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		<title>By: Kevin Dallas</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Dallas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2019 13:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Eve -

All of this information *is* in our Annual Report (which is released separately from our audited financials so we can get it in the public&#039;s hands while the information is still fresh). 

Have a look at the Corporate Reports section of the BTA Website to see our 2018 report.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Eve -</p>
<p>All of this information *is* in our Annual Report (which is released separately from our audited financials so we can get it in the public&#8217;s hands while the information is still fresh). </p>
<p>Have a look at the Corporate Reports section of the BTA Website to see our 2018 report.</p>
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		<title>By: Trump supporter</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2019/04/live-video-bta-government-press-conference/#comment-4922326</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trump supporter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 22:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get it from the 1.2 or the overruns on the well managed projects.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Get it from the 1.2 or the overruns on the well managed projects.</p>
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		<title>By: CHRIS</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2019/04/live-video-bta-government-press-conference/#comment-4922037</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CHRIS]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 16:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[hahahah Beyonce concert cost Bermuda at least $2m!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hahahah Beyonce concert cost Bermuda at least $2m!</p>
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		<title>By: PBanks</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2019/04/live-video-bta-government-press-conference/#comment-4921995</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[PBanks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 15:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fascinating. With relatively well-known former pros like Katrina Adams having visited the island for other functions it may be useful to reach out to them to explore further possibilities, if it hasn&#039;t already been considered.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fascinating. With relatively well-known former pros like Katrina Adams having visited the island for other functions it may be useful to reach out to them to explore further possibilities, if it hasn&#8217;t already been considered.</p>
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		<title>By: Math</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Math]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 13:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what you are really saying is you don’t know what the final cost will be but you already know somehow through a magic ball that you will get the 5:1 ratio you mentioned? That’s just 100% BS Mr Dallas and you know it! Time for you to go!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So what you are really saying is you don’t know what the final cost will be but you already know somehow through a magic ball that you will get the 5:1 ratio you mentioned? That’s just 100% BS Mr Dallas and you know it! Time for you to go!</p>
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		<title>By: Be polite</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Be polite]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 12:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still waiting to see that $300 million. When you get a chance let us all know where it is? Last I saw the only people who made money were the entitled few in the hotel, liquor and import export business and all were privileged business people who could spend to get exclusive rights to everything from bars to transportation. The rest of us got scraps.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Still waiting to see that $300 million. When you get a chance let us all know where it is? Last I saw the only people who made money were the entitled few in the hotel, liquor and import export business and all were privileged business people who could spend to get exclusive rights to everything from bars to transportation. The rest of us got scraps.</p>
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		<title>By: Be polite</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2019/04/live-video-bta-government-press-conference/#comment-4921848</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Be polite]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 12:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The questions raised are legitimate and I don’t see why it is necessary for you to travel on our dime to New York as much as you do! ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The questions raised are legitimate and I don’t see why it is necessary for you to travel on our dime to New York as much as you do! </p>
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		<title>By: Crazy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Crazy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 12:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You obviously don’t know what you are talking about! The AC did NOT return $300M to Bermuda! The PWC report in its entirety and Mr Dallas statement about 5:1 return is all BS! In both cases the money return is fiction at best because they try to convince us of the value in a hit in a website or social media exposure as a return. I can sit there all day like Mr Dallas hitting a webpage! It’s all BS if we don’t have a hot body in a bed, in a store, in a restaurant IN BERMUDA.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You obviously don’t know what you are talking about! The AC did NOT return $300M to Bermuda! The PWC report in its entirety and Mr Dallas statement about 5:1 return is all BS! In both cases the money return is fiction at best because they try to convince us of the value in a hit in a website or social media exposure as a return. I can sit there all day like Mr Dallas hitting a webpage! It’s all BS if we don’t have a hot body in a bed, in a store, in a restaurant IN BERMUDA.</p>
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		<title>By: Bill</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 12:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well done Kevin Dallas and the BTA.

This is where the vast majority of our visitors came from in the 60&#039;s and 70&#039;s.
Our large billboard on the highway leading out of NYC to the Hampton&#039;s said.
&quot;If you were going to Bermuda, you would be there by now&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well done Kevin Dallas and the BTA.</p>
<p>This is where the vast majority of our visitors came from in the 60&#8242;s and 70&#8242;s.<br />
Our large billboard on the highway leading out of NYC to the Hampton&#8217;s said.<br />
&#8220;If you were going to Bermuda, you would be there by now&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Eve</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eve]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 12:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If BTA does a post event analysis of the ROI, why doesn’t the BTA put these analysis in their annual report for the public to see?  The BTA is funded by through the government purse and the ROI on BTA partnerships/joint ventures should be of interest to to many stakeholders. Will be interesting to read details on USTA’s FARA filing!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If BTA does a post event analysis of the ROI, why doesn’t the BTA put these analysis in their annual report for the public to see?  The BTA is funded by through the government purse and the ROI on BTA partnerships/joint ventures should be of interest to to many stakeholders. Will be interesting to read details on USTA’s FARA filing!</p>
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		<title>By: Comfortably numb</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2019/04/live-video-bta-government-press-conference/#comment-4921726</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Comfortably numb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 10:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More likely that Zaney will be visiting the Big Apple on the regular. However, hasn’t  the peak tourism season passed by the time the US Open is played? Might result in some more business for Coral Beach but I don’t see it as a real game changer.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More likely that Zaney will be visiting the Big Apple on the regular. However, hasn’t  the peak tourism season passed by the time the US Open is played? Might result in some more business for Coral Beach but I don’t see it as a real game changer.</p>
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		<title>By: trump supporter</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2019/04/live-video-bta-government-press-conference/#comment-4921717</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[trump supporter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 10:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could have another PGA slam or Beyonce concert.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Could have another PGA slam or Beyonce concert.</p>
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		<title>By: sandgrownan</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2019/04/live-video-bta-government-press-conference/#comment-4921684</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sandgrownan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 10:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was laughing at Zane Soprano there, holding the trophy ...like he had anything to do with it. 

So, you mean events like the Americas Cup, TW Triathlon, international yacht races and regattas? Those types of events? &#039;Cos they happen.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was laughing at Zane Soprano there, holding the trophy &#8230;like he had anything to do with it. </p>
<p>So, you mean events like the Americas Cup, TW Triathlon, international yacht races and regattas? Those types of events? &#8216;Cos they happen.</p>
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		<title>By: kevin</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2019/04/live-video-bta-government-press-conference/#comment-4921667</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kevin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 09:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obviously ….you haven&#039;t a clue and obviously makes you a green machine member ...please crawl back under that rock and let the BTA professionals continue their outstanding work. its obvious you don&#039;t understand the logic behind  initiatives that will put Bermuda on a must visit list ….obviously you didn&#039;t like the Americas Cup investment either ...turning a 60 million expense into 300 million revenue for our island ….]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obviously ….you haven&#8217;t a clue and obviously makes you a green machine member &#8230;please crawl back under that rock and let the BTA professionals continue their outstanding work. its obvious you don&#8217;t understand the logic behind  initiatives that will put Bermuda on a must visit list ….obviously you didn&#8217;t like the Americas Cup investment either &#8230;turning a 60 million expense into 300 million revenue for our island ….</p>
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		<title>By: aceboy</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2019/04/live-video-bta-government-press-conference/#comment-4921617</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[aceboy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 08:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too expensive and not enough “bums in seats” to hold a USTA event.  It would lose money.

This is no doubt costly, but we still get tourists who are showing up saying “I never realized how close Bermuda was.”  It is THAT message they are getting out to the millions who haven’t been here before.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Too expensive and not enough “bums in seats” to hold a USTA event.  It would lose money.</p>
<p>This is no doubt costly, but we still get tourists who are showing up saying “I never realized how close Bermuda was.”  It is THAT message they are getting out to the millions who haven’t been here before.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin Dallas</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2019/04/live-video-bta-government-press-conference/#comment-4921615</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Dallas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 08:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bermuda Tourism Authority’s marketing partnership with the USTA will be fully funded out of our existing budget; no increases in funding will be required.  The full cost of the programme depends on activation specifics that have not been finalised, and some elements are subject to confidentiality clauses present in all USTA agreements.   As a general rule, marketing partnerships of this kind must generate at least a 5:1 return on investment for Bermuda to be even considered by the BTA. So for every dollar spent the Bermuda Tourism Authority seeks at least $5 returned in value or economic impact —and in most cases the ROI is higher than 5:1 when a post-event analysis is completed.

New York is our largest feeder market (by far), and the home to our Sales &amp; Marketing team and most of our agency partners.  From that you might reasonably conclude that I’m already a regular visitor to the city and don’t need any more reasons to travel.

You also don’t appear to have read the announcement too closely; this partnership includes a customised event to take place out here in Bermuda in 2020 in conjunction with the USTA, USTA player development and the USTA foundation.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Bermuda Tourism Authority’s marketing partnership with the USTA will be fully funded out of our existing budget; no increases in funding will be required.  The full cost of the programme depends on activation specifics that have not been finalised, and some elements are subject to confidentiality clauses present in all USTA agreements.   As a general rule, marketing partnerships of this kind must generate at least a 5:1 return on investment for Bermuda to be even considered by the BTA. So for every dollar spent the Bermuda Tourism Authority seeks at least $5 returned in value or economic impact —and in most cases the ROI is higher than 5:1 when a post-event analysis is completed.</p>
<p>New York is our largest feeder market (by far), and the home to our Sales &amp; Marketing team and most of our agency partners.  From that you might reasonably conclude that I’m already a regular visitor to the city and don’t need any more reasons to travel.</p>
<p>You also don’t appear to have read the announcement too closely; this partnership includes a customised event to take place out here in Bermuda in 2020 in conjunction with the USTA, USTA player development and the USTA foundation.</p>
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		<title>By: Question</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Question]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 08:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And then you would whine about ‘giving money to millionaires for a sailboat race’.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And then you would whine about ‘giving money to millionaires for a sailboat race’.</p>
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		<title>By: Obviously</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2019/04/live-video-bta-government-press-conference/#comment-4921134</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Obviously]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 00:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exactly how much are we spending to “partner” with the US Open? I am sure this means Dallas will be traveling to New York on the regular! We need events IN BERMUDA to put money in our local merchant pockets IN BERMUDA not this advertising at US Open and Red Sox crap!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Exactly how much are we spending to “partner” with the US Open? I am sure this means Dallas will be traveling to New York on the regular! We need events IN BERMUDA to put money in our local merchant pockets IN BERMUDA not this advertising at US Open and Red Sox crap!</p>
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		<title>By: Trump supporter</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2019/04/live-video-bta-government-press-conference/#comment-4920870</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trump supporter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 20:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More photo ops. Well done OBA.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More photo ops. Well done OBA.</p>
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		<title>By: DeOnion</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2019/04/live-video-bta-government-press-conference/#comment-4920694</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DeOnion]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[thank goodness for the BTA!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thank goodness for the BTA!!!</p>
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