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| Posted On: | 09-Aug-2005 |
| From: | Ted OBrien [bayislandsboy.....com] |
| Subject: | Re: [roatan] Carib Fest |
I agree with Dian. This great event could have been better marketed to Roatan. Few islanders that I talked to knew anything about Carib Fest until a few days before it happened. Then they had only a little information, mostly from rumor, and a lot of misinformation, particularly about the entry price(s). Bay Islands Beach Resort had several guests go by themselves and they had a great time. They came back raving. It was a shame that the producers didn't come to us, and, of course, all the hotels, resorts, inns, lodges where lots of people stay, weeks before the event, with an advance package of information and promotional material. Special pricing and/or the customary industry commissions would have been an added incentive to send people to Carib Fest. We could have sold the hell out of this event. We could have run vans or buses back and forth (so our guests would get ripped off by the taxis, as was mentioned by someone earlier). We had a few people who were chicken to go on their own but would have loved to go on a resort sponsored trip. I'm sure this great event will better attended and much improved in a lot ways as a result of the lessons learned this year. But don't get me wrong, an awful lot was also done right and the promoters should be congratulated on a job well done. Ted O'Brien Bay Islands Beach Resort "Dive the Famous Spooky Channel" www.bibr.com escape.....com 1-800-4-ROATAN --- dian lynn wrote: > i was there at the festival on sat. night from 3pm > to > 12pm and i saw the cuban,jamican,panamiam,aurielo > from > la cebia, gerillmo from la cebia and the rappers, > and > they were all good but the jamacians were the best > in > my opinion. they got into the crowd to make the > crowd > get into them. it was very well orginazied and there > were no problems insides the festival. parking was > well teken care of and i believe there were about > 2000 > people on sat. by the time it got a bit late for the > headliners that started after midnight so i did not > hear them. all in all it was a great festival and a > well added event to roatan. the big problem i saw > was > they did not market to the local people here in > roatan > so not many knew what was going on. i hope they do > it > again next year! only my opinion! dian/dian's > garden > of eat'n > > > > _______ > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > > _____ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com http://www.roatanet.com To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roatan/ roatan- : | |
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