THE WORLD wide affiliates of
DGA_ International, an interna-
tional home exchange service, will
be meeting at the Park Royal
Hotel in West Vancouver on July
28. This is the first time this
meeting has been held in Canada.

West World Holiday Exchange
of North Vancouver is the Cana-
dian affiliae of DGA_ Interna-
tional. The company, connected
with 24 other companies with
listings worldwide, issues exchange
books listing homes twice a year.

The concept allows homeowners
the chance to swap their home
with another home located at a
chosen holiday destination.

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exhibit and set construction com-
pany based at North Vancouver’s
North Shore Studios, has been
hired to provide a ‘*face-lift’’ to
the Challenger Relief Map, one of
the oldest. attractions at the
Pacific National Exhibition
(PNE).

The work is expected to be
completed in time for the opening
of the All-Time, Good-Time Fair
to be held from August 18 to
September 3.

Blue Cello Scenics president
David Nielsen said the work will

panse of ocean, labelling new cit-
jes and towns and re-labelling
some 400 existing location names
dotted over the very large surface.

“It's a highly satisfying project
because the map is one of the real
old favorites for PNE visitors and
is certainly steeped in history,"”
said Nielsen. ‘I’m treating it as a
piece of artwork.”’

The map was purchased by the
PNE in 1952, but was not
displayed in its entirety until the
B.C. Pavilion was opened in June
1954.

45 - Wednesday, July 11, 1990 - North Shore News

BUSI TSS BRIEFS

Renovation °90, B.C. Hydro's
forthcoming home improvement
show which will be at the PNE
late in September.

wee
VANCOUVER’S HOSPITALITY
industry has good reason to cele-
brate. In the three short years
since the Vancouver Trade and
Convention Centre opened its
doors for business, the facility has
hosted more than 1,200 events and
has seen over one million local
and international guests come
through its doors.

exhibition space, 2! meeting
rooms and capacity for up to
10,000 guests, the centre will be
the site of more than 970 event
days this year, attracting over
100,000 out of town delegates and
3160 million in economic benefits
for B.C.

Highlights of this year’s calen-
dar include the 1990 Canadian
Special Olympics Summev Games
closing banquet with 1,200
athletes and coaches, the Cana-
dian Square and Round Dance
Society Convention in July with
5,000 delegates, and up to 1,700
delegates attending the INTER
COMM ‘90 Global Telecom-
munications Congress and Exhib-
ition in October.

BLUE CELLO Scenics, a design, consist of painting the large ex- Nielsen is currently designing With its 10,300 square metres of

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