Meeting Places BC 2017

2017

ASCENDING OPULENCE Philipp Posch, general manager of the new Trump International Hotel & Tower, says it will redefine Vancouver’s aspirations for luxury meeting venues | 12–14

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LESSONS LEARNED

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HEAT-MAPPING TECHNOLOGY

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LISTINGS | MEETING VENUES IN B.C.

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TOP CHEFS & CUISINE

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CONTENTS

FEATURES Trumping the standard United nations Remaking Victoria Kings of cuisine Lessons learned Into the wild All-star team building Wow factor

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ASSOCIATION MESSAGES

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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS FOR MEETING AND EVENT PLANNERS

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International fusion, bounty of local foods help B.C. chefs like Kelowna’s Brock Bowes take national and global awards

30 INTO THE WILD Escape the urban pace and into remote luxury retreats across wild, wonderful British Columbia

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UNITED NATIONS First Nations venues showcase an ancient – and still vibrant – culture

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MEETING BRIEFS

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PROVINCEWIDE TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES

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MEETINGS GLOSSARY

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REGIONAL MAP

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MEETING PLACES AT A GLANCE

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B.C.’S BIGGEST Destination resorts Convention/meeting venues Hotels in Metro Vancouver/Whistler

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ALL STAR TEAMS

Team building can forge employees into a more cohesive, productive – and sometimes crazier – team

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B.C. by the region: Overview and listings

2017

ASCENDING OPULENCE Philipp Posch, general manager of the new Trump International Hotel & Tower, says it will redefine Vancouver’s aspirations for luxury meeting venues | 12–14

MEETINGPLACESBC

MEETING AND EVENT PLANNING IN BEAUTIFUL BRITISH COLUMBIA

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VICTORIA, REFRESHED

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LESSONS LEARNED

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HEAT-MAPPING TECHNOLOGY

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LISTINGS | MEETING VENUES IN B.C.

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TOP CHEFS & CUISINE

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Association messages

ILEA | NEW NAME REFLECTS GLOBAL REACH

MPI | NETWORKING IS BELIEVING

The International Live Events Association (ILEA), formerly the I nternationa l Specia l Events Society, was founded in 1987 to foster enlightened performance through education while promoting ethical conduct.

ILEA works to encourage event and meeting professionals to focus on the “event as a whole” rather than its individual parts. ILEA has grown to involve more than 5,500 members active in 52 chapters throughout the world. The solid peer network ILEA provides helps event professionals produce outstanding results for clients while establishing positive working relationships with other event colleagues.

The 2015-16 season for ILEA Vancouver was a year full of exciting changes and amazing events. In May 2015 the association name was changed to better reflect its membership.

The name change reflects the now fully global nature of the association and the more relevant term of “live” used by its members to describe the wide range of events delivered.

Our members attended international education conferences such as The Special Event and ILEA Live, giving them a deeper opportunity to meet and share with event professionals from around the globe.

Our programming education raised the bar for our attendees, bringing together our B.C. event professionals with top-notch industry education relevant to today’s event market.

Our year culminated with our first-ever ILEA Vancouver chapter awards, recognizing our top B.C. event professionals and their work.

This year we will dive deeper into fostering creative partnerships, cutting-edge education and most of all networking with individuals and new peers.

Our board continues to build on what we started last year, and I am honoured to return as president.

We look forward to meeting you at one of our events.

Learn more at ileacanada.com/vancouver.

O u r world i s cont i nu a l ly changing and evolving, and it seems like just keeping our current status quo is a form of success. Yet we all know that what got us to our current positions and successes in life will not be enough to take our careers forward. That is where our association involvement comes into play. When it comes to our industry especially, people do business with people they know and like. So it does pay off to improve with our network and our networking ability. Meeting Professionals International (MPI) will help increase your contacts.

MPI offers a global community of 60,000 meeting and event professionals including more than 17,000 engaged members. With more than 90 chapters and clubs in 24 countries, your national and international exposure is guaranteed. While there are meetings throughout the world, much of the networking can be done through the use of your computer via the web and at local chapter meetings.

As a member of Meeting Professionals International, you automatically are telling the world you are open to networking with others for the mutual benefit of all of us in the hospitality industry. But the job is not just joining; it is attendance at various events, exchanging business cards and getting to know our industry partners on both a personal and professional level. This is how we really help your career potential and business value.

The entire MPI British Columbia chapter board of directors is committed to creating opportunities for you to link up with people who can make a difference in your company and your life. Whether it is posting a question online to get the opinion of other meetings professionals or attending any of the networking educational events lined up over the next year, there is an exciting opportunity to connect awaiting.

I look forward to seeing you at any of our many events in the coming months. Should you have any questions or suggestions, please let me know. Visit www.mpibc.org.

Alex Bickers, president, Vancouver chapter, International Live Events Association

Mark S. Andrew, president, B.C. chapter, Meeting Professionals International

PCMA | ANNUAL CONFERENCE OPENS IN JANUARY The Professional Convention Ma nagement Association aims to deliver superior, innovative education and promote the value of professional convent ion m a n agement.

Represent i ng 6,500-plus meeting-industry leaders globally, our members include planner and trade show/exhibit professionals, suppliers, faculty, students and emeriti.

Building on the success of the Canadian Innovation Conference, November 22-24, 2015, in Toronto, Ontario, we will once again bring together meeting and event professionals and suppliers to experience educational content in an environment customized to the Canadian market. We invite you to expand your peer network while earning continuing education units at this exciting event.

The Canada West chapter holds numerous educational, networking and social events throughout the year. Please check www.pcma. org/cw for further details. We can’t wait to see you at our next event.

Finally, Austin, Texas, will be hosting the annual conference for PCMA Convening Leaders January 8-11, 2017. This is the premier education and networking conference where leading meeting professionals gather to advance their professional development and discover new ideas, solutions and approaches, and networking with peers for meeting success.

Grit Schoenherr, president, Canada West chapter, Professional Convention Management Association

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Professional associations for meeting and event planners

Professional associations provide a means of pooling resources and giving a unified voice to working professionals who share common interests. They may represent broad national and international interests or cover specialty niches within the event-planning industry.

Association of Destination Management Executives www.adme.org Business Events Industry Coalition of Canada www.beicc.com Canadian Association of Exposition Management www.caem.ca Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) www.canadianspeakers.org Canadian Society of Professional Event Planners www.canspep.ca Canadian University and College Conference Organizers Association www.cuccoa.org Center for Exhibition Industry Research www.ceir.org Connected International Meeting Professionals Association www.cimpa.org Convention Centres of Canada www.conventioncentrescanada.com Convention Industry Council www.conventionindustry.org Corporate Event Marketing Association www.cemaonline.com Destination Marketing Association International www.destinationmarketing.org

In addition to providing forums for like-minded meeting and eventplanning professionals, associations offer a wealth of resources, including newsletters, magazines and other reference materials.

Destination Marketing Association of the West www.dmawest.org Event Service Professionals Association www.espaonline.org Exhibit & Event Marketers Association (E2MA) www.e2ma.org Exhibit Designers and Producers Association www.edpa.com Exhibition Services & Contractors Association www.esca.org Financial & Insurance Conference Planners www.ficpnet.com Global Business Travel Association Canada www.gbta.org/canada Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association www.hcea.org Incentive Marketing Association www.incentivemarketing.org International Association of Conference Centres www.iacconline.org International Association of Convention Centres www.aipc.org International Association of Exhibitions and Events www.iaee.com International Association of Fairs and Expositions www.fairsandexpos.com

International Association of Professional Congress Organisers www.iapco.org International Association of Venue Managers www.iavm.org International Festivals & Events Association www.ifea.com International Hotel & Restaurant Association www.ih-ra.com International Live Events Association www.ileahub.com Meeting Professionals International www.mpiweb.org National Association of Consumer Shows www.nacslive.com Professional Convention Management Association www.pcma.org Religious Conference Management Association www.rcmaweb.org Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) Canada www.sitecanada.org Society of Event Organisers www.seoevent.co.uk Society of Independent Show Organizers www.siso.org

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Meeting briefs

Vancouver leads in hotel values

Royals’ visit boosts Victoria

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by HVS International, an industry analyst, found that Vancouver’s downtown would see Canada’s strongest increase in market value for the second year.

Vancouver’s valuation growth was projected at 25.3 per cent in 2016 and Vancouver retained its first-place position with an average price of $288,471 per room.

Toronto’s downtown squeaked into second place in terms of g row t h , ove r t a k i n g Va n c o uver airport with a 23 per cent projected increase in per-room value, which was forecast at $226,862.

At the other end of the spectrum, Calgary suffered the largest decrease in hotel value in 2015 with a drop of 16.9 per cent,

to $154,500 per room. Edmonton was not far behind with a 13.8 per cent decline to an average room price of $134,000.

Meanwhile, a hotel building boom is underway across B.C., with four recently opened and four more under construction, HVS notes.

“The lift in hotel investment in B.C. is because the market is performing really well,” says analyst Carrie Russell of HVS International. “RevPAR [revenue per available room] is up throughout the province.”

Input sought on new signs

says the royal visit may put these numbers off the chart.

“Anecdotal input suggests that September is shaping up to be a very strong month for visitors, helped by a PGA tournament, the Union of British Columbia Municipalities conference and the royal visit,” he says.

Large crowds jostled for views of the royals, who spent seven nights of their eight-day B.C. visit in Victoria’s Government House.

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he provincial government is looking to add up to 75 roadside stop-of-interest signs and is asking for the public’s help to decide where they should be located and what they should say.

“The new stop-of-interest signs will give the travelling public a glimpse of the province’s beauty and encourage them to explore the many authentic experiences B.C. has to offer,” says Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond.

An inventory of the province’s existing 139 signs taken in fall 2015 found three-quarters of them requiring repairs, reinstallation and, in some cases, replacement.

In addition to replacing missing and outdated signs, the government wants to add up to 75 additional ones.

visit by members of the Royal Family, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, helped boost Victoria’s tourism numbers that were already soaring by mid-2016.

Chemistry Consulting, which tracks tourism data in the region, says hotels reported impressive numbers and other tourismrelated businesses were busy thanks to increased traffic at BC Ferries, Victoria International Airport and the Ogden Point cruise ship terminal.

August 2016 was another strong month for Victoria tourism, says Frank Bourree of Chemistry. He notes that revenue per available room, a key industry metric, increased to $181.89, up from $173.24 in August 2015.

While September data was not available at press time, Bourree

I Submissions will be evaluated on such criteria as the impact the place, person or event has had on the lives of British Columbians. Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2017, and the new signs will be installed in late spring and early summer of 2017.

To provide a suggestion, go to engage.gov.bc.ca/stopsofinterest.

n 2011, the late Bing Thom, Vancouver architect and visionary, first floated the idea of a beach at northeast False Creek.

Now, Reviver Sport + Entertainment has launched an idea of building a surf park in northeast False Creek, next to Telus World of Science, by launching the website Citysurfpark.com.

Concept drawings show the site, complete with manufactured waves, a beach, a park and a redesigned walkway at Science World.

There is no formal proposal with the Vancouver park board.

Indeed, the company is billing the venture as something that has never been done before – “a world’s first in bringing surfing to an urban setting.”

The website says that Reviver

is currently developing two sport properties: ■RippedLinks, which is a “golf meets action sports with a music festival vibe” that appeals to a younger audience; and ■CitySurf, which delivers world-class waves and the surfing culture.

“Much of our city waterfront invites participation but it offers only limited immersion opportunities,” says architect and Reviver CEO Philip Davis.

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Doctor’s orders: content and credits

most important element meeting organizers should work to improve.

Presentation format, use of mobile technology and opportunities to connect with other attendees are other areas physicians feel could be enhanced.

Respondents acknowledged that they most frequently attend speaker dinners (67 per cent), followed by symposiums (66 per cent), congresses (53 per cent) and product meetings (52 per cent).

Investigator meetings and data monitoring committees were the least popular meeting formats in 2015, g arnering 24 p er c ent and 17 per cent attendance rates, respectively.

Doc tors have no shor ta ge of meetings to attend, and the survey found that, on average, respondents were invited to 16 meetings in 2015 but attended only half that number.

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hen it comes to physicians’ perspective on meeting and event preferences, content is king and the most popular meeting types are speaker dinners and symposiums, according to the results of a 2016 global survey released by American Express Meetings & Events.

Doctor’s Orders: The Physician’s Perspective on Meetings and Events surveyed 505 doctors worldwide to help pharmaceutical companies better understand the elements of the meetings that attract physicians and what will motivate them to attend in the future.

Physicians cited content – access to new information and the opportunity to earn continuing medical education credits – as two of the top three most important considerations when deciding whether to attend a meeting.

They also selected content as the

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least important benefit, at 39 per cent, was sharing research and experience with others in their field.

In light of this, physicians strongly prefer formats that will facilitate acquiring new information. Workshops and breakout sessions were deemed superior to panel, single speaker and audience response formats.

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TRUMPING THE STANDARD Event facilities in Vancouver’s newest hotel may become as internationally famous as its namesake

Luis Pinho, director of food and beverage at Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver, prepares for the grand opening in early 2017 | SHAWN TALBOT PHOTOGRAPHY

BY PAT JOHNSON

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he Trump name was already a world-renowned brand when Vancouver’s Holborn Group joined with Trump Hotels to open what the partners promise will be “the new Vancouver icon.” The striking, twisting Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver boasts a number of new-to-this-city amenities. But the road to opening day was not without controversy after the brash American business mogul and TV star entered the U.S. presidential race.

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The Trump name is emblazoned across the shiny new structure, and hotel officials insist politics are not impacting the reaction to the skyline’s newest tower.

“The political situation for Mr. Trump is out there, but we really don’t get involved in the campaign or politics,” says Philipp Posch, general manager of the hotel. “Clients are embracing us.

“Large American and Canadian companies are booking space for conferences and some people rescheduled their weddings so they could host it at the new hotel.”

Being the first luxury hotel to open in the city in six years has created pent-up anticipation, he adds.

The partnership between the Vancouver-based Holborn Group and the New York Trumps is partly a result of Donald Trump Jr.’s regular trips to the Canadian north for outdoor adventures.

“He came through Vancouver many times because it’s kind of the hub of going up north, and he just fell in love with the city,” Posch says of Trump Jr. On one of the trips, he met Joo Kim Tiah, CEO and president of the Holborn Group. “There was this young developer, similar in age, who was also coming from a wealthy, affluent family. I think they’ve got a very similar kind of childhood that they went through, with a very disciplined, structured kind of a fatherly figure. They’re coming up in the ranks as the oldest sons who are prone to take over the family business and so there’s a lot of synergies and commonness between the two of them.”

The 69-storey building has 147 hotel rooms, located between the fifth and 21st floors, with 217 residences on floors 22 to 69. Because of the twist of the building’s structure, no two rooms are alike. Yet what hotel staff are most effusive about are the public spaces, event facilities and the attention to detail.

Mott 32, one of Hong Kong’s most famous culinary destinations, is being replicated in Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver. On a recent trip to Hong Kong, Posch sampled 127 dishes.

“It’s breathtaking,” he says. “The owners there are very, very proud of the food. They have one of the best ducks in Hong Kong.” In order to replicate the duck specialty using “locavore” ingredients, the Vancouver team sent something like 60 ducks to Hong Kong, and the chefs settled on a producer in the Fraser Valley. Ducks weren’t the only things sent to Hong Kong; all the hotel’s chefs have made the trip for on-location training.

Mott 32 also appealed to the hoteliers for its attention to sustainability, rejection of MSG and ethical choices like not offering shark fin soup, says Posch.

“The food is incredible and then you mix in the interior design,” says Posch. “It’s a really sexy kind of a restaurant.”

Other food and beverage options include the opportunity to enjoy a “flute of the finest” at the Trump Champagne Lounge and relax regardless of the weather at Drai’s Vancouver, the city’s first-ever (how is this possible?) poolside lounge.

The new hotel is also home to the prototype for a reimagined spa experience across the Trump Hotels

Philipp Posch, general manager of Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver. The first luxury hotel built in Vancouver in six years, it sets a new city standard for event and conference experiences | CHUNG CHOW

chain. The Spa by Ivanka Trump will eventually be the standard in all Trump hotels.

While the food and accommodations are billed as topnotch, Wendy Patriquin, the hotel’s director of sales and marketing, promises service is what’s really going to set the Trump experience apart.

Trump Attaché is something beyond a conventional concierge, she says.

“Trump Attaché meticulously records individual preferences and maintains a detailed guest history to ensure that no stay feels like the first and no request is left unfulfilled,” she says. “If you said you only drink Coke, you would only find Coke in your room. … It wouldn’t be unknown for us to go and buy a diamond ring for someone that’s going to propose to his fiancée.”

Kids and pets will receive equally attentive service,

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Trumping the standard

The Trump touch Highlights of the new Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver: ■Cost: $365 million ■Tower height: 69 storeys (secondhighest in Vancouver) ■Chauffeured Rolls-Royce car service

■5,000-square-foot The Spa by Ivanka Trump (first in the world) ■100-seat Champagne Lounge ■Vancouver’s first swim-up pool bar

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Patriquin says. Kids can expect novelties relating to their favourite superheroes.

Pets will receive whatever special treatments their owners request, including chef-prepared meals on fine china and bottled water in silver bowls if that’s what they’re accustomed to.

All associates will undergo four weeks of training and will not wear name tags as they are taught to quickly learn guests’ names and establish a general “welcome home” feel, especially for repeat guests.

For conventions and weddings, the hotel has 15,000 square feet of luxury meeting spaces with almost 4,000 square feet of wraparound outdoor terrace.

“It’s all f loor-to-ceiling glass,” says Patriquin. “You can walk out and get fresh air and light every minute of the day, unless of course you choose to close the blinds.” In which case, every hightech amenity for meetings and events can be controlled via hand-held tablet, from audiovisuals to temperature.

The building itself, likely to become one of the city’s most recognizable, was first imagined on the back of a napkin by Arthur Erickson. Though the famed architect passed away in 2009, the twisting tower is a posthumous monument to his work.

Of course, Erickson was not known for the unique twist that defines this hotel, so the developer added unpainted concrete columns at the front of the hotel to speak to Erickson’s creative use of the concrete medium. É

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UNITED NATIONS

First Nations venues showcase an ancient – and still vibrant – culture

BY PETER MITHAM

F The Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre at Whistler is the only centre in the world designed to celebrate two distinct First Nations | ABORIGINAL TOURISM BC

irst Nations command the interest of international visitors to Canada, even if the visitors’ concept of aboriginal life is limited to what they read as kids. But the rich heritage of the nations that first inhabited B.C. is on display from the moment visitors arrive at Vancouver International Airport, and venues across the province give travellers a chance to enjoy the best of First Nations culture as it was, is, and evolves into the future.

“British Columbia has the most diverse aboriginal population,” says Paula Amos, director of partnerships and corporate initiatives with the Aboriginal Tourism Association of BC, noting the province is home to 203 First Nations speaking 40 different languages. “Anywhere you go, you’re going to have a different experience, whether you’re on Vancouver Island or northern B.C.” The experiences occur in venues from wilderness lodges and upscale resorts to local cultural centres and worldrenowned museums.

One of the newest venues is Skwachays Lodge, opened in 2012 by the Vancouver Native Housing Society. Aboriginal art features prominently throughout the downtown hotel, including the boardroom, which seats eight people. The larger Smudge Room can accommodate twice that many, while the Welcome Room and gallery hosts receptions for up to 80 people.

Last year, the Whistler Chamber of Commerce nominated the staff at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre as

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Whistler Champion of the Arts and Culture. The centre also captured Aboriginal Tourism BC’s 2015 Cultural Centre and Attraction Award.

It is the only centre in the world that has purposefully been designed to demonstrate how two distinct First Nations can share territory, knowledge and cultural practices, showcasing the art and heritage of the Squamish and Lil’wat aboriginal peoples with a museum, modern gallery, craft activities, gift shop, café and theatre. Meeting venues include the Great Hall, which can accommodate 300 guests for a reception or a sit-down dinner for 150.

There is also plenty of room to meet on the 2,500-squarefoot all-weather patio and in the more intimate Istken Hall.

Farther north, on Vancouver Island, the Kwa’lilas Hotel in Port Hardy has been renovated and reopened under the ownership of the Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw. “Kwa’lilas” is a traditional word that refers to a place to sleep, and the 85-room hotel offers accommodation close to the BC Ferries terminal as well as 5,291 square feet of meeting space in six rooms. Up to 150 people can sit in the Quatsano Ballroom, which has a maximum standing capacity of 210.

Northwest native culture is frequently synonymous with the Haida of Haida Gwaii, whose past and present are showcased at the Haida Heritage Centre in Skidegate and Haida House at Tllaal in Tlell on the edge of Naikoon Provincial Park. Haida House is a venture of Haida Enterprise Corp., and besides hosting corporate meetings

Skwachays Lodge offers an authentic First Nations experience in the heart of downtown Vancouver | CRAIG MINIELLY/AURA PHOTOGRAPHICS

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B.C. First Nations have reason to celebrate as new meeting venues open or expand from the coast to the mountains | SUBMITTED Rendering shows the Kwa’lilas Hotel in Port Hardy, among the newest First Nation convention centres in B.C. | SUBMITTED

and secluded wilderness retreats, it’s a sibling venture of Westcoast Resorts, which operates three fishing lodges on the central coast and Haida Gwaii. Haida House emphasizes Haida culture, while the lodges offer an immersive experience as Haida guides lead fishing expeditions on the surrounding waters.

Those with a taste for solid ground will find it in Terrace, a service centre for the northwest located near the famous lava beds of the Nass Valley in Nisga’a provincial park. A short distance away, in Hazelton, is the ’Ksan Historical Village and Museum of the Gitxsan, one of many aboriginal cultural centres available for group rental.

On the opposite side of the province, on the shores of Little Shuswap Lake in Chase, Quaaout Lodge and Talking Rock Golf Resort provides a warm welcome to guests in a conference centre inspired by a traditional kekuli, or winter house. The facilities can accommodate groups of up to 400, with breakout rooms, patio space and a stunning natural backdrop combining to host stand-up receptions for as many as 1,000 people.

The darker side of native experience in Canada is recalled by the grandeur of St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino, a former residential school near Cranbrook

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with 125 guest rooms and 4,000 square feet of meeting space. Under the local Ktunaxa Nation, the Samson Cree of Alberta and the Chippewas of Rama First Nation of Ontario, the former mission school that received 5,000 children prior to its closure in 1970 now showcases First Nations culture.

In Osoyoos, Chief Clarence Louie spearheaded the creation of the 9,000-square-foot Nk’Mip Conference Centre, the largest meeting space south of Penticton, as well as a host of adjacent attractions including Nk’Mip Cellars, the first aboriginal-owned winery in North America, and the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre, where meeting participants have an opportunity to explore the desert floor first-hand.

Groups that don’t want to venture far from Vancouver can also enjoy a taste of First Nations culture through Salmon n’ Bannock, a neighbourhood bistro in Vancouver that has catered traditional meals for groups of up to 250.

Whether it’s a five-course sit-down meal at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art or a roast bison buffet at your corporate offices, the meals are among the options for those with an appetite to add a genuine First Nations experience to their meeting agenda. É

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REMAKING VICTORIA Major hotel renovations and business growth create vibrant options for conferences in B.C.’s capital

The Executive House, across the street from the Victoria Conference Centre, is undergoing major renovations and will reopen as a DoubleTree

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PAUL NURSEY CEO, TOURISM VICTORIA

[Victoria is] an interesting and stimulating place to go, both physically as a destination and intellectually, … and that’s attractive to a meeting planner

BY BAILA LAZARUS

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ith a mild climate and moderate real estate prices, Victoria has traditionally been seen as Canada’s tourism and retirement destination. But the city is undergoing an identity change that promises to have a big impact on the meetings and events industry.

“Because Victoria is the capital, it will always be strong in the association market,” says Paul Nursey, CEO of Tourism Victoria. “But we’re doing more work trying to bring more technology meetings and ocean sciences meetings, because we have a vibrant economy in those areas. And we’re working more with the universities to showcase some of the interesting things they do.”

Nursey says Tourism Victoria contributes 10,000 to 12,000 incremental room nights to the hotel community annually, and working with local hotels through the Victoria Conference Optimization Network is making a huge difference.

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“This way we are aligning brands, trade and sales initiatives into one common effort,” he says. “It sounds simple enough but it has never been done before.”

He adds that, although sales and marketing are no longer under the auspices of the city, there is still a strong connection between the two organizations.

“We have a very tight working relationship with the city and we work very efficiently around permits, licences, street closures, etc.,” he says. “And in the past year, Tourism Victoria and the City of Victoria brokered a new deal around the hotel room tax. We realized it was 30 years out of date and we’ve just formalized it.”

Nursey, who previously worked for six years at the Canadian Tourism Commission and joined Tourism Victoria in 2014, has also replaced his entire sales team.

“We’re looking forward to a more modern approach to marketing and sales,” he says. “A private-sector tourism industry means strength in CRM [video] and digital marketing that hasn’t been there before. We are on track to essentially double our definite room business when comparing 2014 to 2016.”

Emilie de Rosenroll, the South Island Prosperity Project’s (SIPP) first executive director, is also positive that the new programs will contribute to development in the meetings sector.

“We will work with existing businesses to help them grow and work with companies and investors from outside the region that may want to relocate here,” she says. “All of our activities will increase demand for meeting and conference spaces. Next year, for example, we are exploring a partnership with Tourism Victoria and Capital Investment Network to host an investor conference that should draw 300 to 400 delegates.”

An average delegate spend is estimated at $450 per day.

While tourism and technology are two industries that

Madeline Young sets up a tea service in the historic – and renovated – tea lobby at the Fairmont Empress | DARREN STONE/TIMES COLONIST

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Remaking Victoria

Cole Millen, director of operations for the Fairmont Empress, in the rooftop garden used by the hotel’s chefs | DARREN STONE/TIMES COLONIST

Emilie de Rosenroll, executive director, South Island Prosperity Project: “all of our activities will increase demand for meeting and conference spaces” | DARREN STONE/TIMES COLONIST

have helped draw meetings to Victoria, SIPP will also focus on shipbuilding and repair, aerospace, agriculture, ocean sciences and other marine industries.

Meanwhile, as new programs get underway, major hotel renovations are just completing. A $30-million-plus interior renovation at the Fairmont Empress as well as major interior and exterior upgrades at the Hotel Grand Pacific are due to be completed by winter 2017.

The Executive House, across the street from the Victoria Conference Centre, is also undergoing major renovations and will reopen as a DoubleTree by Hilton.

Nursey believes that besides the hotel improvements, Victoria’s numerous features combine to be a great draw for the conference sector.

“The city is an interesting and stimulating place to go, both physically as a destination and intellectually due to the educational institutions and the strong entrepreneurial sector, and that’s attractive to a meeting planner.”

Several forces have converged to make B.C.’s capital more attractive to conferences, Nursey explains. These include: $100 million in renovations being undertaken at major hotels in the city; sales and marketing of the Victoria Conference Centre transitioning as of January 2017 from the City of Victoria to Tourism Victoria; creation of the Victoria Conference Optimization Network to build a common brand and sales plan with the seven major conference hotels and the conference centre; and the launch of Let’s Bring It, a new marketing program focused on drawing associations and academic conferences. É

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KINGS OF

CUISINE

International fusion, bounty of local foods help B.C. chefs take national and global awards

BY PAT JOHNSON

C

an you turn cream of mushroom soup, matzo crackers, a lobster and grape jelly into fine cuisine? Chef Brock Bowes did – on national TV – winning the Food Network’s Chopped Canada competition with his lobster with pea shoots on cream of mushroom with bacon. The three judges agreed: “Brock rocked the lobster.”

Michelin-star chef Stefan Hartmann at Bauhaus Restaurant in Vancouver’s Gastown: this isn’t your grandmother’s German cuisine | SUBMITTED

Bowes is one of a disproportionate number of West Coast chefs who have taken home the title – and the $10,000 prize – from the competitive cooking show.

With a handlebar moustache and a tattoo of his dachshund wrapped around his wrist, Bowes has the friendly presence and personality of a celebrity chef. He’s in charge of two Kelowna kitchens: RauDZ Regional Table and the neighbouring Micro Bar Bites.

RauDZ focuses on Canadian produce, ideally Okanagan-local but definitely B.C.-fixated. Two doors down, at Micro Bar Bites, the theme is international wine, cocktails and spirits, as well as small plates.

Lately Bowes is experimenting at RauDZ with familystyle service of butcher cuts of meat.

“We just fill your table with food,” he says, “starting off with bread and salads and then we get into some larger

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cuts of meat, like the three-and-a-half-pound local tomahawk steak, or we’re doing a B.C. snapper served whole on the bone. We’ve done large beef Wellingtons that will feed four to six people.”

The restaurant doesn’t take reservations and the lineups can start at 4 p.m. for the 5 p.m. opening.

A casual attitude to great food, plus the rivers, lakes and oceans, complemented by the farms of the various regions of the province, may be the reason B.C. produces so many outstanding and globally recognized chefs.

Another factor is B.C.’s role as an immigrant magnet.

Few places in the world offer so diverse a tour of global cuisines.

While Bowes is an up-and-coming B.C. celebrity chef, Vikram Vij helped invent the genre. Vij is synonymous with elevated Indian food. Nobody before Vij managed

Author and internationally honoured celebrity chef Vikram Vij at Vij’s, declared “excellent,” “eccentric” and one of Vancouver’s best restaurants by the New York Times | SUBMITTED

to parlay an exotic foreign cuisine into a mainstay of the local restaurant scene. Vij’s original 14-seat room – called Vij’s – opened in 1994 and grew.

Adhering strictly to Indian recipes and techniques applied to local ingredients, Vij helped reinvent Vancouverites’ idea of dinner. Vegetarians who once had to fall back on pasta primavera can now enjoy paneer and couscous cakes in black cumin curry or vegetable koftas in creamy tomato-fenugreek curry. Traditional plates like goat meat curry are offered alongside braised beef short ribs with spicy roasted okra and jelly beans.

Vancouverites’ love of Vij’s food has led to a small empire that includes packaged take-home meals, a food truck (Vij’s Railway Express) and four restaurants, each with unique menus, as well as cookbooks. During the 2010 Olympics, the New York Times declared Vij’s one

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Kings of cuisine

of Vancouver’s best restaurants, adding the adjectives “excellent” and “eccentric.” Among Vij’s eccentricities: an all-female kitchen staff.

Another immigrant is upending German cuisine’s rep for being meat-laden and heavy. At Bauhaus Restaurant in Gastown, the menu is meaty, but lighter. Michelinstar chef Stefan Hartmann was raised in northern Germany and specializes in “new German cuisine.” The plates arrive splashed with light colours of zucchini blossoms or meticulously constructed venison with chanterelle, peach and green asparagus. This isn’t your grandmother’s German cuisine.

A characteristic among British Columbia’s best chefs is a deep commitment to the environment and sustainable food-sourcing.

Ned Bell was executive chef at Yew Seafood + Bar in the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver when he rode his bike 8,700 kilometres across Canada to raise awareness for sustainable seafood choices. He founded Chefs for Oceans in 2014 and, in 2016, became executive chef for Ocean Wise, the Vancouver Aquarium’s project that provides the entire food services industry with scientific information regarding sustainable seafood to encourage ocean-friendly purchasing decisions.

Is it the dedication to ethical sourcing that sets B.C. chefs apart? Is it the profusion of seafood and agricultural bounty? The fusion of immigrant cuisines?

Sometimes it’s best not to think too much. Just accept and enjoy. É Chopped Canada winning chef Brock Bowes prepares another daring – and delicious – dish at Kelowna’s RauDZ Regional Table restaurant | SUBMITTED

Custom cuisine for fine catering

Chefs Yanne Mahanti and Nicholas Pedersen of the Edge Café: creating custom cuisine for corporate catering | CHUNG CHOW

For most visitors, seeking out gourmet dishes requires seating at one of B.C.’s premier restaurants – but there is also the option of having fine dining catered to any location or event.

Marking its 10th anniversary in 2017, Edge Café, formerly known as EdgeCeptional Catering, prepares customized menus and dishes for blue-chip corporate clients, such as the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade and Concord Pacific, but also creates memorable meals for weddings and other, more intimate events.

Edge specializes in creating custom dishes, which can involve exotic fusions of international cuisine. When a major B.C. mining firm welcomed Malaysian clients to Vancouver to celebrate a joint venture, Edge provided a Malaysian menu crafted from West Coast produce, meat and seafood.

A mixed Russian and Vietnamese wedding was celebrated around fusion dishes reflecting the traditional foods of both nations.

“The food is fundamental,” says Edge owner Judy Reeves, who also operates the popular Edge Café restaurant in Vancouver, but she says her team will also help choose event locations and provide serving staff as part of its “full-service” catering. “Our goals are simple: to provide exceptional food and remarkable experiences.”

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LESSONS LEARNED

Don’t freak out, don’t make assumptions and be realistic on timing

BY BAILA LAZARUS

W

hen it comes to event planning, “Expect the unexpected” can be a planner’s mantra. Another might be “Don’t

freak out.”

Genève McNally, co-founder of DreamGroup Productions in Vancouver, has 17 years of experience in large event planning. She recalls one event for 300 where tables were named rather than numbered and the floor plan was misread, causing key guests to be put at the back of the room.

OLIVIA PILIP OWNER, BOUTIQUE EVENTS, EDMONTON

You need to be unflappable. You can freak out in your head but you can’t show it

“They had actually set up the room backwards,” McNally says. “I looked at the room and I looked at my assistant and the blood just drained out of my head.”

Taking charge, she went up to the patrons to explain the situation and had venue staff circle each table with trays to escort the guests to switch the tables.

The change went off without a hitch, but McNally still insisted on giving a refund for the cost of her time for the day.

“Admit fault” is the lesson she conveys, even though she had done all the arrangements properly.

In another scenario, information was forwarded to a DJ to ensure the music for the event was aligned with what the client wanted, but the information was never received.

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“I made a note on my checklist to talk to the DJ to ensure he got my email.” Unfortunately they were talking about different emails and the wrong music was played.

“There was a huge learning lesson there,” she says. “And it has never happened to me again.”

Being realistic about timing is also key for success, McNally says.

“Just because you think certain things can happen in a certain time frame doesn’t mean that it can. For example, how long will it take to clear 300 plates, realistically?”

In McNally’s emergency tool box: Band-Aids, chalk, clear nail polish, extension cords, duct tape and batteries.

Being realistic about timing is echoed by Olivia Pilip, owner of Boutique Events in Edmonton.

She had one client who brought a hockey player in to an event wanting the player to sign 500 jerseys in half an hour.

“Often clients don’t understand how much time things take so you need to educate them,” she says. “You never want them to think you don’t want to take on hard events, but you don’t want to over-promise and under-deliver.

You have to be realistic.”

Identifying the primary goal of an event can prevent getting sidetracked with things that would be “great” but not essential, especially when time is critical, she adds.

Pilip also emphasizes the importance of being transparent in your plans. One organization she worked with had planned fireworks and ice-climbing events that they wanted to be a surprise, but they hadn’t counted on the transportation needs. Shuffling hundreds of

people around needs extensive panning, she warns.

No matter what circumstances occur, Pilip says planners have to stay calm.

“You need to be unflappable,” she says. “You can freak out in your head but you can’t show it.”

In Pilip’s must-have kit: tape, an X-Acto knife and a cellphone charger.

Of course, the more you can plan beforehand, the less likely you’ll have to put out fires the day of the event.

“Creating a critical path outlining the activities and assignments is key to the success of any type of event,” says Wendy Sears of Lewis & Sears Marketing & Event Management on Vancouver Island. “This helps, with not only the planning stages, but while the event is happening. Check in with the team once a week to see if the project is on course and reassign tasks if necessary.”

But no matter how good you are at planning, nothing can save an organization that has left too little time.

“We often get called at the last minute to take on an event that requires sponsorship,” says Sears. “No matter what kind of relationship you have with a sponsor, they still need to receive value for their partnership. If the event takes place in three months, what sort of recognition will they receive in this short lead time?”

In Sears’ emergency kit: various types of chargers, reinforcements to fix name badges and extra lanyards, Sharpies, scissors, a hole punch, pipe cleaners, fishing wire, safety pins, clips and other office supplies.

“Something we wish we had shares in is zap straps,” she says. “We must go through thousands of them in a year.” É

Genève McNally, co-founder, DreamGroup Productions: admit fault and offer a refund to maintain good client relations | SUBMITTED Wendy Sears, co-founder, Lewis & Sears Marketing & Event Management: leaving plans to the last minute will compromise your chance to get sponsors | SUBMITTED

Event planning take-aways ■Have your key vendors on speed-dial, not just phone numbers from websites but an emergency day-ofevent call list.

■Don’t assume your messages have been received if you haven’t got confirmation.

■Don’t cut corners on staff for support systems; they can save your butt in a pinch.

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INTO THE

WILD

Escape the urban pace and into remote luxury retreats across wild, wonderful British Columbia

BY BAILA LAZARUS

I

f casting a fishing line or horseback riding through a mountain range is your idea of a great escape for a corporate retreat, British Columbia offers numerous opportunities for your team. Remote getaways accessible only by dirt road, boat or even helicopter can be found throughout the province.

In the Cariboo region around Kelowna, also known as “cowboy country,� Echo Valley Ranch & Spa and Siwash Lake Wilderness Resort both offer high-end facilities in stunning natural settings.

At Echo Valley, near Clinton, you can reserve a few rooms or an entire lodge and enjoy horseback riding, target shooting, haute cuisine, full spa facilities, guided yoga classes and fly-fishing instruction at two troutfilled lakes right on the property.

Owners Norm and Nan Dove have created a heavenly getaway that combines Thai and western culture. That includes the Baan Thai, which offers a 3,000-squarefoot meeting space, complete with a state-of-the-art audiovisual system. Smaller meetings can be held in

Yurt accommodations reflect the culture of the Yuu-thlu-ilth-aht First Nation at Wya Point Resort, just off the Tofino Ucluelet Highway | WYA POINT RESORT

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the informal seating areas in the lodges. In nice weather, outdoor assemblies can take place under the barbecue hut or around a campfire.

A little farther north, Siwash Lake Wilderness Resort specializes in corporate retreats of eight to 12 people.

Meetings can mix formal time, structured team-building activities and off-road adventure. The resort’s 160 acres offer horseback riding, a trout-filled lake for fishing, outdoor yoga and helicopter adventures.

For indoor gatherings, the ranch has full business amenities with 1,500 square feet of informal and formal meeting space. Team-building specialists can create competitive events, along with educational seminars.

If you’re not up for driving, getting to Echo Valley is

A 20-minute boatride - or five minutes by helicopter from Tofino, the Clayoquot Wilderness Resort is a perfect remote eco-getaway with full luxury amenities | CLAYOQUOT WILDERNESS RESORT

Tents at the Clayoquot Wilderness Resort are used for eating, sleeping and lounging | CLAYOQUOT WILDERNESS RESORT

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Into the wild

On sunny days, take your meetings outdoors at Echo Valley’s barbecue pit, or around a campfire or on the shady patio | BAILA LAZARUS Norm and Nan Dove welcome corporate guests at Echo Valley Ranch & Spa in the Cariboo | BAILA LAZARUS

a short-haul flight from Kelowna, and Norm Dove can fly clients in himself, landing on the resort’s airstrip.

Accessing Siwash Lake is an easy hour-and-a-half flight from Vancouver.

Heading farther east, in the Canadian Rockies, you’ll find the Three Bars Guest Ranch, just 20 minutes from Cranbrook. Outside of the high season, Three Bars focuses on accommodations and activities for corporate meetings and other large groups. Visitors can take over all 21 rooms and have access to conference rooms for up to 40, high-speed Wi-Fi and exclusive use of the ranch facilities, which includes striking views of the Rockies.

Activities include horseback riding and lessons, fourby-four off-roading, trap shooting, archery, fly-fishing, rafting, golf and mountain biking.

In northern B.C., the Bear Claw Lodge in the Kispiox Valley is a 15,000-square-foot luxury accommodation an hour and a half north of Smithers. It’s frequented by heli-skiers in the winter and fishing enthusiasts in the summer. The Kispiox River is said to be home to the largest strain of wild steelhead in the world. Bear Claw welcomes eco-retreats to its aboriginal-inspired getaway, but it has only eight bedrooms, so be sure to plan ahead.

If seaside fishing on a secluded island is more your speed, the King Pacific Lodge at Milbanke Sound on Dufferin Island, west of Bella Coola, offers some of the best fishing on the mainland coast.

George and Lisa Cuthbert have run the lodge for 25 years. Not only will they show you the best chinook and coho salmon fishing you can hope for, their staff will also fillet, cut, vacuum pack, freeze and crate your catch for your return flight.

The 34-room floating lodge has a large dining area and numerous lounges for small meetings. Packages include flights from Vancouver to Bella Bella followed by a helicopter ride to the resort, all meals and use of all fishing equipment and clothing.

On Vancouver Island, a variety of oceanside retreats

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Siwash Lake Wilderness Resort in B.C.’s Cariboo offers high-end corporate retreats for groups of eight to 12 on 160 acres | SIWASH LAKE RESORT The meditative art of flyfishing beckons after a day of meeting at Siwash Lake resort | SIWASH LAKE RESORT

get visitors out of urban areas and deep into nature.

The Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, accessible only by boat or float plane, is an eco-resort set up with luxury tents that offer accommodation and small meeting areas.

Activities and amenities include kayaking and wildlife tours, horseback riding, spa facilities and even zip lines.

Farther south, situated in lush rainforest, the luxurious Wya Point Resort is only a short drive from Ucluelet but may as well be hundreds of miles away. With motifs reflective of the Yuu-thlu-ilth-aht First Nation, the resort offers traditional and yurt-style accommodations, beautifully appointed with aboriginal carvings, as well as first-class cuisine and amenities. Aboriginal Tourism BC honoured it with the 2014 Outstanding Accommodations Award.

Use one of its oceanview lodges for small board meetings, then head out to hike the spectacular shoreline, opt for First Nationsled surf lessons or plan a fishing charter for a day.

If you’re ready to take your group into the wild, British Columbia has no shortage of options. É

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ALL-STAR

TEAMS

Team building can forge employees into a more cohesive, productive – and sometimes crazier – team

BY YVONNE ZACHARIAS

CAROLYN WESTON MARKETING EXECUTIVE, EARLS RESTAURANTS

I think [teambuilding events] are vital. They bring everyone together

W

ith “wild goose chases,” Clue-style murder-mystery games and escape rooms forming part of the zany mix, corporate team-building activities sound like child’s play, but take a look at a company like Canadian Outback Adventures & Events and you will discover it is big business.

The North Vancouver-based company, one of the largest of its kind in North America, has cooked up all manner of craziness for the Microsoft, Disney and Coca-Cola companies of the world.

It has created fun and games and unloaded barrels of laughter from Haida Gwaii to a beach in Mexico to resorts in Costa Rica and beyond. By 2025, it aims to have 10 million employees taking part in its team-building activities.

It has facilitators and event co-ordinators scattered throughout North America and 14 “event-solution experts” who spend their entire day talking to companies to help them find a good fit for their needs, says Philip Keen, the company’s corporate development director.

One of the latest crazes is games using smartphone

apps. They are cost-effective because clients can run them themselves.

“It’s kind of like team building in a box,” says Keen, adding participants download an app, sign in and then complete a series of challenges, supplying photos and videos along the way. One of the most popular activities on offer by the company is a smartphone scavenger hunt called the “wild goose chase.”

This line of work might sound like a lark, but before bringing an activity on stream, Canadian Outback staff put it through the wringer.

That’s because corporate teams are exceptionally competitive, says Keen. “Sometimes people will forget that they are actually at work and they will do anything

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they can to break the rules.”

Carolyn Weston, who is on the marketing team for the Earls restaurant chain, says the company throws a team-building event every year, typically in Whistler.

Employees in marketing, finance, design, information technology, operations and culinary divisions are thrown together on teams for some healthy competition.

Sometimes, the crazier, the better.

In one, they swapped outfits with a stranger. “That certainly got interesting,” says Weston.

In another, participants had to re-enact the famous water fountain scene in the television show Friends in which everyone dances in a water fountain. “Everyone just got wet, but it was fun.”

One year, 75 Earls employees took part in a teambuilding wild goose chase. Another year, they took part in an escape room, a trivia day and group yoga in Whistler. It changes all the time.

“I think they are vital,” Weston says of these events.

“They bring everyone together.”

Venues like Grouse Mountain offer team-building packages that capitalize on the stunning location.

For Dan Grima, manager of camps and corporate adventure training on Grouse, the job rewards are simple: “I just absolutely love giving adults the opportunity to get out and play.”

Activities range from high-octane sprints around the mountain to something more serene, like a welcome by a Squamish elder followed by a painting session in a carved cedar longhouse.

In the winter, office escapees are fired up with activities like showshoe tours ending with fondues and snow-cave-building competitions.

Grima says Grouse offers customized events where a company might start with mountaintop yoga and finish with an axe throw in the lumberjack show area.

The most popular activity is the alpine adventure in which teams go through a series of stations where they face activities with curious names like “washed-out bridge” and “the handcuff challenge.” All seem to

Earls restaurant staffers take part in the company’s annual team-building event | EARLS RESTAURANTS

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All star teams

involve getting out of some predicament.

The beauty of this adventure, says Grima, is each station tests a different set of skills, so different individuals tend to shine at each one.

Taking employees out of their comfort zones can lead to surprising results.

One stands out for Grima. A team was required to compose a song or poem to share with others. One of the more reticent in the group flipped her cap on backwards, took centre stage and gave a dynamo, almost rap-like performance. Her peers were in awe. Who knew?

Keen of Canadian Outback is the first to admit that employees aren’t always happy about the prospect of going out on these bonding exercises. There can be an element of dread.

“But when they finish, there is definitely a high because people are amazed at how much they got into it.” É Sink or swim: teams see if their creations can float in a cardboard-boat-building challenge | CANADIAN OUTBACK ADVENTURES & EVENTS

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WOW FACTOR

Technology animates the convention experience – and can map exactly which trade show booths draw the most traffic

BY PETER MITHAM

S

easoned conference-goers know that meetings and trade shows are more than just the content; they’re about the networking opportunities.

And, when it comes to technology, networking of the digital sort is key to making sure events run smoothly and live up to participants’ expectations.

“There’s nothing worse than being in a conference and a session, and something goes awry and then there’s these big dead spaces of time,” says Claire Smith, vicepresident of sales and marketing with the Vancouver Convention Centre.

Technology functions best when it enhances and enriches participants’ experiences, bringing the proceedings alive in fresh and unexpected ways. And when that doesn’t happen – for whatever reason – the instantaneous “wow” is lost.

David Clark has overseen major events throughout the northwest as principal of BC Event Management, but technology is now helping him give new clients a foretaste of what they can expect.

While simple floor plans and concept drawings suit some planners, Clark’s staff developed sophisticated

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animations that won the company the contract to design the Fox Sports studio erected in Jack Poole Plaza during the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. “Three-D CAD [computer-aided design] renderings and fly-throughs were critical in getting client sign-off for the final product before construction began,” Clark says, noting that the project won an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We use the same technology to design ballroom installations for conventions. We pride ourselves in how exact our installations are when compared to the vision we sell our clients in advance.”

Technology can also facilitate a room’s design to

manage the flow of people through a space.

While sophisticated modelling of crowd flows assisted security personnel in Vancouver in the run-up to the 2010 Winter Olympics, a smaller-scale technology known as heat mapping is helping the Vancouver International Auto Show keep people circulating through the annual event.

“It changes the way you can understand the traffic flow of your audience, how many people are in attendance, where they go, how they travel through the show,” says Jason Heard, the show’s producer. “We were able to tell what brands drew more traffic, which features and highlights had more traffic, how much time people would spend at certain areas.”

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Wow factor

CLAIRE SMITH VICE-PRESIDENT, SALES AND MARKETING, VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE

That visual portion is becoming so much more critical

Sophisticated technology and animation renderings helped BC Event Management win the contract for the Fox broadcast centre during the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup | BC EVENT MANAGEMENT BeamPro robot link allowed fugitive Edward Snowden to join a panel discussion at a 2016 Simon Fraser University event in Vancouver | SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Heard plans to change ticketing practices and access to the show in light of heat-mapping data collected at the 2016 event.

“We have specific features [such as custom vehicles] that we believe we can now position throughout the show … to increase the draw of the attendees so that they’ll flow through the show in a much better way,” he says.

Sometimes the challenge isn’t moving people through a show, but getting them there in the first place.

This is where new forms of projection technology are helping enhance the conference experience.

“We’re just getting so used to seeing things in images; whether it’s Instagram or YouTube, that’s how we respond to things,” says Smith, who points to the recent Professional Convention Management Association event, which had a screen running the entire length of the ballroom wall and allowed for an outsized magnification of speakers.

“It’s allowing them to create that experience that makes it feel intimate, even though you’re in a large space,” she says. “That visual portion is becoming so much more critical.”

It’s not just on large screens, however.

The Vancouver Convention Centre has three mobile telepresence robots that can allow off-site participants in conferences to enter a room and engage with other attendees. The robots have screens that show a participant’s face, while a camera transmits to the participant what is happening in the room. The participant can control the robot to navigate through the room.

“It allows people who maybe weren’t physically able to get here … to be brought into an event and participate remotely,” Smith says. “This actually brings a visual picture of the person – you can see them on the screen of this little robot – and they can interact with other delegates through that screen.”

A BeamPro video robot was how fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden spoke to a Simon Fraser University event in April 2016. The BeamPro allows participants to engage and respond in real time.

The mobile interactive robots can also be used to show potential clients the size and highlights of any convention space.

“People feel sometimes that technology is cold and impersonal,” Smith says. “So event managers are starting to make the technology more human.” É

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Provincewide transportation resources AIRLINES Air Canada

Seair Seaplanes Ltd

Meetings/conventions desk 1-800-361-7585 conventions.congres@aircanada.ca, www.aircanada.com/conventions

4640 Inglis Dr, Richmond, V7B 1W4 604-273-8900, f-604-273-7351, 1-800-44SEAIR contact@seairseaplanes.com, www.seairseaplanes.com

Canadian Air Charters

WestJet - Meetings & Conventions

5360 Airport Rd S, Richmond, V7B 1B4 604-207-2471, f-604-207-2473, 1-888-359-6722 charters@canadianaircharters.com, www.canadianaircharters.com

1-888-493-7853 conventions@westjet.com, www.westjet.ca

Central Mountain Air

1375 Vernon Dr, Vancouver, V6A 3V4 604-294-5541, 1-877-940-5561 charters@cantrail.com, www.cantrail.com

6431 Airport Rd Box 998, Smithers, V0J 2N0 250-877-5000, f-250-847-3744, 1-866-731-7992 charters@flycma.com, www.flycma.com

Harbour Air Seaplanes/Westcoast Air/ Whistler Air/Tantalus Air 4760 Inglis Dr, Richmond, V7B 1W4 604-274-1277, f-604-274-1200, 1-800-665-0212 reservations@harbourair.ca, www.harbourair.com

Island Express Air 30440 Liberator Ave, Abbotsford, V2T 6H5 604-856-6260, 1-888-856-6260 info@islandexpressair.com, www.islandexpressair.com

London Air Services 4580 Cowley Cres, Richmond, V7B 1B8 604-272-8123, f-604-233-0202, 1-877-399-8123 info@londonair.ca, www.londonair.ca

Orca Airways Ltd 4520 Agar Dr, Richmond, V7B 1A4 604-270-6722 , f-866-565-4238, 1-888-FLY-ORCA charters@flyorcaair.com, www.flyorcaair.com

BUS SERVICES Cantrail Coach Lines Inc

Charter Bus Lines of British Columbia 8730 River Rd, Delta, V4G 1B5 604-940-1707, f-604-940-2955 sales@cbl.ca, www.charterbuslines.com

Greyhound Canada 1150 Station St Suite 200, Vancouver, V6A 4C7 604-683-8133, f-604-683-0144, 1-800-661-8747 www.greyhound.ca

International Stage Lines 4171 Vanguard Rd, Richmond, V6X 2P6 604-270-6135, f-604-270-8162 charter@islbus.com, www.islbus.com

Luxury Transport Inc PO Box 81162, Burnaby, V5H 4K2 604-522-8484, f-604-936-0374, 1-877-511-8484 inquiry@luxbus.com, www.luxbus.com

Pacific Coach Lines 1150 Station St Suite 210, Vancouver, V6A 4C7 604-692-2008, f-604-681-1515, 1-888-682-2008 groupsandcharters@pacificcoach.com, www.pacificcoach.com

Pacific Coastal Airlines 4440 Cowley Cres Suite 204, Richmond, V7B 1B8 604-273-8666, f-604-273-6864, 1-800-663-2872 sales@pacificcoastal.com, www.pacificcoastal.com

CAR RENTALS Avis Rent A Car Downtown (757 Hornby St), Vancouver 604-606-2869 www.avis.ca

Hertz Canada Vancouver International Airport, Richmond 604-606-3785, 1-800-654-3131 www.hertz.ca

Vancouver International Airport (South Terminal), Richmond 604-606-2847, f-604-606-2830, 1-888-897-8448, 1-800-525-7537

Downtown (999 Canada Place), Vancouver 604-606-4711, f-250-606-4728

1001 Douglas St, Victoria 250-386-8468, 1-800-879-2847

National Car & Truck Rental

Budget Rent A Car Downtown (416 West Georgia St), Vancouver 604-668-7000, 1-800-268-8900 conventions@bc.budget.com, www.bc.budget.com/conventions 724 Douglas St, Victoria 250-953-5300, f-250-953-5227, 1-800-668-9833 www.budgetvictoria.com

Discount Car & Truck Rentals Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver/Richmond 604 207-8140, f-604 370-0583, 1-866-310-CARS reservations@discountcarbc.com, www.discountcar.com 742 Johnson St, Victoria 250-405-5255, f-250-361-4509, 1-866-310-CARS victoria@discountcarbc.com

Enterprise Rent A Car Vancouver International Airport, 9051 Beckwith Rd, Richmond 604-303-1117, 1-866-799-7968 www.enterpriserentacar.ca Downtown (550 Bute St), Vancouver 604-689-7377, f-604-688-5505, 1-800-736-8222 2507 Government St, Victoria 250-475-6900, f-250-382-6900, 1-800-736-8222

Victoria International Airport, Sidney 250-657-0380, 1-800-263-0600 Vancouver International Airport, Richmond 604-207-3730, f-604-273-5574, 1-800-CAR-RENT, (1-800-227-7368) www.nationalcar.ca Downtown (999 Canada Place), Vancouver 604-609-7160, f-604-609-7167 Victoria International Airport, Sidney 250-656-2541, 1-800-227-7368 767 Douglas St, Victoria 250-386-1213, f-250-381-1184 www.nationalvictoria.com

FERRIES BC Ferries Victoria 250-386-3431, f-250-388-7754, 1-888-BCFERRY customerservice@bcferries.com , www.bcferries.com

HELICOPTER SERVICES Helijet International 5911 Airport Rd S, Richmond, V7B 1B5 604-273-4688, f-604-273-5301, 1-800-665-4354 conventions@helijet.com, www.helijet.com

TRAIN SERVICES Rocky Mountaineer Vacations 369 Terminal Ave Suite 101, Vancouver, V6A 4C4 604-606-7200, f-604-606-7201, 1-800-665-7245, 1-866-899-9679 groups@rockymountaineer.com, www.rockymountaineer.com

Via Rail 1150 Station St, Vancouver, V6A 2C7 604-640-3700, f-604-640-3757, 1-888-VIA-RAIL info@viarail.ca, www.viarail.ca

Meetings glossary +t:<98 [ey-pruhn] n. part of a stage in front of the curtain. +?t.3t9t@3=t?t+6 [aw-dee-oh-@3D2-oo-uhl] (also AV) adj. relating to equipment for hearing or sight. n. 2 technical support for an event or function such as televisions, DVD players or taped music. ,+8t;?/> -+:t>+38 [,+81-kwit 5+:-tuhn, -tin] n. lead person, usually appointed by the venue, charged with overseeing food service at an event. ,98/tC+<. [,928-yahrd] n. area where empty crates or contractor materials are stored. ,</+5t9?> <997 [,</C5-out room] n. 1 smaller room used when a larger group breaks into sub-groups.

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-9@t/<= [5?2@-erz] n. actual number of meals served. .+t3= [./Cis, .+2C-, deys] n. 1 raised platform in a hall or large meeting room, usually where guest speakers, honoured guests or expert panels are seated. .<+Ct+1/ [.</C-ij] n. transportation of show materials from shipping dock to booth for show setup and, later, back to the shipping dock for return shipment at the end of the show.

/t@/8> 9<t./< [ih-@/8> +A<-der] (also function sheet) n. 1 detailed document provided to a venue with instructions and a timeline for how the meeting or event will be run.

09<5 ,?0t0/> [fawrk ,?20-it] n. food served at an event that requires only a fork (no knife) to eat.

29<= .c9/?t@</ [awr .?<@; French awR\.x-VRuh] (also canapé) n. a small bit of appetizing food, often on a cracker or small piece of toast, for eating at gatherings where drinks are served with no other food or before/as the first course of a meal. Origin: 1705-15; < French: outside of the main course.

5/Ct89>/ +.t.</== [kee-noht uh-.</=] (also keynote speech) n. opening remarks or presentation at a meeting that sets the tone or theme of the event and motivates attendees.

6+@t+t63/</ 73t-<9t:298/ [lav-uh-6//< 7+2C-kruh-fohn] n. small microphone that is clipped onto clothing or hung around the neck to allow the speaker to move. Origin: 1960-65.

7+<t;?// [mahr-kee] n. 1 large tent, usually without some or all sides, used during outdoor events. <3.t/< [<+2C-der] n. amendment to a contract. =:+-/ <+>/ [speys reyt] n. 1 cost per square foot of exhibit area. =>+8t-2398 [=>+8-shuhn] n. 1 post used to support signage or other elevated objects. >/-2t896t9t1C ,?>t6/< [tek-896-uh-jee ,?2>-ler] n. hotel staff member who assists guests with computer questions and problems. >2<9A .3=t>+8-/ [throh .3=-tuhns] n. 1 projection distance; useful to know based on layout and size of the room.

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How to use Meeting Places’ region-by-region directories of venues and services MEETING PLACES AT A GLANCE Q If you’re looking for details of specific venues, start with “meeting places at a glance,” below. First check the British Columbia map on page 43 to confirm which region your event is in, then browse the listings under that region.

Welcome to the meeting planners’ resource section of Meeting Places, including directories of all the resources you’ll need for planning meetings, conferences, conventions and trade shows throughout British Columbia.

Start by using the colour-coded map of British Columbia on page 43 to identify the region of your intended event. Then use the two main sections of the Meeting Places resource guide: “Meeting places at a glance,” which offers details of meeting venues in each region; and regional directories, which guide you to all the services you’ll need wherever you are holding your event.

REGIONAL DIRECTORIES Q Refer to the British Columbia map on page 43 for the page numbers of individual regional directories. The introductory pages will update you on the latest news: new conference or convention facilities that have come online in the past year, or significant meeting-venue renovations.

The directories that follow list the services available in each of the region’s towns and cities.

VANCOUVER, COAST & MOUNTAINS 59 VANCOUVER ISLAND & GULF ISLANDS 82 THOMPSON OKANAGAN 93 KOOTENAY ROCKIES 100 CARIBOO CHILCOTIN COAST 104 NORTHERN B.C. 108 COMPANY INDEX

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METROPOLIS WITH A TWIST Mega-developments and quiet retreats define British Columbia’s premier meeting and event destination

BY YVONNE ZACHARIAS

T The Vancouver Convention Centre is the pre-eminent meeting facility in British Columbia and one of Canada’s largest convention centres. With the opening of the new West Building in 2009, it has more than 466,000 square feet of meeting space | VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE

hat thicket of highrises, convention centres, corporate getaways and tourist meccas stretching from the metropolis of Vancouver to the lower Sunshine Coast is about to get thicker, higher and busier with an eclectic assortment of new ventures cropping up.

The Parq, a $600 million “urban resort” with two hotels, five restaurants, three bars and lounges, a spa and fitness gym, 62,000 square feet of conference space and a casino, is scheduled to open in the fall of 2017 next to BC Place.

The development will feature a 30-square-foot elevated park, gaming which has made it controversial and the largest ballroom in Vancouver.

The $360 million Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver opened on Georgia Street late in 2016. Designed by the late Vancouver architect Arthur Erickson, the 63-storey structure is the second-tallest in Vancouver.

The mega-developments are evidence that Vancouver is rising further from its West Coast regionalism to become a behemoth on the international stage.

Preening on the Vancouver waterfront with the North Shore mountains in the background, the Vancouver Convention Centre shines in its super natural surroundings.

It fittingly boasts the largest living roof in Canada – 600 acres of indigenous plants and grasses and even a few beehives for good measure.

Then there are other little gems tucked into the West Coast’s landscape that are a beacon for corporate gatherings. There are too many to mention, but here is a sampling.

Located in Deer Lake Park, Burnaby Village Museum with a quaint 1920s-style ice cream parlour, carousel pavilion, theatres and grassy meadow, can accommodate 20 to 2,000 for corporate meetings, dinners and cocktail parties.

Or head up Cypress Mountain where the new Cypress Creek Lodge has banquet and corporate meeting space that can accommodate up to 312 people.

Or find tranquillity right in the bustle of downtown Vancouver at the serene Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical

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Chinese Garden, which has two indoor halls for meetings, dinners and presentations. For a breather, guests can step outside into a classical Chinese garden.

While the Lower Mainland has much to offer, the lower Sunshine Coast on Vancouver’s doorstep is buffing up its image.

One of the biggest developments is the George, with construction set to start sometime in fall 2016 in one of B.C.’s most famous dockside communities, Gibsons Landing. That name conjures images of the classic TV series The Beachcombers, which was set here.

The waterfront complex will feature two mid-rise towers with a 116-room hotel, a 21,000-square-foot spa, a chapel, a 14,000-square-foot conference centre and around 40 condominiums.

The developer is Klaus Fuerniss, who served as vicepresident of Expo 86 and has guided the opening of major facilities like the Vancouver Convention Centre, the Whistler Conference Centre and the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg. He has lived on the Sunshine Coast for 21 years.

Heather Jeal, media spokesperson for the development, makes it clear the George won’t be competing with the likes of glitzy, urban casinos and mega-towers.

“We’re a whole different niche. The Sunshine Coast doesn’t want to become Vancouver. It’s very accessible but it’s not the same place.”

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Jeal expects the George will attract a smaller, more discerning type of conference than its big-city cousins.

Maybe the type with people who like to duck into a sauna between meetings or go whale-watching.

Too tired to head out on a boat? No problem.

“You don’t even have to leave the hotel,” says Jeal. “The whales come cruising right through the channel.” É

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LOWER MAINLAND Airlines AC Airways 21330 56 Ave Hangar 41 Langley Airport (CYNJ), Langley V2Y 0E5 Mark Capadouca ............................p: 604-533-4400 e: info@acairways.com www.acairways.com

Associations/Chambers of Commerce/Tourist Info Centres

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Fraser Valley Event Planning Association 21674 48A Ave, Langley V3A 3M8 Sherryl Parsons ........................................................ e: info@fvepa.ca www.fvepa.ca Human Resources Management Association 1111 Hastings St W Suite 1101, Vancouver V6E 2J3 Kara Douglas .......p: 604-684-7228 f: 604-684-3225 e: info@hrma.ca www.hrma.ca International Live Events Association (ILEA) Vancouver Chapter 101 1001 Broadway W PO Box 166, Vancouver V6H 4E4 Alex Bickers....................................p: 604-683-2512 e: president@ileavancouver.com http://ileacanada.com/vancouver Meeting Professionals International BC Chapter PO Box 2343 Stn Main, Vancouver V6B 3W5 ................................................................... e: admin@mpibcchapter.com www.mpibc.org Richmond Chamber of Commerce 5811 Cooney Rd Suite 202 North Tower, Richmond V6X 3M1 Shaena Furlong ...p: 604-278-2822 f: 604-278-2972 e: rcc@richmondchamber.ca www.richmondchamber.ca

nitalakelodge.com/meetings sales@nitalakelodge.com Nita Lake Lodge 2131 Lake Placid Road, Whistler BC

Banquet Facilities Beach Grove Golf Club 5946 12 Ave, Tsawwassen V4L 1C7 Richard Creally ....p: 604-943-1155 f: 604-943-6619 e: gm@beachgrovegolf.com www.beachgrovegolf.com Bridges Restaurant 1696 Duranleau St, Vancouver V6H 3S4 Susan Sharun ......p: 604-687-7351 f: 604-687-0352 e: ssharun@bridgesrestaurant.com www.bridgesrestaurant.com

Audiovisual Services

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Showkraft Production Services 813 Underhill Dr, Delta V4M 2V2 Mark Happeney ..............................p: 778-955-7469 e: mark@showkraftps.com www.showkraftps.com Stagevision Inc 8575 Government St Suite 101, Burnaby V3N 4V1 Cameron Sandbeck ........................p: 604-684-8200 f: 604-684-8203 e: csandbeck@stagevision.com www.stagevision.com

Clark’s Audio Visual Services Ltd 1615 Venables St, Vancouver V5L 2H1 James Downey....p: 604-877-8558 f: 604-879-2993 e: james@clarksav.com www.clarksav.com We know audio visual! Full-service audio visual production and support.

FMAV 4595 Tillicum St, Burnaby V5J 5K9 Anthony Vade ......p: 604-871-1000 f: 604-871-1001 e: vancouver@fmav.ca www.fmav.ca Focus Audio Visual Services 358 East Kent Ave S Suite 103, Vancouver V5X 4N6 Alan Bailey ..........p: 604-872-4434 f: 604-872-4412 e: abailey@focus-av.com www.focus-av.com Harbour Cruises & Events 501 Denman St, Vancouver V6G 2W9 Josephine Clarke p: 604-688-7246 f: 604-687-5868 e: charters@boatcruises.com www.boatcruises.com Explore business opportunities while enjoying superior cuisine prepared by our executive chef and fantastic panoramic views. Our vessels are perfect for product launches, conferences, client get-togethers or staff events.

Living Productions Inc 1851 Savage Rd Suite 2170, Richmond V6V 2R6 Paul Donovan .................................p: 604-837-7953 e: info@livingproductions.com www.livingproductions.com

Grouse Mountain Resorts Ltd 6400 Nancy Greene Way, North Vancouver V7R 4K9 Alex Annez ..........p: 604-998-5048 f: 604-984-7234 e: aannez@grousemountain.com www.grousemountain.com ELEVATE. Take your next meeting or team-building session to the Peak of Vancouver where the natural surroundings inspire and award-winning cuisine satisfies - only 15 minutes from downtown Vancouver. Ideal for business meetings, training seminars, cocktail receptions and experiential team-building sessions.

Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Langley 8750 204 St, Langley V1M 2Y5 Jeff Leung ...........p: 604-882-2000 f: 604-882-2008 e: info@hielangley.com www.hiexpress.com/langleybc Hyatt Regency Vancouver 655 Burrard St, Vancouver V6C 2R7 Manuel Sousa .....p: 604-639-4845 f: 604-639-4749 e: msousa@hyatt.com www.vancouver.hyatt.com Law Courts Inn, The 800 Smithe St Suite 500, Vancouver V6Z 2E1 Steve Chamli .......p: 604-684-8818 f: 604-689-5274 e: contact@lawcourtsinn.com www.lawcourtsinn.com Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts 1505 2nd Ave W Suite 101, Vancouver V6H 3Y4 Jen dela Luna ......p: 604-734-4488 f: 604-734-4408 e: events@picachef.com www.picachef.com

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Richmond Olympic Oval 6111 River Rd, Richmond V7C 0A2 ...............p: 778-296-1400 f: 778-296-1429 e: info@richmondoval.ca www.richmondoval.ca Stanley Park Pavilion 610 Pipeline Rd, Vancouver V6G 1Z4 Vivian Leung ...................................p: 604-602-3088 e: events@stanleyparkpavilion.com www.stanleyparkpavilion.com Terminal City Club 837 Hastings St W, Vancouver V6C 1B6 Andrea Miller ......p: 604-488-8640 f: 604-681-9634 e: amiller@tcclub.com www.tcclub.com Vancouver Alpen Club 4875 Victoria Dr, Vancouver V5N 4P3 Alena Thoenges ..p: 604-874-3811 f: 604-874-2989 e: events@vacbc.ca www.vacbc.ca Vancouver Aquarium 845 Avison Way, Vancouver V6G 3E2 ...............p: 604-659-3400 f: 604-659-3584 e: cateringandevents@vanaqua.org www.vanaqua.org Vancouver Parks Golf Vancouver ......................................p: 604-718-5866 e: golfspecialevents@vancouver.ca www.vancouverparksgolf.ca

Vancouver Rowing Club 450 Stanley Park Dr, Vancouver V6G 3E2 Keith Jolly ...........p: 604-687-3400 f: 604-687-6812 www.vancouverrowingclub.ca West Vancouver Yacht Club 5854 Marine Dr, West Vancouver V7W 2S2 John Quirk ...........p: 604-921-7575 f: 604-921-7599 e: fandb@wvyc.ca www.wvyc.ca

Beverage Suppliers Chaberton Estate Winery 1064 216 St, Langley V2Z 1R3 Brian J Ensor .......p: 604-530-1736 f: 604-533-9687 e: info@chabertonwinery.com www.chabertonwinery.com

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Legacy Liquor Store 1633 Manitoba St, Vancouver V5Y 0B8 Tania Richards ................................p: 604-331-7900 e: tania@granvillevan.com www.legacyliquorstore.com Legacy Liquor Store is Vancouver’s premier destination liquor store which includes a state-ofthe-art wine cellar. Legacy is the largest privately owned liquor store in the province, home to thousands of products. Legacy has the largest craft beer, premium scotch and whiskey selection and is one of the top in BC for BC VQA wines.

We are proud to offer some of the world’s rarest and most exclusive products. Legacy is the ideal venue for groups to host casual social gatherings, all while learning about their favourite beverage of choice in a private tasting setting. We also cater to outside events, so talk to our experts for assistance or make your purchases online. We deliver across BC.

Bus Services Landsea Tours Ltd 680 Industrial Ave, Vancouver V6A 2P3 Allison Baxter ......p: 604-255-7272 f: 604-685-8960 e: groups@vancouvertours.com www.vancouvertours.com

Peake of Catering 1764 Powell St, Vancouver V5L1H7 James Thornley ...p: 604-872-8431 f: 604-874-7723 e: info@peakeofcatering.com www.peakeofcatering.com Savoury City Foods Ltd 3925 Fraser St, Vancouver V5V 4E5 Donna Wadsworth .........................p: 604-875-8484 f: 604-875-8405 e: donna@savourycity.com www.savourycity.com Culinary Capers Catering and Special Events 1545 3rd Ave W, Vancouver V6J 1J8 Debra Lykkemark ............................p: 604-875-0123 e: info@culinarycapers.com www.culinarycapers.com Culinary Capers Catering is the Vancouver market leader in off-premise catering for social, corporate and special events. Culinary Capers has been in business since 1986 and constantly pushes the creative envelope in cutting-edge cuisine, innovative presentation and professional service.

Truffles Fine Foods 5151 Oak St, Vancouver V6M 4H1 .........................................p: 604-505-4961 e: info@trufflesfinefoods.com www.trufflesfinefoods.com

Computer Equipment/Services/ Office Products/Sales and Rentals

Vancouver Trolley Company Ltd 875 Terminal Ave, Vancouver V6A 2M9 Cynthia Ruggles ..p: 604-801-5515 f: 604-801-5557 e: cynthia@vancouvertrolley.com www.vancouvertrolley.com VTC Charters offers reliable transportation options in 15-passenger vans, minibuses and highway coaches that are ideal for groups, airport transfers and out-of-town transfers to Whistler, Victoria and beyond. Corporate and festival shuttles, dinner transfers and private scenic tours are more of our many options. The Vancouver Trolley Company offers sightseeing for groups in private replica San Fransisco-style trolley charters with flexible and customized itineraries available with regionally specific live commentary; a truly extraordinary and fun way to experience Vancouver.

Caterers

Edgeceptional Catering 2450 Yukon St, Vancouver V5Y 0A4 Judy Reeves ...................................p: 604-876-7226 e: info@edgecatering.ca www.edgecatering.ca

Emelle’s Catering Ltd 177 7th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1L8 Nicole Burke ........p: 604-875-6551 f: 604-875-6556 e: info@emelles.com www.emelles.com

Unilogik Systems Inc 999 Broadway W Suite 620, Vancouver V5Z 1K5 ...............p: 604-739-8488 f: 604-739-7337 e: info@unilogik.com www.unilogik.com

Conference Organizers/Planners/ Trade Show Consultants BC Event Management 198 North Sea Ave, Burnaby V5B 1K5 Darren Dreger.................................p: 604-696-1234 e: sales@bceventmanagement.com www.bceventmanagement.com CTM Exhibits Worldwide/CTM Strategies 21300 Gordon Way Suite 163, Richmond V6W 1M2 Dan-el Somers.....p: 604-244-1740 f: 604-244-1731 e: info@ctmexhibits.com www.ctmexhibits.com DFC Events Inc 19522 96 Ave Suite 4, Surrey V4N 4C3 Shannon Stumph ............................p: 604-219-6666 e: shannon@dfcevents.ca www.dfcevents.ca

All Spiced Catering 2850 Shaughnessy St Suite 2133, Port Coquitlam V3C 6K5 Branda Phillips ...............................p: 778-988-9440 e: brenda@allspicedcatering.com www.allspicedcatering.com

Lazy Gourmet, The 1605 5th Ave W, Vancouver V6J 1N5 ..........................................p: 604-734-2507 e: catering@lazygourmet.ca www.lazygourmet.ca Legacy Catering 1633 Manitoba St, Vancouver V5Y 0B8 Tania Richards ................................p: 604-331-7900 e: tania@granvillevan.com www.legacyliquorstore.com

Planning a Corporate meeting, client reception? Edge Catering, a leading full service catering and event planning company proves an outstanding choice for your culinary and event needs. Renowned for our exquisite creative cuisine and thoughtful service, Edge delivers outstanding food and event experiences.

Dynamic Meeting Solutions Inc 1010 Richards St Suite 1604, Vancouver V6B 1G2 Carrie Dick ......................................p: 604-677-3256 e: carrie@dynamicmeetingsolutions.ca www.dynamicmeetingsolutions.ca Fireworks Marketing Group 130 4th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1G6 Tom Stulberg .......p: 604-687-4745 f: 604-687-4746 e: tstulberg@fireworksgroup.com www.fireworksgroup.com

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Vancouver, Coast & Mountains Meetingmax 800 Pender St W Suite 215, Vancouver V6C 2V6 Dave Clark ...........p: 604-899-1069 f: 866-824-8462 e: info@meetingmax.cc www.meetingmax.cc

Nasco Productions 343 Railway St Suite 400, Vancouver V6A 1A4 Shelley Johnson .............................p: 604-683-2512 e: sjohnson@nasco.ca www.nascoproductions.ca Nasco Productions is a producer of high-impact events that bring magic to function, creating connection and causing results. Call us today at 604-683-2412.

Pet Lover Shows Unit 800 Box 354, 15355 24 Ave, Surrey V4A 2H9 Nanette Jacques .p: 604-535-7584 f: 604-535-1463 e: njacques|@shaw.ca www.petlovershow.ca Sea to Sky Meeting Management Inc 201 Bewicke Ave Suite 206, North Vancouver V7M 3M7 Sarah Lowis.........p: 604-984-6439 f: 604-984-6434 e: sarah@seatoskymeetings.com www.seatoskymeetings.com Vero Consulting 5389 Wellburn Dr, Delta V4K 2H8 Ann-Michele Ewert ........................p: 604-940-9602 f: 604-940-9620 e: amewert@aol.com

Customs Brokerage/Shipping North American Logistics Services Inc (NALSI) 1112 Pender St W Suite 605, Vancouver V6E 2S1 Jeff Davis ............p: 778-328-2841 f: 778-328-2845 e: jdavis@nalsi.com www.nalsi.com

Decor and Design Services BOLD Event Creative Inc 7570 Conrad St, Burnaby V5A 2H7 Aubin McIlwrath .p: 604-437-7677 f: 604-437-7679 e: aubin@boldeventcreative.com www.boldeventcreative.com

Display Designers & Builders

Fireworks Marketing Group 130 4th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1G6 Tom Stulberg .......p: 604-687-4745 f: 604-687-4746 e: tstulberg@fireworksgroup.com www.fireworksgroup.com An experiential marketing agency that creates, produces and stages programs and events that strengthen the bonds between people and brands.

Greenscape Design & Decor 3811 Myrtle St, Burnaby V5C 4G1 Corinne Kessel ....p: 604-437-1729 f: 604-437-7775 e: sales@greenscapedecor.com www.greenscapedecor.com

Loungeworks Inc 130 4th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1G6 Tom Stulberg .......p: 604-687-2774 f: 604-687-4746 e: rentals@loungeworks.ca www.loungeworks.ca Providing event design services with furniture and decor rental to create engaging spaces for special events, trade shows and VIP hosting. reFresh Events 2225 Triumph St Suite 402, Vancouver V5L 1L2 Corinne Dahlo.................................p: 604-209-5774 e: corn@refreshevents.ca www.refreshevents.ca

Destination Management/ Marketing Discover Surrey 730 176 St Surrey V3Z 9S6 Cathy James........p: 604-531-6646 f: 604-531-6647 e: cathy@discoversurreybc.com www.discoversurreybc.com Tourism Vancouver 200 Burrard St Suite 210, Vancouver V6C 3L6 Dave Gazley.........p: 604-682-2222 f: 604-682-1717 e: meet@tourismvancouver.com www.tourismvancouver.com/meetings

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Creative Display (Vancouver) 4238 Lozells Ave Suite 104, Burnaby V5A 0C4 ...............p: 604-421-1321 f: 604-421-5321 e: creativedisplay@telus.net www.creativedisplay.ca CTM Exhibits Worldwide/CTM Strategies 21300 Gordon Way Suite 163, Richmond V6W 1M2 Dan-el Somers.....p: 604-244-1740 f: 604-244-1731 e: info@ctmexhibits.com www.ctmexhibits.com

Employment Agencies/Event Staffing

BBW International Inc 999 Canada Pl Suite 404, Vancouver V6C 3E2 Lois Jackalin........p: 604-984-0352 f: 604-608-3510 e: vancouver@bbwinternational.com www.bbwinternational.com Specializing in event staffing. Experiential marketing brand ambassadors, box office management, registration, cashiers and booth hostesses.

Fireworks Marketing Group 130 4th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1G6 Tom Stulberg .......p: 604-687-4745 f: 604-687-4746 e: tstulberg@fireworksgroup.com www.fireworksgroup.com An experiential marketing agency that creates, produces and stages programs and events that strengthen the bonds between people and brands.

International Exhibition Services Inc 11420 Blacksmith Pl, Richmond V7A 4X1 Uli Jaeckel...........p: 604-274-1504 f: 604-274-1505 e: office@internationalexhibitions.net www.internationalexhibitions.net

Loungeworks Inc 130 4th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1G6 Tom Stulberg .......p: 604-687-2774 f: 604-687-4746 e: rentals@loungeworks.ca www.loungeworks.ca Providing event design services with furniture and decor rental to create engaging spaces for special events, trade shows and VIP hosting.

Nasco Staffing Solutions 343 Railway St Suite 400, Vancouver V6A 1A4 Alex Bickers.........p: 604-683-2512 f: 604-681-1292 e: sales@nasco.ca www.nasco.ca Nasco Staffing Solutions is Canada’s largest event staffing solution, offering qualified conference, event, promotional and service staff. Call us today at 604-683-2412.

Time Pause Event Support Services 12498 113 Ave, Surrey V3V 7S7 Tatiana Povarova ............................p: 604-230-0630 e: tatianapovarova@yahoo.ca www.timepause.ca

Entertainment Services BC Event Management 198 North Sea Ave, Burnaby V5B 1K5 Darren Dreger.................................p: 604-696-1234 e: sales@bceventmanagement.com www.bceventmanagement.com Engagement Unlimited 1201 Pender St W Suite 300, Vancouver V6E 2V2 Jenny Stanfield ..............................p: 604-649-4867 e: info@engagementunlimited.ca www.engagementunlimited.ca Famous Players Band 3381 Cambie St Suite 545, Vancouver V5Z 4R3 Kelly A Becker ................................p: 604-725-1272 e: info@famousplayersband.com www.famousplayersband.com

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Vancouver, Coast & Mountains Mehndi & More Body Art By appointment only, 989 Richards St Suite 603, Vancouver V6B 6R6 .........................p: 604-812-2048 e: info@mehndiandmore.com www.mehndiandmore.com Noteable Entertainment and Events Ltd 2850 Shaughnessy St Suite 2300, Port Coquitlam V3C 6K5 Brett Brown .........p: 604-468-2911 f: 604-468-2922 e: brett@noteable.net www.noteable.net Oktoberfest Enterprises Organizers & Decor Rentals 6711 Woodwards Rd, Richmond V7E 1H2 Wolfgang Christl .p: 604-277-4300 f: 604-275-4342 e: oktoberfest-bc@shaw.ca Simply Relax On-Site Seated Massage Vancouver Nia Bellamy ....................................p: 778-386-6359 e: info@simplyrelax.ca www.simplyrelax.ca

Nonis Electrical Services Inc 255 Newport Dr Suite 304, Port Moody V3H 5H1 Mark/Kimberly Nonis .....................p: 604-469-2726 f: 604-469-2716 e: info@nesinc.bc.ca www.nesinc.bc.ca Providing premium technical support to the event industry for power and lighting services for trade/ consumer shows, special events - large, small, indoors, outdoors, we do it all!

Equipment and Supply Rentals Aardvark Armadillo Tents Inc 3903 2nd Ave, Burnaby V5C 3W9 Jim Caudle ..........p: 604-879-3255 f: 604-320-3395 e: jim@tentrentals.com www.tentrentals.com

Showkraft Production Services 813 Underhill Dr, Delta V4M 2V2 Mark Happeney ..............................p: 778-955-7469 e: mark@showkraftps.com www.showkraftps.com

Event Insurance Clark’s Audio Visual Services Ltd 1615 Venables St, Vancouver V5L 2H1 James Downey....p: 604-877-8558 f: 604-879-2993 e: james@clarksav.com www.clarksav.com We know audio visual! Full-service audio visual production and support.

Danco Tent & Party Rentals 20800 Lougheed Hwy Suite 382, Maple Ridge V2X 8K9 Cathy Petrie ....................................p: 800-808-1588 e: danco@direct.ca www.dancotents.com

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Canada Inc 1111 Georgia St W Suite 1600, Vancouver V6E 4G2 Sandy Millar ........p: 604-682-4211 f: 604-682-3520 www.jltcanada.com

Event Marketing Jumpstart Sales & Marketing Inc 4170 Still Creek Dr Suite 200, Burnaby V5C 6C6 Tyler Dawson..................................p: 778-783-0689 e: results@jumpstartcorp.com www.jumpstartcorp.com pink duck creative 580 43rd Ave E Suite 301, Vancouver V5W 1T6 Tatiana Micenko.............................p: 604-215-0306 e: pinkduck@shaw.ca

Bright Ideas Event Coordinators Ltd 11800 Cambie Rd, PO Box 32099, Richmond V6X 3R9 Sharon Bonner................................p: 604-303-7707 e: sharon@brightideasevents.com www.brightideasevents.com Carte Blanche Events 825 14th Ave W, Vancouver V5Z 1R2 Julie Connolly......p: 604-716-2126 f: 604-709-8100 e: events@carteblancheevents.ca www.carteblancheevents.ca Darcel Moro Independent Meeting & Event Manager 10 Flavelle Dr, Port Moody V3H 4L4 Darcel Moro ...................................p: 604-808-9624 e: darcelmoro@gmail.com DFC Events Inc 19522 96 Ave Suite 4, Surrey V4N 4C3 Shannon Stumph ............................p: 604-219-6666 e: shannon@dfcevents.ca www.dfcevents.ca Dominion Sales & Marketing Services Inc 4170 Still Creek Dr Suite 200, Burnaby V5C 6C6 Tyler Dawson..................................p: 778-783-0689 e: results@dominioncorp.com www.dominioncorp.com DreamGroup Productions 1338 6th Ave W Suite 200, Vancouver V6H 1A7 ..........................................p: 604-537-3575 e: info@dreamgroup.ca www.dreamgroup.ca Edgeceptional Catering 2450 Yukon St, Vancouver V5Y 0A4 Judy Reeves ...................................p: 604-876-7226 e: info@edgecatering.ca www.edgecatering.ca Eventful Innovations: Event Planning, Management, Design & Decor 718 333 Brooksbank Ave Suite 630, North Vancouver V7J 3V8 Pamela Buck ...................................p: 604-551-5143 e: info@eventfulinnovations.com www.eventfulinnovations.com Executive Event Production Inc 15850 26 Ave Suite 356, Surrey V3Z 2N6 Heather Angeard .p: 604-543-4593 f: 778-564-3947 e: heather@executiveevents.ca www.executiveevents.ca

Fireworks Marketing Group 130 4th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1G6 Tom Stulberg .......p: 604-687-4745 f: 604-687-4746 e: tstulberg@fireworksgroup.com www.fireworksgroup.com An experiential marketing agency that creates, produces and stages programs and events that strengthen the bonds between people and brands.

Gracious Host Events & PR 5709 Rumble St, Burnaby V5J 2C3 Alice Zhou ......................................p: 604-773-5231 e: alice@gracioushost.ca www.gracioushost.ca Heather Baker Events 1160 Hilary Pl, North Vancouver V7J 3N6 Heather Baker .....p: 778-834-2046 f: 604-990-9233 e: hb@heatherbakerevents.com www.heatherbakerevents.com Imagine That Events 11121 Horseshoe Way Unit 208, Richmond V7A 5G7 Laura Takasaki................................p: 604-329-0754 e: info@imaginethatevents.ca www.imaginethatevents.ca You imagine it - we plan it! For clients with a budget, consulting an event company is a way to go. We decorate, design and plan! Themed events, Christmas parties and more. “Anything is possible if you dare to imagine.”

Nasco Productions 343 Railway St Suite 400, Vancouver V6A 1A4 Shelley Johnson .............................p: 604-683-2512 e: sjohnson@nasco.ca www.nascoproductions.ca Nasco Productions is a producer of high-impact events that bring magic to function, creating connection and causing results. Call us today at 604-683-2412.

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Vancouver, Coast & Mountains Rare Affairs Meeting & Event Planning Services 5053 214A St, Langley V3A 8K9 Sherryl Parsons ...p: 604-530-9751 f: 604-530-9762 e: info@rareaffairs.ca www.rareaffairs.ca Something Borrowed Event Management & Design Vancouver Arezoo Aliperti ...............................p: 604-767-3779 e: events@somethingborrowed.ca www.somethingborrowed.ca

Hanamo Florist 1100 Melville St Suite 103, Vancouver V6E 4A6 ...............p: 604-685-3649 f: 604-685-3688 e: info@hanamoflorist.ca www.hanamoflorist.ca

Best Western Peace Arch Inn 2293 King George Blvd, Surrey V4A 5A4 Pardeep Bains .....p: 604-541-8100 f: 604-541-8700 e: stay@peacearchinn.ca www.peacearchinn.ca

Loungeworks Inc 130 4th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1G6 Tom Stulberg .......p: 604-687-2774 f: 604-687-4746 e: rentals@loungeworks.ca www.loungeworks.ca Providing event design services with furniture and decor rental to create engaging spaces for special events, trade shows and VIP hosting.

Best Western Plus Chateau Granville Hotel & Suites Conference Centre 1100 Granville St, Vancouver V6Z 2B6 Ruvika Peries .......p: 604-669-7070 f: 604-669-4928 e: sgelhan@chateaugranville.com www.chateaugranville.com Seven beautifully appointed function rooms for all your event needs ranging from sales presentations to executive lunches or family reunions of up to 200 people. State-of-the-art audiovisual equipment, natural daylight and creative new menus sourcing local products with professional staff to serve you.

Best Western Plus Coquitlam Inn Convention Centre 319 North Rd, Coquitlam V3K 3V8 Roberta Salvador p: 604-931-9011 f: 604-931-7298 e: meetings@bestwesterncoquitlam.com www.bestwesterncoquitlam.com Best Western Plus Sands Hotel 1755 Davie St, Vancouver V6G 1W5 Samantha Fabbro p: 604-682-1831 f: 604-682-3546 e: sands@bwsands.com www.bestwesternsandshotelvancouver.com Burrard, The 1100 Burrard St., Vancouver V6Z 1Y7 ...............p: 604-681-2331 f: 604-681-9753 e: info@theburrard.com www.theburrard.com Carmana Plaza 1128 Alberni St, Vancouver V6E 4R6 ...............p: 604-683-1399 f: 604-683-1391 e: sales@carmanaplaza.com www.carmanaplaza.com Century Plaza Hotel & Spa 1015 Burrard St, Vancouver V6Z 1Y5 ...............p: 604-687-0575 f: 604-682-5790 e: manager@century-plaza.com www.century-plaza.com Civic Hotel at 3 Civic Plaza, Autograph Collection City Parkway at 103 Ave, Surrey Peter Yip .........................................p: 604-951-3331 e: groups@CivicHotel.ca www.CivicHotel.ca A 144-room boutique hotel opening late fall 2017, on SkyTrain, with 4 ballrooms (2,400-2,600 sq ft), 2 meeting rooms and a rooftop event space.

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www.uoa.ca Ultimate Outdoor Adventures Ltd 560 Cardero St Suite 403, Vancouver V6G 3E9 Jackie Slavenova ...........................p: 604-671-2931 e: info@uoa.ca www.uoa.ca Unique team experiences that awake your team spirit and rejuvenate the mind, body and soul through the passion of adventure.

Event Registration CONEXSYS Registration 3989 Henning Dr Suite 105, Burnaby V5C 6P8 Mike Carruthers .............................p: 604-488-1435 e: info@conexsys.com www.conexsys.com

ePly - Online Event Registration 145 15th St E Suite 224, North Vancouver V7L 2P7 Justin Dyck .....................................p: 604-484-0585 e: justin@eply.com www.eply.com Start a free account or download a guide to picking the perfect online registration system for your event at www.eply.com.

Floral Design and Plants Greenscape Design & Decor 3811 Myrtle St, Burnaby V5C 4G1 Corinne Kessel ....p: 604-437-1729 f: 604-437-7775 e: sales@greenscapedecor.com www.greenscapedecor.com

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Golf Courses & Country Clubs Belmont Golf Course 22555 Telegraph Trail, Langley V1M 3S4 Helen Jung ..........p: 604-888-9898 f: 604-888-9696 e: hjung@belmontgolf.com www.wcgg.ca Hazelmere Golf & Tennis Ltd 18150 8 Ave, Surrey V3Z 9R9 Frank Fourchalk ...p: 604-538-1212 f: 604-538-6316 e: ffourchalk@hazelmere.com www.wcgg.ca Pitt Meadows Golf Club 13615 Harris Rd, Pitt Meadows V3Y 2R8 Caylen Wallace ...p: 604-465-5431 f: 604-465-1611 e: cwallace@pittmeadowsgolf.com www.pittmeadowsgolf.com Riverway Golf Course & Driving Range 9001 Bill Fox Way, Burnaby V5J 5J3 Bob Farahani .......p: 604-280-4653 f: 604-297-4492 e: golf@burnaby.ca www.golfburnaby.ca Vancouver Parks Golf Vancouver ......................................p: 604-718-5866 e: golfspecialevents@vancouver.ca www.vancouverparksgolf.ca

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Coast Coal Harbour Hotel 1180 Hastings St W, Vancouver V6E 4R5 ...............p: 604-697-0202 f: 604-697-0123 e: vancoastsales@coasthotels.com www.coastcoalharbourhotel.com Coast Hotels 1090 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6E 3V7 Kym Demchuk......p: 604-682-7982 f: 604-682-8942 e: info@coasthotels.com www.coasthotels.com Coast Tsawwassen Inn 1665 56 St, Delta V4L 2B2 Kristin Bishop .................................p: 604-943-8221 e: sales@tsawwasseninn.com www.tsawwasseninn.com Comfort Inn Downtown 654 Nelson St, Vancouver V6B 6K4 Neil Deshmukh ....p: 604-605-4341 f: 604-605-4334 e: neil@comfortinndowntown.com www.comfortinndowntown.com Situated in the heart of downtown amongst an array of exciting entertainment and attractions, the Comfort Inn Downtown is a boutique hotel where you can expect a personalized level of service and an abundance of amenities at hand.

Enjoy access to boardrooms and affiliate food and entertainment venues which help you craft the perfect setting for any meeting or event.

Conferences & Accommodation at UBC 5961 Student Union Blvd, Vancouver V6T 2C9 Teresa Rempel.....p: 604-822-1060 f: 604-822-1069 e: conferences@housing.ubc.ca www.ubcconferences.com Days Inn Vancouver Metro 2075 Kingsway, Vancouver V5N 2T2 Sean Barrington ..p: 604-876-5531 f: 604-872-2676 e: info@daysinnvancouvermetro.com www.daysinnvancouvermetro.com Delta Hotels - Marriott Burnaby Conference Centre 4331 Dominion St, Burnaby V5G 1C7 Chris Peters .........p: 604-453-0754 f: 604-453-0775 e: chris.peters@deltahotels.com www.marriott.com/burnaby Delta Vancouver Suites 550 Hastings St W, Vancouver V6B 1L6 Melanie Koller.....p: 604-689-8188 f: 604-899-3029 e: melanie.koller@deltahotels.com www.marriott.com/yvrdv Element Vancouver Metrotown 5988 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby V5H 2A7 Ken Boyd .............p: 604-568-3696 f: 604-558-5518 e: info@elementmetrotown.com www.elementvancouvermetrotown.com Empire Landmark Hotel & Conference Centre 1400 Robson St, Vancouver V6G 1B9 Sharon Chan ........p: 604-687-0511 f: 604-687-7267 e: schan@empirelandmarkhotel.com www.empirelandmarkhotel.com English Bay Apartment Hotel Ltd 1150 Denman St, Vancouver V6G 2M9 Alexander Chan ...p: 604-685-2231 f: 604-685-2291 e: engbay@telus.net www.englishbayhotel.com

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Vancouver, Coast & Mountains Executive Airport Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre 7311 Westminster Hwy, Richmond V6X 1A3 ...............p: 604-278-5555 f: 604-278-0255 e: dos.richmond@executivehotels.net www.executivehotels.net/airport Executive Hotel & Conference Centre Burnaby 4201 Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby V5C 3Y6 Bhupinder Gill......p: 604-298-2010 f: 604-298-1123 e: gm.bby@executivehotels.net www.burnabyexecutivesuiteshotel.com Executive Hotel Vintage Park Downtown Vancouver 1379 Howe St, Vancouver V6Z 2R5 Dave Wilkin .........p: 604-688-7678 f: 604-688-7679 e: gm.vancouver@executivehotels.net www.vancouverdowntownhotel.net Fairmont Hotel Vancouver 900 Georgia St W, Vancouver V6C 2W6 ..............p: 604-662-1915 f: 604-662-1907 e: hvc.concierge@fairmont.com www.fairmont.com/hotelvancouver Fairmont Pacific Rim 1038 Canada Pl, Vancouver V6C 0B9 Helen Pratt ..........p: 604-695-5300 f: 604-695-5301 e: rfp-vpr@fairmont.com www.fairmont.com/pacificrim Fairmont Vancouver Airport 3111 Grant McConachie Way Vancouver International Airport, Richmond V7B 0A6 Lesliann Kuhn ......p: 604-207-5200 f: 604-248-3219 e: lesliann.kuhn@fairmont.com www.fairmont.com/vancouverairport Fairmont Waterfront, The 900 Canada Place Way, Vancouver V6C 3L5 Serena Dadon......p: 604-691-1991 f: 604-691-1999 e: thewaterfronthotel@fairmont.com www.fairmont.com/waterfront-vancouver

Four Points by Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel 8368 Alexandra Rd Vancouver Airport, Richmond V6X 4A6 ...............p: 604-214-0888 f: 604-214-0887 e: shannon_leung@fourpointsvancouverairport. com www.fourpointsvancouverairport.com Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver 791 Georgia St W, Vancouver V6C 2T4 Kostas Christopoulos .....................p: 604-689-9333 f: 604-689-3466 e: vcr.sales@fourseasons.com www.fourseasons.com/vancouver Georgian Court Hotel 773 Beatty St, Vancouver V6B 2M4 Susan Leung ........p: 604-682-5555 f: 604-682-5669 e: susan@georgiancourt.com www.georgiancourt.com Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Downtown Vancouver 111 Robson St, Vancouver V6B 2A8 Lobna Mansoury..p: 778-322-9419 f: 604-602-1007 e: lobna@hamptonvancouver.com www.hamptoninnvancouver.com Hilton Vancouver Airport 5911 Minoru Blvd, Richmond V6X 4C7 Sanjeet Sadana ...p: 604-233-6336 f: 604-232-5011 e: sanjeet.sadana@hilton.com www.vancouverairport.hilton.com Holiday Inn & Suites North Vancouver 700 Old Lillooet Rd, North Vancouver V7J 2H5 Charmaine Alam..p: 604-985-3111 f: 604-985-0857 e: gm@hinorthvancouver.ca www.hinorthvancouver.com Holiday Inn & Suites Vancouver Downtown 1110 Howe St, Vancouver V6Z 1R2 Gisele Desmarais p: 604-684-2151 f: 604-684-4736 e: info@hivancouverdowntown.com www.hivancouverdowntown.com

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Holiday Inn Express & Suites Riverport 10688 No 6 Rd, Richmond V6W 1E7 Ella Martinez .......p: 604-241-1830 f: 604-241-1840 e: sales@hierichmond.com www.hierichmond.com Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Langley 8750 204 St, Langley V1M 2Y5 Jeff Leung ...........p: 604-882-2000 f: 604-882-2008 e: info@hielangley.com www.hiexpress.com/langleybc Holiday Inn Vancouver Centre 711 Broadway W, Vancouver V5Z 3Y2 Tim Chau..............p: 604-707-1934 f: 604-872-7520 e: tchau@hivancouver.com www.hivancouver.com

Hotel Blu 177 Robson St, Vancouver V6B 0N3 Julee Hanson ......p: 604-620-6200 f: 778-945-1968 e: gm@hotelbluvancouver.com www.hotelbluvancouver.com Howard Johnson Hotel Downtown 1176 Granville St, Vancouver V6Z 1L8 ................p: 604-688-8701 f: 604-688-8335 e: info@hojovancouver.com www.hojovancouver.com Hyatt Regency Vancouver 655 Burrard St, Vancouver V6C 2R7 Manuel Sousa .....p: 604-639-4845 f: 604-639-4749 e: msousa@hyatt.com www.vancouver.hyatt.com

Inn at the Quay 900 Quayside Dr, New Westminster V3M 6G1 Sue Belzer ...........p: 604-520-1776 f: 604-520-5645 e: sbelzer@innatthequay.com www.innatthequay.com L’Hermitage Hotel 788 Richards St, Vancouver V6B 3A4 ...............p: 778-327-4100 f: 778-327-4109 e: guest.services@lhermitagevancouver.com www.lhermitagevancouver.com Lonsdale Quay Hotel 123 Carrie Cates Crt, North Vancouver V7M 3K7 Farah Steen .........p: 604-986-6111 f: 604-986-8782 e: farah@lonsdalequayhotel.com www.lonsdalequayhotel.com Lord Stanley Suites on the Park 1889 Alberni St, Vancouver V6G 3G7 Wendy Krasovec .p: 604-688-9299 f: 604-688-9297 e: info@lordstanley.com www.lordstanley.com Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver 645 Howe St, Vancouver V6C 2Y9 Paul Hasegawa ...p: 604-687-1122 f: 604-602-7844 e: reservations@van.metropolitan.com www.metropolitan.com/vanc

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Vancouver, Coast & Mountains Opus Hotel Vancouver 322 Davie St, Vancouver V6B 5Z6 Jeff Froehlich ......p: 604-642-6787 f: 604-642-6780 e: sales@opushotel.com www.opushotel.com Pacific Gateway Hotel at Vancouver Airport 3500 Cessna Dr, Richmond V7B 1C7 Donald Pinkney....p: 604-276-1979 f: 604-276-1975 e: dpinkney@pacificgatewayhotel.com www.pacificgatewayhotel.com Pan Pacific Vancouver 999 Canada Pl Suite 300, Vancouver V6C 3B5 Kathryn Poole ......p: 604-662-8111 f: 604-891-2861 e: kathryn.poole@panpacificvancouver.com www.panpacificvancouver.com

Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier 138 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver V7L 0B1 Jennifer MacKenzie .......................p: 604-973-8007 f: 604-986-7432 e: jmackenzie@pinnacleatthepier.com www.pinnaclepierhotel.com Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront 1133 Hastings St W, Vancouver V6E 3T3 Richard Taylor......p: 604-689-9211 f: 604-691-2791 e: vancouver.sales@pinnaclehotels.ca www.pinnacleharbourfronthotel.com Residence Inn by Marriott Vancouver Downtown 1234 Hornby St, Vancouver V6Z 1W2 Susan Fregona.....p: 604-688-1234 f: 604-689-1762 e: sfregona@silverbirchhotels.com www.marriott.com/yvrdr Rosedale on Robson Suite Hotel 838 Hamilton St, Vancouver V6B 6A2 James D Miller....p: 604-689-8033 f: 604-689-4426 e: jamesm@rosedaleonrobson.com www.rosedaleonrobson.com Rosewood Hotel Georgia 801 Georgia St W, Vancouver V6C 1P7 ...............p: 604-682-5566 f: 604-673-7076 e: hotelgeorgia@rosewoodhotels.com www.rosewoodhotels.com/hotelgeorgia Sandman Hotel Langley 8855 202 St, Langley V1M 2N9..............p: 604-888-7263 f: 604-888-7271 e: salesm_langley@sandman.ca www.sandmanhotels.com Sandman Hotel Vancouver City Centre 180 Georgia St W, Vancouver V6B 4P4 Michael Lopez .....p: 604-681-2211 f: 604-681-8009 www.sandmanhotels.ca Sandman Signature Hotel & Resort Vancouver Airport 10251 St Edwards Dr, Richmond V6X 2M9 ..............p: 604-278-9611 f: 604-233-7733 e: reservations@sandman.ca www.sandmansignature.ca

Fireworks Marketing Group 130 4th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1G6 Tom Stulberg .......p: 604-687-4745 f: 604-687-4746 e: tstulberg@fireworksgroup.com www.fireworksgroup.com

Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel 7551 Westminster Hwy, Richmond V6X 1A3 Brad Nakagawa...p: 604-233-3951 f: 604-244-3775 e: sales@sheratonvancouverairport.com www.sheraton.com/vancouverairport The Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel now offers over 40,000 square feet of versatile meeting space with the addition of the brand-new 10,000-squarefoot Britannia Ballroom. The diverse space offers new options in the city for groups and planners looking for conferences, meetings, special events and exhibit space at the largest convention hotel outside of downtown Vancouver.

Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel 15269 104 Ave, Surrey V3R 1N5 Emmanuel Medeiros ......................p: 604-582-9288 f: 604-582-9712 e: emmanue.medeiros@sheratonguildford.com www.sheratonguildford.com Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel 1088 Burrard St, Vancouver V6Z 2R9 Sean Antonson ....p: 604-331-1000 f: 604-331-1001 e: santonson@wallcentre.com www.sheratonvancouver.com Sutton Place Hotel, The 845 Burrard St, Vancouver V6Z 2K6 ...............p: 604-682-5511 f: 604-682-5513 e: paul.li@suttonplace.com www.suttonplace.com Sylvia Hotel, The 1154 Gilford St, Vancouver V6G 2P6 Ross Dyck ............p: 604-681-9321 f: 604-682-3551 e: rdyck@sylviahotel.com www.sylviahotel.com Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver 1161 Georgia St W, Vancouver V6E 0C6 Wendy Patriquin..p: 604-979-8882 f: 604-974-5034 e: vancouver.sales@trumphotels.com www.trumphotels.com/vancouver Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown 1128 Hastings St W, Vancouver V6E 4R5 ...............p: 604-684-1128 f: 604-639-4027 e: michelle.leroux@marriott.com www.marriott.com/yvrdt Westin Bayshore Vancouver 1601 Bayshore Dr, Vancouver V6G 2V4 ...............p: 604-682-3377 f: 604-691-6959 e: bayshore.sales@westin.com www.westinbayshore.com

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Loungeworks Inc 130 4th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1G6 Tom Stulberg .......p: 604-687-2774 f: 604-687-4746 e: rentals@loungeworks.ca www.loungeworks.ca Providing event design services with furniture and decor rental to create engaging spaces for special events, trade shows and VIP hosting.

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Showkraft Production Services 813 Underhill Dr, Delta V4M 2V2 Mark Happeney ..............................p: 778-955-7469 e: mark@showkraftps.com www.showkraftps.com

Meeting Planners DFC Events Inc 19522 96 Ave Suite 4, Surrey V4N 4C3 Shannon Stumph ............................p: 604-219-6666 e: shannon@dfcevents.ca www.dfcevents.ca Fireworks Marketing Group 130 4th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1G6 Tom Stulberg .......p: 604-687-4745 f: 604-687-4746 e: tstulberg@fireworksgroup.com www.fireworksgroup.com Invenia Inc 425 Carrall St Suite 420, Vancouver V6B 6E3 Kirsten Strand ................................p: 604-281-1400 e: experiences@inveniainc.com www.inveniainc.com Lead Generators International Sales & Marketing Group Inc 4170 Still Creek Dr Suite 200, Burnaby V5C 6C6 Tyler Dawson..................................p: 604-918-5078 e: results@clientfinders.com www.clientfinders.com

Advanced Light and Effects Inc Vancouver Vance Vegas ...................................p: 604-836-7739 e: adlight.rentals@gmail.com www.adlight.ca

Clark’s Audio Visual Services Ltd 1615 Venables St, Vancouver V5L 2H1 James Downey....p: 604-877-8558 f: 604-879-2993 e: james@clarksav.com www.clarksav.com We know audio visual! Full-service audio visual production and support.

Vancouver Lookout 555 Hastings St W, Vancouver V6B 4N6 Stacey Klyne........p: 604-689-0421 f: 604-689-5447 e: events@vancouverlookout.com www.vancouverlookout.com The Vancouver Lookout offers a 360° view of Vancouver, with the harbour and majestic mountains as the backdrop for your event or group excursions. This unique and iconic venue high atop Vancouver is located in the heart of the city, a short walk from major hotels and only a few blocks from the Vancouver Convention Centre, the cruise ship terminal and historic Gastown.

Accommodates 20 to 220 guests.

WIT Marketing Media & Events 170 5th St E Suite 205, North Vancouver V7L 4L4 David O’Brien .................................p: 604-987-6657 e: info@witmarketing.bc.ca www.witmarketing.bc.ca

Albert Normandin Photography Inc 229 Begin St, Coquitlam V3K 4V4 Albert Normandin...........................p: 604-939-7777 e: albert@albertnormandin.com www.albertnormandin.com Jon Benjamin Photography 1310 13th Ave W, Vancouver V6H 1N8 Jon Pesochin ..................................p: 604-733-9975 e: jon@jonbenjamin.ca www.jonbenjamin.ca Norlynn Audio Visual Services 1858 Beaulynn Pl, North Vancouver V7J 2T1 Patrick Morten................................p: 604-986-5059 e: pat@norlynn.ca www.reason-for-hope.com Ralph Rinke Photographer 2828 Hoskins Rd, North Vancouver V7J 3A7 Ralph Rinke ....................................p: 604-816-7921 e: ralph@platinumphotos.com www.platinumphotos.com Robert G Earnest Photography Vancouver Robert G Earnest ............................p: 604-727-3424 e: robert@robertearnest.com www.robertearnest.com Stirling Ward Photographic Design 46 Bedingfield St, Port Moody V3H 3N1 Stirling Ward ..................................p: 778-355-1346 e: stirlingward@shaw.ca www.stirlingward.com

Printers/Copiers ColourTime Printing & Digital Imaging 1066 Hastings St W Suite 150, Vancouver V6E 3X1 John Plonka .........p: 604-682-8307 f: 604-684-7825 e: vancouver@colourtime.com www.colourtime.com Samco Printers Ltd 830 Pender St W Suite 300, Vancouver V6C 1J8 Sam Hirji..............p: 604-683-6991 f: 604-681-1775 e: sales@samcoprinters.com www.samcoprinters.com

Nasco Productions 343 Railway St Suite 400, Vancouver V6A 1A4 Shelley Johnson .............................p: 604-683-2512 e: sjohnson@nasco.ca www.nascoproductions.ca Nasco Productions is a producer of high-impact events that bring magic to function, creating connection and causing results. Call us today at 604-683-2412.

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Vancouver, Coast & Mountains Production Companies/Live/Staging

Fireworks Marketing Group 130 4th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1G6 Tom Stulberg .......p: 604-687-4745 f: 604-687-4746 e: tstulberg@fireworksgroup.com www.fireworksgroup.com An experiential marketing agency that creates, produces and stages programs and events that strengthen the bonds between people and brands.

Promotional Items/Novelties/ Corporate Gifts/Gift Baskets Corporate Gifts Inc 800 15355 24 Ave Suite 504, Surrey V4A 2H9 Shirley Couture...............................p: 604-831-8516 e: corporategiftsinc@shaw.ca www.corporategifts.bc.ca Foster Walker Gifts of Distinction 970 Burrard St Suite 245, Vancouver V6Z 2R4 Mardi Foster-Walker ......................p: 604-681-2456 f: 604-568-5786 e: info@fosterwalkergifts.com www.fosterwalkergifts.com Downtown Vancouver’s only corporate gift and promotional products distributor. Visit our showroom weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please call for an appointment. We are Canada’s premier gift supplier since 1989.

I M Print Promo Inc 2228 Paradise Ave, Coquitlam V3K 1Z4 Kelvin Fong ..........p: 604-961-3999 f: 604-937-3777 e: contact@imprintpromo.com www.imprintpromo.com

Props/Backdrops

Loungeworks Inc 130 4th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1G6 Tom Stulberg .......p: 604-687-2774 f: 604-687-4746 e: rentals@loungeworks.ca www.loungeworks.ca Providing event design services with furniture and decor rental to create engaging spaces for special events, trade shows and VIP hosting.

Party Bazaar, The 1296 Station St, Vancouver V6A 2X3 Jason Powers ......p: 604-873-5241 f: 604-873-1644 e: sales@thepartybazaar.com www.thepartybazaar.com Samco Printers Ltd 830 Pender St W Suite 300, Vancouver V6C 1J8 Sam Hirji..............p: 604-683-6991 f: 604-681-1775 e: sales@samcoprinters.com www.samcoprinters.com

Showkraft Production Services 813 Underhill Dr, Delta V4M 2V2 Mark Happeney ..............................p: 778-955-7469 e: mark@showkraftps.com www.showkraftps.com

Recognition Awards/Trophies Foster Walker Gifts of Distinction 970 Burrard St Suite 245, Vancouver V6Z 2R4 Mardi Foster-Walker ......................p: 604-681-2456 f: 604-568-5786 e: info@fosterwalkergifts.com www.fosterwalkergifts.com

Transform any space!

Bring your event alive with unique greenery and decor.

Regional Convention Spaces

Anvil Centre 777 Columbia St, New Westminster V3M 1B6 Heidi Hughes ..................................p: 604-515-3830 e: anvilcentre@newwestcity.ca www.anvilcentre.ca With its breathtaking, contemporary architecture, multi-purpose and dynamic spaces, with flexible configurations, Anvil Centre is the ideal setting for conferences, trade shows, meetings, special events and community programs. An inspired, unique, boutique-style conference centre, Anvil Centre is an exciting backdrop for any event. With four levels of versatile space, the possibilities are virtually endless.

Restaurants

Loft at Earl’s, The 1095 Mainland St, Vancouver V6B 5P9 ...............p: 604-375-4347 f: 604-688-4991 e: theloft@earls.ca www.theloftatearls.ca

Signs, Banners, Flags Letter Shop (1990) Ltd, The 811 Pender St W, Vancouver V6C 1K6 John Tait..............p: 604-685-9422 f: 604-685-0654 e: lettershop@telus.net www.lettershop.ca Samco Printers Ltd 830 Pender St W Suite 300, Vancouver V6C 1J8 Sam Hirji..............p: 604-683-6991 f: 604-681-1775 e: sales@samcoprinters.com www.samcoprinters.com

Speakers/Facilitators

Vancouver Convention Centre 1055 Canada Pl, Vancouver V6C 0C3 Lynn Menzies ......p: 604-647-7345 f: 604-647-7232 e: lmenzies@vancouverconventioncentre.com www.vancouverconventioncentre.com

Resorts/Retreats Rivers Lodge Ltd 715 66 Ave W, Vancouver V6P 2R4 George Papp ...................................p: 604-838-5560 e: info@riverslodge.com www.riverslodge.com Vida Spas 888 Burrard St Suite 201, Vancouver V6Z 1X9 Lisa Scott.............p: 800-401-4018 f: 604-905-0348 e: yyogainfo@vidaspas.com www.vidaspas.com

AAA Business Seminars International Inc 3665 Kingsway Suite 300, Vancouver V5R 5W2 Deborah Reynolds ..........................p: 604-639-4440 e: info@thinkmoresales.com www.thinkmoresales.com About Face Image Consulting Inc 3665 Kingsway Suite 300, Vancouver V5R 5W2 Deborah Reynolds ..........................p: 604-888-9260 e: info@aboutfaceimage.com www.aboutfaceimage.com Effective Leadership Consulting Ltd Vancouver Eileen Bistrisky ......................................................... e: info@effectiveconsulting.ca www.effectiveconsulting.ca Lighten Up Productions Inc 4438 10th Ave W Box 102, Vancouver V6R 4R8 Rick Lewis ......................................p: 604-228-8222 e: info@breakarule.com www.breakarule.com National Speakers Bureau 1177 Broadway W Suite 300, Vancouver V6H 1G3 Christy de Couto ..p: 604-734-3663 f: 604-734-8906 e: cdecouto@nsb.com www.nsb.com

VANCOUVER CURLING CLUB

Hillcrest Centre 4575 Clancy Loranger Way Vancouver BC V5Y 2M4

Rent the 2010 Winter Olympic Games legacy facility (Ice, Fully-licensed Lounge & Boardroom) for your next event • Team Building • Corporate Events • Special Events and Meetings

www.greenscapedecor.com

For more information E-mail: info@vancurl.com Call: 604.874.0122

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Vancouver, Coast & Mountains Pinnacle Pursuits Inc 206 6th Ave E Suite 50, Vancouver V5T 1J8 Jonathan Willcocks........................p: 604-876-7535 f: 604-876-0535 e: jono@pinnaclepursuits.com www.pinnaclepursuits.com Strengthen leadership and build capacity!

Whether designing a program to help clarify values, strengthen communication, navigate change or elevate individual and group potential, our award-winning speakers and facilitators have the expertise to engage your people and achieve tangible results.

Taxi/Limo Star Limousine Service Ltd 328 Industrial Ave, Vancouver V6A 2P3 Gayle Garside ......p: 604-685-5600 f: 604-685-2500 e: reservations@starlimousine.com www.starlimousine.com

Team Building

Team Academy 560 Cardero St Suite 403, Vancouver V6G 3E9 Jackie Slavenova ...........................p: 604-639-2489 e: info@teamacademy.ca www.teamacademy.ca Engaging teams for success. Interactive programs and events for your meeting, conference, training or retreat. Bonding. Trust. Collaboration.

Vickers and Associates 3608 Deercrest Dr Suite 505, North Vancouver V7G 2S8 Matt Vickers ...................................p: 604-770-3733 e: matt@mattvickers.com www.mattvickers.com

Tall Order Culinary Teambuilding and Event Ltd 1164 Comox St, Vancouver V6E 1K5 Julie Burke .....................................p: 604-789-4912 e: jburke@tallorder.ca www.tallorder.ca

Your Brand Marketing 3246 Regent St, Richmond V7E2M9 Ben Baker ............p: 604-512-7174 f: 604-648-9201 e: ben@yourbrandmarketing.com www.yourbrandmarketing.com

Grouse Mountain Resorts Ltd 6400 Nancy Greene Way, North Vancouver V7R 4K9 Alex Annez ..........p: 604-998-5048 f: 604-984-7234 e: aannez@grousemountain.com www.grousemountain.com ELEVATE. Take your next meeting or team-building session to the Peak of Vancouver where the natural surroundings inspire and award-winning cuisine satisfies - only 15 minutes from downtown Vancouver. Ideal for business meetings, training seminars, cocktail receptions and experiential team-building sessions.

Pinnacle Pursuits Inc 206 6th Ave E Suite 50, Vancouver V5T 1J8 Jonathan Willcocks........................p: 604-876-7535 f: 604-876-0535 e: jono@pinnaclepursuits.com www.pinnaclepursuits.com Energize Your People & Inspire Action! Get out of the board room and into the great outdoors with one of Pinnacle Pursuits’ creative, high impact, award-winning, experiential corporate teambuilding programs - guaranteed to be refreshing, results-focused, fun and totally unforgettable!

Team Academy 560 Cardero St Suite 403, Vancouver V6G 3E9 Jackie Slavenova ...........................p: 604-639-2489 e: info@teamacademy.ca www.teamacademy.ca Engaging teams for success. Interactive programs and events for your meeting, conference, training or retreat. Bonding. Trust. Collaboration.

Richmond Olympic Oval 6111 River Rd, Richmond V7C 0A2 ...............p: 778-296-1400 f: 778-296-1429 e: info@richmondoval.ca www.richmondoval.ca

MAGIC YACHT CHARTERS

• A unique and beautiful venue for meetings and special events

Why not make your occasion unforgettable aboard one of our spectacular yachts while cruising past Vancouver’s stunning waterfront? The shimmering city skyline and its surrounding natural wonder seamlessly come together to provide a truly unique venue that will leave your guests with a lasting impression.

• Six studio spaces adaptable for a wide range of activities

Magic Yacht Charters has been catering to corporate charters for over a decade.

• Fully-equipped production and presentation studio

Step aboard this modern unique venue where professional friendly service and quality menu choices will impress your guests, clients or colleagues.

• Outdoor rooftop patio

We know the importance of a company event. Let us spend the time looking after the details. Our dedicated and knowledgeable team will work with you to make the planning process simple, seamless, and worry free.

• Central downtown location

604 606 6400 info@thedancecentre.ca Take our virtual tour at

thedancecentre.ca

Photos: Ivan Hunter

677 Davie Street Vancouver

We have four vessels that can host groups of 10 to 400, and are able to customize an event to suit your needs. From stand-up receptions, sit-down dinners, to networking events, conferences or presentations, we are here to make the experience memorable for your guests.

Take a look at our yachts and services at www.magicyachtcharters.com or call 604.250.8008

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www.uoa.ca Ultimate Outdoor Adventures Ltd 560 Cardero St Suite 403, Vancouver V6G 3E9 Jackie Slavenova ...........................p: 604-671-2931 e: info@uoa.ca www.uoa.ca Unique team experiences that awake your team spirit and rejuvenate the mind, body and soul through the passion of adventure.

Wall Translation Services 2888 Heather St Unit 5, Vancouver V5Z 3J6 Betty R Wall ........p: 604-871-0030 f: 604-871-0034 e: bwall@telus.net www.walltranslationservices.com

Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities AMS Nest @ UBC, The 6133 Student Union Blvd, Vancouver V6T 1Z1 Lyanne Evans.......p: 604-822-6704 f: 604-822-4711 e: lyanneevans@ams.ubc.ca www.amsconferencecentre.com

Telecommunications/Video Conferencing/Webcasting Message Impact Systems Inc 1124 Lonsdale Ave Suite 1107, North Vancouver V7M 2H1 Dave Roitner........p: 604-243-4442 f: 866-306-3140 e: info@messageimpact.com www.messageimpact.com

Tourist Attractions - Major Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden 578 Carrall St, Vancouver V6A 5K2 ...............p: 604-662-3207 f: 604-682-4008 e: events@vancouverchinesegarden.com www.vancouverchinesegarden.com

Grouse Mountain Resorts Ltd 6400 Nancy Greene Way, North Vancouver V7R 4K9 Alex Annez ..........p: 604-998-5048 f: 604-984-7234 e: aannez@grousemountain.com www.grousemountain.com ELEVATE. Take your next meeting or team-building session to the Peak of Vancouver where the natural surroundings inspire and award-winning cuisine satisfies - only 15 minutes from downtown Vancouver. Ideal for business meetings, training seminars, cocktail receptions and experiential team-building sessions.

Lotus Land Tours Inc 1251 Cardero St Suite 2005, Vancouver V6G 2H9 Peter Loppe .........p: 604-684-4922 f: 604-684-4921 e: peter@lotuslandtours.com www.lotuslandtours.com Real Marketing & Associates 907 Beach Ave Suite 2201, Vancouver V6Z 2R3 Kenneth Milne................................p: 604-720-6625 e: kenjmilne@hotmail.com www.vancouvertouristinfo.ca

Anvil Centre 777 Columbia St, New Westminster V3M 1B6 Heidi Hughes ..................................p: 604-515-3830 e: anvilcentre@newwestcity.ca www.anvilcentre.ca With its breathtaking, contemporary architecture, multi-purpose and dynamic spaces, with flexible configurations, Anvil Centre is the ideal setting for conferences, trade shows, meetings, special events and community programs. An inspired, unique, boutique-style conference centre, Anvil Centre is an exciting backdrop for any event. With four levels of versatile space, the possibilities are virtually endless.

ArtStarts in Schools 808 Richards St, Vancouver V6B 3A7 ...............p: 604-336-0626 f: 604-683-0501 e: events@artstarts.com www.artstarts.com BC Place 777 Pacific Blvd, Vancouver V6B 4Y8 Cameron Kusch ...p: 604-669-2300 f: 604-661-3412 e: stadium@bcpavco.com www.bcplace.com

BCIT Aerospace Technology Campus 3800 Cessna Dr, Richmond V7B 0A1 ..........................................p: 604-431-4997 e: meetings@bcit.ca www.bcit.ca/rentals

Translation Services/Interpreters Language Bureau, The 938 Howe St Suite 616, Vancouver V6Z 1N9 Ted Hobrough .................................p: 604-263-9923 e: ops@thelanguagebureau.com www.thelanguagebureau.com LingoStar Language Services 6491 12th Ave, Burnaby V3N 2J4 Lenka de Graafova .........................p: 604-629-8420 f: 866-714-3189 e: info@lingo-star.com www.lingo-star.com Translation Services 621 McCartney Close, North Vancouver V7H 2H1 Juanita Miller......p: 604-929-4690 f: 604-924-1704 e: juanitamiller@telus.net

BCIT Burnaby Campus 3700 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby V5G 3H2 ..........................................p: 604-431-4997 e: meetings@bcit.ca www.bcit.ca/rentals

BCIT Downtown Campus 555 Seymour St, Vancouver V6B 3H6 ..........................................p: 604-431-4997 e: meetings@bcit.ca www.bcit.ca/rentals Bell Performing Arts Centre 6250 144 St, Surrey V3X 1A1 Andrew Elliot.......p: 604-507-6355 f: 604-507-6351 e: elliot_a@surreyschools.ca www.bellperformingartscentre.com

Belmont Bar, The 1006 Granville St, Vancouver V6Z 1L5 Pauline Jackson ..p: 604-605-4340 f: 604-605-4351 e: pauline@granvillevan.com www.belmontbar.com The Belmont Bar, located in the heart of the entertainment district, is an upscale lounge with a dance floor. the Belmont features a wide selection of craft beers, fresh and local fare, and live entertainment nightly. With an industrial feel, warm decor and copper finishes, this venue is the perfect setting for corporate hosting. Take advantage of The Belmont in-house event planning team to help you organize your event with ease from start to finish.

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art 639 Hornby St, Vancouver V6C 2G3 Paula Fairweather ..........................p: 604-682-3455 f: 604-682-3310 e: pfairweather@billreidgallery.ca www.billreidgallery.ca A gem of a venue in the heart of downtown. Your guests will be surrounded by the stunning old jewelry and spectacular sculptures of Bill Reid and awed by a towering totem pole by James Heart.

Enhance the mood with music and a gallery tour.

Select the caterer, beverages and suppliers of your choice.

Blueprint Events 415 Cordova St W Suite 300, Vancouver V6B 1E5 ...............p: 604-681-2114 f: 604-688-7548 e: lanam@thisisblueprint.com www.thisisblueprint.com Cambie Community Centre 12800 Cambie Rd, Richmond V6V 0A9 Susan Alblas .......p: 604-233-8399 f: 604-278-2609 e: cambie@richmond.ca www.richmond.ca/parksrec/centres/ cambiecentre/cambie Cloverdale Rodeo & Exhibition 6050A 176 St, Surrey V3S 4E7 Brent Lang ...........p: 604-576-9461 f: 604-576-0216 e: rentals@cloverdalerodeo.com www.cloverdalerodeo.com

Conferences & Accommodation at UBC 5961 Student Union Blvd, Vancouver V6T 2C9 Teresa Rempel.....p: 604-822-1060 f: 604-822-1069 e: conferences@housing.ubc.ca www.ubcconferences.com Creekside Community Recreation Centre 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver V5Y 0B1 ...............p: 604-257-3050 f: 604-257-3051 e: creekside@vancouver.ca www.creeksidecentre.ca Doolin’s Irish Pub 654 Nelson St, Vancouver V6B 6K4 Pauline Jackson ..p: 604-605-4328 f: 604-605-4351 e: pauline@granvillevan.com www.doolins.ca Doolin’s Irish Pub - Vancouver’s favorite Irish pub in the heart of downtown, featuring over 24 beers on tap and live entertainment nightly. Doolin’s boasts traditional Irish charm amidst state-ofthe-art AV technology, Wi-Fi and multiple HDTV screens for all your venue rental needs. We are the “purveyors of fine foods and good times.”

Granville Island Hotel 1253 Johnston St, Vancouver V6H 3R9 Christine Louden .p: 604-683-7373 f: 604-683-3061 e: reservations@granvilleislandhotel.com www.granvilleislandhotel.com

Grouse Mountain Resorts Ltd 6400 Nancy Greene Way, North Vancouver V7R 4K9 Alex Annez ..........p: 604-998-5048 f: 604-984-7234 e: aannez@grousemountain.com www.grousemountain.com ELEVATE. Take your next meeting or team-building session to the Peak of Vancouver where the natural surroundings inspire and award-winning cuisine satisfies - only 15 minutes from downtown Vancouver. Ideal for business meetings, training seminars, cocktail receptions and experiential team-building sessions.

Langley Events Centre 7888 200 St, Langley V2Y 3J4 ...............p: 604-882-8800 f: 604-882-8877 e: info@langleyeventscentre.com www.langleyeventscentre.com Legacy Liquor Store 1633 Manitoba St, Vancouver V5Y 0B8 Tania Richards ................................p: 604-331-7900 e: tania@granvillevan.com www.legacyliquorstore.com Level Furnished Living 1022 Seymour St, Vancouver V6B 0G1 Sara Steer ......................................p: 778-330-2024 e: ssteer@stayinglevel.com www.stayinglevel.com Magic Yacht Charters 20800 Westminster Hwy Suite 2148, Richmond V6V 2W3 Angie Lamb .........p: 604-996-0567 f: 604-303-1076 e: alamb@magicyachtcharters.com www.magicyachtcharters.com Metro Vancouver Regional Parks 4330 Kingsway, Burnaby V5H 4G8 Heather Bosiak ....p: 604-432-6352 f: 604-432-6296 e: facilities.info@metrovancouver.org www.metrovancouver.org Michael J Fox Theatre 7373 MacPherson Ave, Burnaby V5J 2B7 Monika Vriend .....p: 604-664-8875 f: 604-296-6883 e: info@michaeljfoxtheatre.ca www.michaeljfoxtheatre.ca Museum of Anthropology at UBC 6393 Marine Dr NW, Vancouver V6T 1Z2 Gwilyn Timmers...p: 604-822-4643 f: 604-822-2974 e: rentals@moa.ubc.ca www.moa.ubc.ca

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Vancouver, Coast & Mountains Nikkei Centre 6688 Southoaks Cres, Burnaby V5E 4M7 Roger Lemire .......p: 604-777-7000 f: 604-777-7701 e: rlemire@nikkeiplace.org www.nikkeiplace.org

Pacific National Exhibition 2901 Hastings St E, Vancouver V5K 5J1 Lisa Dolinski ........p: 604-253-2311 f: 604-251-7761 e: ldolinski@pne.ca www.pne.ca Pan Pacific Vancouver 999 Canada Pl Suite 300, Vancouver V6C 3B5 Kathryn Poole ......p: 604-662-8111 f: 604-891-2861 e: kathryn.poole@panpacificvancouver.com www.panpacificvancouver.com Presentation House Theatre 333 Chesterfield Ave, North Vancouver V7M 3G9 Marc-Andre Boyes-Manseau .........p: 604-990-3474 f: 604-990-3479 e: gm@phtheatre.org www.phtheatre.org

Richmond Olympic Oval 6111 River Rd, Richmond V7C 0A2 ...............p: 778-296-1400 f: 778-296-1429 e: info@richmondoval.ca www.richmondoval.ca Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver V6Z 2W3 Joe Oliveira .........p: 604-713-1811 f: 604-713-1813 e: joe.oliveira@vancouver.ca www.roundhouse.ca Roxy Cabaret, The 932 Granville St, Vancouver V6Z 1L2 Pauline Jackson ..p: 604-331-7999 f: 604-605-4351 e: pauline@granvillevan.com www.roxyvan.com The institution famous for throwing Vancouver’s best parties for over 27 years, the Roxy Cabaret wrote the book on partying, and guarantees great service and good times. All private and VIP events at the Roxy offer your guests access to live entertainment from one of our legendary house bands whose repertoires are vast and diverse, appealing to all your guests! Led by our in-house event planning team, all events hosted with us are turnkey, while creating memorable moments and unique experiences for guests.

Science World British Columbia 1455 Quebec St, Vancouver V6A 3Z7 Julio Guzman.......p: 604-443-7440 f: 604-443-7430 e: jguzman@scienceworld.ca www.scienceworld.ca

Scotiabank Dance Centre 677 Davie St, Vancouver V6B 2G6 ...............p: 604-606-6400 f: 604-606-6401 e: info@thedancecentre.ca www.thedancecentre.ca Scotiabank Theatre Cineplex 900 Burrard St, Vancouver V6Z 3G5 Craig Di Rocco ................................p: 604-277-1428 e: craig.dirocco@cineplex.com www.cineplex.com SFU Meeting Event & Conference Services 515 Hastings St W, Vancouver V6B 5K3 Melissa Krezanski ..........................p: 778-782-5800 f: 778-782-5818 e: meet@sfu.ca www.sfu.ca/mecs Shadbolt Centre for the Arts 6450 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby V5G 2J3 Marilyn Chitticks .p: 604-205-3020 f: 604-205-3001 e: marilyn.chitticks@burnaby.ca www.shadboltcentre.com Swaneset Bay Resort & Country Club 16651 Rannie Rd, Pitt Meadows V3Y 1Z1 Tim Fuchihara ......p: 604-465-9380 f: 604-465-3727 e: tfuchihara@swaneset.com www.swaneset.com Terminal City Club 837 Hastings St W, Vancouver V6C 1B6 Andrea Miller ......p: 604-488-8640 f: 604-681-9634 e: amiller@tcclub.com www.tcclub.com Toptable Group 555 Helmcken St, Vancouver V6B 5H7 Judy Ahola .....................................p: 604-836-8005 e: judy.ahola@toptable.ca www.toptable.ca UBC Robson Square 800 Robson St, Vancouver V6Z 3B7 Daniela Stockfleth-Menis ..............p: 604-827-5444 f: 604-822-0070 e: robson.bookings@ubc.ca www.robsonsquare.ubc.ca Vancouver Aquarium 845 Avison Way, Vancouver V6G 3E2 ...............p: 604-659-3400 f: 604-659-3584 e: cateringandevents@vanaqua.org www.vanaqua.org

Vancouver Curling Club 4575 Clancy Loranger Way, Vancouver V5Y 2M4 Ann de la Hey .................................p: 604-874-0122 e: adelahey@vancurl.com www.vancurl.com Vancouver International Film Centre 1181 Seymour St, Vancouver V6B 3M7 Laine Slater .........p: 604-685-0260 f: 604-688-8221 e: info@viff.org www.vifc.org

Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor

Vancouver Lookout 555 Hastings St W, Vancouver V6B 4N6 Stacey Klyne........p: 604-689-0421 f: 604-689-5447 e: events@vancouverlookout.com www.vancouverlookout.com The Vancouver Lookout offers a 360° view of Vancouver, with the harbour and majestic mountains as the backdrop for your event or group excursions. This unique and iconic venue high atop Vancouver is located in the heart of the city, a short walk from major hotels and only a few blocks from the Vancouver Convention Centre, the cruise ship terminal and historic Gastown.

Accommodates 20 to 220 guests.

Vancouver Parks Golf Vancouver ......................................p: 604-718-5866 e: golfspecialevents@vancouver.ca www.vancouverparksgolf.ca

Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel 6501 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby V5G 3T6 Nancy Stagg ........p: 604-297-4565 f: 604-297-4557 e: bvm@burnaby.ca www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site 12138 4th Ave, Richmond V7E 3J1 Rob Hart ..............p: 604-664-9009 f: 604-664-9137 e: info@gogcannery.org www.gulfofgeorgiacannery.org Museum of Anthropology at UBC 6393 Marine Dr NW, Vancouver V6T 1Z2 Gwilyn Timmers...p: 604-822-4643 f: 604-822-2974 e: rentals@moa.ubc.ca www.moa.ubc.ca Museum of Vancouver 1100 Chestnut St, Vancouver V6J 3J9 Cali DiLecce.........p: 604-730-5305 f: 604-736-5417 e: sales@museumofvancouver.ca www.museumofvancouver.ca/rentals Old Mill Boathouse 2715 Esplanade St, Port Moody V3H 3P4 Sue Chapman ......p: 604-936-1155 f: 604-936-1155 e: info@oldmillboathouse.com www.oldmillboathouse.com Vancouver Aquarium 845 Avison Way, Vancouver V6G 3E2 ...............p: 604-659-3400 f: 604-659-3584 e: cateringandevents@vanaqua.org www.vanaqua.org

Yacht Charters

Vancouver Rowing Club 450 Stanley Park Dr, Vancouver V6G 3E2 Keith Jolly ...........p: 604-687-3400 f: 604-687-6812 www.vancouverrowingclub.ca VanDusen Botanical Garden 5251 Oak St, Vancouver V6M 4H1 ..............p: 604-257-6915 f: 604-257-8679 e: vandusenrentals@vancouver.ca www.vandusengarden.org

Waterview c/o 1545 3rd Ave W, Vancouver V6J 1J8 Clair Sear........................................p: 604-875-0123 e: info@waterviewvancouver.com www.waterviewvancouver.com Waterview is located on the downtown Vancouver waterfront and features dynamic unobstructed views of False Creek, Granville Island and surrounding cityscapes. Accommodating up to 255 guests, this unparalleled new space offers 3,250 square feet of open, flexible interior space with panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows. Follow us on Instagram @waterviewvancouver!

Wedgewood Hotel & Spa 845 Hornby St, Vancouver V6Z 1V1 Joanna Tsaparas-Piche ..................p: 604-608-5309 f: 604-608-5349 e: jtsaparas@wedgewoodhotel.com www.wedgewoodhotel.com Westwood Plateau Golf & Country Club 3251 Plateau Blvd, Coquitlam V3E 3B8 Jenifer Wright .....p: 604-945-4007 f: 604-552-0920 e: info@westwoodplateaugolf.com www.westwoodplateaugolf.com

Fairweather Cruises & Events Ltd 6464 Burns St, Burnaby V5E 1T2 Jane Boddy..........p: 604-438-4960 f: 604-947-2189 e: boats@fairweathercruises.com www.fairweathercruises.com Call us first! We offer the full selection of charter vessels available in Vancouver, accommodating groups of two to 1,000. A cruise is ideal for incentives, conferences, corporate events, client and staff appreciation and all family celebrations.

We offer superior service to all of our clients regardless of the size of their group. The best views are from the boats.

Harbour Cruises & Events 501 Denman St, Vancouver V6G 2W9 Josephine Clarke p: 604-688-7246 f: 604-687-5868 e: charters@boatcruises.com www.boatcruises.com Explore business opportunities while enjoying superior cuisine prepared by our executive chef and fantastic panoramic views. Our vessels are perfect for product launches, conferences, client get-togethers or staff events.

FRASER VALLEY Associations/Chambers of Commerce/Tourist Info Centres Tourism Harrison Hot Springs 499 Hot Springs Rd PO Box 255, Harrison Hot Springs V0M 1K0 Robert Reyerse ....p: 604-796-5581 f: 604-796-0289 e: robert@tourismharrison.com www.tourismharrison.com

Display Designers & Builders Creatix Studios PO Box 63 Stn Mount Lehman, Abbotsford V4X 2P7 David J Rowland ............................p: 604-230-1912 e: david@creatixstudios.com www.creatixstudios.com

Hotels and Motels Best Western Plus Regency Inn & Conference Centre 32110 Marshall Rd, Abbotsford V2T 1A1 Rebecca Eaton.....p: 604-853-3111 f: 604-852-1750 e: banquets@bwregency.bc.ca www.bwregency.bc.ca

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Harrison Beach Hotel 160 Esplanade St Box 460, Harrison Hot Springs V0M 1K0 Katie Wallace......p: 604-796-1111 f: 604-796-1212 e: info@harrisonbeachhotel.com www.harrisonbeachhotel.com Stay with us for your next corporate meeting, intimate wedding or group function. Our beachfront meeting room is the perfect fit!

Heritage Inn 570 Hope Princeton Way PO Box 1787, Hope V0X 1L0 Young Kim ...........p: 604-869-7166 f: 604-869-7112 e: info@heritageinnhope.com www.heritageinnhope.com Ramada Plaza & Conference Centre 36035 North Parallel Rd, Abbotsford V3G 2C6 Daniel Laverick ....p: 604-870-1050 f: 604-870-1060 e: info@ramadaabbotsford.ca www.ramadaabbotsford.ca Royal Hotel 45886 Wellington Ave, Chilliwack V2P 2C7 Leonard Wiens ...............................p: 604-792-1210 e: gm@royalhotelchilliwack.com www.royalhotelchilliwack.com

Photography - Event/Videography Jeff Andrews Photography Abbotsford Jeff Andrews..................................p: 778-549-9156 e: jeffandrews808@gmail.com www.jeffandrewsphotography.com

Resorts/Retreats

Harrison Beach Hotel 160 Esplanade St Box 460, Harrison Hot Springs V0M 1K0 Katie Wallace......p: 604-796-1111 f: 604-796-1212 e: info@harrisonbeachhotel.com www.harrisonbeachhotel.com Ramada Plaza & Conference Centre 36035 North Parallel Rd, Abbotsford V3G 2C6 Daniel Laverick ....p: 604-870-1050 f: 604-870-1060 e: info@ramadaabbotsford.ca www.ramadaabbotsford.ca Sweet Dreams Luxury Inn 32288 King Rd, Abbotsford V2T 5Z5 Dorothy Friesen ...p: 604-851-5101 f: 604-851-5101 e: info@sweetdreamsluxuryinn.com www.sweetdreamsluxuryinn.com Tradex Fraser Valley Trade and Exhibition Centre 1190 Cornell St, Abbotsford V2T 6H5 Bradley Styba ......p: 604-557-1458 f: 604-850-7699 e: bstyba@fvtradex.com www.fvtradex.com

Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor

Greater Vancouver Zoo 5048 264 St, Aldergrove V4W 1N7 .............p: 604-856-6825 f: 604-857-9008 e: info@gvzoo.com www.gvzoo.com

Universities and Colleges University of the Fraser Valley 33844 King Rd, Abbotsford V2S 7M8 Karen Robey ...................................p: 604-504-7441 e: conferenceservices@ufv.ca www.ufv.ca/conference

Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Chilliwack Heritage Park 44140 Luckakuck Way, Chilliwack V2R 4A7 Ana Macedo ........p: 604-824-9927 f: 604-824-9957 e: amacedo@chilliwackheritagepark.com www.chilliwackheritagepark.com

Pemberton & District Chamber of Commerce PO Box 370, Pemberton V0N 2L0 ...............p: 604-894-6477 f: 604-894-5571 e: info@pembertonchamber.com www.pembertonchamber.com Tourism Pemberton PO Box 370, Pemberton V0N 2L0 Shirley A Henry ...p: 604-894-6477 f: 604-894-5571 e: info@tourismpembertonbc.com www.tourismpembertonbc.com

Banquet Facilities

ATP Engineering Inc 1214 Lysander Rd, Roberts Creek V0N 2W2 Chris Duncombe ..p: 604-530-8120 f: 855-510-3631 e: cduncombe@atpeng.com www.atpeng.com

Hotels and Motels Powell River Town Centre Hotel 4660 Joyce Ave, Powell River V8A 3B6 Shelley Halliday ..p: 604-485-3000 f: 604-485-3031 e: info@prtowncentrehotel.com www.prtowncentrehotel.com

Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor Bonniebrook Lodge and Chasters Restaurant 1532 Ocean Beach Esplanade, Gibsons V0N 1V5 Karen Rodriguez ..p: 604-886-2887 f: 604-886-9241 e: info@bonniebrook.com www.bonniebrook.com

Regional Convention Spaces Whistler Conference Centre 4010 Whistler Way, Whistler V0N 1B4 Suzanne Muscat/ Liana Duff .........p: 604-932-3928 f: 604-932-7231 e: sales@tourismwhistler.com www.whistler.com/meetings

Resorts/Retreats

Decor and Design Services

Destination Management/ Marketing Nita Lake Lodge 2131 Lake Placid Rd, Whistler V0N 1B2 Nancy Steward....p: 604-966-5700 f: 604-966-5709 e: sales@nitalakelodge.com www.nitalakelodge.com Westin Resort & Spa Whistler, The 4090 Whistler Way, Whistler V0N 1B4 ...............p: 604-905-5000 f: 604-905-5589 e: sales@westinwhistler.com www.westinwhistler.com

Associations/Chambers of Commerce/Tourist Info Centres Gibsons & District Chamber of Commerce 900 Gibsons Way Unit 20 Sunnycrest Mall, Gibsons V0N 1V0 Lisa Desaulniers .............................p: 604-886-2325 e: staff@gibsonschamber.com www.gibsonschamber.com

Summit Lodge & Spa 4359 Main St, Whistler V0N 1B4 ...............p: 604-932-2778 f: 604-932-2716 e: sales@summitlodge.com www.summitlodge.com

Eleni Floral Design & Decor 230 Eva Lake Rd Suite 11, Whistler V0N 1B2 Gillian Tiffin ....................................p: 604-902-0775 e: info@elenifloral.com www.elenifloral.com

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Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford, The 32388 Veterans Way, Abbotsford V2T 0B3 Bonnie Rai ...........p: 604-864-8087 f: 604-864-8048 e: info@thereach.ca www.thereach.ca

Beach Gardens Resort & Marina 7074 Westminster St, Powell River V8A 1C5 Joan Barszczewski .........................p: 604-485-6267 f: 604-485-2343 e: beachgardens@shaw.ca www.beachgardens.com

Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa 100 Esplanade Ave, Harrison Hot Springs V0M 1K0 Ian Maw ..............p: 604-796-4714 f: 604-796-9374 e: info@harrisonresort.com www.harrisonresort.com Manning Park Resort 7500 Hwy 3, Manning Park V0X 1R0 Robyn Barker .......p: 604-668-5922 f: 250-840-8848 e: accommodations@manningpark.com www.manningpark.com

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Tourism Whistler 4010 Whistler Way, Whistler V0N 1B4 Liana Duff .......................................p: 778-578-6600 e: lduff@tourismwhistler.com whistler.com/meetings

Floral Design and Plants Senka Florists 4368 Main St Unit 111, Whistler V0N 1B4 ...............p: 604-932-3301 f: 604-932-3307 e: info@senkaflorist.com www.senkaflorist.com

Golf Courses & Country Clubs Nicklaus North Golf Course 8080 Nicklaus North Blvd, Whistler V0N 1B8 Jennifer Vagg ......p: 604-938-9898 f: 604-938-8891 e: jvagg@golfbc.com www.nicklausnorth.com

Restaurants Quattro at Whistler 4319 Main St, Whistler V0N 1B4 Geoff Weddell ................................p: 604-905-4844 e: whistler@quattrorestaurants.com www.quattrorestaurants.com

Team Building Eventology PO Box 2271, Garibaldi Highlands V0N 1T0 Alexandra Pett................................p: 855-353-8326 e: info@eventology.ca www.eventology.ca

Tourist Attractions - Major

Hotels and Motels Aava Whistler Hotel 4005 Whistler Way, Whistler V0N 1B4 Hattie Myers .......p: 604-932-2522 f: 604-932-6311 e: hattie@aavawhistlerhotel.com www.aavawhistlerhotel.com Crystal Lodge & Suites Whistler 4154 Village Green, Whistler V0N 1B4 Jasmine Ashworth .........................p: 800-667-3363 f: 604-932-2635 e: jashworth@crystal-lodge.com www.crystal-lodge.com Delta Hotels Whistler Village Suites 4308 Main St, Whistler V0N 1B4 ...............p: 604-905-6533 f: 604-938-6335 www.marriott.com Fairmont Chateau Whistler 4599 Chateau Blvd, Whistler V0N 1B4 Wendy Hargreaves.........................p: 604-938-8000 f: 604-938-2055 e: chateauwhistlerresort@fairmont.com www.fairmont.com/whistler Lodging Ovations 2036 London Ln, Whistler V0N 1B2 Emma Haggart................................p: 604-935-7003 e: ehaggart@lodgingovations.com www.lodgingovations.com/goups Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre 4299 Blackcomb Way, Whistler V0N 1B4 Don Prins .............p: 604-966-5500 f: 604-966-5501 e: dprins@panpacific.com www.panpacificwhistler.com

Ziptrek Ecotours PO Box 734, Whistler V0N 1B0 Warrick Hubbard .p: 604-935-0001 f: 888-902-8094 e: webres@ziptrek.com www.ziptrek.com

Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor Squamish Adventure Centre 38551 Loggers Ln Suite 101, Squamish V8B 0H2 Natalie Scopaz ...............................p: 604-815-4963 e: nscopaz@squamish.ca www.adventurecentre.ca

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asily accessible by plane or ferry, Vancouver Island and its neighbouring smaller islands in the Georgia Strait are a smart alternative to mainland B.C., especially if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for some great deals.

Hotels on the islands, especially in Victoria, are traditionally less expensive than their Vancouver counterparts, but still pack everything you need from luxurious surroundings to high-tech audiovisual gear.

For large conferences, start at the Victoria Conference Centre, which has recently upgraded its audiovisual system. Its 73,000 square feet of meeting space includes

a 400-seat lecture theatre, 7,700-square-foot courtyard and 20 multi-purpose rooms for groups as small as 10.

Carson Hall can hold 2,000 for a reception and 1,010 in banquet-style. Across the street, the 25,000-square-foot Crystal Garden can hold 1,100 for banquet or reception.

For more on developments in the Victoria-area meetings industry, see page 20.

Second in size to the Victoria facility is the Vancouver Island Conference Centre in Nanaimo. The 38,000-square-foot venue has nine meeting rooms, the largest of which can hold 960 people in a banquet setting and 1,300 for a reception. Breakout rooms can hold 56 to 180 in theatre style. For a comfortable lecture format, the Shaw auditorium seats 200.

For other large lecture-format venues, consider the

To experience Relais & Châteaux-quality hospitality, head to the Wickaninnish Inn near Tofino, where meeting space includes a multipurpose conference room, self-contained boardroom and even seaside tents for one-of-a-kind candlelit receptions | WICKANINNISH INN

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For a corporate getaway in a stunning island setting, Poets Cove Resort & Spa on Pender island has dedicated staff that can provide custom team-building events. It has 22 lodge rooms, 15 cottages and nine villas, all situated along the waterfront | TOURISM VICTORIA Combine seaside relaxation with corporate meetings at Parksville’s Beach Club Resort. Use the intimate Sand Dollar Room or larger Oceanic Ballroom, then head to the patio for drinks overlooking the boardwalk and stunning sunsets | BAILA LAZARUS First Nations artwork greets conference-goers at every step in the 50,000-squarefoot Victoria Conference Centre. Twenty multipurpose rooms, a banquet hall and lecture theatre are all complemented by a 7,000-square-foot courtyard and nearby Crystal Garden | TOURISM VICTORIA

Victoria Conservatory of Music, which has a state-ofthe-art PA system and can seat 800, or the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre in Duncan, which holds 730.

If you’re looking for meeting space that comes with accommodations, Oak Bay Beach Hotel is a luxury seaside resort with four meeting rooms ranging from 170 to 900 square feet, plus the David Foster Foundation Theatre, which can hold 150 for a banquet and 300 for a reception.

Other hotels in the Victoria area with dedicated meeting space include the Delta Ocean Pointe with room for up to 500, the Hotel Grand Pacific (300), the Inn at Laurel Point (250) and the Victoria Marriott Inner Harbour (280).

North of Nanaimo, the Beach Club Resort in Parksville has a stunning seaside location with an outdoor patio.

Have an intimate reception for 40 in the Sand Dollar Room or opt for the Oceanic Ballroom for a 150-person plated dinner.

In Courtenay, the Best Western Westerly Hotel and Convention Centre has 7,600 square feet of meeting space. Five meeting rooms can hold from 24 in boardroom setup to 150 for a reception. The ballroom holds 225 for either a banquet or a reception.

Interested in a mountain getaway? Mix your meetings with winter skiing or summer hiking at the Mount Washington Alpine Resort, which has six meeting rooms and can hold up to 250 for a banquet.

On the northern tip of the island, the Kwa’lilas Hotel (formerly the Port Hardy Inn) has undergone a $4 million renovation and is now an aboriginal-themed four-star accommodation. The hotel reflects the culture of the Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Nations. It has 85 guest rooms

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Situated on Victoria’s inner harbour, the Delta Ocean Pointe has 14 meeting rooms comprising more than 14,000 square feet of venue space, including a 4,000-square-foot ballroom | TOURISM VICTORIA Vancouver Island has hundreds of venues to host receptions amid cultural backdrops, such as the Legacy Art Gallery and Café in downtown Victoria | TOURISM VICTORIA Just minutes from the heart of Victoria, but miles away in seaside luxury, the Oak Bay Beach Hotel can hold up to 150 for a banquet and 300 for a reception | TOURISM VICTORIA

and offers a 1,250-square-foot ballroom that can hold 150 for a seated dinner and 250 for a reception, as well as several breakout rooms.

On the west coast of Vancouver Island, Sooke Harbour House has also been busy with renovations and expansions. A new 1,700-square-foot gallery, set to be completed by the end of 2016, will be available for corporate and social functions. It will accommodate 110 for dinner and 150 for a reception. The oceanfront hotel will also be adding accommodations and a spa facility.

Near Ucluelet, the Black Rock Oceanfront Resort offers luxurious amenities in a rugged coastal setting with dedicated meeting space for up to 140.

On the smaller islands, Sonora Resort on Sonora Island has six flexible meeting spaces and a 7,200-square-foot pavilion for conferences, wine tastings, social events and galas.

If you’re looking for a venue in which to meet but don’t need the accommodation, hundreds of cultural attractions, parks and historic sites are there for you.

Starling Lane Vineyard in Saanich oozes Old World charm and hospitality. Though the winery is closed, the vineyard is still active and its wines can be found in local stores. The collection of heritage buildings offers visitors a 19th-century feel with tented events.

The Legacy Art Gallery, part of the University of Victoria, can accommodate groups of up to 100 in the main gallery and meetings of up to 22 in the Legacy Classroom.

If you’d like to walk in the footsteps of action heroes, visit Hatley Castle on the grounds of Royal Roads University in Colwood for outdoor receptions. The 100-year-old heritage site has been a shooting location for Deadpool, Arrow, X-Men and many others. É

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idney is a meeting planners dream. It offers multiple options for meetings and conferences of almost any size. Located next to the beautiful Salish Sea, Sidney venues have been shown to increase attendance, inspire participants and make event planners look like super stars.

Located only a five-minute drive from the Victoria International Airport, the BC and Washington State Ferry terminals, Sidney is the gateway and transportation hub of Vancouver Island! Delegates will save time and money on travel and hotel costs as they can be at Sidney’s doorstep within a few minutes after leaving the airport or ferry terminal.

Sidney is an ideal place for work and play!

From modern, well-appointed hotel rooms, some overlooking the sea, to cozy bed and breakfasts, Sidney offers accommodation to suit any taste and pocket book. All locations are conveniently located in the heart of the Town. Each offers an array of amenities and friendly service.

The Mary Winspear Centre is the event and conference anchor in Sidney with over 30,000 square feet of modern and flexible meeting space. The centre features a large exhibition hall (8100 sq. ft., seats 900), complete with an 18 ft. vaulted ceiling, performance stage, drop screen, lighting and sound system and a large commercial kitchen. The 310 seat Charlie White Theatre is an impressive space that is perfect for presentations and can also be used for a fun group movie night.

The Mary Winspear Centre offers many additional breakout rooms, including a board room, modern gallery space (perfect for receptions and registration) and four breakout rooms all with natural light and stunning local First Nations artwork.

Sidney’s Unique Venues For a unique experience, delegates can enjoy a tour and tasting at the newly opened Victoria Distillers, BC’s only waterfront distillery.

Delegates can enjoy an elegant cocktail reception, while looking out

over Mount Baker and the Southern Gulf Islands.

Dive in and host your next event under the sea! The Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea offers another truly remarkable venue for meetings and events. Brings your delegates face-toface with octopus, jellies and many other creatures. Whether you’re planning a small meeting, reception (up to 200) or sit down meal, the aquarium and its exhibits create a backdrop that delegates will never forget.

Along with unique venues for your meetings Sidney offers an

abundance of options for pre- and post-activities including: whale watching, kayaking, sky diving, fishing, crabbing, bowling and wine tours.

Sidney may be small in size, but that’s part of its charm! Delegates can stretch their legs; enjoy the sights and the first-rate shopping district.

The Sidney BIA is ready to help you plan your next conference or event. Contact us today for information on hotels, venues, caters, as well as suggestions for team building activities and spousal programs. distinctlysidney.ca

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Brentwood Bay Tourist Attractions - Major Victoria Butterfly Gardens 1461 Benvenuto Ave Box 190, Brentwood Bay V8M 1R3 ..............p: 250-652-3822 f: 250-652-4683 e: info@butterflygardens.com www.butterflygardens.com

Campbell River Banquet Facilities Royal Coachman Inn 84 Dogwood St, Campbell River V9W 2X7 .............p: 250-286-0231 f: 250-287-4038 e: info@royalcoachman.ca www.royalcoachmaninn.ca Destination Management/Marketing Campbell River Visitor Centre 1235 Shoppers Row Tyee Plaza, Campbell River V9W 2C7 Andrea Knowles .............................p: 250-286-6901 e: info@visitorcentre.ca www.visitorcentre.ca Hotels and Motels Anchor Inn & Suites 261 Island Hwy, Campbell River V9W 2B5 Bev Herperger .....p: 250-286-1131 f: 250-287-4055 e: manager@anchorinn.ca www.anchorinn.ca Best Western Plus Austrian Chalet 462 Island Hwy S, Campbell River V9W 1A5..............p: 250-923-4231 f: 250-923-2840 e: info@bwcampbellriver.com www.bwcampbellriver.com Coast Discovery Inn and Marina 975 Shoppers Row, Campbell River V9W 2C4 Cindy Healy .........p: 250-287-9225 f: 250-287-2213 www.coasthotels.com Comfort Inn & Suites Campbell River 1351 Shoppers Row, Campbell River V9W 2C9 Rebecca Berry .....p: 250-914-5117 f: 250-914-5217 e: operations@comfortinncampbellriver.com www.comfortinncampbellriver.com

Resorts/Retreats Painter’s Lodge Holiday & Fishing Resort 1625 McDonald Rd, Campbell River V9W 4S5 Laurie McPhersonp: 800-663-7090 f: 250-598-1361 e: laurie_mcpherson@obmg.com www.painterslodge.com Restaurants Fusilli Grill on the River 1760 Island Hwy N, Campbell River V9W 2E7 ..............p: 250-830-0090 f: 250-830-0093 e: info@fusilligrill.com www.fusilligrill.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Maritime Heritage Centre 621 Island Hwy PO Box 25083, Campbell River V9W 0B7 Trish Whiteside ...p: 250-286-3161 f: 250-286-3162 e: info@maritimeheritagecentre.ca www.bcp45.org Tidemark Theatre 1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River V9W 2C8 Mary Malinski .....p: 250-287-7465 f: 250-287-7659 e: mail@tidemarktheatre.com www.tidemarktheatre.com Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor Museum at Campbell River 470 Island Hwy Stn A Box 70, Campbell River V9W 4Z9 Connie Ritchei .....p: 250-287-3103 f: 250-286-0109 e: general.inquiries@crmuseum.ca www.crmuseum.ca

Cortes Island Resorts/Retreats Hollyhock PO Box 127 Manson’s Landing, Cortes Island V0P 1K0 Danielle Weiss ....p: 250-935-6576 f: 250-935-6424 e: groupbookings@hollyhock.ca www.hollyhock.ca

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Courtenay

Cowichan Bay

Hotels and Motels Best Western Plus The Westerly Hotel & Convention Centre 1590 Cliffe Ave, Courtenay V9N 2K4 ...............p: 250-338-2745 f: 250-338-5442 e: sales@thewesterlyhotel.com www.thewesterlyhotel.ca Holiday Inn Express & Suites Comox Valley 2200 Cliffe Ave, Courtenay V9N 2L4 Grant Smith .........p: 778-225-0010 f: 778-225-0019 e: hixreservations@hiexcomoxvalley.com www.hiexpress.com/courtenayse Travelodge Courtenay 2605 Cliffe Ave, Courtenay V9N 2L8 ...............p: 800-795-9486 f: 250-334-4694 e: info@travelodgecourtenay.com www.travelodgecourtenay.com Resorts/Retreats Crown Isle Resort & Golf Community 399 Clubhouse Dr, Courtenay V9N 9G3 ..............p: 250-703-5050 f: 250-703-5020 e: catering@crownisle.ca www.crownisle.com Kingfisher Oceanside Resort & Spa 4330 Island Hwy S, Courtenay V9N 9R9 ...............p: 250-338-1323 f: 250-338-0058 e: sales@kingfisherspa.com www.kingfisherspa.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Florence Filberg Centre & Native Sons Hall 411 Anderton Ave, Courtenay V9N 6C6 ..............p: 250-338-1000 f: 250-338-0303 e: filberg@courtenay.ca www.courtenay.ca The place to meet in Courtenay with central downtown fully equipped locations. Includes two 4,500-6,000 sq ft banquet halls and meeting rooms of all sizes.

Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor Courtenay & District Museum & Paleontology Centre 207 4th St, Courtenay V9N 1G7 Gillian Miller .......p: 250-334-0686 f: 250-338-0619 e: gmiller@courtenaymuseum.ca www.courtenaymuseum.ca

Resorts/Retreats Oceanfront Suites at Cowichan Bay 1681 Cowichan Bay Rd, Cowichan Bay V0R 1N0 Rob Green............p: 250-715-1000 f: 250-715-1001 e: robert@oceanfrontcowichanbay.com www.oceanfrontcowichanbay.com

Duncan Hotels and Motels Ramada Duncan Hotel & Conference Centre 140 Trans-Canada Hwy, Duncan V9L 3P7 Mary Lionas.........p: 250-748-4311 f: 250-748-1774 e: events@ramadaduncan.com www.ramadaduncan.com

Esquimalt Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Archie Browning Sport Centre 1151 Esquimalt Rd, Esquimalt V9A 3N6 Francis Matthisonp: 250-412-8525 f: 250-412-8531 e: bookings@esquimalt.ca www.esquimalt.ca/recreation

Gabriola Island Resorts/Retreats Surf Lodge Resort & Conference Centre 885 Berry Point Rd, Gabriola Island V0R 1X1 Brent O’Brien ..................................p: 250-247-9231 e: info@surflodgegabriola.com www.surflodgegabriola.com

Galiano Island Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Galiano Island Chamber of Commerce PO Box 73, Galiano Island V0N 1P0 Richard Dewinetz e: info@galianoisland.com www.galianoisland.com

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Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands Honeymoon Bay Community Halls Honeymoon Bay Community Hall 10022 Park Dr, Honeymoon Bay V0R 1Y0 Linda Blatchford ..p: 250-749-6742 f: 250-749-6341 e: lblatchford@cvrd.bc.ca www.cvrd.bc.ca Resorts/Retreats Honeymoon Bay Lodge & Retreat 10028 Park Dr Box 121, Honeymoon Bay V0R 1Y0 Chris Clarke .........p: 888-749-4252 f: 250-749-4254 e: admin@honeymoonbayretreat.com www.honeymoonbayretreat.com

Ladysmith Banquet Facilities Ricky’s All-Day Grill 370 Trans-Canada Hwy No 24, Ladysmith V9G 1T9 Donna Streeter ....p: 250-245-7933 f: 250-245-5212 e: ladysmith@rickysr.com www.gotorickys.com

Nanaimo Associations/Chambers of Commerce/Tourist Info Centres Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce 2133 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo V9S 1H8 ...............p: 250-756-1191 f: 250-756-1584 e: info@nanaimochamber.bc.ca www.nanaimochamber.bc.ca Tourism Vancouver Island 65 Front St Suite 501, Nanaimo V9R 5H9 Denise Le Gal ......p: 250-754-3500 f: 250-754-3599 e: info@tourismvi.ca www.tourismvi.ca Banquet Facilities Vancouver Island Conference Centre 101 Gordon St, Nanaimo V9R 5J8 Denise Tacon .......p: 250-244-4050 f: 250-244-4055 e: dtacon@viconference.com www.viconference.com Hotels and Motels Best Western Northgate Hotel 6450 Metral Dr, Nanaimo V9T 2L8 ................p: 250-390-2222 f: 250-390-2412 e: gm@bestwesternnorthgate.com www.bestwesternnorthgate.com Best Western Plus Dorchester Hotel 70 Church St, Nanaimo V9R 5H4 ...............p: 250-754-6835 f: 250-754-2638 e: sales@dorchesternanaimo.com www.dorchesternanaimo.com Coast Bastion Inn 11 Bastion St, Nanaimo V9R 6E4 ...............p: 250-753-6601 f: 250-753-4155 www.coasthotels.com Days Inn Nanaimo Harbourview 809 Island Hwy S, Nanaimo V9R 5K1 William Shang.....p: 250-754-8171 f: 250-754-8557 e: william.shang@harbourviewdaysinn.com www.nanaimohotel.com Grand Hotel Nanaimo 4898 Rutherford Rd, Nanaimo V9T 4Z4 Susie Sirri ............p: 250-758-3000 f: 250-729-2808 e: susie.sirri@thegrandhotelnanaimo.ca www.thegrandhotelnanaimo.ca Howard Johnson Harbourside Hotel 1 Terminal Ave, Nanaimo V8Z 5M2 ..............p: 250-753-2241 f: 250-753-6522 e: info@hojonanaimo.com www.hojonanaimo.com Inn on Long Lake 4700 Island Hwy N, Nanaimo V9T 1W6 ..............p: 250-758-1144 f: 250-758-5832 e: manager@innonlonglake.com www.innonlonglake.com Painted Turtle Guesthouse 121 Bastion St, Nanaimo V9R 3A2 ...............p: 250-753-4432 f: 250-753-4434 e: manager@paintedturtle.ca www.paintedturtle.ca Travelodge Nanaimo 96 Terminal Ave N, Nanaimo V9S 4K1 ...............p: 250-754-6355 f: 250-754-1301 e: sales@travelodgenanaimo.com www.travelodgenanaimo.com

Regional Convention Spaces Vancouver Island Conference Centre 101 Gordon St, Nanaimo V9R 5J8 Denise Tacon .......p: 250-244-4050 f: 250-244-4055 e: dtacon@viconference.com www.viconference.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Beban Park Recreation Centre 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo V9T 3K7 Janelle Timmins ..p: 250-756-5202 f: 250-756-5240 e: janelle.timmins@nanaimo.ca www.nanaimo.ca Nanaimo Museum 100 Museum Way, Nanaimo V9R 5J8 Becka Macdonald...........................p: 250-753-1821 e: info@nanaimomuseum.ca www.nanaimomuseum.ca Vancouver Island Conference Centre 101 Gordon St, Nanaimo V9R 5J8 Denise Tacon .......p: 250-244-4050 f: 250-244-4055 e: dtacon@viconference.com www.viconference.com Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor Nanaimo Museum 100 Museum Way, Nanaimo V9R 5J8 Becka Macdonald...........................p: 250-753-1821 e: info@nanaimomuseum.ca www.nanaimomuseum.ca

North Saanich Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce 10382 Pat Bay Hwy, North Saanich V8L 5S8 ................p: 250-656-3616 f: 250-656-7111 e: info@peninsulachamber.ca www.peninsulachamber.ca

Port Hardy

Sunrise Ridge Waterfront Resort 1175 Resort Dr, Parksville V9P 2E3 Robynne Shaw ....p: 250-248-4674 f: 250-947-2507 e: reservations@sunriseridge.ca www.sunriseridge.ca An oceanside resort with 1, 2 and 3 bedroom vacation rentals, meeting space for up to 64 guests and stunning views. Daily meeting packages designed for your budget.

Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort & Conference Centre 1155 Resort Dr, Parksville V9P 2E5 Luba Plotnikoff ....p: 250-248-2072 f: 250-248-4140 e: luba.plotnikoff@tigh-na-mara.com www.tigh-na-mara.com Taxi/Limo Island Chauffeur, The 667 Temple St, Parksville V9P 1A9 Garth Morison .....p: 250-954-9694 f: 250-954-1609 e: islandchauffeur@telus.net www.islandchauffeur.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities

Quadra Island Resorts/Retreats April Point Resort & Spa 900 April Point Rd, Quadra Island V0P 1N0 Laurie McPhersonp: 250-370-6503 f: 250-598-1361 e: laurie_mcpherson@obmg.com www.aprilpoint.com

Qualicum Beach

Parksville Associations/Chambers of Commerce/Tourist Info Centres Parksville Qualicum Beach Tourism 425 Stanford Ave E Suite 108, Parksville V9P 2N4 Karyn Doerksen ...p: 250-248-6300 f: 250-248-6308 e: karyn@pqbtourism.com www.visitparksvillequalicumbeach.com Banquet Facilities Parksville Community & Conference Centre 132 Jensen Ave E Box 1125, Parksville V9P 2H2 Margaret Spruit...p: 250-248-6234 f: 250-248-8634 e: info@parksvillecentre.com www.parksvillecentre.com Hotels and Motels Quality Resort Bayside 240 Dogwood St PO Box 1720, Parksville V9P 2H5 Helen Corcoran....p: 250-248-8333 f: 250-248-4689 e: hcorcoran@qualityresortparksville.com www.qualityresortparksville.com Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort & Conference Centre 1155 Resort Dr, Parksville V9P 2E5 Luba Plotnikoff ....p: 250-248-2072 f: 250-248-4140 e: luba.plotnikoff@tigh-na-mara.com www.tigh-na-mara.com Travelodge Parksville 424 Island Hwy W, Parksville V9P 1K8 ...............p: 250-248-2232 f: 250-248-3273 e: rooms@travelodgeparksville.com www.travelodgeparksville.com Resorts/Retreats Beach Club Resort 181 Beachside Dr, Parksville V9P 2H5 Kim Bryceland .....p: 250-248-8999 f: 250-947-2122 e: stay@beachclubresort.ca www.beachclubbc.com

Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Port Hardy Visitor Information Centre 7250 Market St Box 249, Port Hardy V0N 2P0 ...............p: 250-949-7622 f: 250-949-6653 e: info@visitporthardy.com www.visitporthardy.com Hotels and Motels Airport Inn 4030 Byng Rd Box 2039, Port Hardy V0N 2P0 ...............p: 250-949-9434 f: 250-949-6533 e: reservations@porthardyairportinn.com www.porthardyairportinn.com Glen Lyon Inn & Suites 6435 Hardy Bay Rd Box 103, Port Hardy V0N 2P0 ...............p: 250-949-7115 f: 250-949-7415 e: info@glenlyoninn.com www.glenlyoninn.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Port Hardy Civic Centre 7450 Columbia St Box 368, Port Hardy V0N 2P0 ...............p: 250-949-8883 f: 250-949-8873 www.porthardy.ca

Parksville Community & Conference Centre 132 Jensen Ave E Box 1125, Parksville V9P 2H2 Margaret Spruit...p: 250-248-6234 f: 250-248-8634 e: info@parksvillecentre.com www.parksvillecentre.com Parksville Community & Conference Centre offers 21,000 square feet of dedicated meeting space.

The centre boasts a lovely auditorium/theatre and stage (complete with dressing rooms), four meeting rooms and a full-service catering kitchen.

Sunrise Ridge Waterfront Resort 1175 Resort Dr, Parksville V9P 2E3 Robynne Shaw ....p: 250-248-4674 f: 250-947-2507 e: reservations@sunriseridge.ca www.sunriseridge.ca Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort & Conference Centre 1155 Resort Dr, Parksville V9P 2E5 Luba Plotnikoff ....p: 250-248-2072 f: 250-248-4140 e: luba.plotnikoff@tigh-na-mara.com www.tigh-na-mara.com

Pender Island Resorts/Retreats Poets Cove Resort & Spa 9801 Spalding Rd, Pender Island V0N 2M3 Scott Young .........p: 250-629-2100 f: 250-629-2105 e: sales@poetscove.com www.poetscove.com

Port Alberni Hotels and Motels Best Western Plus Barclay Hotel 4277 Stamp Ave, Port Alberni V9Y 7X8 Annette Clement .p: 250-724-7171 f: 250-724-9691 e: info@bestwesternbarclay.com www.bestwesternbarclay.com Hospitality Inn 3835 Redford St, Port Alberni V9Y 3S2 Jonathan Cross ...p: 250-723-8111 f: 250-723-0088 e: gm@hospitalityinnportalberni.com www.hospitalityinnportalberni.com Howard Johnson 4850 Beaver Creek Rd, Port Alberni V9Y 7C8 ...............p: 250-724-2900 f: 250-724-2924 e: info@hojoalberni.com www.hojoalberni.com

Hotels and Motels Qualicum Beach Inn 2690 Island Hwy W, Qualicum Beach V9K 1G8 Pam Windover .....p: 250-752-6914 f: 250-752-6910 e: info@qualicumbeachinn.com www.qualicumbeachinn.com Resorts/Retreats Qualicum Beach Inn 2690 Island Hwy W, Qualicum Beach V9K 1G8 Pam Windover .....p: 250-752-6914 f: 250-752-6910 e: info@qualicumbeachinn.com www.qualicumbeachinn.com Sea Flame Beach Resort 6383 Island Hwy W, Qualicum Beach V9K 2E5 Lynn & Dan Robillard .....................p: 888-883-1233 f: 250-757-8499 e: seaflameresort@shaw.ca www.seaflameresort.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Qualicum Beach Inn 2690 Island Hwy W, Qualicum Beach V9K 1G8 Pam Windover .....p: 250-752-6914 f: 250-752-6910 e: info@qualicumbeachinn.com www.qualicumbeachinn.com

Sidney Golf Courses & Country Clubs Glen Meadows Golf & Country Club 1050 McTavish Rd, Sidney V8L 5T4 ................p: 250-656-3136 f: 250-656-3127 e: glenmeadows@shaw.ca www.glenmeadows.bc.ca Hotels and Motels Best Western Plus Emerald Isle 2306 Beacon Ave, Sidney V8L 1X2 John Sheret ....................................p: 250-656-4441 e: john.sheret@bwemeralisle.com www.bwemeraldisle.com Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa 9805 Seaport Pl, Sidney V8L 4X3 Jackie May ..........p: 250-655-9770 f: 250-655-9762 e: jackie.may@sidneypier.com www.sidneypier.com Sidney Waterfront Inn & Suites 9775 First St, Sidney V8L 3E1 Denis Paquette ....p: 888-656-1131 f: 250-656-9396 e: stay@sidneywaterfrontinn.com www.sidneywaterfrontinn.com Travelodge Victoria Airport Sidney 2280 Beacon Ave, Sidney V8L 1X1 Nick Coates .........p: 866-656-1176 f: 250-656-7344 e: info@airporttravelodge.com www.travelodgevictoriaairport.ca

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Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Mary Winspear Centre 2243 Beacon Ave, Sidney V8L 1W9 Carey Salvador ....p: 250-656-0275 f: 250-656-0271 e: csalvador@marywinspear.ca www.marywinspear.ca Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea 9811 Seaport Pl, Sidney V8L 4X3 Mark Loria ...........p: 250-665-7511 f: 778-426-0715 e: ed@oceandiscovery.ca www.salishseacentre.org

Sonora Island Resorts/Retreats

Sonora Resort Canada Sonora Island V0P 1V0 ..........................................p: 604-233-0460 e: info@sonoraresort.com www.sonoraresort.com Host your next corporate getaway at Sonora Resort. The ultimate in wilderness luxury, with flexible meeting spaces and modern amenities.

Sooke Floral Design and Plants Sooke Flower House 6626 Sooke Rd, Sooke V9Z 0A4 Kelly Keys ............p: 250-642-2422 f: 250-642-6820 e: flowerhouse@sookehomehardware.com www.sookeflowerhouse.ca Resorts/Retreats Ocean Wilderness Inn 9171 West Coast Rd, Sooke V9Z 1G3 Rick Fonger .....................................p: 250-646-2116 e: stay@oceanwildernessinn.com www.oceanwildernessinn.com Prestige Oceanfront Resort 6929 West Coast Rd, Sooke V9Z 0V1 ...............p: 250-642-0805 f: 250-642-0670 e: sookeconventions@prestigehotels.ca www.prestigehotelsandresorts.com Sooke Harbour House Hotel Spa Restaurant 1528 Whiffen Spit Rd, Sooke V9Z 0T4 Frederique Philip .p: 250-642-3421 f: 250-642-6988 e: info@sookeharbourhouse.com www.sookeharbourhouse.com Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor Sooke Region Museum & Visitors Centre 2070 Phillips Rd, Sooke V9Z 0Y3 Lee Boyko ............p: 250-642-6351 f: 250-642-7089 e: info@sookeregionmuseum.com www.sookeregionmuseum.com

Union Bay Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor Two Eagles Lodge 6409 Island Hwy S, Union Bay V0R 3B0 Carolyn Touhey ...............................p: 250-335-2342 e: havefun@twoeagleslodge.com www.twoeagleslodge.com

Victoria Associations/Chambers of Commerce/Tourist Info Centres Tourism Victoria Visitors & Convention Bureau 737 Yates St Suite 200, Victoria V8W 1L6 Nicola Greeley................................p: 250-414-6988 e: nicola.greeley@tourismvictoria.com www.tourismvictoria.com Banquet Facilities Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa 100 Harbour Rd, Victoria V9A 0G1 Nicole MacKinnon..........................p: 250-360-2999 f: 250-360-5882 e: nicole.mackinnon@deltahotels.com www.marriott.com/yyjvo Swans Suite Hotel & Brewpub 506 Pandora Ave, Victoria V8W 1N6 .............p: 250-361-3310 f: 250-361-3255 e: catering@swanshotel.com www.swanshotel.com Bus Services Wilson’s Transportation Ltd 4196 Glanford Ave, Victoria V8Z 4B6 Tracy Zeisberger ..p: 250-475-3235 f: 250-475-2911 e: sales@wilsonstransportation.com www.wilsonstransportation.com Conference Organizers/Planners/ Trade Show Consultants Podium - Conference & Event Specialists 2661 Queenswood Dr, Victoria V8N 1X6 Marischal De Armond ....................p: 250-472-7644 f: 250-472-7664 e: info@podiumconferences.com www.podiumconferences.com Event Planners Brink Events 835 View St Suite 407, Victoria V8W 3W8 Aidan Henry....................................p: 250-882-9691 e: info@brinkevents.ca www.brinkevents.ca Monica Powell Event Management 1075 Portage Rd, Victoria V8Z 1L1 Monica Powell ...............................p: 250-217-0772 e: monica@monicapowellevents.ca www.monicapowellevents.ca TIDES Adventure Group Inc 531 Linden Ave Suite 3, Victoria V8V 4G6 Steve Duck .....................................p: 250-891-6599 e: steve@tidesgroup.com www.tidesgroup.com Golf Courses & Country Clubs

Tofino Resorts/Retreats Best Western Tin Wis Resort 1119 Pacific Rim Hwy PO Box 389, Tofino V0R 2Z0 Lisa Trombley ......p: 250-725-4445 f: 250-725-4447 e: salesandcatering@tinwis.com www.tinwis.com

Ucluelet Resorts/Retreats Canadian Princess Resort 1943 Peninsula Rd PO Box 939, Ucluelet V0R 3A0 Laurie McPhersonp: 250-370-6503 f: 250-598-1361 e: laurie_mcpherson@obmg.com www.canadianprincess.com Terrace Beach Resort Ucluelet 1002 Peninsula Rd Box 96, Ucluelet V0R 3A0 Norma Priestley...p: 250-726-2901 f: 250-726-2900 e: manager@terracebeachresort.ca www.terracebeachresort.ca Yacht Charters Archipelago Wildlife Cruises Whiskey Landing Marina 1634 Cedar Rd, Ucluelet V0R 3A0 Alan/Tody Landry ...........................p: 250-726-8289 e: info@archipelagocruises.com www.archipelagocruises.com

Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa, The 1999 Country Club Way, Victoria V9B 6R3 James Fry .......................................p: 250-391-7191 e: james.fry@westinbearmountain.com www.bearmountain.ca Hotels and Motels Accent Inns Victoria 3233 Maple St, Victoria V8X 4Y9 ...............p: 250-475-7500 f: 250-475-7599 e: victoria@accentinns.com www.accentinns.com Chateau Victoria Hotel & Suites 740 Burdett Ave, Victoria V8W 1B2 Joan Zimmer .......p: 800-663-5891 f: 250-380-1950 e: jzimmer@chateauvictoria.com www.chateauvictoria.com Comfort Hotel & Conference Centre Victoria 3020 Blanshard St, Victoria V8T 5C7 Greg Shew...........p: 250-382-4400 f: 250-382-4053 e: meetings@comfortvictoria.ca www.comfortvictoria.ca

Days Inn Victoria Uptown 229 Gorge Rd E, Victoria V9A 1L1 Darryl Wilson ......p: 250-388-6611 f: 250-388-4153 e: gm@daysinnvictoriauptown.com www.daysinnvictoriauptown.com Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa 100 Harbour Rd, Victoria V9A 0G1 Nicole MacKinnon..........................p: 250-360-2999 f: 250-360-5882 e: nicole.mackinnon@deltahotels.com www.marriott.com/yyjvo

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Victoria 777 Douglas St, Victoria V8W 2B5 Wendy McNabb ..p: 250-940-3100 f: 250-940-3131 e: wendy.mcnabb@doubletreevictoria.com www.doubletreevictoria.com Fairmont Empress 721 Government St, Victoria V8W 1W5 Indu Brar ..............p: 250-384-8111 f: 250-381-5959 e: theempress@fairmont.com www.fairmont.com/empress-victoria Harbour Towers Hotel & Suites 345 Quebec St, Victoria V8V 1W4 Tracey Sims .........p: 250-385-2405 f: 250-480-6593 e: tsims@silverbirchhotels.com www.harbourtowers.com Hotel Grand Pacific 463 Belleville St, Victoria V8V 1X3 ...............p: 250-380-4453 f: 250-380-4475 e: reserve@hotelgrandpacific.com www.hotelgrandpacific.com Inn at Laurel Point 680 Montreal St, Victoria V8V 1Z8 ..........................................p: 250-414-6712 www.laurelpoint.com Magnolia Hotel & Spa 623 Courtney St, Victoria V8W 1B8 Ronette Nyhan ....p: 250-381-0999 f: 250-381-0988 e: ronette@magnoliahotel.com www.magnoliahotel.com Marriott Victoria Inner Harbour 728 Humboldt St, Victoria V8W 3Z5 ..............p: 250-480-3800 f: 250-480-3838 e: sales@victoriamarriott.com www.marriottvictoria.com Oak Bay Beach Hotel 1175 Beach Dr, Victoria V8S 2N2 Madone Pelan .....p: 250-598-4556 f: 250-598-6180 e: info@oakbaybeachhotel.com www.oakbaybeachhotel.com Parkside Hotel & Spa, The 810 Humboldt St, Victoria V8V 5B1 ..........................................p: 250-940-1200 e: sales@parksidevictoria.com www.parksidevictoria.com Strathcona Hotel 919 Douglas St, Victoria V8W 2C2 Joel Chudleigh ....p: 250-220-8582 f: 250-383-6893 e: joel@strathconahotel.com www.strathconahotel.com Victoria Regent Waterfront Hotel & Suites 1234 Wharf St, Victoria V8W 3H9..............p: 250-386-2211 f: 250-386-2622 e: info@victoriaregent.com www.victoriaregent.com Regional Convention Spaces

Victoria Conference Centre 720 Douglas St, Victoria V8W 3M7 Evelyn O’Connor ..p: 250-361-1019 f: 250-361-1099 e: evelyno@victoriaconference.com www.victoriaconference.com

Resorts/Retreats

Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa, The 1999 Country Club Way, Victoria V9B 6R3 James Fry .......................................p: 250-391-7191 e: james.fry@westinbearmountain.com www.bearmountain.ca Universities and Colleges University of Victoria PO Box 1700 Stn CSC, Victoria V8W 2Y2 Nancy Daniska ...............................p: 250-721-8395 e: bookings@uvic.ca www.housing.uvic.ca/visitor Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Burnside Gorge Community Association 471 Cecelia Rd, Victoria V8T 4T4 ................p: 250-388-5251 f: 250-388-5269 e: info@burnsidegorge.ca www.burnsidegorge.ca Butchart Gardens 800 Benvenuto Ave, Victoria V8M 1J8 Sarah Barnum......p: 250-544-4479 f: 250-652-3883 e: sarahbarnum@butchartgardens.com www.butchartgardens.com Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa 100 Harbour Rd, Victoria V9A 0G1 Nicole MacKinnon..........................p: 250-360-2999 f: 250-360-5882 e: nicole.mackinnon@deltahotels.com www.marriott.com/yyjvo IMAX Victoria 675 Belleville St, Victoria V8W 1A1 Jordan Batchelor .p: 250-480-4887 f: 250-480-4830 e: events@imaxvictoria.com www.imaxvictoria.com Sandman Hotel Victoria & Shark Club Bar & Grill 2852 Douglas St, Victoria V8T 4M5 Tania McFadden ..p: 250-388-0788 f: 250-386-5889 e: banquets_victoria@sandman.ca www.sandmanhotels.ca Union Club of British Columbia, The 805 Gordon St, Victoria V8W 1Z6 Anna McHale ......p: 250-384-1151 f: 250-384-3538 e: catering@unionclub.com www.unionclub.com

Victoria Conference Centre 720 Douglas St, Victoria V8W 3M7 Evelyn O’Connor ..p: 250-361-1019 f: 250-361-1099 e: evelyno@victoriaconference.com www.victoriaconference.com

Youbou Community Halls Youbou Community Hall 8550 Hemlock St, Youbou V0R 3E1 Linda Blatchford ..p: 250-749-6742 f: 250-749-6341 e: lblatchford@cvrd.bc.ca www.cvrd.bc.ca

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BUSINESS CLASS Thompson Okanagan attracts a fresh wave of young entrepreneurs and new corporate meeting facilities

The Rise golf course above Okanagan Lake in Vernon, under new management, will have corporate space when it opens a new clubhouse in 2018 | SUBMITTED

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laces l i ke Su m merl a nd a nd Peachland could soon have a new moniker: Boomland.

In many parts of the Thompson Okanagan region, hotels, wineries and conference centres are expanding or starting new from the ground up to accommodate an influx of corporate gatherings, businesses and people.

Building cranes swing like giant metallic birds across a landscape dotted with orchards, golf courses, lakes, ranchlands, grasslands and snowy ski resorts.

Of 33 major metropolitan areas studied across the country, Kelowna was king in population growth at 3.2 per cent in 2015 over the previous year, outstripping all

the others, according to Statistics Canada.

People are cashing in on their pricey real estate in Vancouver and Toronto and joining an entrepreneurial wave in the central Okanagan, which has some of the highest rates of self-employment and small business, says Robert Fine, director of business and entrepreneurial development for the City of Kelowna.

This has given rise to a new class of business person in the Interior: the “solopreneur.” Fifty-four per cent of business licence holders in the Kelowna area fall into this category.

“Ten or 15 years ago, it would have been 60-year-olds coming here to retire. Now it’s 40-year-olds coming here with kids, so it’s a very different model,” says Fine.

Where people go, development follows.

Construction on a 24-storey waterfront hotel with

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convention space was scheduled to start in fall 2016 in Kelowna. The new Okanagan Centre for Innovation, replete with technology-based companies, was scheduled to open by the end of the year in the heart of downtown. The Delta hotel on the waterfront, which is the city’s largest convention hotel, is experiencing an $8 million upgrade. Its conference centre can host up to 1,500 guests in over 34,000 square feet of meeting space.

An airport hotel and the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus offer meetings spaces.

Elsewhere, The Rise golf course above Okanagan Lake near Vernon, which came under new management in 2014, will have corporate space when it opens a new clubhouse in 2018. Tobiano Golf Course overlooking Kamloops Lake is building a 17-suite golf lodge so out-oftowners can stay within walking distance of the first tee.

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The Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott and Cascades Casino recently opened their doors in Kamloops. Both offer space for smaller corporate gatherings, like annual general meetings or intimate gatherings with food and wine pairings, while larger events tend to gravitate toward the Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre or Thompson Rivers University.

Originally built as a movie theatre in the 1930s, the Rex has been restored as a rather unique meeting space in Kamloops with a 3,000-square-foot auditorium.

The really big players naturally gravitate toward the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre. With 60,000 square feet of meeting and exhibit space, it bills itself as the largest trade and convention facility in the province

Ascending on the Kelowna lakefront, a 24-storey hotel

by Westcorp, with 17,000 square feet of convention space, was scheduled to start construction in fall 2016 | SUBMITTED

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View from the new Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Kamloops, which offers rooms for smaller corporate gatherings, with 990 square feet of meeting space | SUBMITTED

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Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing 1 Harrwood Dr, Blue River V0E 1J0 Jess Pearce .........p: 250-673-2496 f: 250-673-8464 e: jpearce@wiegele.com www.wiegele.com

Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities St Andrews by the Lake RR 1 Site 30B Comp 9 111 St Andrews Dr, Kaleden V0H 1K0 Evelyn Johnsen ...p: 250-497-5648 f: 250-497-5287 e: standrews@shawbiz.ca www.standrewsbythelake.com

Chase Resorts/Retreats Quaaout Lodge & Spa at Talking Rock Resort 1663 Little Shuswap Rd W, Chase V0E 1M2 .........................................p: 800-663-4303 e: sales@quaaoutlodge.com www.talkingrock.ca & www.quaaoutlodge.com

Enderby Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Enderby & District Curling Club 1605 Kate St, Enderby V0E 1V2 Sharon Taylor ......p: 250-838-6702 f: 250-838-6729 e: ecc@enderbycurlingclub.ca www.enderbycurlingclub.ca

Grand Forks Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Grand Forks Curling Club Box 358, Grand Forks V0H 1H0 Jan Lavergne ..................................p: 250-442-3916 e: ccgf@telus.net www.curlgf.ca

Greenwood Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor Greenwood Museum & Visitor Centre 214 Copper Ave Box 399, Greenwood V0H 1J0 Doreen MacLean .p: 250-445-6355 f: 250-445-6355 e: museum@shaw.ca www.greenwoodmuseum.com

Kamloops Caterers Passek’s Classic Cafe & Catering 120 3rd Ave, Kamloops V2C 3M2 Harry & Susan Passek ....................p: 250-314-1114 e: passeksclassics@shaw.ca www.passeksclassics.ca Destination Management/Marketing Tourism Kamloops 1290 Trans-Canada Hwy W, Kamloops V2C 6R3 Lisa Strachan.......p: 250-372-8000 f: 250-372-2121 e: lisa@tourismkamloops.com www.tourismkamloops.com Golf Courses & Country Clubs Eaglepoint Golf Resort 8888 Barnhartvale Rd, Kamloops V2C 6W1 ..............p: 250-573-5675 f: 250-573-4810 e: info@eaglepointgolfresort.com www.eaglepointgolfresort.com Kamloops Golf & Country Club 2960 Tranquille Rd Suite 16, Kamloops V2B 8B6 ..........................................p: 250-376-8020 e: admin@kamloopsgolfclub.com www.kamloopsgolfclub.com Hotels and Motels Accent Inns Kamloops 1325 Columbia St W, Kamloops V2C 6P4 Marc Paradis .......p: 250-374-8877 f: 250-372-0507 e: kamloops@accentinns.com www.accentinns.com Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre 1250 Rogers Way, Kamloops V1S 1N5 Angela Tasker......p: 250-828-6660 f: 250-828-6698 e: a.tasker@coasthotels.com www.coastkamloopshotel.com

outside of the Lower Mainland.

The Ramada and the Lakeside Resort, which is adding 70 rooms with further plans to build the world’s tallest wood tower at 22 storeys, also have facilities in Penticton for the sororities, aviation companies and other smaller outfits that want to hold conferences with a hotel attached. As part of all the moving and shaking, the Cascades Casino is scheduled to open in the South Okanagan Events Centre in 2017.

The Okanagan’s famous vineyards also seem to be booming, with two new wineries. The Indigenous World Winery was opened this summer by Westbank First Nation Chief Robert Louie and his wife, Bernice, and the new Tuscany-styled Grizzli Winery has just been opened

by Taiwanese-born John Chang, who founded the Lulu Island Winery in Richmond, B.C. With outdoor gardens, ample parking and a 150-seat restaurant offering indoor and outdoor seating, Chang is hoping to attract corporate events among other activities.

The expansion of wine country is a key economic driver in the region, says Colleen Pennington, economic development officer for Penticton.

“There’s no question people are looking to wine country as a destination more and more. It has clearly changed the way the area operates.” É

Comfort Inn & Suites 1810 Rogers Pl, Kamloops V1S 1T7 Kathy Wishnevski p: 250-372-0987 f: 250-372-0967 e: desk@comfortinnkamloops.com www.comfortinnkamloops.com DoubleTree by Hilton Kamloops 339 St Paul St, Kamloops V2C 2J5 ...............p: 250-851-0026 f: 250-851-0027 www.kamloops.doubletree.com Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott 1475 Hugh Allan Dr, Kamloops V1S 1J3 ...............p: 778-471-0902 f: 778-471-0903 e: fiskamloops@gmail.com www.marriott.com/ykafi Four Points by Sheraton 1175 Rogers Way, Kamloops V1S 1R5 Cecilia Guerrero ..p: 250-374-4144 f: 250-374-0449 e: gm@fourpointskamloops.com www.fourpointskamloops.com Holiday Inn & Suites Kamloops 675 Tranquille Rd, Kamloops V2B 3J1 Christina Lutterman........................p: 250-376-8288 f: 250-376-8293 e: reservations@hiskamloops.com www.holidayinn.com/kamloopsbc Holiday Inn Express Kamloops 1550 Versatile Dr, Kamloops V1S 1X4 Christina Lutterman........................p: 250-372-3474 f: 250-372-1585 e: info@hiekamloops.com www.hiekamloops.com Hotel Five540Forty 540 Victoria St, Kamloops V2C 2B2 Bonnie Pigeon .....p: 250-372-2281 f: 250-372-1125 www.hotel540.ca Pacific Inn & Suites 1820 Rogers Pl, Kamloops V1S 1T7 ...............p: 250-372-0952 f: 250-372-0988 e: desk@pacificinnkamloops.com www.pacificinnkamloops.com Plaza Hotel, The 405 Victoria St, Kamloops V2C 2A9 Rhian Williams ....p: 250-377-8075 f: 250-377-8076 e: rhian@theplazahotel.ca www.theplazahotel.ca

Ramada Kamloops 555 Columbia St W, Kamloops V2C 1K7 ...............p: 250-374-0358 f: 250-374-0691 e: ramada.kam@shawbiz.ca www.ramadakamloops.com Sandman Inn Kamloops 550 Columbia St, Kamloops V2C 1V1 ...............p: 250-374-1218 f: 250-314-0705 e: fom_kamloops@sandman.com www.sandman.ca Thompson Hotel & Conference Centre 650 Victoria St, Kamloops V2C 2B4 John Hanson .......p: 250-374-1999 f: 250-374-9997 e: jhanson@thompsonhotel.ca www.thompsonhotel.ca Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities North Shore Community Centre 730 Cottonwood Ave Suite 452, Kamloops V2B 8M6 Doug Dickson ......p: 250-376-4777 f: 250-376-4792 e: nsccs@shaw.ca www.nsccs.webs.com Sagebrush Theatre 1300 9th Ave Box 104, Kamloops V2C 5K3 Heather Regan ....p: 250-372-3216 f: 250-374-7099 e: hregan@wctlive.ca www.sagebrushtheatre.ca

Kelowna Associations/Chambers of Commerce/Tourist Info Centres Tourism Kelowna 1626 Richter St Suite 214, Kelowna V1Y 2M3 .........................................p: 250-861-1515 e: info@tourismkelowna.com www.tourismkelowna.com Audiovisual Services SW Audio Visual 325 Bay Ave Suite 1, Kelowna V1Y 7S3 Cal McCarthy.......p: 250-868-3333 f: 250-868-3313 e: info@sw-online.com www.sw-online.com

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Thompson Okanagan Banquet Facilities Bohemian Cafe & Catering Co 524 Bernard Ave, Kelowna V1Y 6P1 Hans Birker .....................................p: 250-862-3517 e: bohemiancater@shaw.ca www.bohemiancater.com Event Planners Synergy Events Inc 3320 Richter St Suite 203, Kelowna V1W 4V5 Lesley Spiegel .....p: 250-763-9009 f: 250-762-6684 e: lspiegel@synergyevents.ca www.synergyevents.ca Golf Courses & Country Clubs Gallagher’s Canyon Golf Club 4320 Gallaghers Dr W, Kelowna V1W 3Z9 Tanya Coleman ....p: 250-861-4240 f: 250-861-1852 e: tcoleman@golfbc.com www.gallaghersgolf.com Sunset Ranch Golf & Country Club 5101 Upper Booth Rd S, Kelowna V1X 7V8 ...............p: 250-765-7671 f: 250-765-7733 e: events@sunsetranchbc.com www.sunsetranchbc.com Hotels and Motels Accent Inns Kelowna 1140 Harvey Ave, Kelowna V1Y 6E7 Melanie Atkins ....p: 250-862-8888 f: 250-862-8884 e: kelowna@accentinns.com www.accentinns.com Accommodation at UBC Okanagan Centre 1290 International Mews, Kelowna V1V 1V8 Debbie Harding ...p: 888-318-8666 f: 250-807-9157 e: conferences.ubco@ubc.ca www.stayatubc.ca Comfort Suites 2656 Hwy 97 North, Kelowna V1X 4J4 ...............p: 250-861-1110 f: 250-861-1180 e: gm@comfortsuiteskelowna.com www.comfortsuiteskelowna.com Delta Grand Okanagan Resort & Conference Centre 1310 Water St, Kelowna V1Y 9P3 Lana Uytterhagen p: 250-763-4500 f: 250-868-5605 e: lana.uytterhagen@deltahotels.com www.marriott.com Holiday Inn Express Kelowna Conference Centre 2429 Hwy 97 N, Kelowna V1X 4J2 Karyn Schueler ....p: 250-763-0500 f: 250-763-7555 e: hiek@whg.com www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/ kelowna/ylwex Hotel Eldorado 500 Cook Rd, Kelowna V1W 3G9 Dana Crichton......p: 866-608-7500 f: 250-861-4779 e: info@eldoradokelowna.com www.hoteleldoradokelowna.com Kelowna Ramada Hotel & Conference Centre 2170 Harvey Ave, Kelowna V1Y 6G8 Sergio Cunial .......p: 250-860-9711 f: 250-860-3173 e: ramadalodge@rpbhotels.com www.ramadalodgehotelkelowna.com Royal Anne Hotel 348 Bernard Ave, Kelowna V1Y 6N5 Christa Park .........p: 250-763-2277 f: 250-763-2636 e: guestservices@royalannehotel.com www.royalannehotel.com Sandman Hotel & Suites Kelowna 2130 Harvey Ave, Kelowna V1Y 6G8 ...............p: 250-980-3153 f: 250-860-7377 e: sales_kelowna@sandman.ca www.sandmanhotels.com Meeting Planners Synergy Events Inc 3320 Richter St Suite 203, Kelowna V1W 4V5 Lesley Spiegel .....p: 250-763-9009 f: 250-762-6684 e: lspiegel@synergyevents.ca www.synergyevents.ca Photography - Event/Videography Colin Jewall Photo Studios Inc 415 Commonwealth Rd Unit 319, Kelowna V4V 1P4 ..........................................p: 250-766-9205 e: colinjewall@gmail.com www.colinjewall.com Resorts/Retreats Big White Ski Resort 5315 Big White Rd, Kelowna V1P 1P3 ................p: 250-491-6150 f: 250-491-6157 e: mballingall@bigwhite.com www.bigwhite.com

Borgata Lodge 3185 Via Centrale, Kelowna V1V 2A7 Guy Scott ........................................p: 866-655-0657 e: info@borgatalodge.net www.borgatalodge.net Lake Okanagan Resort 2751 Westside Rd, Kelowna V1Z 3T1 ................p: 250-769-3511 f: 250-769-6665 e: events@lakeokanagan.com www.lakeokanagan.com Manteo Resort Waterfront Hotel & Villas 3762 Lakeshore Rd, Kelowna V1W 3L4 Dana Crichton......p: 250-979-4531 f: 250-860-5852 e: dana@manteo.com www.manteo.com Translation Services/Interpreters EVA Office 969 Harvey Ave Suite 306, Kelowna V1Y 8M8 Elke Taylor ......................................p: 250-762-5820 e: info@evaoffice.com www.evaoffice.com Universities and Colleges Conferences & Accommodation at UBC - Okanagan Campus 1290 International Mews, Kelowna V1V 1V8 Debbie Harding ...p: 888-318-8666 f: 250-807-9157 e: conferences.ubco@ubc.ca www.okanagan.ubcconferences.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Best Western Plus Kelowna Hotel & Suites 2402 Hwy 97 N, Kelowna V1X 4J1 Melissa Ibbotson p: 250-860-1212 f: 250-860-0675 e: melissa@bwkelowna.com www.bestwesternkelownahotel.com Conferences & Accommodation at UBC Okanagan Campus 1290 International Mews, Kelowna V1V 1V8 Debbie Harding ...p: 888-318-8666 f: 250-807-9157 e: conferences.ubco@ubc.ca www.okanagan.ubcconferences.com UBC Okanagan is an ideal location for groups from 10 to 300, offering a variety of meeting venues and accommodation from single rooms to fourbedroom suites. May to August.

Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor Royal Anne Hotel 348 Bernard Ave, Kelowna V1Y 6N5 Christa Park .........p: 250-763-2277 f: 250-763-2636 e: guestservices@royalannehotel.com www.royalannehotel.com Summerhill Pyramid Winery 4870 Chute Lake Rd, Kelowna V1W 4M3 Livi Waller ...........p: 250-764-8000 f: 250-764-2598 e: livi@summerhill.bc.ca www.summerhill.bc.ca

Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Burrowing Owl Estate Winery 500 Burrowing Owl Pl RR1 Site 52 Comp 20, Oliver V0H 1T1 Midge Wyse ...................................p: 877-498-0620 e: info@burrowingowlwine.ca www.burrowingowlwine.ca Frank Venables Theatre 6100 Gala St PO Box 1680, Oliver V0H 1T0 ..........................................p: 250-498-1626 e: manager@venablestheatre.ca www.venablestheatre.ca

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Osoyoos

Destination Osoyoos PO Box 500, Osoyoos V0H 1V0 Kelley Glazer .......p: 250-495-5070 f: 250-495-5412 e: kglazer@destinationosoyoos.com www.destinationosoyoos.com Ideal for strategic meetings and conferences from 10 to 400 people. Offering pre- and post-activities: golfing, boating, wine tours, desert walks, fishing, spa, fine cuisine, museum and art gallery.

Sonora Community Centre 8505 68 Ave, Osoyoos V0H 1V0 Gerald Davis ........p: 250-495-6562 f: 250-495-2400 e: gdavis@osoyoos.ca www.osoyoos.ca Spirit Ridge at NK’MIP Resort 1200 Rancher Creek Rd, Osoyoos V0H 1V0 Shantell Paisley..............................p: 844-755-4622 e: shantell@spiritridge.ca www.spiritridge.ca Watermark Beach Resort 15 Park Pl PO Box 700, Osoyoos V0H 1V0 Ingrid Jarrett .......p: 250-495-5500 f: 250-495-5308 e: sales@watermarkbeachresort.com www.watermarkbeachresort.com

Golf Courses & Country Clubs Osoyoos Golf Club 12300 Golf Course Dr PO Box 798, Osoyoos V0H 1V0 Audrey McCulloch ..........................p: 250-495-7003 f: 250-495-3234 e: info@golfosoyoos.com www.golfosoyoos.com Watermark Beach Resort 15 Park Pl PO Box 700, Osoyoos V0H 1V0 Ingrid Jarrett .......p: 250-495-5500 f: 250-495-5308 e: sales@watermarkbeachresort.com www.watermarkbeachresort.com Hotels and Motels Best Western Plus Sunrise Inn 5506 Main St, Osoyoos V0H 1V0 Lucky Gill .............p: 250-495-4000 f: 250-495-4001 e: bestwestern@telus.net www.bestwesternosoyoos.com Coast Osoyoos Beach Hotel 7702 Main St Box 458, Osoyoos V0H 1V0 ...............p: 250-495-6525 f: 250-495-6226 e: managers@coastosoyoosresort.com www.coasthotels.com Holiday Inn & Suites 7906 Main St Box 1019, Osoyoos V0H 1V0 Vincent Virk .........p: 250-495-7223 f: 250-495-6899 e: vincent@pallasgroup.net www.hiosoyoos.com Walnut Beach Resort 4200 Lakeshore Dr, Osoyoos V0H 1V6 Don Brogan..........p: 250-495-5400 f: 250-495-5490 e: dbrogan@walnutbeachresort.com www.walnutbeachresort.com Resorts/Retreats Spirit Ridge at NK’MIP Resort 1200 Rancher Creek Rd, Osoyoos V0H 1V0 Shantell Paisley..............................p: 844-755-4622 e: shantell@spiritridge.ca www.spiritridge.ca

Merritt Resorts/Retreats Corbett Lake Lodge Ltd PO Box 327, Merritt V1K 1B8 Ann E Thomson ...p: 250-378-4334 f: 250-378-4334 e: admin@corbettlake.ca www.corbettlake.ca

Oliver Associations/Chambers of Commerce/Tourist Info Centres South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce 6237 Main St Box 1414, Oliver V0H 1T0 Denise Blashko....p: 866-498-6321 f: 250-498-3156 e: manager@sochamber.ca www.sochamber.ca Caterers Azorean Catering 5529 Bellevue Dr, Oliver V0H 1T4 Jose Rodrigues...............................p: 604-210-1620 e: azoreancatering@hotmail.com Community Halls Oliver Community Centre 6359 Park Dr PO Box 627, Oliver V0H 1T0 Carol Sheridan.....p: 250-498-4985 f: 250-498-0097 e: carol@oliverrecreation.ca www.oliverrecreation.ca Golf Courses & Country Clubs Fairview Mountain Golf Club 933 Old Golf Course Rd, Oliver V0H 1T1 ...............p: 250-498-6050 f: 250-498-6077 e: proshop@fairviewmountain.com www.fairviewmountain.com

Watermark Beach Resort 15 Park Pl PO Box 700, Osoyoos V0H 1V0 Ingrid Jarrett .......p: 250-495-5500 f: 250-495-5308 e: sales@watermarkbeachresort.com www.watermarkbeachresort.com Get away to Watermark Beach Resort for your corporate event; on the shores of Osoyoos Lake, experience the spectacular golf, cycling and wineries of B.C.’s South Okanagan. Just get there.

We’ll take care of the rest!

Restaurants Campo Marina Cafe & Restaurant 5907 Main St, Osoyoos V0H 1V0 ...............p: 250-495-7650 f: 250-495-7614 www.campomarina.com

Penticton Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Penticton & Wine Country Tourism 553 Vees Dr Suite 101, Penticton V2A 8S3 Raquel Meriam...............................p: 250-276-2170 e: ask@tourismpenticton.com www.visitpenticton.com Audiovisual Services Concept Audio Works Inc 100 Nelson Ave, Penticton V2A 2K9 Stan Binns ...........p: 250-493-4883 f: 250-493-3406 e: stan@conceptaudioworks.com www.conceptaudioworks.com Equipment and Supply Rentals Westminster Party & Tent Rentals Ltd 357 Okanagan Ave E, Penticton V2A 9G1 ...............p: 250-492-8115 f: 250-492-3842 e: party@telus.net www.westminsterparty.com Event Planners Hoodoo Adventure Company 131 Ellis St, Penticton V2A 4L4 Lyndie Hill.......................................p: 250-492-3888 e: team@hoodooadventures.ca www.hoodooadventures.ca Peach City Management Group PO Box 1184, Penticton V2A 6J9 Barb Sheppard................................p: 250-809-5651 e: bsheppard@pcmg.ca www.pcmg.ca Photography - Event/Videography Photography by Chris 385 Martin St, Penticton V2A 5K6 Chris D Cornett ....p: 800-665-2924 f: 250-492-2355 e: photosbychris@shaw.ca www.photographybychris.ca Restaurants Pasta Factory 236 Martin St, Penticton V2A 5K3 ...............p: 250-492-6088 f: 250-492-6002 www.thepastafactory.ca Team Building Hoodoo Adventure Company 131 Ellis St, Penticton V2A 4L4 Lyndie Hill.......................................p: 250-492-3888 e: team@hoodooadventures.ca www.hoodooadventures.ca

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Thompson Okanagan Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Penticton Lakeside Resort Convention Centre & Casino 21 Lakeshore Dr W, Penticton V2A 7M5 Jo A Norton-Westwood .................p: 250-493-9772 f: 250-493-0607 e: jo@rpbhotels.com www.pentictonlakesideresort.com Penticton Trade and Convention Centre 273 Power St, Penticton V2A 7K9 Paul O’Beirn.........p: 250-490-2460 f: 250-490-2467 e: paul.obeirn@penticton.ca www.pentictonconventioncentre.com Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor SS Sicamous Stern Wheeler and Heritage Park 1099 Lakeshore Dr W, Penticton V2A 1B7 Don Wright .....................................p: 250-492-0403 e: mail@sssicamous.com www.sssicamous.com

Salmon Arm Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Shuswap Tourism 555 Harbourfront Dr NE Box 978, Salmon Arm V1E 4P1 ...........................................p: 250-833-5906 e: info@shuswaptourism.ca www.shuswaptourism.ca Banquet Facilities Salmon Arm Golf Club 3641 Hwy 97B S PO Box 1525, Salmon Arm V1E 4P6 Sapphire Games ..p: 250-832-3667 f: 250-832-6311 e: info@salmonarmgolf.com www.salmonarmgolf.ca

Golf Courses & Country Clubs Sonseekers Ridge Golf Course 247 Black Rd, Salmon Arm V1E 2P6 Robert Black ...................................p: 250-833-0258 e: gogolf@sonseekersridgegolf.com www.sonseekersridgegolf.com Hotels and Motels Comfort Inn & Suites Salmon Arm 1090 22 St NE, Salmon Arm V1E 2V5 Jill Power ............p: 250-832-7711 f: 250-833-0340 e: cisa@shaw.ca www.comfortinnsalmonarm.com Podollan Inn 1460 Trans-Canada Hwy NE, Salmon Arm V1E 4N1 Ronald Decter......p: 888-668-4180 f: 250-832-0961 e: gmsa@podollan.com www.podollan.com/salmon-arm-hotel/podollaninn Resorts/Retreats Prestige Harbourfront Resort Salmon Arm 251 Harbourfront Dr NE, Salmon Arm V1E 2W7 ..............p: 250-833-5800 f: 250-833-5858 e: salmonarm@prestigehotels.ca www.prestigehotelsandresorts.com

Silver Star Mountain Hotels and Motels Pinnacles Suite Hotel 9885 Pinnacles Rd PO Box 3008, Silver Star Mountain V1B 3M1 Destanne Norris ..p: 800-551-7466 f: 250-542-8508 e: reserve@pinnacles.com www.pinnacles.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Vance Creek Hotel & Conference Centre PO Box 3003, Silver Star Mountain V1B 3M1 Vicki Dalgleish.....p: 250-309-1110 f: 250-549-5177 e: vicki@vancecreekhotel.com www.vancecreekhotel.com

Summerland Resorts/Retreats La Punta Norte Guest Inn 365 Hwy 97 N, Summerland V0H 1Z6 George/Colleen Davis ....................p: 250-494-4456 e: lapunta@vip.net www.lapuntanorte.com Summerland Waterfront Resort and Spa 13011 Lakeshore Dr S, Summerland V0H 1Z1 Lisa Jaager ..........p: 250-494-8180 f: 250-494-8190 e: sales@summerlandresorthotel.com www.summerlandresorthotel.com

Valemount Resorts/Retreats Terracana Ranch 12155 Hwy 16 PO Box 909, Valemount V0E 2Z0 ................p: 866-968-4304 f: 250-968-4445 e: resort@terracana.com www.terracana.com

Vernon Associations/Chambers of Commerce/Tourist Info Centres Tourism Vernon 3004 39 Ave, Vernon V1T 3C3 Ange Chew ..........p: 800-665-0795 f: 250-275-0114 e: info@tourismvernon.com www.tourismvernon.com Golf Courses & Country Clubs Vernon Golf & Country Club 800 Kalamalka Lake Rd, Vernon V1T 6V2 Julie Knobloch.....p: 250-542-0151 f: 250-542-5468 e: jknobloch@vernongolf.com www.vernongolf.com

Hotels and Motels Vernon Atrium Hotel & Conference Centre 3914 32 St, Vernon V1T 5P1 Mark Nahirny ......p: 250-545-3755 f: 250-545-7156 e: atrium@rpbhotels.com www.vernonatriumhotel.ca Resorts/Retreats Predator Ridge Resort 301 Village Centre Place, Vernon V1H 1T2 Ingrid Dilschneider .........................p: 888-578-6688 f: 250-503-3411 e: groups@predatorridge.com www.predatorridge.com Sparkling Hill Resort & Wellness Hotel 888 Sparkling Pl, Vernon V1H 2K7 ...............p: 250-541-2152 f: 250-275-1610 e: sales@sparklinghill.com www.sparklinghill.com

West Kelowna Resorts/Retreats Cove Lakeside Resort, The 4205 Gellatly Rd, West Kelowna V4T 2K2 ...............p: 250-707-1800 f: 250-707-1809 e: sales@thecovekelowna.com www.covelakeside.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Mission Hill Family Estate 1730 Mission Hill Rd, West Kelowna V4T 2E4 Heather Robinson p: 250-768-6461 f: 250-768-2267 e: catering@missionhillwinery.com www.missionhillwinery.com

Kelowna Hotel & Suites Looking for the Perfect Location for a Conference, Retreat or Trade Show?

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How about the Heart of Silver Star Mountain Resort?

The Vance Creek Hotel & Conference Centre offers a setting like no other. Revitalize your team as you power through concepts in the morning then power through the powder in the afternoon! www.vancecreekhotel.com 250-309-1110 or 1-800-610-0805 vicki@vancecreekhotel.com

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KOOTENAY ROCKIES B.C.’s best-kept secret offers world-class venues

BY PETER MITHAM

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tretching from the U.S. border north to Jasper National Park in Alberta, the Kootenay Rockies may well be B.C.’s best-kept secret.

Separated by numerous mountain ranges from Vancouver, the country is characterized by jagged peaks, broad valleys and a friendly, frontier attitude.

The region is named for the Ktunaxa people, who today operate St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino with its 4,000 square feet of meeting space. Situated minutes from Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook, St. Eugene is a blend of First Nations culture and turn-of-the-century architecture emblematic of the region’s heritage.

Cranbrook’s airport is a gateway for visitors to the region’s several ski resorts, situated along the so-called Powder Highway that connects eight properties, including Fernie Alpine Resort, Panorama Mountain Resort, Revelstoke Mountain Resort and Red Mountain Resort in Rossland. Perched on breathtaking hills with primo powder, the resorts offer alpine meeting space with opportunities for recreation after the work’s done.

Panorama offers year-round facilities, from 14-person boardrooms to 500-person tents for celebrations. A new hotel at Red Mountain set to open in 2017 will add to Rossland’s offerings, boasting 1,200 to 3,000 square feet of space in the resort’s day lodge.

The resorts are popular for stags and stagettes, not to mention wedding parties. Revelstoke’s scenery has featured in films, and provides a stunning natural backdrop to the 5,000 square feet of meeting space at Revelstoke Mountain Resort. The town’s historic core is home to a 275-seat performing arts centre, one of many smalltown theatres across the region that now host speakers, performances and other community events.

Fernie Brewing Co. draws hundreds of people through the Crowsnest Pass to sample its suds each year. A range of mountain-themed craft beers is refreshing after a meeting at venues such as Fernie Golf & Country Club or team-building activities in the local mountains.

The sports theme is also in evidence in Kimberley, home of the Kimberley Conference & Athlete Training

Mountain bike and golf combine at Panorama Mountain Resort | SUBMITTED St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino blends First Nations heritage with Victorianera architecture | KARI MEDIG/DESTINATION BC

Centre. Opened in 2010, it’s the largest meeting place in the East Kootenays with a main ballroom seating up to 500 people and four breakout rooms for smaller gatherings.

Geothermal energy bubbling under the region gives guests a chance to get into hot water at venues such as Fairmont Hot Springs, home to the largest hot springs

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Fernie Alpine Resort village is near world-class ski hills and craft beer | DAVE HEATH/DESTINATION BC

Resource companies have blessed the Kootenay Rockies with a variety of meeting venues, including the Elkford Community Conference Centre | SUBMITTED

Nelson’s rich stock of heritage buildings doubles as meeting venues | DAVID GLUNS/DESTINATION BC

in Canada. The town’s namesake resort has meeting space for up to 300 people, while Radium Hot Springs, located at the entrance of Kootenay National Park (which lays claim to Radium’s hot springs), can accommodate conferences and banquets for up to 150 people at Bighorn Meadows Resort.

The region is also known for its farms and ranches, some of which host corporate groups.

Creston, the epicentre of local fruit growing, boasts 1,300 square feet of meeting space at the local Ramada as well as four rooms at the Creston & District Community Complex, including the newly renovated Rotacrest Hall.

A pride in all things local abounds in the region, with Nelson supporting a vibrant community of artists.

Selkirk College, home to the Kootenay School of the Arts, has a residence and conference facilities that can host up to 400 people. The Capitol and Civic theatres in Nelson’s scenic downtown offer reception space for 400 and 300 people, respectively.

Meanwhile, the presence of major resource companies means that several communities have fine meeting facilities to serve visitors.

Teck Resoures Ltd. contributed to construction of the Elkford Community Conference Centre, the region’s newest meeting space with a 300-seat banquet hall within its 16,575-square-foot premises. Smelting operations in Trail gave rise to the Cominco Arena, a 2,500-seat venue that hosts banquets and conventions in summer. It’s located within the Trail Memorial Centre, which can accommodate up to 1,000 people for concerts and meetings in the Cominco Gymnasium. É

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Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Castlegar & District Chamber of Commerce 1995 6th Ave, Castlegar V1N 4B7 ..........................................p: 250-365-6313 e: info@castlegar.com www.castlegar.com Hotels and Motels Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best Value Inn & Suites Castlegar 1935 Columbia Ave, Castlegar V1N 2W8 Jabbar Dhaliwal ..p: 250-365-2177 f: 250-365-3877 e: cn579.veera@shaw.ca www.canadabestvalueandsuites.ca Sandman Hotel Inn Castlegar 1944 Columbia Ave, Castlegar V1N 2W7 .............p: 250-365-8444 f: 250-365-8423 e: sales_castlegar@sandman.ca www.sandmanhotels.com Tourist Attractions - Major Doukhobor Discovery Centre 112 Heritage Way, Castlegar V1N 4M5 Lisa Poznikoff .................................p: 250-365-5327 e: doukhobor.museum@gmail.com www.doukhobor-museum.org

Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Tourism Fernie 542B 2nd Ave PO Box 1928, Fernie V0B 1M0 .........................................p: 250-423-2037 e: info@tourismfernie.com www.tourismfernie.com Golf Courses & Country Clubs Fernie Golf & Country Club 201 Fairway Dr, Fernie V0B 1M5 ..............p: 250-423-7773 f: 250-423-6575 e: meldies@golffernie.com www.golffernie.com Hotels and Motels Best Western Plus Fernie Mountain Lodge 1622 7th Ave PO Box 2680, Fernie V0B 1M0 ..............p: 250-423-5500 f: 250-423-5501 e: sales@bestwesternfernie.com www.bestwesternfernie.com Park Place Lodge 742 Hwy 3 PO Box 2560, Fernie V0B 1M0 ..............p: 250-423-6871 f: 250-423-3773 e: sales@parkplacelodge.com www.parkplacelodge.com Red Tree Lodge 1101 7th Ave Box 2294, Fernie V0B 1M0 Jody Krienke........p: 250-423-4622 f: 250-423-5878 e: info@redtreelodge.com www.redtreelodge.com Resorts/Retreats Fernie Stanford Resort 100 Riverside Way, Fernie V0B 1M1 ..............p: 250-423-5000 f: 250-423-5065 e: info@ferniestanfordresort.com www.ferniestanfordresort.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities CP Catering & Bridge Bistro 301 Hwy 3 PO Box 1962, Fernie V0B 1M0 ..............p: 250-423-7367 f: 250-423-7390 e: events@enjoyfernie.com www.enjoyfernie.com

Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Tourism Kimberley - Vistor Centre 270 Kimberley Ave, Kimberley V1A 0A3 ..........................................p: 778-481-1891 e: info@tourismkimberley.com www.tourismkimberley.com Resorts/Retreats Northstar Mountain Village 1351 Gerry Sorensen Way PO Box 308 North Star Terrace, Kimberley V1A 2Y9 General Manager p: 877-233-3307 f: 250-427-7959 e: info@northstarmountainvillage.com www.northstarmountainvillage.com Trickle Creek Lodge 500 Stemwinder Dr PO Box 220, Kimberley V1A 3E8 ..........................................p: 250-427-5175 e: information@tricklecreeklodge.com www.tricklecreeklodge.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Kimberley Conference Centre 290 North Star Blvd Box 65, Kimberley V1A 2Y5 ...............p: 250-427-6802 f: 250-427-4180 e: events@meetkimberley.ca www.meetkimberley.ca

Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Revelstoke Tourism 301 Victoria Rd W PO Box 490, Revelstoke V0E 2S0 ...............p: 250-837-5345 f: 250-837-4223 e: info@revelstokechamber.com www.seerevelstoke.com Hotels and Motels Coast Hillcrest Hotel 2100 Oak Dr PO Box 1979, Revelstoke V0E 2S0 Norman Langlois .p: 250-837-3322 f: 250-837-3340 e: info@hillcresthotel.com www.hillcresthotel.com Powder Springs Inn 200 3rd St PO Box 530, Revelstoke V0E 2S0 ...............p: 250-837-5151 f: 250-837-5111 e: powdersprings@revelstoke.net www.powdersprings.ca Regent Hotel 112 1st St E Box 582, Revelstoke V0E 2S0 Brady Beruschi ....p: 250-837-2107 f: 250-837-9669 e: info@regenthotel.ca www.regenthotel.ca Resorts/Retreats Mulvehill Creek Wilderness Inn and Wedding Chapel 4200 Hwy 23 S Box 1220, Revelstoke V0E 2S0 Cornelia/Rene Hueppi ....................p: 250-837-8649 f: 877-295-7019 e: meet@mulvehillcreek.com www.mulvehillcreek.com Three Valley Lake Chateau & Heritage Ghost Town 8903 Trans-Canada Hwy PO Box 860, Revelstoke V0E 2S0 ...............p: 250-837-2109 f: 250-837-5220 e: hello@3valley.com www.3valley.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Revelstoke Community & Aquatic Centre 600 Campbell Ave City of Revelstoke, Revelstoke V0E 2S0 Meghan MacIsaac .........................p: 250-837-9351 f: 250-837-9355 e: prc@revelstoke.ca www.revelstoke.ca Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor BC Interior Forestry Museum and Forest Discovery Center 5205 Hwy 23 N Box 419, Revelstoke V0E 2S0 ..........................................p: 250-837-8078 e: info@bcforestrymuseum.ca www.bcforestrymuseum.ca

Cranbrook Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Cranbrook & District Chamber of Commerce 2279 Cranbrook St N PO Box 84, Cranbrook V1C 4H6 ...............p: 250-426-5914 f: 250-426-3873 e: info@cranbrookchamber.com www.cranbrookchamber.com Community Halls Colombo Lodge 2550 8th Ave S PO Box 353, Cranbrook V1C 4H8 ..........................................p: 250-426-4114 e: giacomoscavo@gmail.com www.ccl14.com Hotels and Motels Heritage Inn Hotel & Convention Centre 803 Cranbrook St N, Cranbrook V1C 3S2 Collin Johnston ...p: 250-489-4301 f: 250-489-5758 e: catering.cranbrook@heritageinn.net www.heritageinn.net Taxi/Limo Star Taxi 1475 Theatre Rd Suite C, Cranbrook V1C 7G3 Gurpreet Manj .....p: 250-426-3888 f: 250-489-2158 e: travel.star@shaw.ca www.members.shaw.ca/travel.star Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Key City Theatre 20 14th Ave N, Cranbrook V1C 6H4 ...............p: 250-426-7006 f: 250-426-5806 e: info@keycitytheatre.com www.keycitytheatre.com Western Financial Place 1777 2nd St N, Cranbrook V1C 6L9 ................p: 250-489-0261 f: 250-489-0662 e: wfp.info@cranbrook.ca www.westernďŹ nancialplace.ca Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor Royal Alexandra Hall - Cranbrook History Centre 57 Van Horne St S Box 400, Cranbrook V1C 4H9 Charlotte Murray .p: 250-489-3918 f: 250-489-5744 e: ed@trainsdeluxe.com www.cranbrookhistorycentre.com

Creston Hotels and Motels Downtowner Motor Inn 1218 Canyon St PO Box 490, Creston V0B 1G0 Rob McDougall....p: 250-428-2238 f: 250-428-9974 e: downtown@kootenay.com www.downtownercreston.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Creston & District Community Complex 312 19th Ave N Box 477, Creston V0B 1G0 Randy Fediuk .......p: 250-428-7127 f: 250-428-5700 www.rdck.bc.ca

Field Resorts/Retreats Cathedral Mountain Lodge PO Box 40, Field V0A 1G0 ...............p: 250-343-6442 f: 250-343-6424 e: info@cathedralmountain.com www.cathedralmountain.com

Golden Resorts/Retreats Glenogle Mountain Lodge Resort & Spa 913 Oster Rd PO Box 2078, Golden V0A 1H0 Doris Urban ....................................p: 250-344-7638 e: info@glenoglelodge.com www.glenoglelodge.com Tourist Attractions - Major Glacier Raft Company 612 7th St N PO Box 428, Golden V0A 1H0 Carmen Narancsik ..........................p: 250-344-6521 e: trips@glacierraft.com www.glacierraft.com

Invermere Golf Courses & Country Clubs Copper Point Golf Club 651 Hwy 93/95, Invermere V0A 1K3 Brian Schaal ........p: 250-341-3392 f: 250-341-3394 e: bschaal@copperpointgolf.com www.copperpointgolf.com Resorts/Retreats Copper Point Resort 760 Cooper Rd, Invermere V0A 1K0 Charmaine Richter..........................p: 250-341-4000 f: 250-341-6291 e: crichter@copperpointresort.com www.copperpointresort.com

Montrose Promotional Items/Novelties/ Corporate Gifts/Gift Baskets Stadium Cups by Canada Fridge Magnets 745 11th Ave Box 238, Montrose V0G 1P0 Royce Schmidt................................p: 250-367-9409 e: info@canadafridgemagnets.ca www.stadiumcups.ca

Nelson Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce 91 Baker St, Nelson V1L 4G8 Tom Thomson ......p: 250-352-3433 f: 250-352-6355 e: tom@discovernelson.com www.discovernelson.com Hotels and Motels Adventure Hotel 616 Vernon St, Nelson V1L 4G1 Danny Rickaby .....p: 888-722-2258 f: 250-352-2445 e: info@adventurehotel.ca www.adventurehotel.ca Restaurants BiBO 518 Hall St, Nelson V1L 1Z2 ................p: 250-352-2744 f: 250-352-9633 www.bibonelson.ca Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Capitol Theatre 421 Victoria St Box 403, Nelson V1L 4K6 Stephanie Fischer p: 250-352-6363 f: 250-352-6303 e: capitoltheatre@netidea.com www.capitoltheatre.bc.ca

Panorama Resorts/Retreats Panorama Mountain Resort 2000 Panorama Dr Bag 7000, Panorama V0A 1T0 ...............p: 250-341-3037 f: 250-341-4199 e: jennifer.moss@panoramaresort.com www.panoramaresort.com

Radium Hot Springs Equipment and Supply Rentals MB7 Tent & Party Rentals PO Box 216, Radium Hot Springs V0A 1M0 Monika Bernhardt ..........................p: 250-347-9238 e: mb7@tentandpartyrentals.ca www.tentandpartyrentals.ca Resorts/Retreats Bighorn Meadows Resort 10 Bighorn Blvd PO Box 571, Radium Hot Springs V0A 1M0 Julie St Armand ..p: 250-347-2323 f: 250-347-2311 e: reservations@bighornmeadows.com www.bighornmeadows.com

Rossland Tourist Attractions - Major Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre 1100 Hwy 3B PO Box 26, Rossland V0G 1Y0 ..........................................p: 250-362-7722 e: info@rosslandmuseum.ca www.rosslandmuseum.ca

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OUTLAND(ISH)!

Luxury softens the outback in the rowdy, wonderful Cariboo Chilcotin

BY PAT JOHNSON

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or many city dwellers, a retreat to the country is attractive in theory, less so in execution. While we may enjoy the retreat during the day, we want to retreat at night to the kind of luxury and amenities we have at home – or even better.

Just a couple of hours from Vancouver are plenty of options for exactly that sort of mix. The Cariboo Chilcotin’s dry sage and cowboy vibe feels miles away from home, yet it’s only a short jog beyond Whistler. And while you kick up some dust during the day, you can kick back in comfort at night.

“Backcountry meets luxury” is the motif at Tyax

Wilderness Resort & Spa. On Tyaughton Lake, near the town of Gold Bridge, Tyax is tucked amid towering mountains but boasts fine dining in a lakeview setting and a spa with infrared and dry sauna, eucalyptus steam room, outdoor hot tub, yoga studio, aromatherapy, massage and facials.

Previous management didn’t go after corporate customers as much as they could have, says Heather Reimer, general manager of Tyax. She wants people to view Tyax as a setting for corporate meetings, executive retreats, incentive packages and weddings. The lodge has 29 rooms, and there are two private chalets with four and six bedrooms.

“We have a meeting facility and our kitchen will fully cater any sort of services that you might require,” she says.

Team building: the Chilcotin mountain ranges provide challenging terrain and spectacular views | SUBMITTED

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Walking beneath ice is among the day adventures in Bella Coola | MIKE WIGLE Siwash Lake Wilderness Resort, in 70 Mile House, is recognized by National Geographic as one of 50 Unique Lodges of the World. Guests bed down in canvas cabins with luxury linens on four-poster beds, plus sweeping views of the lake and wilderness beyond | JEREMY KORESKI

One of the advantages, she adds, is that Tyax feels more remote than it actually is.

“It’s like being way up north or being able to fly into any of these fishing lodges, except that it’s really right in Vancouver’s backyard,” Reimer says.

But can guests expect to be roughing it in the bush?

“Absolutely not!” Reimer replies. “The direction that we are moving toward is a four-star experience.”

Where the Cariboo Chilcotin meets the coast, Tweedsmuir Park Lodge, in Bella Coola, is what Tim Wilkinson, the director of sales and marketing, calls “a bit of a hidden gem.”

“People are familiar with Jasper, Banff, Lake Louise,” he says. “But the Bella Coola Valley is definitely up

there, although not that many people have visited it.” BC Ferries has made the lodge a bit more difficult to reach.

Reduced ferry service and late-night arrival schedules mean most guests now fly in.

Originally constructed in 1929, the lodge was rebuilt in 1952. Until recently, it was primarily a destination for heli-skiers, but leaving the magnificent setting – and its gorgeously appointed lodge – vacant for most of the summer made little sense, especially since it’s a perfect place for grizzly viewing.

“The lodge is right on the Atnarko River,” Wilkinson says. “It’s only about a 200-metre walk from the chalets to the water. The salmon are swimming up the river, the bears come down and eat the salmon, so that’s why we have a lot of good viewing opportunities.”

Can Wilkinson guarantee visitors will see a grizzly?

He laughs.

“We don’t guarantee it, but there is an extremely good chance of seeing bears,” he says. “When I first got a job here, my first day I didn’t see any bears. The next day I saw 13.”

The nine chalets are great for weddings or family reunions, says Wilkinson, and a corporate group could rent out the entire facility and have the run of the place.

In addition to heli-skiing in winter and grizzly watching in late summer, Tweedsmuir Park Lodge incorporates the local Nuxalk Nation culture into visitors’ exploration opportunities. This includes petroglyphs and other cultural aspects of the region.

Back inland, Siwash Lake Wilderness Resort, in 70 Mile House, is recognized by National Geographic as one of 50 Unique Lodges of the World. In addition to food, accommodation and beverages, all-inclusive packages offer daily adventures with a world-class private guide or self-guided canoeing, kayaking, swimming or paddleboarding. There is also fly-fishing, marksmanship, archery, wilderness survival, mountain biking, forest yoga and gold-panning by helicopter.

But bedtime might be the most unforgettable part of the trip.

“Guests bed down in the canvas cabins, with nature all around, heated bathroom floors, outdoor showers cocooned by fir boughs and open to the blue sky above, luxury linens on four-poster beds and sweeping views of the lake and wilderness beyond,” says Jana Harman, director of marketing and client relations.

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In season, it is not uncommon to see a dozen grizzly bears fishing the salmon rivers of Bella Coola | SUBMITTED

In addition to the “glamping” canvas cabins, the ranch house offers a range of accommodations. Siwash Lake Wilderness Resort specializes in executive retreats, team building and incentive packages.

When it comes to planning an event in the country but not too far from urban life – figuratively or literally – the Cariboo Chilcotin has adventure during the day and immersive luxury at night. É

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Resorts/Retreats Spruce Hill Resort & Spa 4871 Cariboo Hwy 97 PO Box 26, 108 Mile Ranch V0K 2Z0 ...............p: 800-668-2233 f: 250-791-6384 e: info@sprucehillresort.com www.sprucehillresort.com

Chilanko Forks Resorts/Retreats Kokanee Bay Fishing Resort Puntzi Lake Rd Box 9, Chilanko Forks V0L 1H0 Allan/Tammie Theriault .................p: 250-481-1130 e: kokaneebay@gmail.com www.kokaneebayfishingresort.com

Clinton Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Village of Clinton Box 309 1423 Cariboo Hwy, Clinton V0K 1K0 Tom Dall ..............p: 250-459-2261 f: 250-459-2227 e: admin@village.clinton.bc.ca www.village.clinton.bc.ca Community Halls Clinton Memorial Hall 306 Lebourdais Ave, Clinton V0K 1K0 Tom Dall ..............p: 250-459-2261 f: 250-459-2227 e: reception@village.clinton.bc.ca www.village.clinton.bc.ca Hotels and Motels Cariboo Lodge Resort 1414 Hwy 97 Box 459, Clinton V0K 1K0 William Zhai ........p: 250-459-7992 f: 250-459-0060 e: cariboolodge@yahoo.ca www.cariboolodgebc.com

Echo Valley Ranch & Spa 10635 Jesmond Rd PO Box 916, Clinton V0K 1K0 ..........................................p: 800-253-8831 e: info@evranch.com www.evranch.com/corporate Fly ‘em in and start your retreat without delay.

Motivation, inspiration and relaxation - all in a day’s work, breathtaking setting included.

Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities 47 Mile Sports Complex 1417 Government St PO Box 309, Clinton V0K 1K0 Tom Dall ..............p: 250-459-2261 f: 250-459-2227 e: reception@village.clinton.bc.ca www.village.clinton.bc.ca

Nazko Resorts/Retreats Fishpot Lake Resort 10923 Baezaeko Rd, Nazko V2J 3H9 Marc Roy ........................................p: 403-927-6208 e: info@fishpotlakeresort.com www.fishpotlakeresort.com

Nimpo Lake Resorts/Retreats Retreat Wilderness Inn 21145 Chilcotin Hwy 20 PO Box 80, Nimpo Lake V0L 1R0 ................p: 888-646-7655 f: 250-742-3332 e: retreatwilderness@gmail.com www.retreatwildernessinn.com

“Backcountry meets luxury” is the motif at Tyax Wilderness Resort & Spa on Tyaughton Lake, near the town of Gold Bridge. Tyax boasts fine dining plus a luxury spa with an outdoor hot tub, yoga studio, massage and facials | SUBMITTED

Quesnel Banquet Facilities Quesnel Curling Club 550 Barlow Ave PO Box 4041, Quesnel V2J 3J2 ...........................................p: 250-992-5813 e: qcurlingcentre@gmail.com www.quesnelcurlingclub.com Community Halls Bouchie Lake Community Hall 1975 Centennial Rd, Quesnel V2J 5G6 Angela Mezzatesta ........................p: 250-249-5508 e: bouchielakerc@gmail.com www.bouchielakerec.ca Golf Courses & Country Clubs Quesnel Golf Club 1800 Backwater Rd Box 4741, Quesnel V2J 7A5 ...............p: 250-249-5550 f: 250-249-5296 e: quesnelgolfclub@gmail.com www.quesnelgolfclub.com Hotels and Motels Best Western Plus Tower Inn 500 Reid St, Quesnel V2J 2M9 ..............p: 250-992-2201 f: 250-992-5201 e: stay@bwtowerinn.ca www.bwtowerinn.ca Quality Inn & Suites 753 Front St, Quesnel V2J 2L2 ................p: 800-663-8090 f: 250-992-3126 e: info@qualityinnquesnel.com www.qualityinnquesnel.com Ramada Limited Quesnel 383 St Laurent Ave, Quesnel V2J 2E1 ................p: 250-992-5575 f: 250-992-2254 e: ramada@quesnelbc.com www.ramada.com Sandman Hotel Quesnel 940 Chew Rd, Quesnel V2J 6R8 ...............p: 250-747-3511 f: 250-747-0110 e: gm_quesnel@sandman.ca www.sandmanhotels.ca

Travelodge Quesnel 524 Front St, Quesnel V2J 2K6 ...............p: 250-992-7071 f: 250-992-2873 e: travelodgequesnel@telus.net www.travelodgequesnel.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Quesnel & District Arts & Recreation Centre 500 North Star Rd, Quesnel V2J 5P6 Sue Millership .....p: 250-992-8200 f: 250-992-6866 e: smillership@quesnel.ca www.quesnel.ca Quesnel and District Twin Arenas 500 Barlow Ave, Quesnel V2J 2C4 ...............p: 250-992-7125 f: 250-992-9297 e: scooley@quesnel.ca www.quesnel.ca Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor Billy Barker Casino Hotel 308 McLean St, Quesnel V2J 2N9 ...............p: 250-992-5533 f: 250-992-1103 e: info@billybarkercasino.com www.billybarkercasino.com

Tatla Lake Banquet Facilities Tatla Lake Hall Box 75, Tatla Lake V0L 1V0 Johanna Kirby ................................p: 250-476-1339 e: johannakirby@hotmail.com Hotels and Motels Tatla Lake Manor/Motel 16417 Hwy 20 Box 58, Tatla Lake V0L 1V0 Johanna Kirby ................................p: 250-476-1339 e: johannakirby@hotmail.com

Williams Lake Hotels and Motels Ramada Williams Lake 1118 Lakeview Cres, Williams Lake V2G 1A3 Lindsey Gasparini p: 250-392-3321 f: 250-392-3983 e: office@ramadawilliamslake.ca www.ramada.com/williamslake

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MEETING DEMAND New hotels and meeting venues expand as north becomes a conference destination

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his May, the Minerals North conference will be held at the Prince George Conference and Civic Centre (PGCCC), with 450 to 600 delegates and exhibitors expected for the three-day show.

But the biggest mineral event in the province is not the only major corporate meeting in a city ranked No. 1 for economic growth among mid-sized Canadian cities.

“We have 10 events booked at the centre for 2017,” says PGCCC general manager Myles Tycholis, noting the packed calendar is indicative of industry awakening to the largest meeting facility, by far, in northern B.C. “We have people come up from Vancouver and they are surprised at what we can offer,” he says.

This includes 42,000 square feet of flexible meeting space and the type of high-performance equipment and service that would make any city proud. For example, floating walls allow meeting rooms to be expanded for large events or made smaller for more intimate meetings, he notes.

“We can easily seat 1,000 for a plated dinner,” Tycholis says.

Many of the events this year are related to the resource industry and the medical community.

Last year, the Conference Board of Canada ranked Prince George No. 1 for economic growth among seven mid-size Canadian cities. Following growth of 2.4 per cent last year, the northern B.C. city’s economy is forecast to see gross domestic product rise by 2.8 per cent in 2017.

Prince George also offers the sophisticated event and meeting space at the University of Northern British Columbia campus, which includes outstanding sports facilities.

The Canfor Atrium at the Exploration Place Museum and Science Centre in Prince George can host auditoriumor dinner-style meetings for up to 120 guests.

Last year, the Marriott chain announced that it would build a new Marriott Courtyard hotel in downtown Prince George.

The Coast Inn of the North in Prince George, the closest hotel to the PGCCC, features two levels of meeting space with 8,000 square feet for events and eight conference

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are welcomed by the Heiltsuk Tribal Council in Bella Bella | HEILTSUK NATION/JIMMY WILLIAMS

Site of the giant Minerals North conference in May 2017, the Prince George Conference and Civic Centre has 42,000 square feet of event space and 11 meeting rooms. The water feature is a fountain in the summer and a skating rink all winter | PRINCE GEORGE CONFERENCE AND CIVIC CENTRE

rooms, each equipped with the latest in audiovisual systems. The Ramada hotel can accommodate up to 300 in a variety of spacious convention facilities, including seven meeting rooms.

To the east in the Energetic City of Fort St. John – a city buoyed by the federal government approval of the $36 billion Pacific NorthWest LNG proposal – 90 new

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The Doobie Brothers rock Dawson Creek’s 6,500-seat Encana Events Centre, which was named among the top arenas in the world last year

by Pollstar magazine | ENCANA EVENTS CENTRE

Ryan McRae, vice-president of Marriott Hotels of Canada, will head construction of the $35 million Marriott Courtyard in downtown Prince George | CHUNG CHOW

hotel rooms recently opened with the completion of the Home2 Suites by Hilton.

The Hilton is part of a trend of hoteliers who have been flocking to the city. A 123-room Best Western is under construction and a Holiday Inn Express and the Microtel Inn & Suites were completed two years ago. Fort St. John’s excellent conference and event venues include the Pomeroy Hotel & Conference Centre. With meeting, conference and corporate facilities for up to 500 guests, the Pomeroy also has more than 11,500 square feet of flexible conference space.

In Dawson Creek, the Encana Events Centre – with up to 6,500 seats and well known for its big rock shows – has been named one of the top 200 arena venues in the world by Pollstar magazine. “[That] reinforces the value of the Encana Events Centre to our region,” says Dale Bumstead, mayor of Dawson Creek.

Within the rankings, the Encana Events Centre places

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Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Chetwynd Visitor Centre 5217 North Access Rd PO Box 594, Chetwynd V0C 1J0 ...............p: 250-788-1943 f: 250-788-1846 e: tourist@gochetwynd.com www.gochetwynd.com Hotels and Motels Lakeview Inn & Suites Chetwynd 4820 North Access Rd, Chetwynd V0C 1J0 ...............p: 250-788-3000 f: 250-788-2548 e: chetwynd@lakeviewhotels.com www.lakeviewhotels.com Signs, Banners, Flags Aleet Signs & Graffix 4805 South Access Rd Box 1019, Chetwynd V0C 1J0 Sandra Shook .................................p: 250-788-3974 e: shooks@telus.net

Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Tourism Dawson Creek 900 Alaska Ave, Dawson Creek V1G 4T6 ...............p: 250-782-9595 f: 250-782-9538 e: info@tourismdawsoncreek.com www.tourismdawsoncreek.com Banquet Facilities Dawson Creek Curling Club 1113 106 Ave, Dawson Creek V1G 4G3 Jeff Ginter ...........p: 250-782-4080 f: 250-782-5089 e: dccurl@shaw.ca www.dccurling.ca Hotels and Motels Aurora Park Inn & Suites 12004 8 St, Dawson Creek V1G 4Y5 ...............p: 250-782-8006 f: 250-782-6007 e: contact@auroraparkinn.com www.auroraparkinn.com

17th for all venues listed for Canada in terms of ticket sales, with the centre ranking as the No. 5 venue for Western Canada.

In Terrace, the popular Days Inn on the Skeena River is seeing more competition this year. The Holiday Inn completed construction in 2016 and two more hotels are near completion: the Comfort Inn and Sunshine Inn, both with approximately 100 rooms.

Meanwhile the owner of the Chances gaming centre has outlined a proposal for a $25 million downtown entertainment complex in Terrace. The proposal calls for a 100-room hotel, a conference centre to hold up to 750 people and a gaming facility of 18,000 square feet.

No timeline has been set.

Both Kitimat and Prince Rupert on the northwest coast offer a variety of accommodations, including Prince Rupert’s Crest Hotel, with more than 4,000 square feet of meeting space overlooking the harbour.

But when the most famous tourists in the world arrived in northern B.C. last September, it was tiny Bella Bella where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge touched down. Prince William and Kate dedicated B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest to the Queen’s conservation program. A highlight of the couple’s rainy visit was the presentation of commemorative canoe paddles by the Heiltsuk Tribal Council in Bella Bella. É

Days Inn Dawson Creek 640 122 Ave, Dawson Creek V1G 0A4 ...............p: 250-782-8887 f: 250-782-8799 www.daysinn.ca George Dawson Inn 11705 8 St, Dawson Creek V1G 4N9 ..............p: 250-782-9151 f: 250-782-1617 e: georgedawsoninn@pris.bc.ca www.georgedawsoninn.bc.ca Pomeroy Inn & Suites Dawson Creek 540 Hwy 2, Dawson Creek V1G 0A4 ..............p: 250-782-3700 f: 250-782-3772 e: gm@pomeroydawsoncreek.com www.pomeroyinnandsuites.com Stonebridge Hotel 500 Hwy 2, Dawson Creek V1G 0A4 ...............p: 250-782-6226 f: 250-782-6001 e: gm@stonebridgedc.com www.stonebridgehotel.ca

Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Encana Events Centre 1-300 Hwy 2, Dawson Creek V1G 0A4 ...............p: 250-782-7440 f: 250-782-7446 www.dawsoncreekeventscentre.com

Fort Nelson Hotels and Motels Lakeview Inns & Suites Fort Nelson 4507 50 Ave S PO Box 840, Fort Nelson V0C 1R0 Michele Mitchell .p: 250-233-5001 f: 250-233-5006 e: fortnelson@lakeviewhotels.com www.lakeviewhotels.com

PRINCE GEORGE CONFERENCE AND CIVIC CENTRE Northern British Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premiere Meetings & Conventions Venue

Located in the heart of downtown Prince George the Conference and Civic Centre offers over 60,000 square feet of versatile space, great for conventions, meetings, trade shows, consumer shows, banquets and special events. Our professional and dedicated event staff will assist with every detail, collaborating towards creating an exceptional experience.

With an open-air plaza featuring an eclectic mix of public art, water fountains and landscaped gardens that is overshadowed by an iconic grand clock tower - even the architecture is entertaining, reďŹ&#x201A;ecting the personality of this vibrant city!

At the Prince George Conference and Civic Centre, we look forward to making your next event EXCEPTIONAL.

For further information or to make an inquiry please contact us at the following: Tel: 250.561.7723 1 " ! civiccentre@princegeorge.ca 1 www.pgccc.ca

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Fort St John Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Fort St John & District Chamber of Commerce 9907 99 Ave Suite 100, Fort St John V1J 1V1 ...............p: 250-785-6037 f: 250-785-6050 e: info@fsjchamber.com www.fsjchamber.com Hotels and Motels Econo Lodge Fort St John 10419 Alaska Rd, Fort St John V1J 1B1 ...............p: 250-787-8475 f: 250-787-0533 e: gm@econolodgefortstjohn.com www.econolodgefortstjohn.com Home2 Suites by Hilton Fort St John 9519 111 St, Fort St John V1J 0N1 ...............p: 250-785-5356 f: 250-787-1432 www.home2suitesbyhilton.com Lakeview Inns & Suites Fort St John 10103 98 Ave, Fort St John V1J 1P8 ................p: 250-787-0779 f: 250-787-0709 e: fortstjohn@lakeviewhotels.com www.lakeviewhotels.com Northern Grand Hotel 9830 100 Ave, Fort St John VIJ 1Y5 ................p: 250-787-0521 f: 250-787-2648 e: gm@northerngrand.ca www.nnortherngrand.ca Pomeroy Hotel & Conference Centre 11308 Alaska Rd, Fort St John V1J 5T5 Doug Parcells ......p: 250-262-3233 f: 250-262-3284 e: gm@pomeroyhotelfsj.com www.pomeroyhotel.com/stjohn Stonebridge Hotel Fort St John 9223 100 St, Fort St John V1J 3X3 ...............p: 250-263-6880 f: 250-263-6881 e: gm@stonebridgefsj.com www.stonebridgefortstjohn.com Resorts/Retreats Elisi Spa & Wilderness Resort PO Box 6677, Fort St John V1J 4J1 Victoria Olmstead p: 250-789-9494 f: 250-789-3282 e: victoria@elisispa.com www.elisispa.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities North Peace Cultural Centre 10015 100 Ave, Fort St John V1J 1Y7 Oliver Hachmeister.........................p: 250-785-1992 f: 250-785-1510 e: manager@npcc.bc.ca www.npcc.bc.ca

Hudson’s Hope Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres District of Hudson’s Hope 9904 Dudley Dr PO Box 330, Hudson’s Hope V0C 1V0 Tom Matus ..........p: 250-783-9901 f: 250-783-5741 e: district@hudsonshope.ca www.hudsonshope.ca

Prince George Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Northern BC Tourism Association 1274 5th Ave, Prince George V2L 3L2 ................p: 250-561-0432 f: 250-561-0450 e: info@nbctourism.com www.northernbctourism.com Tourism Prince George 1300 1st Ave Suite 101, Prince George V2L 2Y3 Leanne Schinkel ..p: 250-562-3700 f: 250-564-9807 e: meetings@tourismpg.com www.tourismpg.com

Banquet Facilities Carmel Inn 1502 Hwy 97 S, Prince George V2L 5L9 ................p: 250-564-6339 f: 250-562-0597 e: frontdesk@carmelinn.ca www.carmelinn.ca Golf Courses & Country Clubs Prince George Golf & Curling Club 2515 Recreation Pl, Prince George V2L 4S1 ................p: 250-563-0357 f: 250-563-4136 e: catering@pggolfandcurling.com www.pggolfandcurling.com Hotels and Motels Coast Inn of the North 770 Brunswick St, Prince George V2L 2C2 Kim Louis .............p: 250-563-0121 f: 250-563-1948 e: k.louis@coasthotels.com www.coastinnofthenorth.com Esther’s Inn 1151 Commercial Cres, Prince George V2M 6W6.............p: 250-562-4131 f: 250-562-4145 e: catering@esthersinn.com www.esthersinn.com Four Points by Sheraton 1790 Hwy 97 S, Prince George V2L 5L3 Aurora Cozza .......p: 250-564-7100 f: 250-564-7199 e: aurora.cozza@fourpointsprincegeorge.com www.fourpointsprincegeorge.com Grama’s Inn 901 Central St, Prince George V2M 3C8 Sandra Aalten .....p: 250-563-7174 f: 250-563-7147 e: becky@gramasinn.com www.gramasinn.com Prestige Treasure Cove Prince George 2005 Hwy 97 S, Prince George V2N 7A3 ..............p: 250-614-9111 f: 250-614-9101 e: princegeorge@prestigehotels.ca www.prestigehotelsandresorts.com Ramada Prince George 444 George St, Prince George V2L 1R6 Tanya Tinker ........p: 250-563-0055 f: 250-563-6042 e: ttinker@ramadaprincegeorge.com www.ramadaprincegeorge.com Sandman Signature Hotel & Suites 2990 Recplace Dr, Prince George V2N 0B2 ...............p: 250-645-7263 f: 250-645-2150 www.sandmansignature.ca/hotels/prince-george Travelodge Prince George 1458 7th Ave, Prince George V2L 3P3 ................p: 250-563-0666 f: 250-563-5775 e: info@travelodgeprincegeorge.com www.travelodgeprincegeorge.com Regional Convention Spaces Prince George Conference and Civic Centre, City of Prince George 808 Canada Games Way, Prince George V2L 5T6 Myles Tycholis.....p: 250-561-7723 f: 250-561-7737 e: myles.tycholis@princegeorge.ca www.princegeorgeciviccentre.ca Restaurants Cimo Mediterranean Grill 601 Victoria St, Prince George V2L 2K3 Carey-Lynn Campioni .....................p: 250-564-7975 f: 250-564-7965 e: cimo.restaurant@gmail.com www.cimo.ca North 54 1493 3rd Ave, Prince George V2L 3S1 Carey-Lynn Campioni .....................p: 250-564-5400 f: 250-906-3285 e: carey-lynn@north54.ca www.north54.ca Universities and Colleges College of New Caledonia 3330 22nd Ave, Prince George V2N 1P8 Denise Carmichael .........................p: 250-562-2131 f: 250-561-5876 e: askcnc@cnc.bc.ca www.cnc.bc.ca

Conference & Event Services University of Northern BC 3333 University Way, Prince George V2N 4Z9 Jennifer Studney .p: 250-960-6760 f: 250-960-5291 e: conference@unbc.ca www.unbc.ca/conference Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Charles Jago Northern Sports Centre 3333 University Way, Prince George V2N 4Z9 Virginia Ashley ....p: 250-960-5883 f: 250-960-6374 e: virginia.ashley@unbc.ca www.northernsportcentre.ca CN Centre 2187 Ospika Blvd Suite 100, Prince George V2N 6Z1 Tracy Shaw ..........p: 250-561-7777 f: 250-561-7557 e: tracy.shaw@princegeorge.ca www.cncentre.ca

Regional Convention Spaces Jim Ciccone Civic Centre 1000 McBride St, Prince Rupert V8J 4P7 ................p: 250-624-6707 f: 250-627-8036 www.princerupert.ca Tourist Attractions - Major Prince Rupert Special Events Society PO Box 306, Prince Rupert V8J 3P9 Joy Sundin...........p: 250-624-9118 f: 250-624-9218 e: prspecialevents@citywest.ca www.prspecialevents.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Lester Centre of the Arts 1100 McBride St, Prince Rupert V8J 3H2 Crystal Lorette .....p: 250-627-8888 f: 250-627-7892 e: crystall@lestercentre.ca www.lestercentre.ca

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Airlines Ocean Pacific Air Services Ltd 1020 6th Ave, Prince Rupert V8J 1X6 ..........................................p: 250-624-5879 e: oceanpacificair@gmail.com www.oceanpacificair.ca Associations/Chambers of Commerce/ Tourist Info Centres Prince Rupert & District Chamber of Commerce 515 3rd Ave W Suite 100, Prince Rupert V8J 1L9 ................p: 250-624-2296 f: 250-622-2334 e: manager@princerupertchamber.ca www.princerupertchamber.ca Caterers Fresh Onion Cafe & Catering 309 2nd Ave W Suite 253 Ocean Centre Mall, Prince Rupert V8J 1L2 ...........................................p: 250-624-9231 e: thefreshonion@gmail.com Event Marketing Ocean Pearl Promotions and Event Planning 1309 6th Ave E, Prince Rupert V8J 1Y1 Leanne Enns ...................................p: 778-884-6901 e: leanne@oceanpearlpromotions.com www.oceanpearlpromotions.com Golf Courses & Country Clubs Prince Rupert Golf Club 523 9th Ave W, Prince Rupert V8J 2S9 ...............p: 250-624-2000 f: 250-627-4795 www.princerupertgolf.ca Hotels and Motels Crest Hotel 222 1st Ave W, Prince Rupert V8J 1A8 Paula Amorim ......p: 250-624-6771 f: 250-627-7666 e: paula@cresthotel.bc.ca www.cresthotel.bc.ca First Avenue Executive Suites 931 1st Ave W, Prince Rupert V8J 1B4 ..........................................p: 250-624-3237 e: info@faes.ca www.firstavenueexecutivesuites.com Highliner Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre 815 1st Ave W, Prince Rupert V8J 1B3 ...............p: 250-624-9060 f: 250-627-7759 e: david.bailey@highlinerplaza.com www.highlinerplaza.com Inn on the Harbour 720 1st Ave W, Prince Rupert V8J 3V6 ...............p: 250-624-9107 f: 250-627-8232 e: info@innontheharbour.com www.innontheharbour.com Prestige Hotel Prince Rupert 118 6th St, Prince Rupert V8J 3L7 ................p: 250-624-6711 f: 250-624-3288 e: princerupert@prestigehotels.ca www.prestigehotelsandresorts.com

Banquet Facilities Smithers Golf & Country Club 1200 Scotia St PO Box 502, Smithers V0J 2N0 ...............p: 250-847-5977 f: 250-847-5974 e: smithersgolf@telus.net www.smithersgolfclub.com Hotels and Motels Prestige Hudson Bay Lodge 3251 Hwy 16 E PO Box 3636, Smithers V0J 2N0 ...............p: 250-847-4581 f: 250-847-4878 e: smithers@prestigehotels.ca www.prestigehotelsandresorts.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Banner Mountainlodge 12753 Babine Lake Rd Suite 3, Smithers V0J 2N7 Mary deWit ....................................p: 250-846-5655 e: bannermountainlodge@gmail.com www.bannermountainlodge.com

Terrace Golf Courses & Country Clubs Skeena Valley Golf & Country Club 3525 Golf Course Ave PO Box 865, Terrace V8G 4R1 ...............p: 250-635-2542 f: 250-635-4800 e: svgc@citywest.ca www.svgc.ca Hotels and Motels Best Western Terrace Inn 4553 Greig Ave, Terrace V8G 1M7 Mobashar Ahmad p: 250-635-0083 f: 250-635-0092 e: bwticatering@gmail.com www.terraceinn.com Sandman Inn Terrace 4828 Hwy 16 W, Terrace V8G 1L6 ...............p: 250-635-9151 f: 250-635-6225 e: gm_terrace@sandman.ca www.sandmanhotels.com Venues - Event or Meeting Facilities Terrace Sportsplex 3320 Kalum St, Terrace V8G 2N6 ..............p: 250-615-3000 f: 250-615-3010 e: leisureservices@terrace.ca www.terrace.ca Venues - Historical or Themed or Outdoor Heritage Park Museum 4702 Kerby Ave Box 512, Terrace V8G 4B5 ...............p: 250-635-4546 f: 250-635-4536 e: curator@heritageparkmuseum.com www.heritageparkmuseum.com

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AAA Business Seminars International Inc, 77 Aardvark Armadillo Tents Inc, 73 Aava Whistler Hotel, 46, 81 About Face Image Consulting Inc, 77 AC Airways, 70 Accent Inns Burnaby, 44, 74 Accent Inns Kamloops, 49, 96 Accent Inns Kelowna, 49, 98 Accent Inns Vancouver Airport, 45, 74 Accent Inns Victoria, 48, 92 Accommodation at UBC Okanagan Centre, 49, 98 Advanced Light and Effects Inc, 76 Adventure Hotel, 51, 103 Airport Inn, 48, 91 Albert Normandin Photography Inc, 76 Aleet Signs & Graffix, 110 All Spiced Catering, 71 AMS Nest @ UBC, 79 Anchor Inn & Suites, 47, 90 Anvil Centre, 45, 77, 79 April Point Resort & Spa, 48, 91 Archie Browning Sport Centre, 48, 90 Archipelago Wildlife Cruises, 92 ArtStarts in Schools, 46, 79 ATP Engineering Inc, 81 Aurora Park Inn & Suites, 110 Azorean Catering, 98 B

Banner Mountainlodge, 51, 112 BBW International Inc, 72 BC Event Management, 71, 72, 73 BC Interior Forestry Museum and Forest Discovery Center, 103 BCIT Aerospace Technology Campus, 79 BCIT Burnaby Campus, 79 BCIT Downtown Campus, 79 BC Place, 46, 79 Beach Club Resort, 48, 91 Beach Gardens Resort & Marina, 45, 81 Beach Grove Golf Club, 46, 70 Beban Park Recreation Centre, 48, 91 Bell Performing Arts Centre, 46, 79 Belmont Bar, 79 Belmont Golf Course, 74 Best Western Northgate Hotel, 48, 91 Best Western Peace Arch Inn, 46, 74 Best Western Plus Austrian Chalet, 47, 90 Best Western Plus Barclay Hotel, 48, 91 Best Western Plus Chateau Granville Hotel & Suites Conference Centre, 46, 74 Best Western Plus Coquitlam Inn Convention Centre, 44, 74 Best Western Plus Dorchester Hotel, 48, 91 Best Western Plus Emerald Isle, 91 Best Western Plus Fernie Mountain Lodge, 50, 103 Best Western Plus Kelowna Hotel & Suites, 49, 98 Best Western Plus Regency Inn & Conference Centre, 44, 80 Best Western Plus Sands Hotel, 46, 74 Best Western Plus Sunrise Inn, 50, 98 Best Western Plus The Westerly Hotel & Convention Centre, 47, 90 Best Western Plus Tower Inn, 51, 107 Best Western Terrace Inn, 51, 112 Best Western Tin Wis Resort, 48, 92 BiBO, 103 Bighorn Meadows Resort, 51, 103 Big White Ski Resort, 49, 98 Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, 46, 79 Billy Barker Casino Hotel, 51, 107 Blueprint Events, 79 Bohemian Cafe & Catering Co, 49, 98 BOLD Event Creative Inc, 72 Bonniebrook Lodge and Chasters Restaurant, 44, 81 Borgata Lodge, 98 Bouchie Lake Community Hall, 51, 107 Bridges Restaurant, 46, 70 Bright Ideas Event Coordinators Ltd, 73 Brink Events, 92 Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel, 44, 80 Burnside Gorge Community Association, 48, 92 Burrard, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80 Burrowing Owl Estate Winery, 50, 98 Butchart Gardens, 48, 92 C

Cambie Community Centre, 45, 79 Campbell River Visitor Centre, 90 Campo Marina Cafe & Restaurant, 98 Canada’s Best Value Inn & Suites Castlegar, 50, 103 Canadian Princess Resort, 48, 92 Capitol Theatre, 51, 103

Cariboo Lodge Resort, 107 Carmana Plaza, 74 Carmel Inn, 51, 112 Carte Blanche Events, 73 Castlegar & District Chamber of Commerce, 103 Cathedral Mountain Lodge, 103 Century Plaza Hotel & Spa, 46, 74 Chaberton Estate Winery, 71 Charles Jago Northern Sports Centre, 51, 112 Chateau Victoria Hotel & Suites, 48, 92 Chetwynd Visitor Centre, 110 Chilliwack Heritage Park, 44, 81 Cimo Mediterranean Grill, 112 Civic Hotel at 3 Civic Plaza, 46, 74 Clark’s Audio Visual Services Ltd, 70, 73, 76 Clinton Memorial Hall, 51, 107 Cloverdale Rodeo & Exhibition, 46, 79 CN Centre, 51, 112 Coast Bastion Inn, 48, 91 Coast Coal Harbour Hotel, 46, 74 Coast Discovery Inn and Marina, 47, 90 Coast Hillcrest Hotel, 51, 103 Coast Hotels, 74 Coast Inn of the North, 51, 112 Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre, 49, 96 Coast Osoyoos Beach Hotel, 50, 98 Coast Tsawwassen Inn, 44, 74 Colin Jewall Photo Studios Inc, 98 College of New Caledonia, 51, 112 Colombo Lodge, 50, 103 ColourTime Printing & Digital Imaging, 76 Comfort Hotel & Conference Centre Victoria, 48, 92 Comfort Inn & Suites, 47, 49, 50, 90, 96, 99 Comfort Inn & Suites Campbell River, 47, 90 Comfort Inn & Suites Salmon Arm, 50, 99 Comfort Inn Downtown, 46, 74 Comfort Suites, 49, 98 Concept Audio Works Inc, 98 CONEXSYS Registration, 74 Conference & Event Services University of Northern BC, 51, 112 Conferences & Accommodation at UBC, 46, 74, 79, 98 Conferences & Accommodation at UBC Okanagan Campus, 98 Copper Point Golf Club, 50, 103 Copper Point Resort, 50, 103 Corbett Lake Lodge Ltd, 50, 98 Corporate Gifts Inc, 77 Courtenay & District Museum & Paleontology Centre, 47, 90 Cove Lakeside Resort, 50, 99 CP Catering & Bridge Bistro, 50, 103 Cranbrook & District Chamber of Commerce, 103 Creative Display (Vancouver), 72 Creatix Studios, 80 Creekside Community Recreation Centre, 46, 79 Crest Hotel, 51, 112 Creston & District Community Complex, 50, 103 Crown Isle Resort & Golf Community, 47, 90 Crystal Lodge & Suites Whistler, 46, 81 CTM Exhibits Worldwide/CTM Strategies, 71, 72 Culinary Capers Catering and Special Events, 71 D

Danco Tent & Party Rentals, 73 Darcel Moro Independent Meeting & Event Manager, 73 Dawson Creek Curling Club, 51, 110 Days Inn Dawson Creek, 110 Days Inn Nanaimo Harbourview, 48, 91 Days Inn Vancouver Metro, 74 Days Inn Victoria Uptown, 48, 92 Delta Grand Okanagan Resort & Conference Centre, 50, 98 Delta Hotels - Marriott - Burnaby Conference Centre, 44, 74 Delta Hotels Whistler Village Suites, 47, 81 Delta Vancouver Suites, 46, 74 Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa, 48, 92 Destination Osoyoos, 98 DFC Events Inc, 71, 73, 76 Discover Surrey, 72 District of Hudson’s Hope, 112 Dominion Sales & Marketing Services Inc, 73 Doolin’s Irish Pub, 46, 79 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Victoria, 48, 92 DoubleTree by Hilton Kamloops, 49, 96 Doukhobor Discovery Centre, 103 Downtowner Motor Inn, 50, 103 DreamGroup Productions, 73 Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 46, 79

Dynamic Meeting Solutions Inc, 71 E

Eaglepoint Golf Resort, 49, 96 Echo Valley Ranch & Spa, 51, 107 Econo Lodge Fort St John, 112 Edgeceptional Catering, 71, 73 Effective Leadership Consulting Ltd, 77 Element Vancouver Metrotown, 44, 74 Eleni Floral Design & Decor, 81 Elisi Spa & Wilderness Resort, 51, 112 Emelle’s Catering Ltd, 71 Empire Landmark Hotel & Conference Centre, 46, 74 Encana Events Centre, 51, 110 Enderby & District Curling Club, 96 Engagement Unlimited, 72 English Bay Apartment Hotel Ltd, 74 ePly - Online Event Registration, 74 Esther’s Inn, 51, 112 EVA Office, 98 Eventful Innovations: Event Planning, 73 Eventology, 81 Executive Airport Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre, 45, 75 Executive Event Production Inc, 73 Executive Hotel & Conference Centre Burnaby, 44, 75 Executive Hotel Vintage Park - Downtown Vancouver, 46, 75 Executive Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre Coquitlam, 44 F

Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott, 49, 96 Fairmont Chateau Whistler, 47, 81 Fairmont Empress, 48, 92 Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, 46, 75 Fairmont Pacific Rim, 46, 75 Fairmont Vancouver Airport, 45, 75 Fairmont Waterfront, 46, 75 Fairview Mountain Golf Club, 50, 98 Fairweather Cruises & Events Ltd, 80 Famous Players Band, 72 Fernie Golf & Country Club, 50, 103 Fernie Stanford Resort, 50, 103 Fireworks Marketing Group, 71, 72, 73, 76, 77 First Avenue Executive Suites, 112 Fishpot Lake Resort, 107 Florence Filberg Centre & Native Sons Hall, 47, 90 FMAV, 70 Focus Audio Visual Services, 70 Fort St John & District Chamber of Commerce, 112 Foster Walker Gifts of Distinction, 77 Four Points by Sheraton, 45, 49, 51, 75, 96, 112 Four Points by Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel, 45, 75 Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver, 46, 75 Frank Venables Theatre, 50, 98 Fraser Valley Event Planning Association, 70 Fresh Onion Cafe & Catering, 112 Fusilli Grill on the River, 90 G

Galiano Island Chamber of Commerce, 90 Gallagher’s Canyon Golf Club, 50, 98 George Dawson Inn, 51, 110 Georgian Court Hotel, 46, 75 Gibsons & District Chamber of Commerce, 81 Glacier Raft Company, 103 Glen Lyon Inn & Suites, 48, 91 Glen Meadows Golf & Country Club, 48, 91 Glenogle Mountain Lodge Resort & Spa, 50, 103 Gracious Host Events & PR, 73 Grama’s Inn, 51, 112 Grand Forks Curling Club, 49, 96 Grand Hotel Nanaimo, 48, 91 Granville Island Hotel, 46, 79 Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce, 91 Greater Vancouver Zoo, 81 Greenscape Design & Decor, 72, 74 Greenwood Museum & Visitor Centre, 96 Grouse Mountain Resorts Ltd, 45, 70, 78, 79 Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site, 80 H

Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Downtown Vancouver, 46, 75 Hanamo Florist, 74 Harbour Cruises & Events, 70, 80 Harbour Towers Hotel & Suites, 48, 92 Harrison Beach Hotel, 44, 81 Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa, 44, 81 Hazelmere Golf & Tennis Ltd, 46, 74 Heather Baker Events, 73 Heritage Inn, 44, 50, 81, 103 Heritage Inn Hotel & Convention Centre, 50, 103 Heritage Park Museum, 112

Highliner Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre, 51, 112 Hilton Vancouver Airport, 45, 75 Holiday Inn & Suites, 45, 46, 49, 50, 75, 96, 98 Holiday Inn & Suites Kamloops, 49, 96 Holiday Inn & Suites North Vancouver, 45, 75 Holiday Inn & Suites Vancouver Downtown, 46, 75 Holiday Inn Express & Suites Comox Valley, 47, 90 Holiday Inn Express & Suites Riverport, 45, 75 Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Langley, 45, 70, 75 Holiday Inn Express Kamloops, 96 Holiday Inn Express Kelowna Conference Centre, 50, 98 Holiday Inn Vancouver Centre, 46, 75 Hollyhock, 47, 90 Home2 Suites by Hilton Fort St John, 51, 112 Honeymoon Bay Community Hall, 48, 90 Honeymoon Bay Lodge & Retreat, 48, 91 Hoodoo Adventure Company, 98, 99 Hospitality Inn, 48, 91 Hotel Blu, 75 Hotel Eldorado, 50, 98 Hotel Five540Forty, 49, 96 Hotel Grand Pacific, 48, 92 Howard Johnson, 75, 91 Howard Johnson Harbourside Hotel, 91 Howard Johnson Hotel Downtown, 75 Human Resources Management Association, 70 Hyatt Regency Vancouver, 46, 70, 75 I

Imagine That Events, 73 IMAX Victoria, 48, 92 I M Print Promo Inc, 77 Inn at Laurel Point, 48, 92 Inn at the Quay, 45, 75 Inn on Long Lake, 48, 91 Inn on the Harbour, 51, 112 International Exhibition Services Inc, 72 International Live Events Association (ILEA) Vancouver Chapter, 70 Invenia Inc, 76 Island Chauffeur, 91 J

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Canada Inc, 73 Jeff Andrews Photography, 81 Jim Ciccone Civic Centre, 51, 112 Jon Benjamin Photography, 76 Jumpstart Sales & Marketing Inc, 73 K

Kamloops Golf & Country Club, 49, 96 Kelowna Ramada Hotel & Conference Centre, 50, 98 Key City Theatre, 50, 103 Kimberley Conference Centre, 50, 103 Kingfisher Oceanside Resort & Spa, 47, 90 Kokanee Bay Fishing Resort, 107 L

Lake Okanagan Resort, 50, 98 Lakeview Inn & Suites Chetwynd, 51, 110 Lakeview Inns & Suites Fort Nelson, 51, 110 Lakeview Inns & Suites Fort St John, 51, 112 Landsea Tours Ltd, 71 Langley Events Centre, 45, 79 Language Bureau, 79 La Punta Norte Guest Inn, 50, 99 Law Courts Inn, 46, 70 Lazy Gourmet, 71 Lead Generators International Sales & Marketing Group Inc, 76 Legacy Catering, 71 Legacy Liquor Store, 71, 79 Lester Centre of the Arts, 51, 112 Letter Shop (1990) Ltd, 77 Level Furnished Living, 46, 79 Lighten Up Productions Inc, 77 LingoStar Language Services, 79 Living Productions Inc, 70 Lodging Ovations, 47, 81 Loft at Earl’s, 77 Lonsdale Quay Hotel, 45, 75 Lord Stanley Suites on the Park, 46, 75 Lotus Land Tours Inc, 79 Loungeworks Inc, 72, 74, 76, 77 L’Hermitage Hotel, 75 M

Magic Yacht Charters, 79 Magnolia Hotel & Spa, 48, 92 Manning Park Resort, 45, 81 Manteo Resort Waterfront Hotel & Villas, 50, 98 Maritime Heritage Centre, 47, 90 Marriott Victoria Inner Harbour, 48, 92 Mary Winspear Centre, 48, 92 MB7 Tent & Party Rentals, 103

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Company index Meetingmax, 72 Meeting Professionals International BC Chapter, 70 Mehndi & More Body Art, 73 Message Impact Systems Inc, 79 Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver, 46, 75 Metro Vancouver Regional Parks, 44, 79 Michael J Fox Theatre, 44, 79 Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing, 49, 96 Mission Hill Family Estate, 50, 99 Monica Powell Event Management, 92 Mulvehill Creek Wilderness Inn and Wedding Chapel, 103 Museum at Campbell River, 47, 90 Museum of Anthropology at UBC, 79, 80 Museum of Vancouver, 46, 80 N

Nanaimo Museum, 91 Nasco Productions, 72, 73, 76 Nasco Staffing Solutions, 72 National Speakers Bureau, 77 Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce, 103 Nicklaus North Golf Course, 47, 81 Nikkei Centre, 44, 80 Nita Lake Lodge, 47, 81 Nonis Electrical Services Inc, 73 Norlynn Audio Visual Services, 76 North 54, 51, 112 North American Logistics Services, 72 Northern BC Tourism Association, 112 Northern Grand Hotel, 51, 112 North Peace Cultural Centre, 51, 112 North Shore Community Centre, 49, 96 Northstar Mountain Village, 50, 103 Noteable Entertainment and Events Ltd, 73

Podollan Inn, 50, 99 Poets Cove Resort & Spa, 48, 91 Pomeroy Hotel & Conference Centre, 51, 112 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Dawson Creek, 51, 110 Port Hardy Civic Centre, 48, 91 Port Hardy Visitor Information Centre, 91 Powder Springs Inn, 51, 103 Powell River Town Centre Hotel, 45, 81 Predator Ridge Resort, 50, 99 Presentation House Theatre, 45, 80 Prestige Harbourfront Resort Salmon Arm, 50, 99 Prestige Hotel Prince Rupert, 51, 112 Prestige Hudson Bay Lodge, 51, 112 Prestige Oceanfront Resort, 48, 92 Prestige Treasure Cove Prince George, 51, 112 Prince George Conference and Civic Centre, 51, 112 Prince George Golf & Curling Club, 51, 112 Prince Rupert & District Chamber of Commerce, 112 Prince Rupert Golf Club, 112 Prince Rupert Special Events Society, 112 Q

Quaaout Lodge & Spa at Talking Rock Resort, 49, 96 Qualicum Beach Inn, 48, 91 Quality Inn & Suites, 51, 107 Quality Resort Bayside, 48, 91 Quattro at Whistler, 47, 81 Quesnel & District Arts & Recreation Centre, 51, 107 Quesnel and District Twin Arenas, 51, 107 Quesnel Curling Club, 107 Quesnel Golf Club, 107 R

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Oak Bay Beach Hotel, 48, 92 Oceanfront Suites at Cowichan Bay, 47, 90 Ocean Pacific Air Services Ltd, 112 Ocean Pearl Promotions and Event Planning, 112 Ocean Wilderness Inn, 48, 92 Oktoberfest Enterprises Organizers & Decor Rentals, 73 Old Mill Boathouse, 45, 80 Oliver Community Centre, 50, 98 Opus Hotel Vancouver, 46, 76 Osoyoos Golf Club, 50, 98 P

Pacific Gateway Hotel at Vancouver Airport, 45, 76 Pacific Inn & Suites, 49, 96 Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts, 46, 70 Pacific National Exhibition, 46, 80 Painted Turtle Guesthouse, 48, 91 Painter’s Lodge Holiday & Fishing Resort, 47, 90 Panorama Mountain Resort, 103 Pan Pacific Vancouver, 46, 76, 80 Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre, 47, 81 Park Place Lodge, 50, 103 Parkside Hotel & Spa, 48, 92 Parksville Community & Conference Centre, 48, 91 Parksville Qualicum Beach Tourism, 91 Party Bazaar, 77 Passek’s Classic Cafe & Catering, 96 Pasta Factory, 98 Peach City Management Group, 98 Peake of Catering, 71 Pemberton & District Chamber of Commerce, 81 Penticton & Wine Country Tourism, 98 Penticton Lakeside Resort Convention Centre & Casino, 50, 99 Penticton Trade and Convention Centre, 50, 99 Pet Lover Shows, 72 Photography by Chris, 98 pink duck creative, 73 Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier, 45, 76 Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, 46, 76 Pinnacle Pursuits Inc, 78 Pinnacles Suite Hotel, 50, 99 Pitt Meadows Golf Club, 45, 74 Plaza Hotel, 44, 45, 46, 49, 51, 74, 75, 96, 112 Podium - Conference & Event Specialists, 92

Ralph Rinke Photographer, 76 Ramada Duncan Hotel & Conference Centre, 48, 90 Ramada Kamloops, 49, 96 Ramada Limited Quesnel, 51, 107 Ramada Plaza & Conference Centre, 44, 81 Ramada Prince George, 51, 112 Ramada Williams Lake, 51, 107 Rare Affairs Meeting & Event Planning Services, 74 Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford, 81 Real Marketing & Associates, 79 Red Tree Lodge, 50, 103 reFresh Events, 72 Regent Hotel, 51, 103 Residence Inn by Marriott Vancouver Downtown, 46, 76 Retreat Wilderness Inn, 51, 107 Revelstoke Community & Aquatic Centre, 51, 103 Revelstoke Tourism, 103 Richmond Chamber of Commerce, 70 Richmond Olympic Oval, 45, 71, 78, 80 Ricky’s All-Day Grill, 48, 91 Rivers Lodge Ltd, 77 Riverway Golf Course & Driving Range, 44, 74 Robert G Earnest Photography, 76 Rosedale on Robson Suite Hotel, 46, 76 Rosewood Hotel Georgia, 46, 76 Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre, 103 Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, 80 Roxy Cabaret, 46, 80 Royal Alexandra Hall - Cranbrook History Centre, 50, 103 Royal Anne Hotel, 50, 98 Royal Coachman Inn, 47, 90 Royal Hotel, 44, 81 S

Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, 91 Sagebrush Theatre, 49, 96 Salmon Arm Golf Club, 50, 99 Samco Printers Ltd, 76, 77 Sandman Hotel & Suites Kelowna, 50, 98 Sandman Hotel Inn Castlegar, 50, 103 Sandman Hotel Langley, 45, 76 Sandman Hotel Quesnel, 51, 107 Sandman Hotel Vancouver City Centre, 46, 76

Sandman Hotel Victoria & Shark Club Bar & Grill, 48, 92 Sandman Inn Kamloops, 49, 96 Sandman Inn Terrace, 51, 112 Sandman Signature Hotel & Resort Vancouver Airport, 45, 76 Sandman Signature Hotel & Suites, 51, 112 Savoury City Foods Ltd, 71 Science World British Columbia, 46, 80 Scotiabank Dance Centre, 46, 80 Scotiabank Theatre Cineplex, 46, 80 Sea Flame Beach Resort, 91 Sea to Sky Meeting Management Inc, 72 Senka Florists, 81 SFU Meeting Event & Conference Services, 46, 80 Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 44, 80 Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea, 48, 92 Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel, 45, 46, 75, 76 Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel, 46, 76 Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel, 46, 76 Showkraft Production Services, 70, 73, 76, 77 Shuswap Tourism, 99 Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa, 48, 91 Sidney Waterfront Inn & Suites, 91 Simply Relax On-Site Seated Massage, 73 Skeena Valley Golf & Country Club, 51, 112 Smithers Golf & Country Club, 51, 112 Something Borrowed Event Management & Design, 74 Sonora Community Centre, 50, 98 Sonora Resort Canada, 92 Sonseekers Ridge Golf Course, 99 Sooke Flower House, 92 Sooke Harbour House Hotel Spa Restaurant, 48, 92 Sooke Region Museum & Visitors Centre, 48, 92 South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce, 98 Sparkling Hill Resort & Wellness Hotel, 50, 99 Spirit Ridge at NK’MIP Resort, 50, 98 Spruce Hill Resort & Spa, 51, 107 Squamish Adventure Centre, 46, 81 SS Sicamous Stern Wheeler and Heritage Park, 50, 99 Stadium Cups by Canada Fridge Magnets, 103 Stagevision Inc, 70 St Andrews by the Lake, 49, 96 Stanley Park Pavilion, 46, 71 Star Limousine Service Ltd, 78 Star Taxi, 103 Stirling Ward Photographic Design, 76 Stonebridge Hotel, 51, 110, 112 Stonebridge Hotel Fort St John, 51, 112 Strathcona Hotel, 48, 92 Summerhill Pyramid Winery, 50, 98 Summerland Waterfront Resort and Spa, 50, 99 Summit Lodge & Spa, 47, 81 Sunrise Ridge Waterfront Resort, 48, 91 Sunset Ranch Golf & Country Club, 50, 98 Surf Lodge Resort & Conference Centre, 48, 90 Sutton Place Hotel, 46, 76 Swaneset Bay Resort & Country Club, 45, 80 Swans Suite Hotel & Brewpub, 48, 92 SW Audio Visual, 96 Sweet Dreams Luxury Inn, 44, 81 Sylvia Hotel, 46, 76 Synergy Events Inc, 98 T

Tall Order Culinary Teambuilding and Event Ltd, 78 Tatla Lake Hall, 51, 107 Tatla Lake Manor/Motel, 107 Team Academy, 78 Terminal City Club, 46, 71, 80 Terracana Ranch, 50, 99 Terrace Beach Resort Ucluelet, 92 Terrace Sportsplex, 51, 112 Thompson Hotel & Conference Centre, 49, 96 Three Valley Lake Chateau & Heritage Ghost Town, 51, 103 Tidemark Theatre, 47, 90 TIDES Adventure Group Inc, 92 Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort & Conference Centre, 48, 91 Time Pause Event Support Services, 72

Toptable Group, 80 Tourism Dawson Creek, 110 Tourism Fernie, 103 Tourism Harrison Hot Springs, 80 Tourism Kamloops, 96 Tourism Kelowna, 96 Tourism Kimberley - Vistor Centre, 103 Tourism Pemberton, 81 Tourism Prince George, 112 Tourism Vancouver, 72, 91 Tourism Vancouver Island, 91 Tourism Vernon, 99 Tourism Victoria Visitors & Convention Bureau, 92 Tourism Whistler, 81 Tradex Fraser Valley Trade and Exhibition Centre, 44, 81 Translation Services, 79, 98 Travelodge Courtenay, 47, 90 Travelodge Nanaimo, 48, 91 Travelodge Parksville, 48, 91 Travelodge Prince George, 51, 112 Travelodge Quesnel, 51, 107 Travelodge Victoria Airport Sidney, 48, 91 Trickle Creek Lodge, 51, 103 Truffles Fine Foods, 71 Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver, 46, 76 Two Eagles Lodge, 92 U

UBC Robson Square, 46, 80 Ultimate Outdoor Adventures Ltd, 74, 79 Unilogik Systems Inc, 71 Union Club of British Columbia, 92 University of the Fraser Valley, 44, 81 University of Victoria, 48, 92 V

Vance Creek Hotel & Conference Centre, 50, 99 Vancouver Alpen Club, 46, 71 Vancouver Aquarium, 46, 71, 80 Vancouver Convention Centre, 46, 76, 77, 80 Vancouver Curling Club, 80 Vancouver International Film Centre, 80 Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 48, 91 Vancouver Lookout, 46, 76, 80 Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown, 46, 76 Vancouver Parks Golf, 71, 74, 80 Vancouver Rowing Club, 46, 71, 80 Vancouver Trolley Company Ltd, 71 VanDusen Botanical Garden, 46, 80 Vernon Atrium Hotel & Conference Centre, 50, 99 Vernon Golf & Country Club, 50, 99 Vero Consulting, 72 Vickers and Associates, 78 Victoria Butterfly Gardens, 90 Victoria Conference Centre, 48, 92 Victoria Regent Waterfront Hotel & Suites, 92 Vida Spas, 77 Village of Clinton, 107 W

Wall Translation Services, 79 Walnut Beach Resort, 50, 98 Watermark Beach Resort, 50, 98 Waterview, 46, 80 Wedgewood Hotel & Spa, 46, 80 Western Financial Place, 50, 103 Westin Bayshore Vancouver, 46, 76 Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa, 48, 92 Westin Resort & Spa Whistler, 47, 81 Westminster Party & Tent Rentals Ltd, 98 West Vancouver Yacht Club, 46, 71 Westwood Plateau Golf & Country Club, 44, 80 Whistler Conference Centre, 47, 81 Wilson’s Transportation Ltd, 92 WIT Marketing Media & Events, 76 Y

Youbou Community Hall, 49, 92 Your Brand Marketing, 78 Z

Ziptrek Ecotours, 81

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