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Canadian Outback Adventure Premieres The Go-Show
Welcome to the wonderful and wacky world of The Go-Show, a customizable and interactive TV dinner theatre show. The Go-Show is a one woman "virtual" television show, featuring comedienne and character actor Cora Aronoff. Audience members "channel surf", stopping on hilarious game shows, talk shows, news clips and infomercials which highlight your group and event. Drawing from a pool of original characters, Cora spoofs the television shows we know and love with cheeky fun and good humour. Your people become the stars, working together through a game show obstacle course. Toe tapping theme songs, quick changes, and a whole lotta "character" make The Go-Show a performance not to miss. A fabulous option for all of your entertainment needs including golf tournaments, staff parties, dinners, meetings and retreats. www.canadianoutback.com |
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Dalton Hotels & Suites
Brimming over with character and personality, the quaint charm of Victoria's oldest hotel has been making guests comfortable since 1876. Located in the heart of the city, the Heritage Acclaimed Dalton Hotel & Suites is within easy walking distance to all Victoria has to offer. Currently, the Dalton Hotel offers a total of 68 rooms (6 Boutique Rooms, 7 Boutique Suites and 55 Standard rooms) with a scheduled plan to renovate 22 additional rooms making the total room count at 90. Further renovations include adding a boardroom (capacity 25), a fitness room, updates to their restaurant and a long term plan of incorporating a luxury spa on-site. www.daltonhotel.ca
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Fantasea Charters
Cruise the Inner Harbour and local waterfront onboard Fantasea Charters 41' covered luxury yacht. Enjoy a 3 hour dinner cruise and 3-course high-end meal along with a fully licensed bar, hostess and upper deck available for dancing. Catering is available or alternately groups can arrange to bring their own food. Capacity is 20. www.boatchartersvictoria.com |
Fatal Attraction
From October 5, 2006 through January 7, 2007, love will be in the air at the Royal BC Museum as they unveil their newest exhibition, Fatal Attraction. This new exhibit showcases the sometimes sensual, often flashy and occasionally dangerous courtship rituals of the animal kingdom. Fatal Attraction makes its second ever North American stop in Victoria and reveals some of the quirkier dating games; along with spiders that "perfume" their webs to catch a mate, fish that light up when courting, and a toad that whistles to draw a partner. The love lives of dozens of species, including humans, are revealed in this family friendly presentation. www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca |
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Photo: Red rock crabs
The male red rock crab cuddles the female for several days before and after mating.
Photo courtesy Royal BC Museum |
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Photo: Mandrill
When a male mandrill gets excited over a female mandrill, the blue, red and yellow colours of his face and bottom become more vibrant. That, in turn, turns the gals on.
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Marriott Hotels: Smoke Free
In order to accommodate the preferences of the vast majority of guests, all Marriott® hotels in the United States and Canada will become 100% smoke-free in October 2006. Marriott's international locations will be implementing their own policies regarding smoke-free environments based upon local custom and guest preferences. Guests staying with Marriott in the United States and Canada after October 15, 2006 will not be able to smoke inside the hotel building but designated smoking areas will be made available outside of the hotel for guests who smoke. www.marriottvictoria.com |
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Orca Spirit II
Orca Spirit Adventures is excited to announce their new dinner cruise option available in Victoria's Inner Harbour. The Orca Spirit II, a 30 meter vessel built by the prestigious Yamaha Corporation of Japan, will provide your guests with the ultimate in luxury, stability, safety and comfort. With a seating capacity of 150 passengers, enjoy a dinner cruise with a fully stocked and licensed bar, DJ, 2 full onboard washroom facilities, a large outdoor viewing deck as well as an upper deck available for dancing. Catering options will vary from informal to formal dependent on a client's request. www.orcaspirit.com |
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ProSPEAK
ProSPEAK is a full service international speaker's bureau with a range of services for convention planners, corporate clients and more. Specializing in tight deadlines, they will do the research for you, contact three qualified references for any speaker you are considering and give you the solid objective information required to make the best speaker selection for you and your delegates. Their goal is to make the selection of finding the perfect speaker simple and easy for you and to make you look good in front of your delegates. www.prospeak.com |
Bring a Meeting to Canada - Online Resource
As part of Sea to Sky Meeting Management's ongoing effort to bring conference and event business to Canada, they are supporting potential conference chairs with winning bids for international conferences. They have developed an online resource called "Bring a Meeting to Canada" (www.bringameeting.com). The website is an online information source to encourage and guide members of associations/societies/federations on how to bring their organization's international conference or event to Canada. www.seatoskymeetings.com |
TI Executive Limousine Inc.
TI Executive Limousine now offers a relaxing day trip tour option to our vibrant wine-growing region. Departing from downtown Victoria, a chauffeured limousine bus will guide you through Vancouver Island's most scenic countryside stopping at five of our Island's wineries. Wine tastings along the way and a delicious 3-course gourmet lunch with wine pairing will make this an exciting and memorable day. Tour participants also have the option of an overnight stay at the Oceanfront Grand Resort & Marina located on the oceanfront in Cowichan Bay. Wine tours are available year round, five days a week, Wednesday to Sunday and the luxurious limousine bus can accommodate up to 15 passengers. www.tilimo.com, www.OceanfrontGrandResort.com |
Vancouver Island Wine Tours
Vancouver Island Wine Tours offers day tours from Victoria to the Southern Vancouver Island wine region. Groups up to 6 can be accommodated and departure times can be scheduled to suite guests needs. Friendly personalized tours include transportation to and from hotel and all wine tasting charges. The Cowichan Valley Tour ($55.00 per person) is a half day tour departing mid morning and returning late afternoon. This leisurely paced tour will include stops at four wineries for tasting with a lunch stop at guests own expense. The Victoria Winery Tour ($45.00 per person) is also a half day tour which will visit three wineries for wine tasting with a lunch stop at guests own expense. www.vancouverislandwinetours.com |
Island Adventure Tours
Island Adventure Tours is now offering Kayak day trips including; Victoria and Sidney Kayak trips, a Sunset Paddle and the Gulf Islands National Park with prices ranging from $79 - $129 per person. Also offered are multi-day kayak tours including; Kayak the West Coast and Pacific Rim (2 nights with waterfront lodge accommodation, all meals, kayak equipment, guide and transport for $899 per person based on double occupancy) and Kayak Gulf Islands National Park (3 day beach camping including all necessary gear). Group maximum is 50 but they can be flexible. www.islandadventuretours.com |
Harbour Air Seaplanes adds new flight route
Harbour Air Seaplanes is excited to announce that due to popular demand, they will begin daily scheduled service on a new route between the Langley Airport and their downtown Victoria Inner Harbour terminal. Harbour Air Seaplanes new scheduled route will commence November 1, 2006 operating 3 times daily, departing Langley at 7:45, 11:45 and 15:15 and departing Victoria’s Inner Harbour at 8:45, 12:45 and 16:15. The fare between Victoria and Langley will be $99 one-way, plus GST and the schedule will expand in the summer months to accommodate visitors that are arriving from the Fraser Valley area. www.harbourair.ca |
Island Time Tours
Although launching a new tour company, Colleen Barrow (owner-operator) is no stranger to the transportation business or the Gulf Islands. A long time resident of Saturna Island, Colleen puts together her knowledge, experience in the tourism industry and her boundless enthusiasm to provide a unique and first class tour experience. Colleen specializes in tours to Saturna and Salt Spring Islands but also offers Cowichan Valley and Saanichton wine tours. Tours start at $139 - $189 per person (lunch and transportation costs included) with group capacity at 14. www.islandtimetours.com |
Vancouver Island voted #1 for seventh straight year
Once again, Conde Nast Traveler magazine readers ranked Vancouver Island as Top North American Island at a prestigious awards ceremony held this month in New York City. This is the seventh consecutive year that Vancouver Island has held this honour. Islands are rated on activities, beaches, friendliness, lodging, restaurants and scenery, and were broken down into four geographic categories: Asia/Pacific, Caribbean/Atlantic, European, and North American. Victoria also ranked #3 in the Top 10 Cities in The Americas category tying with San Miguel de Allende. http://www.cntraveller.com/
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Baroque Masterworks at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
From December 15, 2006 until February 25, 2007, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria will host an exhibition of 12 Baroque masterwork paintings by the likes of Rembrandt van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens and Nicholas Poussin. Baroque Masterworks from the National Gallery of Canada will feature Italian, French, Spanish, Dutch and Flemish paintings dating from 1600 to 1750 and encompass works in a variety of styles and genres from different social, political and religious circumstances. Baroque Masterworks is the latest installment of the National Gallery's "Masterworks Series" that brings works from their permanent collection to communities across Canada. This exhibition provides a unique opportunity for visitors to see these national treasures as the paintings seldom travel as a result of their age, rarity and historical importance.
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Complementing and running alongside this exhibit will be Misshapen Pearl: The Baroque Era. Running from December 15, 2006 until March 18, 2007, Misshapen Pearl offers a unique glimpse into Baroque society by exploring some of the issues that influenced the time; the religious and political tension, scientific advancement and the emerging power of the merchant class. This exhibition profiles the decorative and fine arts to illustrate the aesthetic of this vibrant and productive era. It will present a range of styles across Europe including Dutch, French, English and Italian and will include ornately carved chairs, inlaid furniture, exquisitely crafted textiles and gorgeous 17th century costumes exhibited alongside drawings, paintings and intaglio prints, including works by Rembrandt. www.aggv.bc.ca
Photo Credits:
Peter Paul Rubens | The Entombment, c. 1612-1614 | Oil on oak, 88.3 x 66.5 cm | National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa | photo © National Gallery of Canada |
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The Butchart Gardens - Holiday Display
December 1, 2006 marks the start of the twentieth season of festive Christmas display at The Butchart Gardens and continues through January 6, 2007. The Gardens dress up for Christmas in glorious style as they are transformed by a remarkable display of thousands of twinkling lights and seasonal decorations. Miles of fresh evergreen swags and wreaths, holly and ivy and winter berries adorn the walkways and lamp posts. Traditional holiday music adds to the magic along with The Twelve Days of Christmas displays tucked into the landscape as a surprise for visitors. New last year was their 3,300 sq. ft. open air real ice skating |
rink. Ice rink times are the same as Admission Gate hours (9:00am to 9:00pm December 1-14th; 9:00am to 10:00pm December 15 - January 6th, except Christmas Day when opening takes place at 1:00pm). www.butchartgardens.com |
Cliffs Over Maple Bay
Located in Duncan, less than one hour's drive north of Victoria, the Cliffs Over Maple Bay is a 300-acre planned community including a Greg Norman Signature Design Golf Course. Scheduled to open in 2007, the 140-acre, 18-hole championship golf course began construction in September 2004 and will be a 6,891 yard, par 72 layout. Expected to draw upwards of 70,000 golfers, Cliffs Over Maple Bay will overlook the Strait of Georgia, Maple Bay and the Cowichan Valley. Cowichan means the "warm land" in the local native language and is home to Vancouver Island's wine country. The residential property at the Cliffs Over Maple Bay will be bordered on two sides by forest reserve which accesses Mt. Tzouhalem; known locally for its mountain biking, hiking and walking trails. www.cliffsovermaplebay.com |
New Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course in Ucluelet
Marine Drive Properties has signed an agreement with Nicklaus Design to bring a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course to the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Set on both the open Pacific and Ucluelet Inlet, the resort will cover 370 acres located next to the Pacific Rim National Park, just north of the charming coastal village of Ucluelet. The first phase of development will incorporate the design of the 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course and the exclusive "Signature Circle", an enclave of 30 oceanfront and semi-oceanfront estate lots. On the Pacific side of the property are steep cliffs with waves crashing below, and on the Inlet side, are holes that will play alongside a bay or a bluff. In between the coasts, you have rugged topography which lends itself to a great variety of inland holes, some with great ocean views. The resort is accessible via a 90-minute ferry ride from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo along with a 2.5-hour drive to the site. The resort is also just a 60-minute chartered or scheduled plane trip from Victoria and Vancouver arriving directly into the Tofino airport. www.marinedriveproperties.com, www.nicklaus.com |
Titanic at the Royal BC Museum
On April 14, 2007, 95 years to the day the Titanic struck the iceberg that sent it to the ocean floor, the Royal BC Museum will be launching a six-month presentation of Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition. Created by Premier Exhibitions Inc., this travelling exhibition features more than 275 artifacts recovered from Titanic's undersea resting place. These artifacts will be displayed in a series of galleries that trace the life of the "unsinkable" ship, from its design and construction through to its discovery, recovery and conservation. As visitors climb the gangplank, boarding passes in hand, they become immersed in the passenger experience. Authentically recreated first and third-class corridors and cabins, an outdoor café and boiler room are appointed with artifacts recovered from the shipwreck site 3,800 metres below the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean. www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca |
World BMX Championships Coming July 26-29, 2007
Perfectly positioned between Asia, America, Australia, South America and Europe, Victoria is preparing for the largest ever UCI BMX World Championships. Over 2500 competitors from 40+ Nations are expected! As the sport evolves to its new Olympic status, the 2007 Championships will be one of the most important championships ever. Results in Victoria will help determine country rankings and athlete participation numbers for the sport's Olympic debut in Beijing in 2008. The 2007 UCI BMX World Championships are being hosted and organized by the Victoria 2007 BMX World Championship Society with support from the Canadian Cycling Association, Cycling BC and our local BMX community. www.bmxcanada.ca |
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December 11-15, 2006
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Showcase Canada
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