The latest news and information for members.
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DESTINATION VANCOUVER NEWS
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Thank you for making our Summer Member Mixer a resounding success!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Summer Mixer at the Stanley Park Pavilion. It was a delightful afternoon and likely our best mixer ever. A special shout-out goes to the incredible team from The Capilano Group for hosting us and creating such an incredible experience. We would also like to extend our thanks to Siegel Entertainment and musicians for the added garden party ambiance. Finally, our heartfelt appreciation to the team from Theatre Under the Stars for generously providing each guest with a complimentary ticket to their upcoming show The Prom.
The team at the Stanley Park Pavilion would like to thank all the members who attended and extend a special offer of a 25% discount on room rentals in 2023. You can reach them at bdonnelly@stanleyparkpavilion.com. In addition, TUTS is excited to offer a discount code, DESTINATIONVAN23, valid throughout the month of July for any performance of THE PROM or MATILDA. This code will provide a $10 discount on each ticket purchased from the regular price.
If you are interested in hosting a member mixer, please feel free to share your ideas with Cristina Hernandez.
We look forward to seeing you at our next event!
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The Marketing team is growing. We are pleased to welcome Paula Provost, our new in-house graphic designer to the Marketing Services team.
Paula comes to us with over 10 years of Graphic Design experience, most recently with Coast Hotels and previously at the Fairmont Pacific Rim, and an impressive portfolio that includes print work, branding, digital and social campaigns, and web development. Welcome Paula!
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Vancouver Ranks Fifth Most Liveable City in the World
Vancouver has retained its standing among the top five most liveable cities in The Economist’s annual Global Liveability Index, ranking fifth most liveable city in the world for 2023. The concept of liveability is straightforward: the Index assesses which locations around the world (among the 173 cities included this year) provide the best or worst living conditions. More than 30 qualitative and quantitative factors are assessed across five broad categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure. With an index of 97.3/100, Vancouver scored the highest ranking of all other North American cities included in the survey.
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BUSINESS INSIGHTS
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From July 3 to 9, 13 cruise ships will be arriving with over 45k passengers. There are two meetings on the books. We are seeing a decrease in both hotel bookings and air bookings for Vancouver next week compared to the current week. This may be due to less meetings and events occurring for the coming week.
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RECENTLY PUBLISHED STORIES
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Get in touch with where your food comes from by going berry picking. There are 11 U-pick farms near Vancouver where you can harvest your own strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and lots more.
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Put on your finest fascinator or grab your nicest ascot and hit the race track for a sunny day at the races at the thirteenth annual The Cup (formerly Deighton Cup) summer event taking place at Hastings Racecourse on July 22.
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Vancouver’s cocktail innovation began roughly fifteen years ago with establishments rooted in the history and craft of drink-making.
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No car? No problem! It’s easy to get to some of Vancouver’s most beautiful hiking trails with Parkbus.
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Chilliwack is located at Greater Vancouver’s rugged edge, with bucolic farmland butting up against craggy mountains and rugged rivers. It’s a great place to get outside to hit the beach, go for a hike, go fishing, and lots more.
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In-Market Activities
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July 11-13, 2023 | Detroit, MI
The ACCESSE conference combines leadership development, peer-to-peer connections, and expertise in managing science, technology, engineering, and math societies.Thought-provoking sessions specifically tailored for STEM society professionals. Jeromy Gilchrist from the Vancouver Convention Centre will be leading this initiative on behalf of Vancouver.
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Accor Global Meeting Exchange (GME)
July 17-21, 2023 | Pullman Paris Montparnasse, France
The Accor GME welcomes 160 pre-approved, senior UK and International meeting professionals with decision making capacity from Accor's key account list; one on one appointments, networking and activities. Lois Wallis will be leading this initiative on behalf of Destination Vancouver.
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Cvent Connect
July 24 -27, 2023 | Las Vegas
Cvent CONNECT brings together meeting, event and hospitality professionals, client subscribers and supplier partners, to evolve and inspire the industry and their programs. Morgan Da Rocha 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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