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Call it the Rhode Island red-faced. Tourism officials in the American
state were embarrassed when a
video promoting travel to the
area was discovered to be using
footage of Iceland.
At one point in the video,
issued in late March, a
skateboarder zooms past a glass
building as a narrator intones,
“Imagine a place that feels
like home but holds enough
uniqueness that you’re never
bored.”
But Greg Nemes, a designer
living in Providence, noticed
something was amiss. He had
been to Reykjavík last October
and recognized the glass
building as the Harpa concert
hall in the Icelandic capital. “It
was pretty unmistakable to me,
so I did some digging around
and posted on Facebook about
it,” he told the Associated Press.
The Rhode Island Commerce
Corporation blamed the editing
company for the error. “As the
Commerce Corporation put this
presentation video together,
explicit instructions were given
to the local firm that helped with
the editing to use only Rhode
Island footage,” spokesperson
Kayla Rosen wrote to AP. “A
mistake was made. Once the
mistake was identified, the
video was removed.”
On April 1, Betsy Wall
resigned as chief marketing
officer for the state. The Harpa
footage was just the most recent
of a series of missteps in the
current tourism campaign.
Imagine a place that
feels like … Iceland?
Paul Park
Ottawa, ON
PHOTO: STEFAN JONASSON
Harpa Concert Hall
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The Kelowna Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a trip to Iceland from September 30 to October 7, 2016, as part of its Travel and Learn Program. Launched in 2013,
the Travel and Learn Program has provided enriched travel
and educational experiences that are open to both members
and non-members. Past adventures have taken participants to
China, Italy, New Orleans, Japan, Vietnam, and Haida Gwaii.
This will be the program’s first tour of Iceland.
By visiting during the first week of October, the “Discover
Iceland” tour is counting on what it calls “Iceland’s benevolent
climate,” which is milder than many expect, while taking
advantage of lower prices and avoiding the heavier tourist
traffic of the summer season. This time of year still offers
ten hours of daylight with the added prospect of enjoying the
Northern Lights after the sun goes down – something that
summer visitors don’t get to experience.
“Discover Iceland” will include several day trips from
Reykjavík featuring many of the country’s staples: the classic
Golden Circle tour, the south coast (including the Skógar Folk
Museum), and the majestic glaciers of the southeast. Game
of Thrones fans will visit “Beyond the Wall” film sites at
the glacier Vatnajökull. Not surprisingly, a visit to the Blue
Lagoon is included, but what would a chamber of commerce
tour be without at least one business twist? So the tour will
stop at Iceland’s Chamber of Commerce for a presentation by
its chief economist, Björn Björnsson.
Departure is from Kelowna, but you needn’t be from
Kelowna to join this tour. For more information about
this unique tour and a detailed itinerary, visit www.
kelownachamber.org/iceland or contact Caroline Miller at
the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce (250-469-7358).
Kelowna Chamber of
Commerce will “Discover
Iceland” in October
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