SandBoxUtah: Times Live "Sundance festival swaps Utah mountains for London"

"Sundance London, a smaller version of the US film festival set up by the actor and director in 1985, will showcase 22 films as well as a string of live music performances at the 02 Arena in southeast London.

"Music and cinema look like they could be the next hybrid," Redford, 75, said at a press conference at the 02.

The star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid said the London gala would be a "scaled down version of what we do in the mountains in Utah", where Sundance has grown into the United States' biggest independent film festival.

"I was reluctant to see us go out until the time was really right, and it felt like it was," he said.

Sundance London, which runs until Sunday, will host the British premieres of 14 American feature-length movies and 8 short films originally screened at its US sister festival...."
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SandBoxUtah: Sacramento Bee "Utah Valley Announces 2012 Festivals and Events Schedule"

The full list with specifics on all 2012 festivals and events.  Click title.

Utah Valley and Conventions Bureau: 
"PROVO, Utah, April 18, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Utah Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau (UVCVB) has announced its 2012 event lineup for festivals and recreational activities. With many new and returning events, spring and summer of 2012 in Utah Valley are packed with a wide variety of attractions for those living in or visiting Utah Valley.

"2012 marks another exciting year for the Utah Valley tourism industry, and we are pleased to welcome The Beach Boys to the Stadium of Fire in July," said Joel Racker, President and CEO of UVCVB. "Spring marks the beginning of our festival & events season throughout Utah Valley and we invite everyone to plan a visit and enjoy all that Utah Valley has to offer during this year's exciting festival season."

Upcoming events include the annual Strawberry Days & Rodeo in Pleasant Grove, Scottish Festival at Thanksgiving Point, the Bluebird Cafe Series at Robert Redford's Sundance Resort, Princess Festival, the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival and more....."

SandBox Utah Utah Pulse "Governor’s Office of Economic Development Expands Global Reach at Expomin"

Utah Pulse:
"Several Utah contracting, engineering and mining business leaders have gone south for the winter. But this was not a vacation. The Utah business and trade delegation joined Miguel Rovira, the regional director for the Americas at the Governor’s Office of Economic Development’s (GOED) International Trade and Diplomacy Office (ITDO) and over 60,000 global participants in Santiago, Chile, for Latin America’s largest and most important mining trade show, Expomin.

Expomin lured over 1,200 exhibitors from 30 countries. More than a dozen Utah companies touched down in Santiago for Expomin, many of which met privately with other global companies in addition to their presence on the floor of the trade show....." (Click title)

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SandBox Utah: Sun Advocate "New tourism director gets down to business"

Richard Shaw:
"While there are a lot of people in the area that feel tourism doesn't have much impact on the local economy, new Carbon County Tourism Bureau Director Shalee Johansen sees it differently.
 
"We need to involve all local businesses in tourism events and venues," said Johansen on Tuesday morning.
 
"We need to do that."

Johansen, who is originally from American Fork and recently relocated to Carbon County from Wasatch County, sees tourism as the engine of the economy in the area that has been barely tapped. Her experience in marketing venues in the resort industry in the Park City area and background on securing grant money to help promote tourism in the area will be very helpful in bringing people to the community....."
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