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(WJAR) — Amid criticism over Rhode Island's handling of America's 250th birthday, the state has debuted a partnership with ...
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has hired a new chief marketing officer after its embarrassing state tourism campaign included a video featuring a scene from Iceland.
The new slogan for Rhode Island tourism? "All That." The new marketing campaign was announced in a Wednesday press release by Rhode Island Commerce, which explained, "Rhode Island is a state of ...
On Twitter, Rhode Island state Rep. Daniel Reilly, a Republican, questioned the cost of the state's tourism video and its use of stock footage of Reykjavik. He added the hashtag #nicejob.
A tourism video, a key part of a new multi-million-dollar tourism promotional effort, includes spectacular video of a Rhode Island skateboarder doing his thing by the water's edge.
Part of its new, $5 million 'Warmer and Cooler' branding campaign, Rhode Island's new tourism ad appears to use footage of an opera house in Iceland.
The $470,000 number comes from a Dec. 2, 2014 report from the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, which said Rhode Island spent $468,230 on statewide tourism promotion during the 2014 fiscal year.
Even if Rhode Island was spending $1 million promoting tourism, we would still be 10 percent below the norm, according to the numbers Brodeur's office sent us. Brodeur's statement continued to ...