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Archive Story, Fall 2007: Vancouver Island Takes Charge of Games Destiny.
Archive Story, Fall 2007:
2010 may still seem like a distant goal, however now is the time to put your brand on the map.
That’s why Tourism Vancouver Island (TVI) started early with the formation of a special task force that will hone Vancouver Island’s brand of outdoor adventur...
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Archive Story, Spring 2008: BC Communities are Busy Boosting Tourism Through Sport.
Archive Story, Spring 2008:
With less than two years until one of the world’s greatest sport blockbusters comes to British Columbia, communities not directly in the glow of the Olympic spotlight are also boosting tourism through sport.
Cities like Prince George, Kamloops and Port Albe...
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Archive Story, Winter 2008: New Website Makes Games Travel Planning Easy.
Archive Story, Winter 2008:
People interested in coming to BC for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games now have a new direct link to help them explore the province, plan excursions into the regions and book accommodation before, during or after the Games.
2010DestinationPl...
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Archive Story, Spring 2009: Communities Get Set for Games Time.
Archive Story, Spring 2009:
It doesn’t matter if you’re big or small — when the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relays come to your town the cameras and publicity will follow. Just ask folks in the town of Golden. As the Olympic Flame makes a triumphant return to B...
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Archive Story, Summer 2009: BC’s regions get worldwide audience in the months leading up to the Games.
Archive Story, Summer 2009:
These are busy times for the 2010 Tourism Consortium’s media relations team as they prepare to host the world’s media and help broadcasters develop programming to boost British Columbia coverage before and during the Games.
Media relations specialists...
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Archive Story, Fall 2009: A new partnership with Coca-Cola put's BC's six tourism regions in the social media spotlight.
Archive Story, Fall 2009:
A new partnership between Tourism BC and Coca-Cola, an official sponsor of the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay, is putting BC’s six tourism regions in the social media spotlight as the Olympic Flame travels throughout Canada on its way to Vancouver for the start o...
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Archive Story, Winter 2010: Media relations staff working Games press centres to help world media tell BC’s story.
Archive Story, Winter 2010:
Those excited foreign voices heard throughout Vancouver and Whistler during the 2010 Winter Games may belong to medal hopefuls, but it’s more likely that they actually are coming from a group of visiting journalists who’ve laid fresh eyes on the North Sho...
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Latest News: BC Street, Robson Square events introduce visitors and international media to regions
In the spirit of tourism visionary William van Horne, a group of B.C.’s tourism regions and communities decided that if they couldn’t export the Games to their destinations, then they would bring their destinations to the Games.
The success of ‘BC Street’, an interact...
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