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  ** Join us on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 for our next Women in Tourism Evening at Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, New York.  Please click here for more information, registration form and directions.





Thank you to Greta Hildebrand and Gary Essar for hosting the Women in Tourism evening at RiverBrink Art Gallery


Congratulations to the winners of our September 18th Women in Tourism evening door prizes. (above)

All Photos courtesy of George Bailey

 

 

·         Thank you to Sandy Starks and the wonderful staff at Forest Lawn Cemetery for hosting the Women in Tourism evening on June 19, 2008.  Their passion and love of this amazing location was shared with warmth, humour and enjoyed by all attendees. Congratulations to the following door prize winners:  Kathie Kudela, Niagara Arts & Cultural Center; Lorraine DeSerrano, Norfolk County Tourism & Dana Dee, Westwood One. Prizes were generously donated by Forest Lawn .

 

·         Our sincere thanks to Susan Pryzbyl & staff at the amazing Kenan Center in Lockport, New York for hosting the November 1 "Women in Tourism" Evening.   The evening was augmented with a special preview of the Kenan Quilters' Guild Quilt Show, "Quilting Legacies" at the Kenan Center Arena.  The show will be open to the public from November 2 - 4, 2007 - visit www.kenancenter.org for more details.  Also congratulations to Kate Scaglione (Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp.) and Kaitlin Schuster (Norfolk County), winner of the door prizes.

 

·         Thank you to Connie & Tony Zappitelli for hosting the third "Women in Tourism" Evening at the beautiful Loretto Conference Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario on September 19, 2007.  Everyone enjoyed our guest speakers, Connie Zappitelli and Amy Bignucolo, as well as the terrific facilities, view, food and company!

 

·         Our thanks to Christine Peters and Martha Augut for hosting our second Women in Tourism event on July 12, 2007 at the Roycroft Copper Shop and the Roycroft Inn in East Aurora, NY.   The following lucky ladies each won a door prize: Kitty Turgeon, Foundation at Roycroft; Flo Odding, Fort Erie Friendship Festival; Susan Przybyl, Kenan Center and Bev Burch, Regent Broadcasting.

 

·         Let us know your area(s) of interest for future programming. Please fill out our 'feedback' form. (print and fax back to 905-354-5200 or 716-849-5836)

 

·         Interested in hosting and speaking at one of our bimonthly sessions? Please fill out our 'feedback' form. (print and fax back to 905-354-5200 or 716-849-5836)

 

·         Thanks to everyone who attended our Inaugural Women in Tourism event on Thursday, May 10, 2007 at Inniskillin Winery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.  We had a great turnout and our guest speaker Debi Pratt was truly inspirational.  If you would like to read Debi Pratt's presentation, please click here.   Also see Debi's "Tourism Principles - The 10 P's"

·         May 15, 2007 - The Niagara Falls Review:

"Tourism agency launches new program for women" by Jennifer Pellegrini

Arlene White wants to make one thing abundantly clear: A new initiative by the Binational tourism Alliance to promote women in tourism isn't about bashing men.
"This is about finally positioning women front and centre and promoting all the things they've done in this industry," said White, who is executive director of the BTA. 
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Congratulations to our door prize winners at the May 10 inaugural event.

Anna-Lisa Mantesso, Vintage Hotels - the book "See Jane Lead" 99 Ways for Women to Take Charge at Work and in Life by Lois P. Frankel

Kim Hall, Pacific Productions International - a bottle of Inniskillin Riesling

Kathy Chevalier, Jackson-Triggs - a bottle of Inniskillin Riesling

 
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