18 — Sunday, July 18, 1999 — North Shore News

Suspension

NANCY Stibbard,
president and owner
of the Capilano
Suspension Bridge
Group of Companies,
has been voted
1999/2000 chairman
of Tourism Vancouver.
Stibbard, who will replace
outgoing chairman Al
Thompson, Stibbatd will be
the first woman chairman in
the 97-year history of
Tourism Vancouver — other-
wise known as the Greater
Vancouver- Convention and
Visitors Bureau. She has

FESTIVAL’:

Saturday at'10'am. The voaade Starts at Victoria Park and winds south on Lonsdale Avenue
Waterfront Park. This year’s parade will include some newcomers - a Braziian -.

served for 10 years as a board
member of Tourism
Vancouver, and brings to the
job a lifetime of private sec-
tor business savvy.

Stibbard will work with
the Tourism Vancouver
board of directors in pursuit
of new partnerships and
opportunities to help lever-
age the Tourism Vancouver
budget. “Convention and
Ieisure travel marketing has
become increasingly complex
and expensive as cities
around the world go aggres-
sively | after this lucrative busi-
ness,” she says.

“Unfortunately, a great

many of our competing des-
tinations have more money
to spend on marketing —
putting Vancouver at a seri-
ous disadvantage.

Vancouver is too often
described as one of the
world’s best kept secrets. We
need che world to know
about us and in order to do
this, we must spend money
— more money.”

Tourism Vancouver's pro-
jected budget for 1999 is less
than $10 million. The main
source of funding comes
from the voluntary 2% hore!
tax put in place by the
tourism industry and hotels

anda Cuban s section to add t to the colourful and animated ensemble.

SATURDAY IN THE PARK"

At: i-am, the park ‘opens for a full day of oft music, food, entertainment and dance. On

Saturday evening the island fun continues over at the Croatian Cultural Centre and ends’.

with a Carival-style Caribbean Dance at Spm.”
s antes PARK PARADISE:

in 1988.

These funds are to be
used in their entirety to mar-
ket Vancouver as a destina-
tion. Compared 0
Montreal’s budget of $14.8
million, San Diego at $15
million, and San Francisco ar
$20 million (al! figures in
Canadian dollars),
Vancouver’s marketing
efforts are underfunded.

The International
Association of Convention
and ‘Visitors’ = Bureaux
(IACVB) reports thar 18
CVBs in North America have
budgets of S15 million or
more and that Vancouver

CARIBBEAN -
HOLIDAY! .

Travel Time International a

and Super Club.
_are concributing
a holldsy trip for two
to the Caribbean.
Details at the event. ° :

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~ Mayor Jack E.Loueks =
Councillor John Braithwaite.
-{ Councitior Stetta Jo Dean
:. Councillor Bob Fearnley
~ Councilor Darrell Mussatio
Cotincillor Barbara Perrault .

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ranks about 30th overall in
budget, despite the fact that,
as Subbard proudly points
out, “Vancouver is consis-
tently ranked in the top 10
destinations to visit in the
world.

“Tourism Vancouver
remains focused and targeted
in its marketing and sales
activities on behalf of the
industry and the city,”
Stibbard said. “The private
sector currently has very high
expectations of ‘Tourism
Vancouver, especially with
over 5,000 new hotel rooms
being built. This will create
spin-off benefits to local

ormiions far

THE following is a
selection of volunteer
opportunities available
through North Shore
Community Services
(NSCS):

A community informa-
tion centre volunteer is
needed to offer assistance and
information to’ the general
public regarding community
referrals, community. policing
programs and crime preven-
tion techniques, as well as
completing child identifica-
tions and engravings for citi-
zens.

A victim service worker is
needed ‘to provide assistance,

emogional -support, informa- .
tion on the: criminal justice”
system and omer community.

“PIE Waterfront T

Force.Phase Two:

~ Working Group ‘will
|: officially. present its

interim report to North

Vancouver District

council on- Monday

Council. will, then “deter-

‘mine the next. steps: in. the

ts
AT a:

“untecring

ridge bess takes on tourism

businesses, including restau-
rants, gas stations, attrac-
tions, retail, entertainment,
and taxis — and of course,
this generates additional. tax
revenue.

“Within the next few
years we need to grow the
collective financial resources
of Tourism Vancouver. Our
funds are inadequate, and we
are short about $4 million
annually at present, given the
very competitive world maz-
ketplace,” she said.

Stibbard will lead a 32-:
member board of directors
and a newly elected executive
committee.

referrals to victims and -wi
nesses of crime and trauma.

A treasurer is needed for a
nonprofit agency. Must be an
energetic and innovative per-
son . willing to . become
involved in a.variety of chal-
lenging projects: . .

Puppeteers are needced-to
help a an ofucational

uppet show to element

school children: The show
aims to demystify severe’ met
tal illness and. reassui

dren who may have m att ill-
~ness in the famil

An organizer is needed to
help with special ' eve!
charitable foundatic:

Ifyou are interested
please: call; 985

7138. Nees