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Summer....Only in Belfast campaign
Alderman Christopher Stalford, Vice Chair of Belfast Visitor & Convention Bureau (BVCB) and Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce President Joe Jordan joined BVCB’s Suzanne Magill to launch this summer’s integrated marketing campaign, Summer…Only in Belfast, encouraging visitors from near or far to explore and stay, shop and stay, or just make a night of it.
In launching the campaign, BVCB showcased Belfast’s vibrant mix of tours, attractions, festivals and events, shopping, restaurants, bars and great value accommodation offers to help the city attract more to not only visit but to stay the night.
It\'s all \"About Belfast\" as BVCB\'s bi-monthly guide rebrands
BVCB\'s WhatAbout has been rebranded as \"About Belfast\" to position it firmly as Belfast\'s official guide for visitors (ABC net distribution per issue 58,587 (January-July 2010). The new September/October issue reflects a vibrant energetic new look and design for the free bi-monthly guide. We hope all our members, stakeholders and regular readers enjoy the new style magazine design.
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New city dressing unveiled for Belfast
400 patterned banners at 262 sites across the city has been unveiled as part of Belfast\'s new look city dressing .
Featuring 12 themed patterns, the eye-catching banners aim to provide a sense of welcome as well as making Belfast`s streets more colourful and attractive. They are themed on patterns unique to Belfast including the Dome of City Hall, the stain glass window of Clonard Monastery and Harland and Wolff`s iconic cranes.
The City Dressing Plan has been developed by Belfast City Council in partnership with Belfast Visitor and Convention Bureau, Belfast City Centre Management, DRD Roads Service and the Department for Social Development. Costing £81,000, the quirky banners will be sited in the centre of Belfast and on arterial routes into the city. They will be hung from now until November, and will remain on site for three years. New patterns will be introduced at Christmas and throughout 2012 and 2013.
To support the initiative and encourage visitors to find out more about the concepts as well as explore the areas represented, Belfast Visitor and Convention Bureau has launched a new ‘patterns of the city` section at www.gotobelfast.com/patterns
The 12 unique banner patterns are each inspired by a particular landmark or element within the city. These include Queen`s Bridge, the starlings that flock around Albert Bridge, City Hall dome, Harland and Wolff cranes, the rose window at Clonard Monastery, Titanic propellers, the Mulholland organ at Ulster Hall, leaves of trees found in city parks, St Anne`s Spire of Hope, the seahorse from the Belfast City coat of arms, street name plates and gable walls.
City Presentation has been identified as a key theme in the Belfast Integrated Strategic Tourism Framework 2010 – 2014, which aims to grow visitor numbers by 40% to 2.38 million in 2014.
Literary Belfast to officially launch at Ulster Hall Gala Evening - 6 Sept
The biggest ever gathering of Belfast’s writers is to be held next month, to mark the official launch of a series of new initiatives to highlight the city’s rich literary heritage and vibrant contemporary scene.
On Tuesday, September 6, Belfast City Council and its various partners will officially launch LiteraryBelfast.org, with a gala evening at the Ulster Hall, featuring Northern Irish writers reading from their works. Writers include Colin Bateman, Ciaran Carson, Patricia Craig, Leontia Flynn, Marie Jones, Michael Longley, Martin Lynch, Bernard MacLaverty, Owen McCafferty, Sinead Morrissey, Paul Muldoon, Frank Ormsby, David Park and Glenn Patterson.
Among the products which have been developed to help people explore Belfast’s literary landscape, and which are being officially launched at the September gala, are a new Literary Belfast website and iPhone app; the Belfast Poets and Writers Exhibition and the opening of the BBC Literary Archive, at the City Hall; new and enhanced literary tours and trails; and a revamped CS Lewis exhibition, which will take place at both the Belmont Tower and the Linenhall Library.
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