30 - Sunday, March 11, 1990 - North Shore News

BUISUMTSS BRIEFS

AN ALL-day environmental
workshop aimed at the business
community, entitled ‘“‘How Your
Company Can Survive and Thrive
In A Cleaner World,"’ will be held
at the B.C. Institute of Technology
in Burnaby on March 15 from 8
a.m.to4p.m.

The workshop, sponsored by the
Science Council of B.C., will help
small and medium-sized companies
deal with the rapidly changing
rules and regulations regarding
what they can and cannot do as far
as environmental protection is
concerned, according to David
Roberts, Science Council of B.C.
spokesman.

More than 100 people will be
accepted into the workshop, so
early registration is recommended.
Anyone wishing to attend should
call 436-3574

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THE PROVINCIAL government
is expanding its SuperHost pro-
gram to include a course on how to
deal with visitors from the Asia
Pacific region.

The ‘Asian Extension’ for
SuperHost was given to Tourism
B.C. by the Asia Pacific Initiative

Johnson leads
Hotel Assoc.

KIRK JOHNSON, general manag-
er of North Vancouver's Lonsdale
Quay Hotel, has been appointed
the new president of the Van-
couver Hotel Association. He suc-
ceeds Michael Lambert, general
manager of the Hotel Vancouver.

“f am very excited,’’ said
Johnson. ‘‘] know there's going to
be hard work involved, but I have
a lot of ideas for the 1990's.

Johnson has over 20 years of ex-
tensive experience in the Canadian
and United States hotel industries.
He joined Lonsdale Quay in 1987
and has built a team of profes-
sionals.

Under his leadership they have
created a hotel, night club, restau-
rant and bar into a thriving centre
of activity.

Johnson is currently a board
director of Tourism Vancouver,
the Tourism Association of
Southwest B.C., and a former
director of the Greater Vancouver
Big Brothers Association and the
Vancouver Central Lions Club.

The Vancouver Hotel Associa-
tion represents 32 hotels
throughout the Greater Vancouver
area with a mandate to serve its
members with solutions to com-
mon difficulties.

The association works closely
with its provincial counterpart, the
B.C. and Yukon Hote! Associa-
tion, and is concerned with devel-
oping strong federal and provincial
government relations.

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(API), a private sector advisory
group set up by the provincial and
federal governments.

“Every year more and more
Asian tourists arrive in B.C.,"" said
Capilano-Howe Sound MP Mary
Collins, the federal minister
responsible for API.

“By 1995, British Columbia's
tourist trade from the Asia Pacific
region could triple. We must be
prepared for what is both a
challenge and an opportunity,’’
said the Associate Defence
Minister and Minister for the
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A ONE-day seminar, called ‘*90/
90 Vision,’’ will be held May | at
the Hotel Vancouver.

This seminar is aimed at B.C.’s
advertising industry and will focus
on areas like the changing market
place in the 1990’s, what consumer

. trends will emerge in .this decade,

what role will environmental issues
play in the ’90s and how will all of

these issues affect the way adver-
tisers and their agencies operate.
Included in the seminar will be a
report by Dr. Michael Walker, ex-
ecutive director of the Fraser In-
stitute, on the issue of free trade
and what to expect in the future.

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DIANE NEUFELD, director of
the B.C. Film Commission, will
address a dinner meeting of the
Sales and Marketing Executives of
Vancouver on March 15, beginning
at 5:30 p.m. at the New World
Harbourside Hotel.

Neufeld’s work with the B.C.
Film Commission has helped the
province's film industry grow from
$30 million to $150 million in less
than eight years.

She will speak about B.C.’s
position in the international film
market and how the B.C Film
Commission promotes local in-
dustry around the world.

For ticket information call 681-
3027.

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