Dildo bed and breakfast takes hi-tech tourism award

Dildo has gone high-tech. A small heritage bed-and-breakfast in Dildo, Canada, has won the fifth annual Tourism Atlantic Technology Award for bringing its five-room operation into the 21st century.

The small business now boasts hookups to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, a Google-optimized web presence, registered GPS co-ordinates and an online room-booking system that lets guests check availability and make reservations in advance of their arrival.



Dale Cameron and Todd Warren, owners of the George House Heritage Bed and Breakfast, began improving their web presence in 2009 and quickly noticed how effectively social networking can be leveraged as a business tool.

The Victorian home was built in 1885 and served as a post-office for nearly 40 years before it was converted into a B&B. Dildo is a community of 1,100 people approximately 100km North west of St. John's. The town has a growing tourism community with the Dildo Museum interpretive centre, and the Historic Dildo Days celebration in August.