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In This Issue Tourism Vancouver Island Department Updates Board Announcement Free Online Reputation Management webinar available! 7 Great Reasons why you should participate in Destination British Columbia’s HelloBC Listings Program Tourism Vancouver’s President CEO Rick Antonson to leave in 2014 Michele McKenzie to step down from CTC on December 31 after 10-year term WorldHost carnival cruise line vacation Frontline Management Solutions Workshop – November 14, 2013 Connect with Thousands of BC Tourism Students! Save the Dates! Industry Conferences Events Employment Opportunity at the Fairmont Empress Did you know? CTC and National Geographic Travel team up to put Canada on the map for international carnival cruise line vacation travellers. Appointments Announced for Destination carnival cruise line vacation British Columbia’s Tourism Marketing Committee Tourism Vancouver Island Department Updates Board Announcement
Industry Community Services:  Tourism Vancouver Island’s 50 th Annual Conference AGM was held September 24 – 26, 2013 in the Alberni Valley at the BEST WESTERN PLUS Barclay Hotel. Thank you to all involved – students, stakeholders, sponsors, carnival cruise line vacation speakers, volunteers, and delegates! This year’s conference included carnival cruise line vacation many great events such as the Annual Golf Classic at the Alberni Golf Club, and the Welcome Reception aboard the M.V. Frances Barkley.
The keynote speakers included the Honourable  Naomi Yamamoto, Minister of State for Tourism and Small Business, Travel Writer Robin Esrock, and Colin Angus, the first person to circle the world exclusively on human power. Other highlights of the conference included a panel of past Tourism Vancouver Island Board Chairs facilitated by Wendy Magnes of Destination British Columbia, the 2 nd Annual Mayor’s Jeopardy, Lesley Anderson of the Canadian Tourism Commission, and Andrea Shaw, Chair of Destination British Columbia’s Board of Directors. Also on the agenda was Arlene Keis of go2, Jerrid Grimm of Newad and Angela Nagy of GreenStep Solutions. carnival cruise line vacation Delegates enjoyed a ride on the rails aboard the historic Alberni Pacific Railway out to the McLean Mill National Historic Site.
Tourism Vancouver Island recognized deserving stakeholders at the Annual Gala Dinner and Awards carnival cruise line vacation Evening. Award Winners included: Katherine Loiselle of Blackrock Oceanfront Resort for Tourism Employee of the Year; Once Upon a Day…Cowichan for Innovator of the Year; Bruce Williams of CTV Vancouver Island and CFAX 1070 for Most Valuable Player; Eagle Wing Tours for the Tourism Sustainability Award; carnival cruise line vacation Tourism Tofino, Tourism Nanaimo, Sooke Region Tourism Association and Black Ball Ferry Line for the Power of Partners Award; Tourism Victoria for the Multi Media Marketing Award; and Abbeymoore Manor Bed and Breakfast Inn for the new FortisBC Award; Bruce Williams of CTV Vancouver Island carnival cruise line vacation and CFAX 1070 did another fantastic job of emceeing the event.
Thank you to our hosts in the Alberni Valley and to all conference sponsors and auction donors that made this year’s conference a great success. carnival cruise line vacation We are excited to announce that Tourism Vancouver Island’s 51 st Annual Conference AGM will be held in the Parksville and Qualicum Beach Region in early September 2014.  If you’re interested in learning more about the conference or getting involved in any of our industry programs, please contact Jody Young, Industry Community Services Manager at 250-740-1224 or jody@tourismvi.ca or Megan Fisher, Industry Community carnival cruise line vacation Services carnival cruise line vacation Coordinator at 250-740-1221 or megan@tourismvi.ca .
Carol Ann Terreberry returns for a two-year appointment and was re-elected as Chair of the Board. Carol Ann is the Operations Manager of Quadra Island Golf Club on Quadra Island, the newest carnival cruise line vacation golf facility on the west coast.  Terreberry acknowledged the service and dedication of outgoing directors Conny Nordin of Galiano Oceanfront Inn and Spa, Alan McGillivray of Prince of Whales Whale Watching, and Michael O’Hara , former General Manager of April Point Resort Spa.
Returning to the Board for their second year of a two-year term are Duane Bell of Middle Beach Lodge, Jim Owens of Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort Conference Centre, Lillian Hunt of U’Mista Cultural carnival cruise line vacation Centre, Stephen Peters of Pacific Sands Beach Resort, Jenn Bogwald of MNP, and Raymond Chan of Pacific Carbon Trust.  Also returning as Past Chair is Chuck Fast of LP Consulting. Re-appointed to the Board are Ian MacPhee of Abbeymoore Manor Bed and Breakfast, and Geoff Millar of the Cowichan Valley Regional District.  Newly appointed to the Board are Lara Greasley of Comox Valley carnival cruise line vacation Economic Development and Tourism, and Cristina Baldini of Kingfisher Resort Spa. The Officers consists of: Carol Ann Terreberry, carnival cruise line vacation Chair; Ian MacPhee, Vice Chair (Chair Elect); Raymond Chan, Governance Chair; Jim Owens, Marketing Chair; and Jenn Bogwald as Secretary-Treasurer.
Trade Media Relations: Summer was a busy time for the Trade Media Relations department. carnival cruise line vacation The department hosted over 25 press trips and 10 trade familiarization (FAM) tours this summer. We would like to extend our thanks to all stakeholders who supported these trips.  In September, carnival cruise line vacation Nadine attended Go Media Canada carnival cruise line vacation Marketplace, held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and conducted 32 pre-scheduled appointments with travel journalists from Canada and International markets.  Of these 32 journalists, 5 were nominated for awards for their outstanding work. Interest was high in visiting Vancouver Island so we are eager to host these key media in the near future.
On the Travel Trade side, we will be hosting a Canada’s West Post FAM this year visiting regions such as the Comox Valley, carnival cruise line vacation Parksville, Cowichan and Victoria. This will be an excellent opportunity to showcase the outstanding wine and culinary experiences and products that the Island has to offer.  In early October we will be conducting training at Jonview headquarters in Toronto and Montreal to provide staff with a better understanding of the product they are selling and how best to sell it. In addition to meeting with Jonview staff, Destination British Columbia and the six regional organizations will host an event for key tour operators in Toronto to promote British carnival cruise line vacation Columbia products and experiences.  Lastly, Heather McEachen carnival cruise line vacation has returned from maternity leave and will be leading the Trade and Media Relations department. We extend a big thank you to Luba Plotnikoff for her lead in the department during Heather’s absence.
Marketing: Our latest issue of IslandMoments carnival cruise line vacation www.islandmoments.ca , our e-newsletter carnival cruise line vacation that goes out to more than 20,000 subscribers, received a fair amount of attention in the media as a result of our latest Top 10 list.  We asked our Facebook fans and Twitter followers what their favourite forest walk in the Vancouver Island Region is and posted the results in the newsletter.  The Times Colonist , Alberni Valley Times and the Vancouver Sun all published articles about this Top 10 list generating an even higher profile carnival cruise line vacation of the incredible opportunities we have.
Destination British Columbia’s consumer website, www.HelloBC.com , has a new look!  The site was relaunched in the Spring and includes new pages including “Outdoor Activity” within the “Things to Do” section.  The website continues to have a strong Vancouver Island presence and total visits to the Vancouver Island section is up more than 20% over the last year and has also registered 17% more page views and over 20% more unique visits.  Go to www.HelloBC.com today and see what’s new!
Did you know that you can keep up-to-date on all marketing opportunities that are available to you?  Just go to www.tourismvi.ca/marketingopp/ and you’ll be able to get details on all current opportunities as well as the full Marketing Calendar for the year.  Questions?  Contact your Stakeholder Business Development representative and she’ll be able to help.
Tourism Vancouver Island Presents TJ Chandler and Heather McEachen:  TJ Joined Tourism Vancouver Island on August 2 as Consumer Marketing Coordinator within the Marketing Department. TJ is a relative carnival cruise line vacation new-comer to Vancouver Island, but has fully embraced ‘Island Life’. She completed the first year of her Tourism Management Degree at Vancouver Island University, during which time she participated in the Mentorship program carnival cruise line vacation with Tourism Vancouver carnival cruise line vacation Island. TJ is now working on her degree part-time while working at Tourism Vancouver Island and she looks forward carnival cruise line vacation to helping showcase the best of Vancouver Island to our many visitors.
Heather returned to Tourism Vancouver Island in early September after a maternity leave with her first child (a boy named Cooper).  Heather joined carnival cruise line vacation Tourism Vancouver Island in 2008 after holding positions with the BC Provincial government, a large consumer packaging goods firm, and a digital marketing company.  In her present capacity as Trade Media Relations Manager, she works with the international travel carnival cruise line vacation trade to create new itineraries to sell to their clients, carnival cruise line vacation and is responsible for working with travel media who visit Vancouver Island in an effort to increase editorial in a variety of mediums.
Destination BC is pleased to offer a 60-minute webinar introducing the power of social media and online reviews. Tourism stakeholders will learn where they should focus their attention and how they can participate and manage their online carnival cruise line vacation reputation. Originally aired on March 5th, the webinar addresses the fact that increasingly, travelers carnival cruise line vacation are bypassing traditional sources of trip information and advice and using social networks to consult sources they trust: other travelers and friends. The trend has given rise to a critical new function in tourism: online reputation management, the process of monitoring, reacting to and generating online reviews and content. www.destinationbc.ca/Programs/Guides-Workshops-and-Webinars.aspx
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