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Tourism Industry Awards
Every year Tourism Vancouver Island has the pleasure of recognizing stakeholders who have significantly impacted our industry in various ways. We are elated to offer 6 different awards to those individuals and organizations who have demonstrated great efforts and achievements in the tourism industry over the past year.
Awards include:
Power of Partners
- Recognizes a business or organization that has demonstrated successful partnerships with other Vancouver Island region tourism businesses or organizations resulting in increased visitation to the Vancouver Island region
Raising the Bar
- Recognizes a business or organization that has developed or renewed a tourism product or package that captures the attention of travelers and thus increases the desirability of the Vancouver Island region as a destination
Multi-Faceted Advertising Campaign
- Recognizes a business or organization for its innovative use of various forms of advertising mediums in a campaign that was successful in attracting traveling consumers to their business or organization
MVP
- Recognizes a tourism employee that has demonstrated exemplary work performance above and beyond the regular call of duty; thereby enhancing business or customer satisfaction
- The staff of Tourism Vancouver Island, nominates and selects the winner of this award.
Tourism Employee of the Year
- Recognizes an individual or a tourism business that has demonstrated a commitment to the growth of tourism through outstanding contributions to Tourism Vancouver Island.
Tourism Sustainability
- Recognizes a tourism business in the Vancouver Island Region that has that set out to minimise their environmental impact, conserve natural resources, respect local cultures and benefit local communities in the past 12 months. Their commitment to environmentally responsible tourism and changing the way they conduct business serves as an example to the industry.
To see who our deserving recipients for 2009 were, click here.