No BP money yet for Florida ad campaign, while BP launches its own ad blitz

[highplainsdem]

First, from a Jacksonville station:

http://wokv.com/localnews/2010/05/no-bp-money-yet-for-florida-ad.html

Visit Florida, the state's tourism agency, has a nationwide advertising campaign ready to launch but not enough money to get it off the ground.

British Petroleum is promising $25-million for the ad campaign, meant to attract people to Florida beaches, but the state is still waiting on the money. Carol Dover, the president of the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, says the they are using their own money to buy ads. "It's very frustrating, we're a month into this and we don't have anything up yet," said Dover. Visit Florida dipped into a state emergency fund to release an ad, hoping to counteract the perception that Florida's beaches are closed because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Another ad titled "Open for Business" is expected to launch this week, but the real campaign starts as soon as B.P. lives up to its $25-million promise.

Meanwhile...

http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=552&fArticleId=5484734

BP launches US newspaper ad blitz


Struggling to convince Americans it can be trusted to stop and clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, British energy giant BP has started taking out ads in major US newspapers.

First appearing in The New York Times on Sunday and then again in The Wall Street Journal, the full-page advertisement is headlined in bold "Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response".

"What we're doing. How to get more information."

Below BP tries to reassure readers it is doing everything possible to stem a slick that is now washing up on Louisiana's shores, providing ugly pictures of oiled marshlands and rare birds that are a publicity nightmare.

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[Vinnie From Indy]

1. One wonders what the slogans will be - Come to Florida - The Suntan Oil is FREE!

What a nightmare for all involved.

[suzie]

3. That's just really clever and funny. NOT.

The coming weekend is the biggest tourist weekend in the summer for many parts of Florida along the Gulf. The following 2 weeks are the biggest of the year.

Currently, there is no oil along the Florida Gulf Coast, the beaches are open and the fishing boats are waiting dockside, going broke.

And tourists are canceling reservations because even though there is no oil nearby, they've heard about it in the national media and won't believe the locals when they call about their reservations.

But HA! HA!, making fun at other people trying to salvage something out of the disaster, how funny is that!

[Vinnie From Indy]

4. It is about as funny as someone that goes very far out of their way to be offended

As I offered, it is a nightmare for all involved. You probably missed that in your zeal to lash out.

[suzie]

6. Watching my friends and neighbors lose their incomes?

Didn't have to go very far out of my way to be offended.

You could have said, "Yeah, you're correct, that was in bad taste, and the last part of my post was sincere."


But nooo, it's my fault for finding the ultimate in bad taste offensive.

[Vinnie From Indy]

8. Well dealing with drama queens is not something I am particularly good at.

The fact is that you went to great lengths to ignore the sarcasm implicit in the first part of the post and completely ignored the second part of the post where I offered a heartfelt comment about the whole thing being a nightmare for those directly threatened.

Cheers! :)

[msongs]

5. be like the sheriff in JAWS - jump in the water to show it is....clean lol nt

[suzie]

7. Strange, I never thought that the defintion of "liberal", which I see there

in your signature, included "Laugh at the misfortune of others".

Gosh, learn something every day on DU.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. BP stock. Transocean stock,, Haliburton stock dropping like rocks..

Over 40% loss starting Apr. 26th.

I am sure the CEO bonuses will not affected, however. Sheesh.