Sun Peaks Resort Complex And Entire Kamloops Area Represented By Sun Peaks News
The Sun Peaks News is a newspaper serving the Kamloops and surrounding area of British Columbia. It is said to be, not only the first, but the only independently-published newspaper in the area. Sun Peaks is a huge ski resort that anchors the area, with an extensive array of year-round activities, recreation, and services. The newspaper (also called SPIN Magazine), is based out of the resort, and is delivered to residents and businesses throughout Kamloops and the North & South Thompson Valleys the fourth Friday of every month. The news magazine can also be picked up at over thirty-five area lodges, restaurants, and places of business.
The unique newspaper provides the community, resort visitors, individuals, and businesses with news, advice, events, and activities, and, of course, advertising.
Regular columns and sections of the magazine include tourism, activities in-and-around the resort; editorial, which includes opinions and editorial; political points of view; publisher’s notes; food, healthy mind and body; homes, and interior living; photography, arts and entertainment; news; sports and recreation; and classified listings, along with Sudoku.
Sun Peaks Resort is a large ski resort complex located in the central British Columbia interior only forty-five minutes by car from Kamloops. There are direct routes as well as scenic routes, like Highway One from Hope through the Fraser Canyon to Kamloops. Direct daily flights to Kamloops and Kelowna connect from cities across North America, as well as Australia, Asia and Europe.
Visitors can find lodging in a range that includes hostels, nine village hotels, plus condos, town homes and chalets. A wide-range of area activities include visiting the nearby Provincial Park (Wells Gray Provincial Park), observe the salmon run on the Adams River, other outdoor recreation and tournaments in Kamloops, and a stop on the way to visit the famed wine country region known as Okanagan.
SPIN news magazine, as it is also called, has columns and sections not only about tourism and activities at the resort; but general editorial, plus letters to the editor, advice, food topics, homes, living; arts and entertainment; photography; sports, Sudoku games, and classified advertising.
Some of the selling points for advertising in the Sun Peaks News include the fact that the area boasts 350,000 annual visitors, It is the second largest four-season resort in B. C., and also the fastest developing year-round vacation complex in the B. C. Interior. The newspaper points out that residents and visitors alike shop in Kamloops. The paper further notes that almost all the service needs at Sun Peaks, including builders and trades use Kamloops as their source for products and equipment. The newspaper also highlights the fact that most of the area’s visitors and citizens have a high level of discretionary income, and make a good audience for advertising. Finally, the paper is distributed the fourth Friday of every month, has a lengthy shelf-life, and points out that competitors can’t jump in right away with their own competing ad.
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