Neil MacKenzie

@rickygervais loved you @SamHarrisOrg podcast! Thanks to both of you.

@TourismNS @Rendez_VousCAN @DestinationCAN Looking sharp guys.

We don't mean to brag, but we might have the best-dressed team at @Rendez_VousCAN ... Okay, we'll brag a little - Team Lobster for the win! #rvc2019 #TourismWeek @DestinationCAN

Meeting with @CDNTourism #cdntourismjobs

@VisitYAS @VisitNovaScotia The Tusket Islands are an undiscovered place in #novascotia.

Who wants lobster? Shell yeah! 🦞 #VisitYAS #VisitNovaScotia @VisitNovaScotia

@VoiceofTourism AGM learning about creating traveller demand off peak. 1/2 of all visitors to NS come from June to Sept.

Walking into the Bank Holiday weekend like... @johncleese #montypython #sillywalks

Proud to be training with the @VoiceofTourism to help address seasonality and impact on labour.

@TinaComeaunews Yeaaaah!

Finding his voice through volunteering: Yarmouth teenager Cowen Kenney struggled with words for much of his life but has made strong connections helping others. Volunteering has given him his voice because it speaks to the type of person he is. thevanguard.ca/community/find…

@TourismNS Ellenwood Park!

The French version of the travel guide, Du rêve à l’aventure, will be available in early April. Stay tuned!

BIG NEWS! The 2019 Doers & Dreamers Travel Guide, Nova Scotia’s official trip planning resource is now available! bit.ly/2JI7HLj #tourism #visitNovaScotia #travelling

@MichaelTGorman There have been lots of analysis. TNS Exit Surveys, Multiple third party reports, and over 75 years of connection to the US market that supports tourism operators throughout NS.@TourismNS @VoiceofTourism #tourism

Roberts asks how people can know the benefits for certain, or that they're getting maximum benefits without analysis. #NSpoli

.@TimHoustonNS opens questions by asking the implications for Bay Ferries if the ferry service stops running. He asks if the company will still be paid. "We will run a ferry service," says Bay Ferries CEO. #NSpoli

@MichaelTGorman @NS_TIR confirms that Bar Harbour was asked to fund leasehold improvements during long negotiations and that there are mechanisms in the deal for NS to acquire cost back for these upgrades if traffic numbers are meet.

Questions and answers at this meeting are looooooooooooooooooooog. Chair finally steps in to try to speed things up. #NSpoli

@MichaelTGorman #Sustainability

MacDonald says business/financial modeling they did with govt showed lowest long-term cost prospects to operate the service were to go to Bar Harbor. #NSpoli

@NS_TIR standing committee on Economic & Rural Dev. Re NS/Maine Ferry. #tourismmatters

@MichaelTGorman @LisaRobertsHfx @nsgov They have however supported upgrades to the Yarmouth terminal in partnership with NS and Municipal partners. #tourismmatters

.@LisaRobertsHfx asks about potential federal support. @nsgov officials say there's a standing ask from all three parties, but the feds haven't supported the service since 1996. #NSpoli

@TownOfYarmouth Nice lookn rig!

@IgniteAtlantic @VisitYAS @TourismNS @TownOfYarmouth @VoiceofTourism Thanks @VoiceofTourism, @TourismNS, @IgniteAtlantic and of course the participants who pitched lots of great tourism experience ideas today. I was honoured to be a part of this innovative partnership that I know is going to generate new tourism product.

An awesome day at the IGNITE Tourism Weekend in partnership with @VisitYAS! Congrats to our prize winners and thank you all who came out and participated! @TourismNS @TownOfYarmouth @VoiceofTourism #VisitYAS #IgniteTourism

@VoiceofTourism Lisa Dahr delivering the details of the value of tourism and how they can help tourism businesses. @TourismNS @IgniteAtlantic #visityas @VisitNovaScotia

@TourismNS Judy Lynch is speaking today @IgniteAtlantic about the tourism opportunitity @VisitNovaScotia an @VisitYAS #ignitestartup

Starting he morning @IgniteAtlantic today with a great group of existing and potential tourism operators.

@VisitYAS @VisitNovaScotia @TownOfYarmouth Hurry, Hard!

Discover the beauty of winter in @VisitYAS! Today kicks off the first day of our Top 10 things to do in winter. ☃️❄️ Rock the ice and give curling a try with the Yarmouth Curling Association​! #VisitYAS #VisitNovaScotia @VisitNovaScotia @TownOfYarmouth