Member Feature: My story from Stories Restaurant

There once was a girl named Jennifer. She generally ate what was in front of her.  This consisted of fishes, Beef, chicken, and pork dishes.  Was bison too much for this carnivore?   Stories Restaurant in The Halliburton is no everyday hotel dining experience - although I would be quite content eating all of my meals there.  Stories offers innovative seafood and game in an intimate, antique-chic dining room, perfect for private dining functions and small meetings.   Chef Scott Vail is one of the first Halifax chef's to leverage the diversity of local ingredients through key relationships with Nova Scotia's food producers.  No strangers to the menu are local boar, exotic tuna... Read More

A little piece of Ireland in New Scotland

The restaurant industry can be a difficult and risky business, especially for local rookies Kyle Drake and Joe McGuinness. In Food Network Canada’s brand new documentary series, The Opener, celebrity chef and restaurant consultant David Adjey is on a mission to give restaurateur newbies a wake-up call before they open their doors and potentially lose everything. From money management and leadership, to floor plans and staffing, David Adjey stops at nothing to avoid disaster. For David, failure is not on the menu.Whether high-end or casual dining, opening a restaurant calls for more than just Grandma’s secret lasagna recipe, friends willing... Read More

Team Halifax in Toronto

Our dynamic sales team duo, Helene Moberg and Catherine Porter, are again in Toronto on August 17th and 18th exhibiting at IncentiveWorks.  IncentiveWorks is Canada’s largest event for professionals who plan, organize or influence meetings and events. The two-day show is specifically tailored for meeting planners to connect with suppliers, engage the industry and learn how to plan better events. Helene and Catherine will be joined by eight Destination Halifax partners at booths 1725 and 1727 in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre promoting the Halifax region and drawing for a prize of 20lbs of lobster. Drop in and say hi for a chance to... Read More

Associations - you have the power!

The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) & The Center for Association Leadership are two organizations linked together by a common belief and a common passion; that associations have the power to transform society for the better.ASAE is the membership organization and voice of the association profession. Founded in 1920, ASAE now has more than 22,000 association CEOs, staff professionals, industry partners, and consultant members.  Specifically, ASAE & The Center produce more than 75 learning experiences each year, publish Associations Now Magazine and the Journal of Association Leadership, provide thousands of web-based tools and resources, help members connect in 14 professional interest... Read More

Destination Halifax reps to rock Canada Rocks

Later this month, two members of Destination Halifax's Sales team, Helene Moberg and Catherine Porter, will be attending MPI Canada Rocks in support of MPI Foundation Canada.  This fundraising event will feature a performance by Canadian rock artists The Sam Roberts Band, who wil help show just how rockin' our country truly is.

The evening festivities are being held at Maison, one of Toronto's hottest new venues, on Monday, August 16th. 

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New online community for meeting planners

Ignite Magazine introduces Ignite Meetings Connect (http://ignitemeetingsconnect.com/) - a social networking community specifically designed for meeting planners and suppliers from Canada and beyond.  At Ignite Meetings Connect, members of the meeting planning community have the opportunity to share knowledge, connect with colleagues, and network. “We saw the need for a space where our social-media-savvy industry could come together to share ideas and network,” says Debbie van der Beek, co-publisher of Ignite meetings magazine and co-founder of IgniteMeetingsConnect.com. Destination Halifax couldn't agree more with van der Beek and have signed on as the lead sponsor for Ignite Meetings Connect.  “It’s important for us to connect... Read More

Top award to TOPS Club conference organizer

Destination Halifax awarded another Halifax champion with the Ambassador Award at the Taking Off Pounds Sensibly IRD 2010 Conference held at the World Trade and Convention Centre, July 15-17.  Jeanne Myatt is a true ambassador for the city in every sense as she used both her professional and personal influence to ensure the conference would be hosted here, as well as guarenteeing an enjoyable time for all of the over 2000 registered delegates.  She was also a recipient of this award for her work with TOPS Club Inc. in 1995. International Recognition Days (IRD) is hosted annually to honor TOPS members and... Read More

DH goes west for WEC

Helene Moberg, our Executive Director of Sales, will be in Vancouver later this month participating in the World Education Congress hosted by MPI.  She invites everyone to stop by the Team Halifax booth,  #1206M, located in the CTC Pavillion, for your chance to win a trip for 2 to Halifax.  WEC is the largest educational gathering of meeting and event professionals in the world. WEC is an extraordinary opportunity to tap into the energy of the meeting and event industry’s fast-paced decision makers. Historically, 40 percent of attendees were meeting planners, and WEC continues to draw impressive numbers of attendees, with a... Read More

Halifax honors more Ambassadors

Congratulations to Professor Raymond Klein of Dalhousie University and Kathryn Burlton of the Halifax Region School Board on becoming Destination Halifax’s latest Ambassador Award honorees.  Professor Raymond Klein hosted approximately 300 members of the Canadian Society for Brain Behavior and Cognitive Science for 4 days at Dalhousie University. Turn out for the conference was more than expected.  This speaks both to Professor Klein’s drive and skill at hosting a conference as well as Halifax’s well known reputation as a premier conference destination and great hospitality. Kathryn Burlton invited the Financial Institute of Canada to host its 2010 conference in Halifax.  The offer... Read More

Halifax, Prepare to be PowWow-ed

Later this month Port Royal, NS will re-enact the baptism of Grand Chief Membertou, a Saqumaw (Chief) of the Mi’kmaq tribe in the early 1600’s.  This open-air mass on June 24th will mark the 400th anniversary of his family being baptized, thus making them among the first Aboriginals in North America to “adopt” Christianity.  Then it’s off to Halifax for a time of celebration and sharing!   If you come to the Halifax Common between June 25th and 28th, you will experience one of Canada’s largest PowWows (Mawio’mi). Hear the rhythm of the drums, see the beauty of the dance, learn about Mi’kmaq... Read More