Wednesday night at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, John Furlong, Chief Executive Officer, VANOC, Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia, and Houourable Mary McNeil, Minister of State for the Olympics and ActNow BC held a ceremony to light the 2010 Olympic Rings at Coal Harbour. The rings now sit on a barge in the water. [...]
Vancouver celebrated the 100 day countdown by lighting the new Olympic Rings
November 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Postcard from Vancouver – 100 day countdown celebration event today
November 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Today the City of Vancouver will hold a ceremonial handover of the Olympic and Paralympic Village to the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC). The official ceremony begins at 10:30 AM at the Salt Building with Mayor Gregor Robertson officially handing over the keys to the Olympic and Paralympic [...]
Whistler BC, BC,Day 5 – Postcard from Whistler
November 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
After a wonderful evening out with Breton Murphy, Senior Manager, Destination Media Relations, Tourism Whistler at Earl’s in Whistler Village, it was back to the Fairmont Whistler for a good night’s sleep. One of the things I most love about the Fairmont hotels is that they allow pets. (a resounding 10!) For someone who has [...]
Day 4 – Off to Whistler from Nanaimo-day 1 of checking out the venues
November 1, 2009 By 1 Comment
November 1st , Sunday morning: We had to have our bags at the Best Western Dorchester by 7AM. Since the time changed at 2AM to fall back 1 hour, we would supposedly still get a little extra sleep. Unfortunately, in the room next door to me there were torch relay volunteers who were throwing their [...]
Vancouver BC Ready for 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Games
August 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This summer I was fortunate to meet with the media relations folks from Canada Tourism Commission, Tourism British Columbia, TourismVancouver, Tourism Whistler and Tourism Richmond. As we chatted over coffee and berry smoothies at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle, I was struck by several things. One is how much they truly love what they do and where they [...]
