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Welcome to Painted Turtle Travel Talks, our new look e-newsletter detailing all the latest stories, events, travel products and information of interest to you - our friends, referral partners and guests.
Your hosts,
Angie & Bruce Barnard
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Junior Achievement - Taking business skills into the classroom
Angie Barnard of the Painted Turtle Guesthouse has signed up as a volunteer presenter for Junior Achievement, the world’s largest not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating young people about business. “This is an excellent opportunity for me to pass on my entrepreneurial knowledge while tapping into the energy and creative minds of savvy high-school students. I look forward to the challenge!” Volunteer commitment 4 - 20 hours per year. For more information contact Charlayne Jones, Program Manager Nanaimo & North Island - charlayne.jones@jabc.org.
New Owner, Lounge One2One
Welcome to Phil Clark, the charismatic new owner of Lounge One2One (formerly Katz Martini Lounge). Phil has over 15 years of food & beverage experience in world-class resorts, Vancouver and Nanaimo, and his vision over the next 12 months is to introduce quality food and beverage in an atmosphere you can’t wait to visit. For now, support us and drop into Lounge One2One, open 8pm – 1:30am Tuesdays through Saturdays in the CBD (Central Business District).
'Extended Stays' for Chamber Members
The Painted Turtle Guesthouse has recently joined the Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce in order to promote Fall/Winter/Spring Extended stays to professionals relocating to the area. Affordable weekly and monthly rates October – May, and the unique amenities – full self-catering kitchen, lounge with fireplace, FREE wireless, laundry - makes the Guesthouse a perfect place to recommend to your colleagues needing accommodation or a temporary home. Click here for more information.
Protection/Gabriola Islanders - exclusive rate!
The Painted Turtle Guesthouse loves local Islanders! We love them so much that we offer an exclusive $49* rate YEAR ROUND for residents of Gabriola & Protection Island for their convenience. Proof of residency required at check-in. *Plus 6% GST and 7% Hotel tax. $5.00 extra for double occupancy.
Telephone reservations only please - (250) 753-4432. Call now to book!
4-Play & Stay Package $299
We all love 4-Play, and what better way to get your blood pumping than to bungee, zip and swing across the Nanaimo River as part of Vancouver Island's best adrenaline package ever! Wildplay and the Painted Turtle Guesthouse have teamed up to present a full day of activites and a two-night stay in Nanaimo for $299 per person, plus taxes. Click here for more details.
2-Night HOT DEAL
It’s simple. Pay for one night, get 50% off the second night. Valid now to 30 April 2008 on new bookings only. Click here for details.
3-Night HOT DEAL
It’s simply amazing! Pay for two nights, get the third night FREE. Valid now to 30 April 2008 on new bookings only. Click here for details.
Wildplay Element Parks - springing into action!
New spring hours at Wild Play Parks for Bungy Jumping, King Swing, Canyon Zip and TreeGo. Spring open days are Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday. Visit Wildplay Nanaimo website for more information.
The Dock Rocks!
Tara Logan, the new Manager of the Dinghy Dock Pub & Restaurant and her fabulous staff encourage you to check out the new menu and dine al fresco this spring at the newly renovated Dinghy Dock – Canada’s only floating pub & family restaurant. Take the 8 minute ferry ride ($7 Adult return trip) and enjoy the ambiance. Open daily 11:30am to late. Visit their new website.
Toolkit for the forward-thinking tourism marketer or operator
The Canadian Tourism Commission has produced a carefully designed toolkit to help tourism businesses harness Canada's collective tourism voice. Aimed at small and big tourism partners across Canada, the publication details how the industry can work together to advance Canada's dynamic national tourism brand, enticing our target travellers to come to Canada NOW! Click here to download a copy of the Toolkit.
New TAVI position aims to build industry capacity
Tourism Vancouver Island (TAVI), our region’s destination marketing organization, has launched a brand new position headed up by TAVI’s own Merv Jeffries. Amongst other things, Merv will gather market intelligence through research projects conducted within the region, and coordinate training and development programs that will build capacity within the tourism industry in the region. For more information on current industry projects, email merv@tourismvi.ca.
Place your bets for the Kentucky Derby
Did you know that live thoroughbred horse-racing action takes place at the Teletheatre Betting Company (TBC) at the Painted Turtle Guesthouse? The lounge is open daily (closed Tuesdays) 10:00am until racing is finished, with large screen TV’s featuring races from around the world. Place your bets this month for the Kentucky Derby – known in the USA as the ‘most exciting two minutes in sports’, which is held the first Saturday in May 2008. For more information visit their website.
Volunteer for the cruise ship season
We welcome thousands of cruise ship visitors to Nanaimo each year and invite them to explore our downtown. During the summer and the fall seasons, the harbour is bustling with live music, sidewalk sales, and farmers markets, all to welcome our cruise ship friends. An excellent knowledge of downtown shops, services and streets is required. Click here, then scroll to the bottom of the page for a Volunteer Application Form.
Must See & Do's in Nanaimo
Experience the essence of Nanaimo by checking out our top list of Nanaimo tours and quirky things to do - a fun list created by the Painted Turtle Guesthouse staff. Send this link to friends and family that will be visiting you this spring/summer, and explain to them that to really experience the Harbour City, they cannot leave before checking these off their vacation experience list.
Canadian Body Painting Festival coming to Nanaimo, Sept 2008
Nanaimo's very own home grown body painting phenomena - Body Gras! has been given official sanctioning by the World Body Painting Association, headquartered in Seeboden Austria. On September 5 and 6th, 2008 Body Gras! will be known as the Canadian Body Painting Festival, guaranteed to be the biggest and best body painting extravaganza in the country. The 2-day Festival will also offer workshops on photography, airbrushing, cosmetics, and esthetics.
Expecting over 2,000 in attendance and an estimated 500 hotel and motel rooms to be filled creating a destination event. "This is an event I hope the whole community benefits from - arts and culture, to our tourism industry to our local businesses," said organizer Dawn Tyndall. "It is really exciting to beat out other cities such as Calgary and Whistler for this event." For more information on how to become a Body Gras volunteer and or sponsor, call Dawn Tyndall 1-250-751-4142 or dawntyndall@shaw.ca.
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