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Vantage Hospitality Appoints Exclusive Development Partner to market and Sell Canadas Best Value Inn throughout Canada

In a strategic alliance with Vantage Hospitality Group, Inc., Canadian Hospitality Group Inc. is now the exclusive development partner to represent, sell, and market the Canadas Best Value Inn brand throughout Canada. Canadian Hospitality Group is owned and operated by Kash Joshi and his son Rahuul Joshi, who have been working with Vantage to create an aggressive expansion plan for Canadas Best Value Inn.

Vantage

Canada

Sequel Lifestyle Hotels and Resorts Adds Popular Toronto Hotel

Located in the city’s trendy Queen West neighbourhood, the Gladstone is Toronto’s oldest continuously operating hotel. Home to 37 artist-designed guest rooms including eclectic favourites like Queen Suite of Queen Street which fuses the graffiti-tagged back alleys of Queen Street with the property’s Victorian past, or the peaceful and contemplative Sugarbush room that reminds guests of a snow-blanketed Ontario winter, complete with galvanized sap buckets as lampshades.

Sequel Hotels and Resorts

Toronto, Canada

Nova Scotia Cuisine & Culinary Culture at the Heart of Destination Halifax Campaign

Halifax, Nova Scotia -- Nova Scotia cuisine is as unique as the land and sea it comes from -- and Halifax chefs are leading the way in the artful use of local ingredients. Destination Halifax, the city's tourism marketing organization, embraces culinary tourism with a new marketing campaign focused on unique culinary vacations and dining experiences in Halifax restaurants.

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Nova Scotia, Canada

Oscar nominated Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire confirmed for Shaw Festival Film Series

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario -- February 17, 2010 -- The Shaw Festival Film Series has confirmed a February 20th screening of gritty and inspirational Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire.

Shaw Festival

Ontario, Canada

Thank Goodness 2009 Is Over! | by Betsy MacDonald, MAI, AACI, FRICS - HVS Canada

The good news is that Canadian occupancy and average room rates for all hotels were higher than those in the United States in 2009. The Canadian occupancy was just over 56%, slightly higher than the 55% reported in the US, but more importantly our average room rate was $117.55 relative to $97.51 in the US. That's a $20 differential! The Canadian RevPAR was $65.95, down 11.9%, which compares to $53.71 in the US, down 16.7%. So 2009 was bad, but it was far worse south of the border.

HVS

Canada

Behind the scenes before the Winter Olympics

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!

Reknown Marketing

Vancouver, Canada

Vancouver hotels are hoping for gold in future business | hotelnewsnow.com

The Olympic Games might be played by amateurs, but the preparations surrounding the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver is strictly for the professionals. Local hospitality organizations and hoteliers have spent months and years preparing for the onslaught of winter sports fans, Olympic officials, contenders and their families and press that will descend on Vancouver this month.

HotelNewsNow

Canada

Ontario Tourism Education Leader OTEC Launches Five New Service Training Programs in 2010

TORONTO, ON -- Ontario tourism education leader OTEC (Ontario Tourism Education Corporation), now entering its 19th year as Ontario's Tourism Sector Council, Training, and Human Resource Organization, is gearing up to deliver five new programs for the tourism, hospitality and education sectors in Ontario. Nearing the completion of a successful year, with significant new partnerships serving the workforce development and customer service needs for the Province, OTEC is better equipped than ever to help the industry plan and implement effective training and human resource strategies.

A Couple of Chicks

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Canada hotels on long road to recovery, economist says

The Canadian economy still has a long road back to recovery and hoteliers should expect a bumpy ride, according to Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC World Markets. Shenfeld delivered a state of the industry presentation during the Hotels Association of Canada’s 2010 Annual Conference at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto.

HotelNewsNow

Canada

Halifax, Canada Welcomes Significant Conventions in 2010

Thousands of delegates from across North America and around the world will experience Halifax, Canada http://destinationhalifax.com/visitors/visit-halifax in 2010, from foodies to square dancers to science-fiction lovers. With the proposal for a new Halifax convention centre, slated to open in 2013, gaining momentum, people continue to choose the Nova Scotia city as their convention destination of choice.

"We're excited to have such a great group of events being hosted in Halifax in 2010," says Hélène Moberg, Executive Director of Sales for Destination Halifax. "We see each Halifax, Nova Scotia meeting and convention as an opportunity to showcase all that our region has to offer. At the same time, with more than 50,000 delegates in 2010 spending their dollars in our community, it's great for local businesses as well."

A Couple of Chicks

Canada

New Fairmont Pacific RIM Readies To Open Their Doors In Vancouver

The Fairmont Pacific Rim, fronting one of Vancouver's best addresses, is a newcomer to an area rich in history and intrigue. With unobstructed views of the north Shore Mountains, Stanley Park and Coal Harbour, guests are treated to the vistas that have transfixed travelers since Captain Vancouver arrived in 1792.

FRHI

Canada

FRESH Edmonton Gives Event Planners Ways to Go Green in Alberta

Event and meeting hosts can find information and ideas at FRESH Edmonton, a new initiative by Edmonton's hospitality industry that addresses changing needs in conference planning while assisting those who wish to add environmental and cultural components to their events.

Edmonton Tourism

Alberta, Canada

Edmonton Hosts Popular Winter Canadian Festivals in February: Birkebeiner Cross Country Ski and Silver Skate Festivals

Two annual Canadian festivals make Edmonton, Alberta the perfect destination for winter fun. The 22nd annual Birkebeiner Cross Country Ski Festival glides into action February 12 and 13. The festival's spirit of skiing for the pure joy of it includes the Birkie's legendary race events including the 31 K, a 55 K, and the 13 kilometre 'Mini Birkie.' For the kids, there's a special Ole's Tour, which includes a winter wonderland 2.5 K and 4 K.

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Alberta, Canada

Shaw Festival Theatre Celebrates A Successful 2009 Season With the Elimination of Its Accumulated Deficit

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ON -- Members of the Shaw Festival Theatre Foundation, Canada, gathered at the Festival Theatre today to celebrate the 2009 season and to receive the annual reports of the officers.

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Ontario, Canada

Could Apps be the New Search?

If you are researching a trip to Italy, or want to learn about wines in the region or even just keep track of calories and new recipes while you're away,"there's an App for that." It is important to acknowledge that phrase has now become common vernacular among iphone users just as "Google It" has to the entire population. With a current user base of 1.5 million iphone users and 1.2 Million Ipod Touch users in Canada alone (Mobile Fringe), 2010 just may be your "app-ortunity" to launch a mobile marketing strategy.

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Ontario, Canada

Attractions in Edmonton for a Wonderful Winter Escape Include Art, Culture, Diamonds, Dinosaurs and So Much More

February 1, 2010 -- EDMONTON, AB -- An entertaining winter escape is made easy with a collection of attractions in Edmonton sure to please even the most seasoned traveler. Art lovers will be enchanted by Edmonton's 60 plus galleries and public exhibits. In the 124th Street district, there's the Gallery Walk, 12 blocks of galleries with unique works, ranging from the First Nations arts and crafts of Bearclaw Gallery to the handcrafted wood art and furniture of TU Gallery. Downtown, there's also the artist-run Latitude 53, a gallery noted for art on the utterly experimental side.

A Couple of Chicks

Alberta, Canada

IHG Announces Opening Of Crowne Plaza® Hotel In Hamilton

IHG announced today that the Crowne Plaza Hamilton has opened after a conversion from an independent hotel. Located minutes from Copps Coliseum, Theatre Aquarius, Ivor Wynne Stadium, the Crowne Plaza Hamilton is city central and minutes away from restaurants, parks, shopping and entertainment.

IHG

Canada

5th Annual Internet Marketing Conference Online Revealed Canada in Montreal Hosts Over 250 Delegates

Canada's leading web strategy conference Online Revealed Canada, in its milestone 5th year, raised the bar yet again at the Delta Centre Ville in Montreal with over 250 tourism marketing professionals in attendance. The high energy annual online marketing event, produced by A Couple of Chicks e-Marketing and Radonic Rodgers Design+Marketing, welcomed delegates with an upbeat networking reception sponsored by TripAdvisor and Expedia. Web marketing gurus Geoff Ramsey, CEO and Co-Founder of e-Marketer and Jeremy Gutsche, CEO of Trendhunter, opened the first full day of the conference with back to back keynote addresses aimed at sharing high level, cutting edge information on how to successfully market online at the internet marketing conference.

A Couple of Chicks

Canada

Holiday Inn Express To Open Quebec’s First

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)], the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, announced today that the company’s first sustainable hotel in Canada and the first of its type in Quebec will officially open today in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. The Holiday Inn Express® and Suites Saint-Hyacinthe has been built to meet the criteria of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System for its sustainable practices.

IHG

Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

Last Call for Registration for Online Revealed Canada Online Marketing Conference January 25-27, 2010 in Montreal

Online Revealed Canada, the leading Canadian tourism marketing event, invites tourism industry professionals to join the ranks of the 250 plus online marketers already registered for the January 25-27 conference in Montreal at the Delta Centre Ville.

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Canada