Coming Events for June 2009

Ducks on parade at The Peabody Orlando, site of this year’s Vacation Ownership Investment Conference, Sept. 14-17.

July 29–Aug. 1: I-CHRIE Annual Summer Conference & Marketplace, Hyatt Regency San Francisco, San Francisco CA. International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education. Phone: 804-346-4800. Fax: 804-346-5009. E-mail: webmaster@chrie.org. Website: www.chrie.org.

Aug. 4-5: Hotel Data Conference, STR and HotelNewsNow.com, Renaissance Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee. Registration $695. Special room rates at the Renaissance for conference attendees. Website: www.HotelDataConference.com.

Sept. 14-17: Vacation Ownership Investment Conference – Opportunity in Adversity, The Peabody Orlando, Orlando FL.  Call toll-free — 877-700-1153.  Outside toll-free limits: 305-668-3495. Website:  www.vacationownershipinvestment.com.

Sept. 22: Tourism Investment Symposium, Calgary. Contact: Scott Martin, Tourism Investment Consultant.  Phone: 780-415-8827.

Oct. 14-16: Canadian Resort Development Conference 2009, The Resort Development Summit, Toronto. Contact Ross Perlmutter, Canadian Resorts Development Association (CRDA). Phone: 416-960-4930 or 800-646-9205. Website: www.crda.com.  E-mail: crda@rogers.com.

Oct. 21-22: The Canadian Resort Investment Conference, Calgary. Contact: Orie Berlasso, conference manager, phone 416-924-2002 or 866-887-4453. Fax: 416-961-7737. E-mail: orieberlasso@bigpictureconferences.ca. Website: www.resortinvest.ca.

Nov. 22-24: BC Hospitality Industry Conference, Fairmont Waterfront Hotel, Vancouver. The Conference is hosted by the British Columbia Hotel Association, the Alliance of Beverage Licensees of BC, the British Columbia Restaurant  Foodservice Association, and the BC Lodging and Campgrounds Association. Nora Cumming, conference coordinator, Chemistry Consulting Group Inc. Tel: 250-382-3303 ext 204. Fax: 250.383.4142. E-mail: conferencemanager@hospitality-trade.com Website: www.hospitality-trade.com.

November 23-25: 8th Annual Tourism HR Forum, Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council (CTHRC), Delta Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC. Email: hrforum@cthrc.ca. website: http://cthrc.ca/en/tourism_hr_forum.aspx.