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YCB’s AGM took place on May 20 at the Westmark Hotel in Whitehorse. Three directors’ positions were filled: Stephen Dunbar-Edge (of Yukon Pride Adventure Tours), Wanda Leaf (of Leaf Solutions) and John Robertson (of Best Western Gold Rush Inn). We would like to thank all those members who provided fabulous door prizes: Sky High Valley Ranches Ltd., Copper Moon Gallery, Stehelin Ranch B&B, Yukon College, Tatshenshini Expediting Ltd., North End Gallery, Yukon Tourism Education Council (YTEC), Canada Games Centre, Leaf Solutions Ltd., Best Western Gold Rush Inn, High Country Inn, Department of Tourism and Culture, Westmark Whitehorse Hotel and the Old Screen Door B&B.
YCB is busy planning for the upcoming summer FAM. Between the 20th and 24th of July YCB will be hosting both meeting planners and association representatives from outside the Yukon. Familiarization Tours are fun and informative events, which showcase Yukon’s MC&IT sector nationally.
Join other YCB members on July 20th for a free lunch workshop. Say Something! Communications from Ottawa, will discuss meeting planners expectations of your business and different ways to market your product to the national MC&IT client base. Quick, informative and free lunch too.
The add-on catalogue is moving into the layout and designing stage. YCB appreciates YTG’s contribution in covering the layout cost. Members participating in the catalogue will be re-contacted to assist with high quality images. We should soon be able to have a link for planners on our website to access the add-on information for pre & post conference activities. We will keep you updated with news!
YCB would like to thank Sport Yukon for their outstanding assistance to our organization. For the last years, Sports Yukon has provided us with complimentary meeting space for YCB’s monthly board meetings. Thanks so much for your support! Please visit Sport Yukon’s website!
The Golden Bravo Award is sponsored by Northwestel and was presented by Ann Kennedy to Wanda Leaf of Leaf Solutions at the TIAY Annual Conference in Dawson. The Golden Bravo Award is presented to a Yukon service provider – an organization, business or individual – who exceeds client expectations and provides outstanding service in the Meetings and Convention market. The other four nominees were: High Country Inn, Harrison Tanner (Yukon Artists @ Work), McBride Museum and Uncommon Journeys. Wanda Leaf was nominated by Paula Pasquali, the planner for the Northern Health and Learning Symposium. In her nomination the planner noted “We could not have hosted the Northern Health and Learning Symposium without Wanda Leaf’s conference organizing expertise, her solid advice and the benefit of years of experience, her attention to detail, and her ever-present optimism, good humour and ‘can do’ attitude.” Visit Leaf Solutions website.
YCB would like to thank Northwestel for their outstanding assistance to our organization. Northwestel is the sponsor of the annual Bravo Awards, which recognize local organizations’ contribution to the MC&IT sector, as well as of the Golden Bravo Award, which is presented to an organization or individual who has provided exceptional conference/event service within Yukon’s MC&IT sector. Thanks so much for your support! Visit Northwestels website
YCB’s AGM is scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, 2009 from 4-6pm at the Westmark Hotel. You as a YCB member are invited to join us for an informative and action packed AGM. Don’t miss out on it! It’s a great opportunity to meet the YCB staff and network with fellow members. It’s also a time to make your point of view known to the board and staff. Please RSVP today to info@ycb.ca to confirm your AGM attendance.
We are currently working with our members on collecting the full and half day / guide and self-guided packages of our members. This catalogue will be accessible to planners through our YCB website as well as a hard copy version available for distribution to delegates at Yukon conferences.
YCB would like to recognize the outstanding assistance provided to our organization by Air North - Yukon's Airline. Air passes applied to promotional travel in the MC&IT sector are invaluable since YCB operates on a very modest budget. Air North has also always stepped to provide gifts for events. For visitors coming to the Yukon, the northern experience begins when they step on the Air North plane in Vancouver, Edmonton or Calgary. Visit Air North's web site.
The Yukon Convention Bureau is now online with its e-FAM (‘Familiarization’)Tour. Ahead of the pack, YCB is the first and only Destination Marketing Organization in Canada to make use of this Virtual Visit site inspection tool – until now used by major hotels across the continent. More…
To view the Virtual Visit logon to: www.ExperienceTheYukon.com.
February 5th Yukon Convention Bureau held a Business After Hours to honour local meeting organizers who were instrumental in bringing meetings to the Yukon during the last fiscal year or who went out of their way to make their meetings in the Yukon a success. The Bravo Awards are sponsored by Northwestel, a company which has demonstrated its support of the meetings and convention sector for a number of years. More…
On January 27, members of the Yukon Convention Bureau came out to hear a presentation by John Samms, Executive Director of Tourism Canmore. The topic of discussion was the concept of the Destination Marketing Fee (DMF), a charge added to hotel bills (across North America), and which is used by Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) as a source of marketing funds. DMFs are usually calculated as a percentage of the room rate of participating hotels. Funds collected are normally held by a trust organization and turned over to the DMO in response to an approved marketing plan. More…
YCB & partners recently showcased the Yukon to 20 MC&IT agents and planners in Vancouver on Tuesday November 25th. This top notch luncheon was held at Morton’s Steakhouse and was YCB’s Virtual Visit debut, where guests experienced a Virtual Visit of Whitehorse and Dawson facilities. A Yukon fact quiz kept guests busy and three participants took home fantastic prizes to remember the Yukon with. Guest feedback stated clarity on many misconceptions of MC&IT capabilities in the territory and even generated possible FAM tour participants. Response to the YCB luncheon was fantastic, so many thanks to Deb Ryan - Air North, Yukon’s Airline, Adam Gerle – Best Western Gold Rush Inn and Mark Smith – Music Yukon for a great collaborative presentation!
Several of Whitehorse’s largest hotels, members of the Yukon Convention Bureau, took the opportunity last Wednesday (October 22) to give meeting planners an ‘eyeful’ of their upgraded facilities. The convention business brings thousands of delegates to Whitehorse each year and with them an impressive return on investment for marketing dollars. YCB member hotels are taking advantage of this lucrative market. Significant investment has been made in the accommodations sector: modernizing décor, replacing fixtures and furniture, and in some instances completely gutting spaces and refurbishing from the bottom up. More...
Yukon Convention Bureau would like to thank all those members who provided door prizes for the Red Carpet Tour: Air North, Association of Yukon Communities, Canada Games Centre, Maureen Bundgaard, Miles Canyon Railway Society, Music Yukon, North End Gallery, Northwestel, Ruby Range Adventures Ltd, Sky High Valley Ranches Ltd, St Elias Convention Centre, White Pass & Yukon Route, Yukon Convention Bureau, Yukon Brewing Co. Ltd, Yukon College, Yukon First National Tourism, Yukon Tourism Education Council, Yukon Transportation Museum. More…
The Yukon Convention Bureau is now online with its e-FAM (‘Familiarization’)Tour. Ahead of the pack, YCB is the first and only Destination Marketing Organization in Canada to make use of this Virtual Visit site inspection tool – until now used by major hotels across the continent. More…
The Bravo Awards, recognize organizations who have championed hosting a meeting/ event in the Yukon, who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to ensure the success of a meeting/ event or who have assisted in securing a meeting/ event for Yukon. More…
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