TCO hosts Sport Tourism Strategic Planning Workshop in Brantford
The Tournament Capital of Ontario (TCO) Committee, Brantford Parks & Recreation and the Brantford Sport Council hosted a Sport Tourism Strategic Planning Workshop “From The 40,000 Foot Level” on March 29, 2008 at Mohawk College.
Bob Coyne, Chair Tournament Capital of Ontario Committee and Pat Shewchuk, TCO Coordinator receives a cheque from Trevor Carre, Chair of Enterprise Brant.
Sport Tourism is recognized as one of the fastest growing sectors of the global travel and tourism industry. In Canada sport tourism is a multi-billion dollar “industry” with value estimated at 2.5 billion dollars annually.
On Friday, March 28 a “Meet and Greet” reception was held at the Tourism Centre to introduce Bob Yates, workshop facilitator from Victoria, B.C. Mr. Yates has over 25 years experience as a strategic planner involved with the economic and social impacts and benefits of sport tourism.
On Saturday, March 29 a one-day interactive workshop was held at Mohawk College bringing together 65 delegates from a variety of organizations and groups who actively participated in discussions about the economic impacts and benefits that sport tourism brings to the City of Brantford.
Thank you to Enterprise Brant for their financial support in hosting Brantford’s first Sport Tourism Strategic Planning Workshop and thanks to the following sponsors for their generosity in supporting our event; Strodes BBQ & Deli, Eskimoo Joe’s, Williams Coffee Pub – Market Street, and The Bodega Inn.
A special thank you to Paul Armstrong and January Boucher from Mohawk College for providing a great facility for our workshop and for all their help. Thank you to media representatives from CKPC and Brantford.com for covering our event.
Visit www.brantford.com to view our workshop video.
Thanks to MP Lloyd St. Amand, MP Dave Levac and the City Councillors who participated in the workshop………your support is really appreciated.
Thank you to each and everyone who took the time to attend the TCO Sport Tourism Strategic Planning Workshop, your participation was invaluable.
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