Through the Tourism Vancouver and Uniglobe partnership, you can offer your deleates the opportunity for guaranteed lowest airfares and a single, convenient booking source.

For more info on how to offer this opportunity to your Vancouver convention delegates, please contact the Tourism Vancouver sales team.

Wild sockeye salmon harvested along the Skeena River, Dungeness crab from the Queen Charlotte Islands and wild sablefish caught along the Pacific coastline are but a few of the sustainable seafood options now easily identified on hotel restaurant menus by the Ocean Wise symbol.

In addition to indicating that the seafood comes from both abundant and well-managed sources, the logo also means that the harvest method limits both bycatch of other endangered species and any habitat loss.

Originally launched in Vancouver in January 2005, the Vancouver Aquarium's Ocean Wise program helps participating restaurant and market partners make environmentally friendly seafood choices; those options are easily identified by the Ocean Wise logo. Over the past two years, the program has grown from a small, local initiative to become a leader locally, nationally and internationally in the burgeoning sustainable seafood movement. In 2007, Ocean Wise expanded to Vancouver Island and the Okanagan, and it now has 85 participants, including over 100 restaurant locations, four market locations, a culinary school, a home delivery service, a private club and a university campus.
www.oceanwisecanada.org

• Intimate meetings over a Cuban cigar
  Those pining for a Cuban cigar can satisfy their longing in Vancouver. La Casa del Habano Cuban cigar shop (402 Hornby Street) features a unique smoking lounge that can be booked for private events such as group cigar "tastings", small meetings, or corporate events of up to 10 people. A walk-in humidor featuring shelf-upon-shelf of Cuban tobacco is sure to impress any aficionado, and patrons are invited to stay and try their new cigars in the relaxing ventilated lounge with deep leather couches. Visitors can even rent a climate controlled locker in which to leave their new Habanos between trips to Vancouver. If you wish to serve alcohol, a liquor license can be arranged.
  Phone: 604.609.0511

• 360 degree meetings at the Lookout
  Located approximately 50 stories above street level, the Vancouver Lookout! Harbour Centre Tower offers a fantastic 360 degree view of the city and the majestic North Shore mountains. Recently renovated, the attraction is a spectacular location for your special event, and is available for sit down dinners, cocktail receptions, boardroom-style meetings and presentations.
  www.vancouverlookout.com

• On December 14, Air Canada will launch the only daily, non-stop flights from Sydney to Vancouver on the Boeing 777 aircraft featuring the only truly lie-flat beds offered by a North American airline in business class.
• This winter, Air Canada will continue its daily non-stop service from Sacramento to Vancouver that was launched this past summer.
• Service from Tokyo/Narita, Japan to Vancouver will increase to a total of nine flights each week.
• Air Canada will also add additional daily flights to Vancouver from: Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Prince George, Kamloops, Kelowna, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Construction is now underway at all venues, with completion for most of the competition venues on track for a full two competition seasons before the Games. This will represent the earliest venue completion in recent Olympic Games history. The last facility to break ground was the Hillcrest Nat Bailey Stadium Park facility, home to curling and wheelchair curling events.
www.vancouver2010.com

2007 marks the 6th annual PCMA MPI Industry Summit-which originated from the idea of bringing local chapters of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) together in an educational summit & luncheon. Bronwyn Slade, Manager, Western US will be attending the luncheon on September 12 with Tourism Vancouver members from the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver and Hyatt Regency Vancouver in addition to conducting sales calls in the Seattle area.

Jacqueline Benear will be conducting sales calls in Washington DC area on September 10 - 11th and then will be heading over to Philadelphia to attend Experient's Meet With Success® educational and networking event on September 12th at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
www.experient-inc.com

Jacqueline Benear, Dave Gazley and Dori Jensen, the Tourism Vancouver sales team responsible for the Washington DC market will lead a team on a sales mission to Washington, DC September 23 - 25th with the aim to confirm and qualify more business for the expanded Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre (VCEC) and hotel properties. They will be joined by representatives from 10 of Vancouver's convention hotels and the VCEC to meet with key clients for two days of appointments and host Serenity in September ~ a spa and luncheon event.

Dave Gazley, VP Meeting & Convention Sales, along with Tourism Vancouver partners at Experient will be attending the Meetings & Conventions Magazine - M&C Annual Invitational, Hershey, PA. (September 16 to 19)

Tourism Vancouver's Rachael Nocera and Shannon Donegani, Managers, Mid West US will be exhibiting, along with 10 Tourism Vancouver partners, at the Motivation Show, September 25 - 27 at Chicago's McCormick Place. The show is the world's largest exhibition of motivational products, services and destinations, featuring nearly 2,000 exhibitors. Corporate and third party planners from all over the United States attend this annual show. In addition, Tourism Vancouver and our member partners will be hosting a small client event on September 24th.
www.motivationshow.com

Tourism Vancouver's Rick Antonson, Michelle Taylor & Susan Graham will be leading the Vancouver team at the 2007 CSAE National Conference & Showcase, October 18 - 20 in Hamilton, ON. The National Conference and Showcase brings together association leaders representing industry, professional, issue-specific and charitable groups from across the nation to explore innovative solutions to leadership and operational challenges. Approximately 500 members will attend the conference this year. Tourism Vancouver will also be pre-promoting our 'spectacular' city as Vancouver is the host city for the 2008 CSAE National Conference & Showcase - October 2-4.