Comments on: I’m off to Mission Iceland: 19 – 22 October 2009

By: Tamaimos interview me about No Winter Blues: Mission Iceland

Tamaimos interview me about No Winter Blues: Mission Iceland — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:06:54 +0000

[...] Thanks for visiting!There’s been quite a controversy raging in the Canary Islands about the Mission Iceland launch of the No Winter Blues marketing campaign which took place in Reykjavik between 19 – [...]

By: Nuria Gutiérrez

Nuria Gutiérrez — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:07:07 +0000

My name´s Nuria Gutiérrez and I had the great opportunity to live the experience of becoming an Ambassador and promote the islands. Here I leave a note so that you all can take a look and get to know more deatiled what we really did in Iceland. Hope you enjoy:

Mission: No Winter Blues.
There are many who criticize what we have done in Iceland. I just want to explain what the mission is about and how was the experience of becoming one of the 100 Ambassadors of the Canary Islands. We were chosen from a group of 2000 people who wanted to be a part of the mission. It was quite easy. You only had to register in this site: http://www.compartetufortuna.com and write some recommendations about some interesting places in the Canary Islands which could not be found in a simple tourist´s guide.

All this initiative was made by the Government of the Canaries. It is a new marketing strategy known as “person-to-person”. It is a way of promotion that was never made before. In Iceland we had to look for people, and make castings for those who wanted to come to the Canaries for a week. That is, we had to choose a hundred of Icelanders who could then inform other people about the things that the Canaries have to offer.

At first, they could not believe it. But we did a great job to show that it was true and that we were working hard to make this happen. The mission was better as expected. I am just very proud of it.

By the way, in a week it is going to be celebrated a huge meeting for the Ambassadors and those who also wanted to participate and made the castings. Hope to see you all there.

By: Report from an Icelandic glacier

Report from an Icelandic glacier — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:38:32 +0000

[...] to Iceland to report on the Canary Islands “No Winter Blues” campaign kicking off with Mission Iceland. Now here I was less than one week later standing on a Icelandic [...]

By: Karen Bryan

Karen Bryan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Aron – thanks for your welcome to Iceland. I have been very fortunate today with the weather, it’s been so sunny. All the ICelanders I’ve spoken to are very friendly, Reykavik has a very laid back atmosphere and I really enjoyed walking around the city today. I don’t think I’ll have time to call on your president, alhtough it would be something different to have an interview with a president on the blog.

By: Aron Ólafsson

Aron Ólafsson — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:04:04 +0000

You should know that you can knock on the presidents door and if he´s home he is likely to let you in for a coffie. There are no guards at is home, only secretery, a personal driver and his wife.

Welcome to Iceland

By: Karen Bryan

Karen Bryan — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:01:47 +0000

Angela – Iceland is a place I’ve wanted to visit for some time. It all happened so fast, an invitation on Twitter On Thursday and I’m here 4 days later. Yes it is cool here, the pilot said good weather in Reykjavik ” 4 degress celsius and showers”. I had a walk down to the waterfront, the views were wonderful but I scurried back to the warmth of the hotel.

By: Angela Nickerson

Angela Nickerson — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:35:11 +0000

Congrats! What a “cool” opportunity! :)