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The Great George – Charlottetown's Historic Boutique Hotel – has received the honour of being nominated the title of "Canada's Leading Hotel" by the 2010 World Travel Awards. The World Travel Awards, heralded by the Wall Street Journal as the "Travel industry's equivalent to the the Oscars", are the most prestigious awards program in the global travel industry. To be awarded one has become the one of the highest accolades a travel destination can receive
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TEDtalksDirector
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May 24, 2010
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http://www.ted.com
In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken
Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to
personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural
talents can flourish. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the
best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's
leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes
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EDITORIAL STAFF The Guardian
Holland College and the University of Prince Edward Island have signed an agreement that will enable graduates of the Culinary Institute of Canada’s Culinary Arts program to continue their studies at UPEI in a post-diploma degree program of Bachelor of Business in Tourism and Hospitality (BBTH)
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Mia Wedgbury
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s a business owner working in the heart of downtown Toronto, it’s easy to take things for granted.
The critical mass of other entrepreneurs, suppliers, investors, customers and network opportunities that sprout up in Canada’s cities provides us with a wealth of resources
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By ALLISON LAMPERT, The Gazette
Pierre Pellerin may keep reinventing Bleu Lavande, but at the company's headquarters in the Eastern Townships, he's still known simply as "Mr. Lavender." What started 11 years ago as 105 hectares of empty land in Fitch Bay had already blossomed into a rapidly growing agro-tourism business by 2007
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More than 40 hotels across Ireland have signed up to a new campaign designed to encourage consumers to support businesses that promote the fair treatment of staff. The Fair Hotels initiative, which was unveiled on 25 May at Liberty Hall Theatre in Dublin, will use the collective purchasing power of 850,000 workers to make an "ethical choice" about where they stay
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Youth travelers are a group of distinct people. Different cultures have defined them, if at all, in many different ways in terms of age, socioeconomic status and personal rights. For most, youth is a life cycle stage that precedes full incorporation into the adult world
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By GERRY WARNER gerry@dailytownsman.com
More College of the Rockies (COTR) students will be going to Africa and South America to intern in the future thanks to a $1.23 million federal grant announced at the college Thursday by MP Jim Abbott
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Three years ago the government of The Best Place on Earth introduced a Tourism Action Plan. The plan was developed to help meet the challenge of doubling B.C.'s tourism business from $9 billion to $18 billion by 2015.
Stan Hagen, then the Minister of Tourism, Sport and the Arts, noted in the plan's introduction that "global tourism rates are up, and forecasters expect it to continue to grow at about four per cent for the next 15 years
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The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of State for Canada Economic Development, today announced the awarding of $260,000 in non-repayable financial assistance to James Bay Tourism and Eeyou Istchee Tourism. Granted through the Community Diversification program, this funding will enable the two regional tourism associations, which will themselves invest a total of $270,000, to implement a well-targeted joint commercialization strategy
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