Rezgo.com a Finalist for TIAC National Tourism Award
I was pleasantly surprised on Thursday to read that Rezgo.com’s parent company Sentias Software Corp. is one of three finalists for the Deloitte Innovator of the Year Award as part of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada’s National Tourism Awards for 2008.
In their own words:
The TIAC National Awards for Tourism Excellence presented by The Globe and Mail were developed in 2003 by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada to recognize and foster Canadian tourism excellence. The awards are presented annually at a gala dinner during Canada’s Tourism Leadership Summit. The 2008 National Awards for Tourism Excellence will be presented November 4, 2008 at the Hilton Lac Leamy in Gatineau, Québec.
Here is the full list of finalists for the TIAC National Tourism Awards:
AIR CANADA BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD – SINGLE-UNIT
- Confederation Centre of the Arts (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island)
- Rosebud Theatre (Rosebud, Alberta)
- Winnipeg Folk Festival (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
HILTON CANADA BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD – MULTIPLE-UNIT
- Adventure Canada (Mississauga, Ontario)
- Pacrim Hospitality Services (Bedford, Nova Scotia)
- Sundance Cottages / Oasis Resort (Hunter River, Prince Edward Island)
DELTA HOTELS & RESORTS NEW BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD
- Great Wolf Lodge (Niagara Falls, Ontario)
- Lakeway Houseboat Vacations (Fredericton, New Brunswick)
- Metepenagiag Heritage Park (Red Bank, New Brunswick)
DELOITTE INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
- The Central Museum of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery (CFB Shilo, Manitoba)
- Sentias Software Corp. (Vancouver, British Columbia)
- Taste the County (Prince Edward County, Ontario)
STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE INC. CORPORATE PARTNER OF THE YEAR AWARD
- Strait Crossing Bridge Ltd. / Confederation Bridge (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island)
- TransAlta (Calgary, Alberta)
- True North Sports & Entertainment Ltd. / MTS Centre (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
TOURISM TORONTO TRAVEL MEDIA AWARD
- Atlantic Canada Tourism Partnership (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island)
- Amy Rosen (Toronto, Ontario)
- Susan Reifer (Whistler, British Columbia)
VIA RAIL CANADA VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD
- Margret Begner (Saint John, New Brunswick)
- Harreson Tanner (Whitehorse, Yukon)
- Ann & Dennison Tate (Berry Mills, New Brunswick)
FAIRMONT HOTELS & RESORTS MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR AWARD
- Ontario Place Corporation – Rogers Chinese Lantern Festival (Toronto, Ontario)
- Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership (Toronto, Ontario)
- Edmonton Tourism – Festival City Initiative (Edmonton, Alberta)
METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE EVENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
- Canada Day at Canada Place (Vancouver, British Columbia)
- Winnipeg Folk Festival (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- World Pond Hockey Championships (Plaster Rock, New Brunswick)
CTHRC AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
- Auberge Le Baluchon (Saint-Paulin, Québec)
- CN Tower (Toronto, Ontario)
- Mr. Pickwick’s Seafood Bistro (Vancouver, British Columbia)
INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AWARD
- Jonathan Milne, Mr. Pickwick’s Seafood Bistro (Vancouver, British Columbia)
- Karl Doetsch, Delta Fredericton (Fredericton, New Brunswick)
- Paulina Alexander, Tigh-Na-Mara Spa Resort & Conference Centre (Parksville, British Columbia)
PARKS CANADA SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AWARD
- Niagara Parks Commission (Niagara Falls, Ontario)
- Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre (Stonewall, Manitoba)
- The Town of Bouctouche (New Brunswick)
