GBT HOSTS OVERSEAS MEDIA FOR SPICE MAS 2K8

St. George, August 7, 2008 -- Following the Regional Promotional Campaign where emphasis was placed on the theme “Feel Reborn in Grenada” and where the Carnival celebrations were promoted, the Grenada Board of Tourism is now into the hosting of media personalities to provide further coverage of the festival.

The Barbados-based Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) will spend a week in Grenada in order to produce a minimum of four (4) half hour programmes about Grenada’s Carnival. The four-man crew will also procure scenic shots of Grenada for use in other segments of their programming.  Also guaranteed are interviews with key tourism officials, as well as Government and Carnival personnel for inclusion in their news and current affairs programmes.

Arriving from Trinidad & Tobago is Mrs. Michelle Fleming of Gayelle Television. She has been detailed to cover the Carnival festivities for that media house.

Visiting from Germany is a three-member crew from that country’s main television station. They will spend two weeks in Grenada sourcing information that would allow for the production of a 45-minute programme about several aspects of Grenada’s appeal as a destination for European nationals.

Also visiting in his capacity as a media professional to cover this year’s Carnival is Mr. Tony Mc Watt – the Editor-in-Chief for Caribe Inpulse Magazine, which is a recently launched glossy publication in Toronto Canada.
 
Given the importance of Carnival to Grenada’s Tourism Industry, the Grenada Board of Tourism is pleased that it has been instrumental in attracting this level of coverage for Carnival 2008.

SOURCE: Grenada Board of Tourism
CONTACT: Edwin Frank, P.R.O