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