The latest news and information for members.
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DESTINATION VANCOUVER NEWS
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Vancouver Set to Welcome the Seventh GEF Assembly
Following another successful bid win by Destination Vancouver, The Vancouver Convention Centre will welcome the Seventh Global Environment Facility (GEF) Assembly and Associated Meetings this summer! Co-hosted by the GEF and the Government of Canada, the conference will bring together international stakeholders to help tackle global environmental challenges.
Destination Vancouver and the Vancouver Convention Centre worked in close collaboration with leaders from the federal government to welcome the Seventh GEF Assembly. This marks a huge win for the city! The GEF conference is estimated to generate minimum of $4 million in economic impact. From August 22-26, 2023, over 1,000 attendees will connect in Vancouver through high-level roundtables, forums, and off-site environmental learning opportunities.
Learn more about the GEF Assembly and its significance to Vancouver in our blog post.
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BUSINESS INSIGHTS
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Destination Vancouver is pleased to present our forecast report for next week, April 17 to 23. One ship is scheduled to dock with an estimated 3,225 passengers. We have eight known business meetings/events on the books; along with one public event; the Mari-Tech 2023 Conference & Exhibition which will be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre. We are seeing a double-digit increase in hotel bookings along with a modest increase in overall air bookings for next week compared to the current week.
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DESTINATION VANCOUVER MEMBER EVENTS
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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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2023 Pre-Printed Maps Available
Our complimentary map program has been a valuable resource for our Members to help visitors explore our beautiful city.
To manage the program more effectively, we'll be printing maps only once a year due to a lack of storage partner. To ensure you receive the maps you need, kindly place your total map order for the year. You can order up to 20,000 maps to cover your needs for 2023 and early 2024. Your maps will be couriered directly to your business at no cost to you. To place your order, please complete this form.
The deadline to submit your order is this Friday, April 14, 2023. Any orders received after this date may not be fulfilled.
Maps will be shipped to your place of business in May (date TBD). If you have any special courier instructions, indicate them in "Shipping Address 2".
Contact Cristina Hernandez, Membership Specialist, with any questions.
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MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
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Travel Today
Whether your clients are sports mad or music lovers, there's plenty of events on offer in Vancouver that agents can recommend to the Canada-bound Kiwi.
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RECENTLY PUBLISHED STORIES
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Every year people around the world honour the beautiful planet we live on by celebrating Earth Day on April 22nd. Here are 12 Earth Day events happening this year in Vancouver.
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The 22nd annual DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Western Canada’s largest documentary film festival, returns with films screening in theatres from May 4-14.
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Each spring Vancouver’s VanDusen Botanical Garden hosts a series of plant shows and floral events. Stop by to view the gorgeous blooms, learn more about cultivating plants, and perhaps even purchase some to take home.
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Vancouver is known for its annual Pride Parade, this year taking place on August 6, 2023.
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In-Market Activities
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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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2023 CLIA Cruise360
April 19-21, 2023 | Fort Lauderdale
Cruise360 features a week's worth of professional development, ship inspections, networking and the latest industry trends. Ana Vazquez will be attending on behalf of Destination Vancouver.
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The Aesthetic Society – 2023 Annual Meeting
April 20-23, 2023 | Miami
Destination Vancouver will be promoting Vancouver as a host city for the 2024 Aesthetic Society Annual Meeting. This prestigious meeting will attract Doctors, Nurses, Residents, Fellows and Medical Students from across North America and Internationally to attend and receive continuing medical education in the Plastic Surgery field. Darya Oshiro will be leading this attendance building on behalf of Destination Vancouver.
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Association of Meetings Professionals (AMPS) Client Event and One-on-One Citywide Client Appointments
May 3-6, 2023 | Washington
The M&C team will be conducting appointments with high priority citywide accounts, and sponsoring and hosting clients at the AMP's annual golf event. Destination Vancouver is an active member of AMPS and a long-time supporter of this event. Jackie Kavcak and Dave Gazley will be leading this initiative 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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