuss the possibilities
on Bonaire with various investors.
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TCB
EUROPE STARTS E-LEARNING PROJECT
Presently, the IT-developers
are finalizing TCB Europe's e-learning
project. The travel trade will be invited
to do their Bonaire Exam via internet.
It's a fun way to educate them on the
whereabouts of our island. Twenty questions
have to be answered before one can be
the proud owner of a Bonaire Diploma.
Only travel trade professionals who really
know the essentials of our "product"
will graduate. We'll keep you posted!
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SURFERS
FREE PUBLICITY
The Dutch windsurfing team who came
to Bonaire last winter is really starting
to generate a lot of free publicity for
our island. Last month the first in a
series of articles in the leading windsurfing
magazine was published. Two publications
are to follow in the next couple of months.
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GUERILLA
MARKETING TO DIVERS
TCB Europe started its
summer guerilla marketing program to
divers in May. In this month and the
months to follow, Bonaire will once again
be promoted as a top dive destination
worldwide featuring our special and unique
selling points like shore diving and
our wonderful marine park. This campaign
is also aimed at dive instructors.
TOP
SPORTS JOURNALIST ONCE AGAIN TO BONAIRE
Mart Smeets, the most famous Dutch
Sports Journalist, once again visited
our island to prepare some publications
and, of course, get the essential energy
for the months to come in which he
will be a star reporter at both Tour
de France and the Olympic Games.. Mart
Smeets already generated a lot of free
publicity for us. Recently one of his
new books contained an article on dining
on Bonaire!
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ONLINE
GAMING TO BE PRESENTED IN SHORT
Shortly, the new Bonaire on-line
game will be unveiled. It will be
a unique service of TCB Europe aimed
at the European tour operators and
will add a little fun and Bonaire
promotion to their own web sites.
This Bonaire game will be taken from
the offline game TCB Europe made
this winter in corporation with the
new Dutch game label LunaNL.
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RECENT
PUBLICATIONS
It's impossible
to feature in EntreNous every
piece of free publicity generated
by TCB Europe, so we only name
a few. Last month we were featured
in Bruid & Bruidegom
(to promote our islands for honeymoon
and weddings), Grande (aiming
at the wealthy tourists) and
Reisrevue (a series of trade
articles).
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DIVE NEWSWIRE
FOR MAY
During May two
press releases were distributed on Dive Newswire. The
May 11th issue of Dive Newswire featured
a press release on the schedule of activities
for the Eighth Annual Bonaire Dive Festival. The
May 25th issue of Dive Newswire included
a press release on tour operator packages
to Bonaire. Dive Newswire is distributed
electronically to more than 6,000 dive
shop owners, manufacturers as well as media
outlets.
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BONAIRE
EZ NEWS FOR MAY
During May
two issues of Bonaire EZ News were written
and distributed to our database of
more than 25,000 consumers and travel
agents. The May 7th issue
of EZ News focused on the final schedule
for the Eighth Annual Bonaire Dive Festival
as well as provided information on an Air
Jamaica fare sale to Bonaire. The May
21st issue included tour
operator packages to Bonaire for summer
travel.
DIVE
PROS WEBSITE GOES LIVE!
 Our new
website for dive professionals went live
on May 17th. Hosted
on Bonaire’s official website www.InfoBonaire.com, the
URL for the new site is www.infobonaire.com/tcb/dive_pro (although
access is restricted to diving
industry professionals). An
advertisement
in the most recent issue
of Dive
Center Business and an
email broadcast to our database
of dive shops launched the site. A snail
mail post card will be sent
next month as follow-up and to further
promote the new website.
The
site contains information on the island,
diving (including a profile of one dive
site) and dive
operators, specials being offered
by hotels, a listing of tour operators
that specialize in Bonaire, as
well as news and related links where
more information
can be found. The site will
be updated quarterly with new specials
and island news and a different
dive site will be highlighted each
quarter, with the past write-up
archived for future reference. To
drive traffic to the site there
is a launch contest with a trip
to Bonaire
as the prize. To maintain
traffic and interest, there will
be a quarterly raffle, with prizes
donated by the dive shops. The
site was designed by Susan Davis
in conjunction with TCB-NY.
If you are
a professional member of the diving industry
and would like access to the site, please
contact candice@adams-pr.com for
registration information.
PRESS
VISITS
During
the Eighth Annual Bonaire Dive Festival
a number of travel writers will be visiting
Bonaire. These are in addition
to the three-person TV crew from Telemundo/mun2 that
will also be on-island.
Eleanor
Wilson
Adams
Unlimited has finalized plans for
the press visit of travel writer, Eleanor
Wilson. Her trip
will take place June 6 - 8, 2004,
during the first few days of the
Dive Festival. Ms. Wilson will
be visiting Bonaire to gather information
for Intelliguide, an
electronic guidebook that is geared towards
corporations and travel agents. She
will spend her time on-island visiting
hotels and restaurants to update the
guidebook.
Janet
Strassman Perlmutter
Adams
Unlimited has been working with travel
writer, Janet Strassman Perlmutter,
on a press visit to Bonaire June 5 -
9. As
part of her press visit, Ms. Perlmutter
will attend the Dive Festival and gather
information for two articles she is
writing. Her
article for Bride & Groom,
a bridal magazine distributed
three times a year in the New England
area, will focus on unique honeymoon
destinations, including Bonaire as
one of them. Her
other article for Get Up and
Go!, a monthly publication
distributed in a number of major cities
to more than 1 million people, will
focus on sustainable tourism, showcasing
Bonaire as an island with a long-standing
commitment to preserving and protecting
its environment.
Travel
writer, Evelyn Kantor, will be
visiting Bonaire
on a one-on-one press visit June 13
- 17, 2004. Ms. Kantor will be gathering
information for a number of articles
she is working on for the following
publications - Caribbean Escapes, Frommer's
Budget Travel, and Men's
Edge Magazine. She will
be gathering information on hotels
as well as general island information
in addition to diving (which is what
Ms. Kantor loves to do!) for her assignments. She
will also attend Dive Festival events.
John
Rawlings, a writer for Advanced
Diver Magazine, will be visiting
Bonaire June 13-19 to attend
the Dive Festival. John, an avid
diver, will be spending much of his time exploring
the waters around Bonaire, as well as
attending many of the Dive Festival events.
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CARIBBEAN
TOURISM ORGANIZATION (CTO) ACTIVITIES
CTO
Public Relations Council Meeting
Joining
over 34 participants, including National
Tourist Officers and Public Relations
firms, Marie Rosa and Cathy Preece attended
the May 18th PR Council Meeting
hosted by the Caribbean Tourism Organization
at USA Today's Board Room in New York.
A variety of topics were discussed, including
cooperative efforts to promote the Caribbean
region, the June 1st Media
Marketplace event in New York being held
during Caribbean Week May 31-June 4,
the 27th Caribbean Tourism
Conference (CTC-27) in Aruba, and ongoing
projects with the New York Daily News,
and USA Today.
Bonaire Represented
on CTO Caribbean Week
Planning Committee(s)
Bonaire was
well represented during the planning of
this year's Caribbean Week in New York City, May 31- June 4,
2004 as Marie Rosa represented
the island at
the numerous committee meetings held
throughout the year. The final meeting
was on May 24th and was hosted
by the Caribbean Tourism Organization
at their headquarters. Traditionally,
Caribbean Week has been a week-long series
of meetings attended by all categories
of CTO's membership who come to New
York to discuss
issues affecting the development, promotion
and sustainability of Caribbean tourism.
Due to last year’s overwhelming
success, the CTO decided to maintain
a program of consumer-focused events
during Caribbean Week in an effort to
generate interest among the general public.
To launch the opening of Caribbean
Week, the CTO will host a special interfaith
service in celebration of the Caribbean region's diverse
spiritual heritage on Monday, May 31st. In addition to the interfaith celebration,
CTO is planning an exciting Caribbean Food Fair and Cultural Exposition in
downtown Manhattan, which will bring together all 32 destinations, on Wednesday,
June 2nd. Bonaire’s booth will be decorated
with our banners, our flyers, and tour operator summer packages will be
ready for distribution to the thousands of consumers who attend. In the evening
of June 3rd, there will be Town Hall Meetings in Brooklyn, New York and
in the Bronx welcoming residents to speak candidly with participating Ministers
of Tourism about the Caribbean and other important issues, and finally,
on June 4th, the 31st Annual Governments of the Caribbean State Ball and
Awards presentation will be held at the Waldorf Astoria. For more information
about Caribbean Week in New York City,
visit www.caribbeanweekny.com. It
will be all about the Caribbean indeed!
CTO
Meeting of National Tourist Office
Representatives
Bonaire was
represented by Marie Rosa at the Caribbean
Tourism Organization’s quarterly
meeting of NTO’s on May 19th. Other participants included
representatives from Barbados, Bermuda, Bahamas, St.
Vincent & the Grenadines, Aruba, Jamaica,
St. Maarten/St. Martin, Trinidad and
other island members. The meeting opened
with an update on the region from Mr.
Hugh Riley, Director, CTO, and a summary
of the statistics and new developments
at CTO.
Details
on CTC-27, October 17-20 in Aruba,
a status report on DoItCaribbean Booking
Engine, CTO’s participation at
specific trade and consumer shows, an
upcoming opportunity with Island Adventures
Television Series and Caribbean Week
in New York,
May 31-June 4 were discussed at length.
Participants will be working closely
with the CTO in the coming months and
communication will be ongoing among all
members.
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EDITORIAL
PLACEMENTS …. HIGHLIGHTS
Dallas Morning News (circulation
786,594)
On April 11 in the Dallas Morning News, in a story written
by the writer about where American travelers
should spend their tax refunds, the Caribbean is suggested as the place
to go to find good deals after April 15th.
In a line up of Caribbean destinations, the Divi
Flamingo Beach Resort & Casino is the
writer’s choice for Bonaire. Their package is listed
in detail, along with their 800 number
and website address.
Detroit News and Free Press (circulation
719,885)
On April 18, in the Detroit News and Free Press, Bonaire is among the Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, Aruba, St. Maarten and the Dominican Republic as the best Caribbean destinations to find
low season packages for summer travel. Bonaire’s official website
and 800 number are listed.
Cleveland
Ohio Plain Dealer (circulation 482,380)
In the April 18th issue
of the Cleveland
Ohio Plain Dealer, Bonaire is highlighted as a Caribbean destination that is not
known for villa rentals, but seems to be
keeping up with this new trend. Sun Rentals
is one of the companies mentioned in the
story, offering good value to its renters.
Rates were offered for high and low season
as well as other amenities they offer.
Sun Rentals' contact information was listed
including website address and telephone
number.
San Diego Union Tribune (circulation
444,899)
On April 18, in the San Diego Union Tribune, Bonaire is featured as the destination
of choice for a “Dutch Treat” diving
extravaganza. The writer speaks in detail
about Bonaire’s pristine waters
and the marine park. He offers tips to
divers and snorkelers alike and includes
a map of the island and three underwater
photos. Bonaire’s official website
and 800 number is also listed.
San Jose Mercury News (circulation
306,576)
In the April 18 issue
of the San
Jose Mercury News, the story is about
where to find “the family-vacation-nirvana” and Bonaire is highlighted as the
writer’s choice for the Caribbean. Captain Don’s
Habitat is listed as the dive resort where
older children can find adventure and experience
a new sport. One of Captain Don’s
Habitat’s packages is listed, with
its specials offered for children. The
property’s website is also included.
Sport Diver
(circulation 100,000)
In
the May 2004 issue of Sport Diver’s Travel
News, Bonaire takes
the lead in coverage on new activities
and available packages. Yellow Submarine’s
expansion, Clean-up Dives and Dive
Bus are mentioned, along with BelMar
Oceanfront Condominium’s “Toucan
Dive for One”, Captain Don’s
Habitat’s “Families and Singles”,
Divi Flamingo Beach Resort & Casino’s “All-Year
Special”, Harbour Village Beach
Club’s “Seven-Night Special”,
Lions Dive & Beach Resort Bonaire’s “Ubercool”,
the Plaza Resort Bonaire’s “Two-for-One
Diving”, Port Bonaire’s “Ocean-view
Package” and Sand Dollar Condominium
Resort’s “Seven Nights Plus” fill
the pages with valuable information
for travelers.
Rodale’s
Scuba Diving (circulation 196,370)
In
the May issue of Rodale’s Scuba Diving, Bonaire is
coined as the “home of do-it-yourself
diving” destination.
The story highlights that, in Bonaire,
divers can go diving “24/7” and
offers tips on where the best dive
sites are, weather/water temperature,
visibility, etc. Several of Bonaire’s
hotels and dive shops are listed including,
Black Durgon Inn & Scuba Center,
Belmar Oceanfront Apartments, Blue
Divers, Bon Bini Divers Bonaire, Bonaire
Dive & Adventure
at Sand Dollar Condominium Resort,
Buddy Dive Resort, Captain Don’s
Habitat, Carib Inn, Dive Bonaire at
the Divi Flamingo Beach Resort & Casino,
Dive Inn Bonaire, Photo Tours Divers,
Toucan Diving, Touch the Sea and Wannadive
Bonaire.
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FLAMINGO
REP WITH NEW EMAIL
Please note our new email flamingorep@cantv.net.
The previous address (flamingorep@telcel.net.ve)
will be also maintained until June 30th. Thanks
for making sure our new e-mail is in your data
base.
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POSITIVE CONTACT WITH THE LIMA TOURISM SECTOR--MAY
20TH TO THE 22ND
For two consecutive years
Bonaire was at SIT, the most important Peruvian
trade show. We had a busy work agenda in
Lima that also included very important meetings
with the main tour operators and training
its sales force and an official Bonaire presentation
directed towards the tourism sector. We also
had a strategic meeting with the Commercial
and Marketing Managers of KLM Lima. The Bonaire
Delegation returned to the island with much
enthusiasm and commitment to the tourist
market of Peru, and to follow up on this
promotional visit that seeks to increase the
Peruvian tourism to Bonaire.
The SIT trade show took place in Lima from
May 20th to the 22nd. The Bonaire Delegation
was represented by Harbour Village, Sun Rental
Apartments, Lagoen Hill, Divers Paradise, Buddy
Dive, Bellafonte, Windsock, Hamlet Oasis, Bonaire
Tours, AB Car Rental and the TCB representative,
Yasmin Pérez.
Everyone promoted not only their
properties, but also the island. These were
three days with a lot of activities in the
30-meter booth surrounded by a Bonaire
ambience. Tables dressed with multicolor fish
tablecloth highlighting the new Spanish language
Bonaire brochure and the Bonaire official
Spanish video playing constantly on a 36” monitor,
which attracted many visitors from this
important tourist market centered in Lima.
There were a lot of expectations
around the booth of Bonaire since the Peruvian
travelers do not need visas to enter Bonaire
and also there are non-stop flights on the
prestigious KLM Airways.
TCB would like to thank BHG and Bonhata members
for all their support in making this event
possible.
THE NUEVO
MUNDO STAFF IS FAMILIARIZED WITH THE ISLAND
OF BONAIRE
During the trade show,
a special edition of “Discover Bonaire” was
prepared by TCB along with BHG and Bonhata.
As a team they trained the sales force of
the main wholesalers, familiarizing them
with the island and their properties. The
participants was very enthusiastic and interested
with the presentation, which combined images
of Bonaire in flash and also video in a very
attractive way and permitted our colleague,
Yasmin Perez, to exchange with them general
information about Bonaire. It also served
as a profile of our visitors and explored
the different activities on the island, specifically
the quality of the diving which makes Bonaire
stand out as a "Divers' Paradise." It also
featured island entertainment, a calendar
of events, dining, weddings, and the different
accommodations offered on Bonaire by BHG
and Bonhata. At the end of the 45-minute
presentation, all the participants felt more
familiarized with Bonaire and hope to visit
the island soon to experience it personally.
The Nuevo Mundo group is represented by the
operators Uniglobe, Viajes Ripley, Destinos
Mundiales, and Camino Real Representaciones.
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PERUVIAN
JOURNALISTS VISITING BONAIRE
During the Dive Festival, the
island will host an important press fam-trip
from Peru as a result of the recent visit of
the Bonaire delegation to the SIT trade show.
The journalists, including a TV channel, will
be accompanied by Mrs. Birgit Bauer, KLM Marketing
Manager.
Harbour Village will be the
host hotel, Bonaire Tours the official land
island transportation, and a program well designed
by TCB is being put together so that the press
group will be familiarized with the different
activities of the island. Further information
is forthcoming in our next issue of Entre Nous.
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OFFICIAL
VISIT TO ECUADOR
Due to the proximity of the
high season in June, TCB has been in conversation
with the new KLM Marketing Manager in Quito,
Mrs. Marie Noell. The plan is to coordinate
an official presentation of Bonaire with its
tourism sector, meet with the main dive and
tour operators, and also with the specialized
press.
According to our data base,
Ecuador and Peru are similar in their marketing
behavior to the markets that we usually serve,
which is why we are developing strategies to
introduce and consolidate Bonaire, similar
to the ones used successfully in Venezuela
and Colombia.
For more information on this
new visit to Ecuador market, contact Yasmin
at flamingorep@cantv.net.
DIVE
FESTIVAL PROMOTED IN SOUTH AMERICA
This year the full color flyers
were sent to the dive operators of Venezuela,
Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador, who
joined us in the active promotion of the eighth
edition of the Dive Festival in Bonaire.
Tal Cual newspaper--In
its section on tourism on May 9th, this daily
paper reported on the Dive Festival. It described
the different activities on the island during
the two weeks of the event, and invited readers
to contact the Tourism Corporation Bonaire
or its website for further information.
El Universal Newspaper--With the
title “Bonaire Deporte
y Diversion”, the Venezuelan newspaper
El Iniversal promoted the Dive Festival with
three beautiful ful-color images delighting
the readers. The article includes tips on
how to get to Bonaire, the activities planned
for the two weeks, and the host resorts, and
invites visitors to check out the websites
of Bonaire and the Dive
Festival for more details
about the event,
Sportsub & Portals--In its
web page on May 21st, this new Venezuelan dive
operator promoted the Dive Festival highlighting
its program in Spanish.
Sportsub & Sportalsub. Actividades Subacuáticas
Webmaster Director: Miguel A. Cedeño
O.
e-mail: miguel@sportalsub.net
www.sportalsub.net
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CARIBE
2004--UPCOMING VENEZUELAN TRADE SHOW
For June 28th to the 30th, we
have tentatively reserved a small booth for
the island. In the same week July 1st, TCB
will organize a new edition of the official
seminars “Discover
Bonaire & Discover Scuba.” Both
events represent an excellent opportunity to
reestablish business contacts with the dive
and tour operators, which will make it easier
to sell the Bonaire packages.
More information about the events, contact
our TCB office at: flamingorep@cantv.net.
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LA
VERDAD NEWSPAPER PROMOTING WINDSURFING
We were pleasantly surprised
when the Consul of Holland in Maracaibo (petroleum
city of Venezuela) Mr. George Vick, sent us
a copy of the magazine “Truism” that
is inserted in La Verdad newspaper and shows
two full-color pages promoting windsurfing
on Bonaire.
The article, written by the
journalist Nervis Araujo, and tittled “Bonaire
un Iidilio Para el Turismo Deportivo”,
describes Bonaire as an ideal island to practice
diving and windsurfing in its pristine waters
and the gentle breezes. In the article, Elvis
Martinus is quoted, talking about this new
sport that has given opportunities to the young
Bonaireans and whom are successfully competing
all over the world.
The writer further describes
mountain biking and the other official competitions
in the official calendar of the island. The
travel agency in Maracaibo, Viajes Gèminis
appears promoting Bonaire with attractive weekend
packages starting from US$ 235.00 p/p in triple
room including air ticket, taxes and breakfasts.
For more information, contact viajesgeminis@cantv.net.
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BAB BUENOS AIRES--PROMOTING BONAIRE IN
ARGENTINA
Thanks to the technology of the
internet that permits us to maintain our marketing
research among the different dive operators
of South American and the promotion of the
Dive Festival, we found an important operator
from Argentina named Bab Buenos Aires.
They promote a package to Bonaire with Buddy
Dive Resort. The dive operator is very interested
in maintaining the promotion of the island
of Bonaire through its webpage.
Ing Alejandro Creus – Marketing Director
- Buenos Aires Buceo
E-mail: acreus@ciudad.com.ar Website: www.bab.com.ar
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APRIL
7th--FLAMINGO REP'S ANNIVERSARY
Last April 7th we
celebrated our anniversary, seven years
of continuous work in the positioning of Bonaire
in the Latin-American market. We give special
recognition to the different sectors of the
members of the tourism industry in Bonaire,
as well as in Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador,
Colombia, Brazil, and the other countries whose
support has been fundamental in advancing the
position of Bonaire in these markets, even
more now in turbulent times that have touched
us in these last years.
As always we are optimistic
from all the relationships established, the
improvements achieved in the air connections
through KLM, and more recently BonairExel,
that we are heading in the right direction.
Due to the social and political
situation, Venezuela continues presenting a
very slow reaction in the market for Bonaire
and the other destinations, mainly because
of more than twelve months without access
to American currency.
This year, the anniversary date
coincided with the elaboration of the new Spanish
Bonaire brochure to be directed to the tourism,
diving and ecoadventure sector, which was released
during SIT trade show Lima. The promotional
material will support our 2004 image campaign
in the South American markets and it was made
in glossy paper, 8 full color pages with updated
institutional information and beautiful images
showing all that Bonaire offers to its visitors.
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NEWS
FROM THE TOURISM SECTOR
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Carnival
Adult Parade Dates:
2004
- 2011 |
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2005
- Feb 6
2006 - Feb 27
2007 - Feb 18
2008 - Feb 3
2009 - Feb 22
2010 - Feb 14
2011 - Mar 6 |
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June
2004
Jun 5 - Rincon Market Day
Jun 5-19 8th
Annual Dive Festival
TBA - 8th Angola Construction
Sailing Competition at Kas di
Regatta
Jun 12 - Underwater Cleanup at Bonaire Yellow Submarine at
1pm followed by potluck BBQ 717-2929
Jun 24 - St. John's Day
Jun 29 - St. Peter's Day
July 2004
Jul 3 - Rincon Market Day
Jul 4 - July 4th fireworks at
some resorts (American holiday)
Jul 4 - 12th Annual Bonaire Arts Day (Dia
di Art) at Plaza Wilhelmina, Kralendjik 10am-10pm art, crafts, music, dance
TBA - Lac Bay Mini Regatta
August
2004
TBA - 18th Copa Cultimara
at Sorobon
TBA - 8th Captain Don's Habitat race
TBA - 5 km run Preparation Fun Run
Every Tuesday Night
@ 6:30pm -
BonaireTalker Dinner/Gathering at
Gibi's Terrace, call Jake at 717-6773
or email jake@bonairetalk.com
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OF EVENTS
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