Whistler Resort to Expand By December 1997, the 342-room Cha-teau Whistler Resort will add 221 guest rooms and a 12,000-square-foot ballroom with drive-in access, plus four breakout rooms and a rooftop garden terrace. The expansion will cover 150,000 square feet on the north side of the hotel. The new guest rooms will include 53 "Entree Gold Rooms" with fireplaces, Jacuzzis, private check-in and concierge service, and access to a 46-seat lounge and boardroom facilities for up to eight. All rooms will be fitted with data ports and in-room safes. The new rooftop terrace will feature two outdoor fireplaces and built-in marquee tenting for 550.
Director of Marketing Janet Hart says the expansion is in response to the area's growing popularity as a year-round destination. Besides world-class skiing, Whistler offers four championship golf courses, five lakes, and a village cultural scene.
Coming Your Way: Great Canadian Adventures Information on 48 incentive-caliber itineraries featuring outdoor or urban adventure, historical/cultural activities, sports or experiential learning programs is being released in the U.S. to qualified incentive and meeting planners. The Great Canadian Adventure itineraries was highlighted at the Canadian exhibition area at the IT&ME trade show in Chicago in October. For more information, contact Frank Verschuren, marketing officer, CTC's U.S. Business Travel Program, 235 Queen Street, 4th Floor East, Ottawa, Ontario, Ca-nada K1A 0H6; Phone: (613) 954-3947.
Quebec Touts Wine Route It may not be as big as those in California or France, but Quebec does have its own popular wine route. In the rolling countryside of the Eastern Townships, a region with a relatively mild microclimate, wineries have set up a very successful network, allowing visitors to tour the vineyards, meet the wine makers, and sample the wines. A wine tour can make a wonderful pre- or post-meeting program.
One of the area's outstanding wineries is Le Cep d'Agent, near the magnificent 25-mile-long Lake Memphremagog. In addition to a wine tasting, the facility can host medieval banquets, or groups can take a lake cruise or tour of the nearby Saint-Benoit-du-lac Abbey.
Build It and They Will Come In less than a year, the long-awaited expansion of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre will be completed, doubling the capacity of the facility from 20,000 to 40,000 delegates and restoring the center's ranking as one of the biggest convention facilities in North America.
New Web Site For British Columbia The Council of Tourism Associations of British Columbia (COTA) has launched a Web site for the region (www.travel.bc.ca), which includes more than 4,000 pages of information on accommodations, attractions, events, and activities.
Tourism Vancouver Goes Environmentally Friendly Tourism Vancouver announced this summer the establishment of a nonprofit foundation committed to the creation and promotion of environmentally responsible tourism in Greater Vancouver. Called Oceans Blue, the foundation will offer information, such as training manuals for hotels to use in running their operations, and tip sheets for hotel guests, as well as community projects like the Keep Greater Vancouver Spectacular, which saw 400 blocks cleaned by volunteers earlier this year.
In other news from Tourism Vancouver, in July, Ava Jarrett Sones was appointed manager, sales and market development, Washington, DC and Northeast United States, based in Tourism Vancouver's Washington, DC office. nQuebec Touts Wine Route
It may not be as big as those in California or France, but Quebec does have its own popular wine route. In the rolling countryside of the Eastern Townships, a region with a relatively mild microclimate, wineries have set up a very successful network, allowing visitors to tour the vineyards, meet the wine makers, and sample the wines. A wine tour can make a wonderful pre- or post-meeting program.
One of the area's outstanding wineries is Le Cep d'Agent, near the magnificent 25-mile-long Lake Memphremagog. In addition to a wine tasting, the facility can host medieval banquets, or groups can take a lake cruise or tour of the nearby Saint-Benoit-du-lac Abbey.
Build It and They Will Come In less than a year, the long-awaited expansion of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre will be completed, doubling the capacity of the facility from 20,000 to 40,000 delegates and restoring the center's ranking as one of the biggest convention facilities in North America.