Hello…I must be going
"More than 100 foreign and domestic journalists as well as tourism officials and business people who will [sic] take part in the fourth edition of the National Tourism and Communications Forum, held in Cancún from Feb. 8th thru Feb. 10th."
"Will take part…held…" Mixing tenses. The confusion is not surprising given the official press release from the Mexico Tourism Board was posted online on February 8th, the day of the event.
Why hold a tourism and communications forum and not let media know about the event in advance? Seems counterproductive to me.
Journalist friend Jon Clark did make it to Cancún and ruminates about the spring break market in an article published today.
This follows a recent piece in USA Today which quoted Steve Wright, who runs the highly recommended CancunCare discussion forum.
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February 13th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
Where was the communication at the National Tourism and Communications Forum?
It seems very strange that such a forum was conducted without greater fanfare before the event. And what a shame that the event was not blogged or flickered in real time!
Journalists need more timely information if we are to cover this region in a responsible manner.