Destination Halifax Announces 2007 Halifax Ambassador Club Honorees
Destination Halifax will announce the 2007 Ambassador Club Honorees, Wednesday, October 24, 2007 in the Atrium of the World Trade and Convention Centre at 4:30 pm. These individuals have been recognized for their personal effort which resulted in Halifax being chosen as the venue for a meeting, conference or special event for 2007.
“The Ambassador Club is proud to recognize these individuals and their outstanding contributions to the prosperity of Halifax,” said Richard O’Beirne, Chair of the Destination Halifax Board of Directors. Their passion and excitement for their member organizations is second only to their passion for this city and province.”
2007 Nominees include:
Chief Rick Simon of the Assembly of First Nations for the Assembly of First Nations conference
Richard Brown of Dalhousie University for the International Ethological conference
Kent Gustavson of Jacques Whitford Engineering for the Canadian Association of Ecological Economics conference
David Henderson of the Colchester Regional Hospital for the Canadian Society of Palliative Medicine Physicians conference
David Gardner of Dalhousie for the Canadian Association for Population Therapeutics conference
Ken Bagnell of Canadian Sport Centre Atlantic for the Coaching Association of Canada conference
Sandra Alfoldy of the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design for the Neocraft conference
Donna Rogers of Dalhousie University for the North American Catalan Society conference
Fred Deveaux for the Retired Airline Pilots Association of Canada conference
Destination Halifax is the dedicated tourism marketing organization for the Halifax Regional Municipality. It is a public/private partnership operating with the mandate to dramatically increase tourism revenues on a year round basis. Destination Halifax promotes the HRM in external markets as a destination of choice for inbound business and leisure travelers.