So how did little ole Bermuda get sucked in as a major financial sponsor of the Chinese World Tourism Marketing Summit?
Perhaps because the event’s organisers include The Bradford Group, a US marketing company. The Bradford Group is also the organiser of the Africa Travel Association and the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism. As it happens, these two organisations are the major boosters of Dr. Brown’s African Diaspora Heritage Trail.
Scratch my back and I’ll …
It would be fine if this had anything to do with Bermuda tourism. But we all know it doesn’t. It’s about ideology and personal ambition. The Department of Tourism is far out of synch with the Bermudian tourism business; it is time for a major reform of this aimless slush fund.
SHAMELESS UPDATE: the organisers of the Summit have given Dr. Brown a tourism leadership award in recognition of his financial sponsorship. Bought and paid for by the Bermuda taxpayer!