Archive for the 'Canada' Category

ACTA Agency of the Year awarded to Vision 2000 Travel Group

The Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA) held its annual ACTA Atlas Awards Gala at the Salon Ovale of the Ritz Carlton Hotel. This annual event recognizes the finest in the industry from Travel Professional and Travel Agency of the Year to Personality of the Year. In total, five Atlas Statuettes were awarded. Vision 2000 [...]

Canada glams up its tourism appeal with buzz marketing to a well-heeled crowd

Pedestrians in downtown New York City might be startled to hear Canadian northerners discussing an oncoming polar bear. Once the bear has their attention, those within range of new “whispering window” ads that emit sound over the city’s sidewalks get a prompt on their cellphones to watch a free short video showing a mish-mash of [...]

Solid-State Lighting Provides a Warm and Inviting Atmosphere for Starlight Casino

The solid-state lighting product from Act One provides a warm and inviting atmosphere for Starlight Casino in New Westminster near Vancouver, Canada. The alluring lighting effect is generated by dispersing the color light from 200 LED lighting tubes for a total length of 700 feet over the draped mesh-screen curtains. The Starlight Casino located in [...]

Choose a Carbon-Friendly Vacation in Ontario this summer

Todd Lucier, recently trained by Al Gore to teach people about Climate Change has an invitation to Ontario travelers planning a summer vacation, “Forget sitting in traffic on the 400 and plan a Carbon-friendly summer vacation.” Lucier, and his team at Northern Edge Algonquin have been serving up climate-friendly holidays for over a decade and [...]

Western Canadian tourism industry and Government of Canada Implement International Marketing Campaign (Manitoba)

The Tourism Alliance for Western Canada will implement an international marketing campaign to stimulate tourism in Western Canada thanks to funding from Western Economic Diversification Canada. The $5 million investment will promote Western Canada as a tourist destination in key target markets across the United States, Europe and Asia. “Our government is standing up for [...]

Ukraine’s International Remembrance Flame Begins Canadian tour in Toronto on April 18

An International Remembrance Flame to raise awareness of the 75th anniversary of the Ukrainian genocide known as Holodomor, or extermination by famine and to gain formal Canadian and international recognition of this atrocity begins its journey across Canada in Toronto on Friday April 18. The Flame tour honors the estimated 10 million Ukrainian men, women [...]

The Canadian Spa Industry Conference & Expo in Vancouver in April 2008 Is Different From Other Spa Shows

It is the major gathering of the industry in Canada, and is modeled after the ISPA (International Spa Association) event. Many of the same speakers will be at the Canadian Spa Industry Conference and tradeshow. April 6 – 8, 2008. www.leadingspasofcanada.com/conference/   1. The majority of trade shows provide no opportunity for networking and socializing [...]