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TOURISM RICHMOND GIVES MEETING PLANNERS ALL THE CREDIT
Posted on July 27, 2009 - 9:19am | View All News Releases
~Receive up to $1500 off when you book your next meeting or event in Richmond BC~
Richmond, BC, Canada (July 27, 2009) – Tourism Richmond knows “It’s All Here” in Richmond, BC and have launched a valuable incentive for meeting planners who deliver a new RFP through MeetingsEasy™ from now to March 31, 2010. Meeting planners who book their next meeting or convention with total rooms booked (based on a two-night minimum stay) from 25 up to 100 +, receive a range of credits from $500 to $1500 to be applied to the final master account. Bookings must be actualized by March 31, 2011.
“At Tourism Richmond we value our meeting and convention business and appreciate that as companies continue to tighten their corporate travel budgets, our incentive will contribute to the bottom line,” said Gayle Morris, Director of Sales for Tourism Richmond. “The city is also rich with a variety of remarkable venues including the iconic new Richmond Olympic Oval, which would make for an extraordinary event or conference.” As a Venue City, Tourism Richmond will welcome the world during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Richmond is an accessible and diverse growing island city set in the stunning West Coast home of the Vancouver International Airport. “It’s All Here” (visit www.allinrichmond.com), from arts, culture and historic sites, to authentic Asian cuisine and shopping galore, Richmond is quickly becoming the city of choice for meeting and conventions of up to 600 delegates.
By the numbers, Richmond offers 26 international brand-named hotels, 4600 guest rooms to suit all budgets, 145,000 square feet of combined meeting space and over 375 Asian restaurants. Tourism Richmond also offers one unique web-based booking tool, MeetingsEasy™ which makes it easy to plan, organize and impress.
To be eligible for the up to $1500 credit, meeting and event planners must register at meetingseasy.ca/richmond. Offer applicable to meetings and conventions that have not been held in Richmond since March 2006 and valid on new bookings only. As a Venue City for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, some black-out dates will apply. Other conditions may apply.
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Tourism Richmond is a non-profit, membership driven destination-marketing organization. The primary mandate of Tourism Richmond is to enhance awareness about the destination through sales and marketing initiatives and by providing excellent visitor and member services. Ultimately, Tourism Richmond’s goal is to increase economic activity related to tourism for the City of Richmond and all stakeholders.
Richmond, BC, Canada (July 27, 2009) – Tourism Richmond knows “It’s All Here” in Richmond, BC and have launched a valuable incentive for meeting planners who deliver a new RFP through MeetingsEasy™ from now to March 31, 2010. Meeting planners who book their next meeting or convention with total rooms booked (based on a two-night minimum stay) from 25 up to 100 +, receive a range of credits from $500 to $1500 to be applied to the final master account. Bookings must be actualized by March 31, 2011.
“At Tourism Richmond we value our meeting and convention business and appreciate that as companies continue to tighten their corporate travel budgets, our incentive will contribute to the bottom line,” said Gayle Morris, Director of Sales for Tourism Richmond. “The city is also rich with a variety of remarkable venues including the iconic new Richmond Olympic Oval, which would make for an extraordinary event or conference.” As a Venue City, Tourism Richmond will welcome the world during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Richmond is an accessible and diverse growing island city set in the stunning West Coast home of the Vancouver International Airport. “It’s All Here” (visit www.allinrichmond.com), from arts, culture and historic sites, to authentic Asian cuisine and shopping galore, Richmond is quickly becoming the city of choice for meeting and conventions of up to 600 delegates.
By the numbers, Richmond offers 26 international brand-named hotels, 4600 guest rooms to suit all budgets, 145,000 square feet of combined meeting space and over 375 Asian restaurants. Tourism Richmond also offers one unique web-based booking tool, MeetingsEasy™ which makes it easy to plan, organize and impress.
To be eligible for the up to $1500 credit, meeting and event planners must register at meetingseasy.ca/richmond. Offer applicable to meetings and conventions that have not been held in Richmond since March 2006 and valid on new bookings only. As a Venue City for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, some black-out dates will apply. Other conditions may apply.
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Tourism Richmond is a non-profit, membership driven destination-marketing organization. The primary mandate of Tourism Richmond is to enhance awareness about the destination through sales and marketing initiatives and by providing excellent visitor and member services. Ultimately, Tourism Richmond’s goal is to increase economic activity related to tourism for the City of Richmond and all stakeholders.
