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

ASAE Invitational Forum

Halifax is all set to host an exclusive learning event for senior-level executives at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel. ASAE and the Center for Association Leadership present their Invitational Forum on Leadership and Management, June 3rd and 4th. This one-of-a-kind interactive learning experience is held every June in one of the many beautiful cities across Canada. But it’s not just the location that makes this Forum special; it is a passionate gathering of minds and voices fostering an intellectual and creative community in which to challenge their thinking. This Invitational Forum in Halifax will have association and corporate executives reaching beyond their... Read More

Industry Trends: meetings and events on the rise

According to MPI’s Industry Advisory Panel, a select group of senior level meeting professionals from their global community of 24,500 members, business conditions in our industry in April 2010 continued to improve.  February 2010 marked the first time since June 2008, Business Barometer respondents reported better current business conditions than 12 months prior, and more favorable than negative business projections for the coming months. This trend continued and even increased last month. The majority of April 2010 Business Barometer respondents (57%) indicate current business conditions are better than a year ago. At the same time, the majority of April 2010 Business Barometer... Read More

Meeting Planners rave about Halifax

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Small but MITEY

Meetings & Incentive Travelmagazine, in partnership with InterContinental Hotels Group, launched their first annual award programme, dubbed the MITEY Awards, for the meetings and business events industry in Canada.  Awards were given out for the Best Meeting in Canada; in large, medium, small, and overall categories. The Best Meeting in Canada recognizes and rewards organizations that invest in meetings as an integral part of doing business. Each Best Meeting in Canada winner had clearly defined goals and objectives for their meeting and was able to measure and calculate a positive return-on-investment for their event.  Brampton, Ontario’s, Shnier, Gesco Limited Partnership’s Shnier Summit,... Read More

Meet Destination Halifax's Newest Ambassador Honoree - Louis Brill

The Halifax Ambassador Award Program is an alliance of individuals who have a great pride in Halifax and who work hard promoting it to their friends and colleagues whether they are from across the country or from around the world.  There efforts are helping to make Halifax one of the premier conference destinations in Canada. On Thursday, April 29th, with delegates of the Canadian Respiratory Conference present, Destination Halifax representative, Catherine Porter, acknowledged an individual who fully embodies all the qualities of a Halifax Ambassador.  President and CEO of the Lung Association of Nova Scotia, Louis Brill, was instrumental in bringing this annual... Read More