The latest news and information for members.
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DESTINATION VANCOUVER NEWS
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Vancouver Makes TIME's World's Greatest Places for 2023
Destination Vancouver is celebrating the city's inclusion in TIME World's Greatest Places, their annual listing of 50 extraordinary travel destinations around the world.
“Having Vancouver included on this list validates all the work our industry has done over the past three years to rebuild a resilient and sustainable visitor economy,” said Royce Chwin, President & CEO of Destination Vancouver. “And it shows that our work to keep Vancouver top of mind as a desirable destination, particularly for US travellers, continues to bear fruit.”
The accolade highlights the successful collaborative efforts of businesses that make-up the tourism industry in Vancouver and local government which has helped rebuild demand for the destination. From securing iconic events like Laver Cup 2023, the 2024 Invictus Games, and FIFA World Cup 2026, to the city’s newly minted MICHELIN Guide, there’s no question that Vancouver is a city with a thousand reasons to be at the top of travel lists this year.
See the full list here.
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Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2023 Results
This year marked the 21st Season of Dine Out Vancouver Festival – and it ended with some significant results. A record number of restaurants from across Metro Vancouver (369) participated this year and benefited from a paid media campaign that generated over 84.5 million impressions and reached an earned media audience in excess of 227 million. This resulted in over 460,000 seated diners who generated an estimated $27.4 million in consumer spending over the 17 days of the festival on meals, hotel accommodation and event tickets – and increase of 8.8% over the previous year.
Highlights include:
- 369 – Number of Participating Restaurants
- >463K – Estimated number of seated diners
- 817 – Room nights generated
- 23% - volume of out of town guests staying overnight in a downtown hotel
- >84.15 Million – Number of impressions generated through paid media advertising
- >$27.47 Million – estimated amount of consumer spending during the festival on meals, accommodation and event tickets
For a comprehensive report, please click here.
A huge thank you to all of the Destination Vancouver members who supported this program!
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BUSINESS INSIGHTS
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From March 27 to April 2, there is one known city-wide event on the books. In addition, three more meetings will be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre during the same period including: CHFA NOW-Natural Organic Wellness, Sea to Sky International Cheer & Dance Championship and The Franchise Expo. We are seeing a significant increase in hotel bookings and overall air bookings for the next week compared to the current week. A possible explanation for the rise in forward-looking visitation could be attributed to the arrival of spring season in Vancouver.
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DESTINATION VANCOUVER MEMBER EVENTS
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Spring Member Mixer – Open spots available!
March 23 | 4:30pm - 6:30pm | The Improv Centre, 1502 Duranleau Street | Complimentary
We have 20 open spots available for our mixer. If you are interested in attending, please email Cristina Hernandez as soon as possible to secure your spot. We hope to see you there!
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Save the Dates
- May 11th - 120th Annual General Meeting
- July 28th - Nooner at the Nat
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS
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In an effort to keep our database up to date and help your organization receive invitations to webinars, events and eNews, we will be setting up calls with our members to review your contacts.
We will help you keep your account up to date by deactivating accounts, adding new contacts, and reviewing the lead recipients.
If you want to schedule a call with us, please email Cristina Hernandez, otherwise we will be reaching out to you.
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MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
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Southbay
Whether you decide to spend your vacation time immersed in nature or canvasing the wonderfully unique neighborhoods—or both—Vancouver is unlikely to disappoint.
Marriott Bonvoy Traveler
Happily, you can have incredible outdoor experiences near major Canadian cities. From whale watching and river rafting to rock climbing and hiking, it’s time to explore the inspiring options within easy driving distance (mostly two hours or less).
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RECENTLY PUBLISHED STORIES
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With Easter just over two weeks away, many restaurants have dreamed up lovely ways to celebrate with friends and family.
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Vancouver is resplendent in spring as the flowers bloom and the winter’s grey skies give way to sunshine.
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Get in shape for the Vancouver Sun Run, one of Canada’s largest road races, returning to the streets of downtown and False Creek on April 16.
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In-Market Activities
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March 26-29, 2023 | Banff
Mountain Travel Symposium is the largest and longest running annual gathering of mountain travel professionals in the world. Megan Nelson will attend on behalf of Destination Vancouver.
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March 30, 2023 | Chicago
Join hundreds of Chicago meeting and events industry professionals to celebrate Global Meetings Industry Day at Industry Xchange! Attending organizations include Association Forum, CEC, EDPA, IAEE, ILEA, NACE, PCMA and SITE. Meghan Feldstein will be leading this initiative on behalf of Destination Vancouver.
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Los Angeles M&C Client Hosting Event
April 10, 2023 | Los Angeles
As part of Destination Vancouver’s significant investment in the LA consumer market with AEG, the owners of the LA Kings, we have secured an opportunity to host clients for the Vancouver Canucks hockey game at the Crypto.com arena. Idy Wong and Dave Gazley will be leading this initiative on behalf of Destination Vancouver.
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Michelin Chef Client Event in London
April 18–20, 2023 | London
Destination Vancouver’s M&C, Travel Trade and PR teams will be hosting a joint client event in partnership with Air Canada to leverage Vancouver’s MICHELIN Guide. The event will feature a collaboration of two female chefs and their MICHELIN-starred culinary teams, Chef and owner Andrea Carlson of Burdock & Co from Vancouver and Chef Angela Hartnett of Murano’s in London. Michael Drake and Lois Wallis will be leading this initiative for M&C, Krista Alcazar for Travel Trade and Sabrina Tey for PR on behalf of Destination Vancouver.
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We're Hiring!
Are you, or is someone you know, looking for a career in a destination management and destination promotion organization? Destination Vancouver wants to meet dynamic, ambitious, collaborative and fun individuals to join our high performing team.
As industry leaders, our job is to promote the tourism industry in Metro Vancouver and generate business for our members through strategic, innovative and sustainable sales and marketing initiatives.
Destination Vancouver is committed to fostering an environment that is diverse and inclusive of people from all backgrounds, passions and interests and we invite applications from all qualified candidates. We are dedicated to providing an atmosphere free from barriers in order to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. Consistent with our values, we celebrate and welcome the diversity of all Team Members, volunteers, stakeholders, members, external contractors and partners.
Current Positions:
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