Recent analysis by Deloitte, the business advisory firm, has found that revenue per available room (revPAR), a key performance indicator for the hotel industry, jumped 157.5 percent to CAD$202 in Vancouver during the month of February when it hosted the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
With the 2010 Winter Olympic Games due to start in Vancouver this Friday, I decided to pay a surprise visit to Opus Hotel to check in on frantic last-minute preparations. I didn’t exactly find what I expected!
A highly regarded leader with a distinguished career in the hotel industry in British Columbia and Ontario, Tim will oversee operations at the renowned 503-room downtown waterfront hotel in his new appointment. Tim is also no stranger to Pan Pacific Vancouver, having served as its Director of Sales in the ‘90s. In his most recent appointments, Tim was General Manager at Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle and the Vancouver Airport Marriott. Tim’s primary areas of career development have been in Operations and Sales and Marketing and he boasts diverse experience in national and international markets with Marriott International, Pan Pacific, Westin and New World hotels.
Knowcross Solutions announced today that Shangri-La’s debut property in North America has opened its doors with the leading guest service management system – TRITON. The hotel has installed the latest version of TRITON - 2.5.1, with a set of powerful new features including Glitch and Recurring Calls.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (May 14, 2009) --Vancouver, Coast & Mountains has welcomed spring with the launch of an inventive Vancouver travel guide for visitors to the Vancouver, Coast and Mountains region. The eco-friendly Virtual Vancouver Travel Guide enables visitors to customize, personalize and create a travel handbook designed specifically for their upcoming Vancouver vacations.
iMap Multimedia Inc., a Vancouver BC based application development company, today announced that the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, BC, launched iMap 's 3D Interactive Floor Plan (iFP) solution to be used on all their visitors kiosks throughout their brand-new facility. Powered by Bell Canada, iMap's multimedia database driven application will assist visitors of the Vancouver Convention Centre in finding their way through its prestigious venue. The application allows visitors of the VCC to search and find daily events that take place in the facility by interactively choosing an event or venue on the 3D floor plan, which will then locate it within the facility, showing its location relative to where the user of the kiosk is standing. The application is also available for Wi-Fi usage within the Vancouver Convention Centre.
In her role as Director of Human Resources, Ms. Fong will guide and manage the overall Human Resources services, policies and programs for The Sutton Place Hotel Vancouver. Ms. Fong has over 14 years of Human Resources experience in the Hospitality industry, most recently as Corporate Human Resources Manager with Red Robin Restaurants of Canada Ltd. Prior to this, Ms. Fong was the Assistant Human Resources Director of The Sutton Place Hotel Vancouver from 1999 to 2007. Jennifer holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Simon Fraser University.