Mr Guertin, a resident of Martin County, Florida, has been visiting the BVI for twenty years. Mr Boyes is a part-time BVI resident with a longstanding career in media and broadcast. Mr Boyes has worked on ‘A Current Affair’, ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’ with Robin Leach, ‘Inside Edition’ and ‘Hard Copy’. Chef Davide has been a chef and team manager for the British Virgin Islands Culinary Team in the Taste of the Caribbean. He was one of the celebrity chef's at this year’s South Beach Food Network Wine & Food Festival, and has won many other awards and recognitions.
Talkin’ Tourism on Florida’s Treasure Coast is usually broadcast from the studio in Port St Lucie, Florida. Show host, Mr. Guertin, periodically takes the show on the road to various locations on the Treasure Coast of Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. The first remote live show was from Tortola and was broadcast from the Jolly Roger, West End, in June 2009. Topics discussed included the charter industry, opportunities for sailing and boating, eco-adventures and the range of vacation accommodations in the BVI.
Talk show discussions highlight a wide range of tourism products and activities in Florida’s Treasure Coast (which spans the counties of Martin, St Lucie and Indian River), the State of Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. Topics covered by the show have included sports tourism, cultural tourism, historical tourism and event tourism among others. The show features guests involved in the tourism industry and highlights the diversity and importance of tourism within the local economy.
Talkin’ Tourism on Florida’s Treasure Coast also has an online presence on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/TalkinTourism) and through its companion blog, http://talkintourism.blogspot.com, which includes photos, videos and the audio from prior shows. The show’s online fan base comprises listeners from over 80 countries.
