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A bridge susp

By Robert Galster
News Reporter

AFTER hanging
around for 16 years,
Nancy Stibbard was
recently chosen as the
entrepreneur of the
year in the hospitality
and tourism field.

“Lreally enjoy tourism and
I enjoy working with the peo-
ple that visit us, IT look for-
ward to every day.” said

NANCY Stibbard and the
entrepreneur of the year
award bestowed upon her
for turning the suspension
bridge inte Vancouver's
top tourist attraction.

Award winner
adds variety
to landmark

Stibbard. “f find this business
very exciting.”

Stibbard has been at the
helm oof the — Capilano
Suspension Bridge Group of
Companies — since 1983.
During her tenure, the num-
ber of visits to the Capilano
Suspension Bridge, the flag-
ship of her holdings, has
quadrupled.

One of the ways she
approached her new chal-
lenge after purchasing the
properry from her father in
1983 was to widen its scope

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and consequently its appeal.

“It’s (the key to success)
learning to fiseen and realiz-
ing that when people come to
i location you have to come
up with lots of reasons for
them to stay,” said Stibbard.
“You have to find out what
those are.”

In addition fo listening to
her customers, which she says
is made easier by her psychol-
ogy background, Stibbard is
also in the habit of utilizing
surveys to help guide her
decision making process.

“What we're really trying

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