Thank you to Julie Clark for hosting the Women in Tourism evening on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at The Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls USA. A special thank you to Sue McDowell, Executive Director of the Fallsview BIA for her inspirational presentation "Women, Work & Balance."
Here is a copy of the lovely poem that she shared. (author unknown)
The Girl in the Glass
When you get what you want in the struggle for self
And the world makes you Queen for a day;
Just go to the mirror & look at yourself
And see what that girl has to say.
For it isn’t your father or mother or brother
Whose judgment upon you must pass;
The person whose verdict means most in your life,
Is the girl staring back from the glass.
She's the girl you must please, never mind all the rest,
For she's with you clear to the end;,
And you've passed your most difficult, dangerous test,
If the girl in the glass is your friend.
You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years,
And get pats on the back as you pass;
But your final reward will be heartaches & tears,
If you cheated the girl in the glass.
Thank you to Mary Roberts and staff of the Martin House Restoration Corporation for hosting the wonderful Women in Tourism Evening on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at the Eleanor & Wilson Greatbatch Pavilion, at the Martin House Complex, 143 Jewett Parkway, Buffalo, New York. It was wonderful to see old friends and meet so many new ones!
Thank you to Jack Chew and Family for hosting Women in Tourism at Happy Jack's Restaurant in Fort Erie, Ontario on October 21, 2009. Our guest speaker, Marina Butler, President of Erie Personnel Corporation, was extremely inspirational.
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Oct 21 at Happy Jack's:
Marina Butler, President, Erie Personnel Corp with Arlene White, Executive Director, Binational Tourism Alliance |
Thank you to Sybille Arsenault for hosting the Women in Tourism evening at the Buttery Dinner Theatre at their new location on Queen Street in Niagara Falls, Ontario on Thursday, August 27. The evening was well attended and enjoyed by all. The lucky winners of the draws were: Angela Davidson, Sherry Madden, Jane Griffiths, Paul Tappay, Kim Zanko and Sherri Ordinario.
Thank you to Elaine Bald and the staff at Meridian Reservations for hosting our Women in Tourism evening on November 20, 2008. The food, wine and company were all wonderful!
Thank you to Kathryn Vedder and staff of Old Fort Niagara for hosting our last Women in Tourism evening on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. Our lucky prize winners were Sue MacGregor and Eva Nicklas.
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Thank you to Greta Hildebrand and Gary Essar for hosting the Women in Tourism evening at RiverBrink Art Gallery
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Congratulations to the winners of our September 18th Women in Tourism evening door prizes. (above) |
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All Photos courtesy of George Bailey |
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· 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.
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· 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
