News and Events

For DSCTA Members



Greetings fellow members to this part of the web site that is created especially for you! Below you will find everything you need to know about what is going on in Shelburne County Tourism. If you have any questions about what is posted please refer to the contact information given in the announcement. If you would like to make an announcement please e-mail me at bouldercove@ns.aliantzinc.ca


January Meeting Minutes

February Meeting Minutes

June Meeting Minutes

November 2007 Minutes


DSCTA By-Laws

NEWS Summer 2008

To learn more about the following topics please feel free to attend our monthly meetings, the first Thursday of every month. Please call Allan at 875-2331 for place and time. July 2008 meeting to be held at 
Doers and Dreamers Page 2009

Discover Shelburne County has created the 2009 Doers and Dreamers committee. Ads for the page will begin selling immediately. This year the association is doing a different format to the page by creating listings which will sell for half the price of traditional ads. The following will be distributed to all tourism related businesses across Shelburne County. Anyone interested in purchasing and ad please contact Shannon Crowell at 875-1542 or Dave Williams at 875-7777.

Doers and Dreamer Page Advertisement Listing

 

Get you ad in the best Tourism marketing media ever for just $390.00!

The Doers and Dreamers book has been called the tourism bible of Nova Scotia travel. A must have for all domestic and foreign travelers who visit our quiet little towns and villages around the province.

 Here is what you get for your money:

-Membership into Discover Shelburne County for the 2008/2009 season

- Ad listing in the Doers and Dreamers book which has a printing of 450 000 copies.

- Listing on www.novascotia.com in the Doers and Dreamers section

- Distribution at every trade show Nova Scotia tourism is a part of which includes trade shows from Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and the US.

- Your ad listing in the hands of virtually every visitor who comes to Nova Scotia.

- Your ad listing in every visitor information centre around the Maritimes

 

The following is an example of what the ad would look like:

 

Boulder Cove Cottages

Churchover    1-866-732-7867

Nestled along Shelburne Harbour under the

trees find everything you need for a true Maritime Vacation.

www.bouldercove.com

 

The page is used to promote Shelburne County as a place for the visitor to discover us and stay. So not only would you be promoting your business but also the area.

 

If you would like to have more of a visual presence on the page we are also offering a picture listing for $800. The following is an example:

Atlantic Sojourn Bed & Breakfast

Enjoy warm hospitality in our elegantly comfortable

home. Relax by the koi pond in our garden.

1.800.550.4824 ⁄ www.atlanticsojourn.com

 

Please note that the prices do not include 13% HST

Any questions about the page and its layout please call Shannon Crowell at 875-1542.

Cruise Ships Coming to Shelburne Port

Discover Shelburne County, Town of Shelburne, Municipality of Shelburne and the Development Authority have all been in talks with Tourism Nova Scotia and the Atlantic Canada Cruise Association about the possibility of Cruise ships coming into the port of Shelburne. Meetings will continue about preparing the port, creating excursions for the passengers and hiring someone to prepare and develop all this information.If plans stay on track Shelburne could be welcoming cruise small ships by 2010!  Stay posted to DSCTA meetings for more updates.

Tourism Coordinator
Discover Shelburne County has been meeting with the 5 municipal units and South West Shore Development Authority to talk about getting some funding to hire a tourism coordinator for Shelburne County. Everyone has been meeting since February. To date there is an agreement between four units to support the funding of this position as well as in kind donations from the Development Authority. At the June 5 meeting it was decided to approach ACOA about finding some funding for the first year of the position to get the ball rolling. This ACOA proposal will help create a plan for the tourism position outlining responsibilities and duties. With this outline councils will be better able to define an amount which they can contribute towards funding the position. The plan is to have a tourism coordinator position in place for no less than five years.


Another Saltscapes Show a Success

Discover Shelburne County attended the 2008 Saltscapes show this April 25 to 27. I, Shannon Crowell, worked the booth while "Loyalist Landing people" from the Redgimend dressed the part and walked the show handing out Loyalist Landing flyers. To conclude, the show gets bigger every year and is attended by more people every year. This year the weather cooperated by making it not nice enough to stay outside but nice enough to venture out (meaning no snow but we came close). Friday show was jam packed with people as was Saturdays, which was to be expected. The Tourism Nova Scotia booth kept running out of Doers and Dreamers as well as other media they were handing out. The Saltscapes Expo ran out of bags they were handing out to participants on Sunday meaning the show far exceeded their number estimates.
    As for the Discover Shelburne County Booth, we were located inside the Nova Scotia Pavilion, which in my opinion was a great place to be. The pavilion was a part of the show floor reserved by Tourism Nova Scotia. It was sectioned off and decorated in a Nova Scotia theme creating an "atmosphere" which was impressive. All the booths inside were from areas around Nova Scotia. The only complaint is that the booth space DSCTA actually had was about 1/3 of what was expected. The two booths next to ours, The Bluenose Coast and Liverpool had the same opinion. So we all worked together sharing the space and compromised on what our vision for the booth was.
    Once the everyone figured out how to present our info in the space we were given the show was off to a rolling start and continued all day Friday. The participants packed in and were impressed with our pavilion. In the centre of our pavilion was a sound stage were different  live music was played all weekend. On Saturday the Loyalist Landing dancers performed a dance.
    DSCTA booth was located right next to the Tourism Nova Scotia booth which always drew a crowd collected the famous Doers and Dreamers guide, Nova Scotia maps and Festivals and events guide. Features of the DSCTA booth included a free draw for 3 different accommodations, thank you Boulder cove cottages, Water Street Lighthouse B&B and Whispering Waves Cottages. Also a brochure rack with all those businesses who participated, and a slide show of all members businesses and festivals from around Shelburne County. Almost all the brochures were handed out as well as the new Shelburne County Guides. Many participants liked picking up one thing and that was the guide.
    It is important for Shelburne County businesses to realize what an opportunity it is to have some part of this show as it is a BIG draw to the Halifax market. I would like to thank all those businesses who participated in this years show and I hope to see you all next year!

    AGM; April 2008

Greetings members to the 2008 tourism season! Discover Shelburne County held their Annual General Meeting this month and we now have all executive positions filled! (Thank you Sharon for being our secretary). Allan Nelson of the Water Street Lighthouse B&B is still our president; Raymond Davis of Cape Cod Colony motel has taken on the roll of Vice- President; Shannon Crowell of Boulder Cove Cottages as Treasurer and  Sharon Johnson of Water Street Lighthouse B&Bas secretary. Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting at Thomsons Restaurant in Clyde River.

New year means membership dues are due. Please mail them to:
DSCTA
PO Box 177
Shelburne, NS
B0T 1W0

Some highlights about the projects we are working on this spring/summer include:






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