Atlantic Internet Marketing inc. is thrilled to announce that we have purchased
the AtlanticPortal.com website. We would like to take a minute to outline how
our expansion and development plans for the Atlantic Portal will result in
exciting and lucrative marketing opportunities for you and your tourism
business. The Atlantic Portal website is a tourism information portal from which
tourists can find information required to plan a vacation in Atlantic Canada.
Information such as “Where to Stay”, ”Where to Eat”, “Things to See”, “Things to
Do”, and “Calendar of Local Events”, are available to tourists in one easy to
view location.
AtlanticPortal.com is the sole provider of web based information for tourists traveling onboard any of Marine Atlantic's vessels (M.V. Caribou, M.V. Smallwood and the M.V. Leif Ericson). Our kiosks provide a unique opportunity to capture the attention of the traveling ferry passengers. We are the only website with access to the Marine Atlantic's ferries and to the Marine Atlantic terminals located at North Sydney , N.S. and Channel-Port aux Basques, NL. AtlanticPortal.com is also the only computer kiosk situated at the Visitor Information Center in Channel-Port aux Basques, NL. and we are fast becoming the flagship location of Tourism Information related to Newfoundland and Labrador.
MARINE ATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP We have partnered with Marine Atlantic, and will be
integrating the Atlantic Portal with the Marine Atlantic Web Site. Your business
listing will now be directly accessible to the millions of viewers who use the
Marine Atlantic Web Site each year. This integration will be complete early in
spring 2008, and your business information will be in place and available to
tourists as they make their summer 2008 travel decisions.
NEW MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES With the changes to the web site, we will also be in
a position to offer new and exciting advertising opportunities. This includes
advertising at both Marine Atlantic Passenger Terminals, and exclusive listings
on the internet kiosks on the vessels. As a current advertiser with us, we will
be offering these premium advertising spots to you on a first priority basis.
PACKAGED TOUR PRODUCTS One of our longer term goals is to develop an inventory of
Tour Package Products that we will market and sell through Marine Atlantic’s
newly developed e-commerce solution. This will allow customers to purchase tour
packages and products at the time they purchase their ferry crossing. This is a
tremendous opportunity for your business. You are now able to take advantage of
the growing trend toward packaged tour products, and the growth of online sales,
without any of the associated expense. Of course, we will be giving our existing
advertisers priority access to this opportunity as well. If you have an existing
package, tell us about it, we’ll help sell it for you.
As a marketing medium, the Atlantic Portal web site is a perfect fit for your
Tourism business. Marine Atlantic is likely, the very first point of contact a potential tourist makes while
planning their vacation in Newfoundland. As such, your Marketing and Advertising efforts with us will hit your Target
Market perfectly
"Travel Services and arrangements ranks # 1 on the list of the Types of purchases made
online by Canadians." Stats
Canada 2005 Canadian Internet Survey.
"Window shopping: An estimated 9.2 million adult Canadians used the Internet to do some
window shopping for goods and services in 2005. They accounted for over one half
(55%) of all Internet users." Stats Canada 2005 Canadian Internet Survey.
"More than 6 out of every 10 of those on-line window shoppers actually wound up making
a purchase." Stats Canada 2005 Canadian Internet Survey.