Leadership Report

Presented by HLT Advisory

Lyle Hall - Managing Director, HLT Advisory Inc. 

(Speaker)

Charlotte Bell - President and CEO, TIAC 

(Speaker)

Canadian Tourism Hall of Fame Luncheon

Presented by Air Canada

The Honourable Bardish Chagger, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Small Business and Tourism

(Speaker)

Session One - Taste of Place in Destination Marketing 

 Rebecca MacKenzie - Executive Director, Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance 

(Moderator)

David Adames - Senior Director of Business Development at the Niagara Parks Commission 

(Panelist)

Patrizia Dri - Director of Member Services, Partnerships and Relationship Marketing for Tourisme Montréal

(Panelist)

Ian MacDonald - President, Liquidity Wines 

(Panelist)

Session Two - Tourism In Canada: Are We In The "Zone"? (Destination Canada)

Jon Mamela - Senior Vice-President Marketing Strategy/Chief Marketing Officer, Destination Canada 

(Speaker)

Breakfast with Champions

Hosts:

Andrew Campbell - Senior Executive Director, Federal Secretariat Canada 150

Don Cleary - President of Marriott Hotels of Canada 

Drew Coles - CEO, InnVest Hotels

Vito Curalli - Executive Director Canada, Latin America & International Sales of Hilton Worldwide

Jeff Doane - Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, North & Central America AccorHotels

Andrew Gibbons - Director, Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs, WestJet

Trina Mather-Simard - Executive Director of Aboriginal Experiences and Aboriginal Tourism Association of Canada Board Member 

Gudie Hutchings - MP for Long Range Mountains, Newfoundland and Labrador and Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Tourism

Guy Laflamme - Executive Director of Ottawa 2017

Martin Landry - Chief Commercial Officer of VIA Rail Canada

Fitti Lourenco - Director, Government Affairs - Federal Government and Ontario for Air Canada

Jon Mamela - Senior Vice-President Marketing Strategy/Chief Marketing Officer, Destination Canada 

David McKenna - President, Brewster Travel Canada

David Mounteer - Vice-President and General Manager of Jonview Canada

Steve Sammut - President of Rocky Mountaineer

Colin Sines - President and Executive Director of Travel Gay Canada

Grace Xin - National Director of Canada-China Inbound Tour Operator Registration Program at TIAC

nSession Three - Investing in Tourism

 Lyle Hall - Managing Director of HLT Advisory Inc 

(Moderator)

 Don Cleary - President of Marriott Hotels of Canada

(Panelist)

 Drew Coles - CEO of INNvest

(Panelist)

David McKenna - President of Brewster Travel Canada

(Panelist)

Derrick Uniat - Owner of Lloyd Lake Lodge

(Panelist)

Session Four - Generational Change: The Millennial Effect

David Coletto - Founder and CEO of Abacus Data 

(Speaker)

Arctic Inspiration Prize Luncheon: Investing in the Place - Inspiring a People

Arnold Witzig - Founder, Arctic Inspiration Prize 

(Guest Speaker)

Patti Balsillie - Chair, Arctic Inspiration Prize Charitable Trust Foundation, Tourism Development Specialist 

(Presenter)

Session Five - Canada’s Immigration System: Tapping into a Permanent Skilled Workforce

Philip Mondor - President, Tourism HR Canada 

(Moderator)

Glenn Squires - CEO of Pacrim Hospitality Services Inc. 

(Panelist)

Jim Bence - CEO of Saskatchewan Hotel and Hospitality Association 

(Panelist)

Victoria Behune - President and CEO of Ontario Tourism Education Corporation 

(Panelist)

Session Six - After the Election: Connecting America

Elizabeth Roscoe - Senior vice-president and National Practice Leader, Public Affairs, Hill+Knowlton Strategies 

(Moderator)

Nik Nanos - Chairman of Nanos Research Corporation, Research Associate Professor at SUNY (UB), Global Fellow of Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, DC) 

(Panelist)

Maryscott Greenwood - Principal in Dentons' Public Policy and Regulation practice and co-leader in the Advocacy and Government Affairs group, Senior Advisor to the Canadian-American Business Council 

(Panelist)

The Honourable Perrin Beatty, PC - President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce 

(Panelist)

Session Seven - Myths of Sustainable Tourism - Is Green is the New Black?

Jim Hudson - Executive Director, South Western Ontario Tourism Corporation (SWOTC) 

(Moderator)

Angela Nagy - Co-founder and CEO, GreenStep Solutions Inc. 

(Panelist)

Rachel Dodds, PhD - Professor, Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Ryerson University, Director, Hospitality and Tourism Research Institute 

(Panelist)

Vivian Fleet - Sustainability Officer at Metro Toronto Convention Centre 

(Panelist)

Linda Hartwell - Program Manager for Green Key Global Environmental Certification Program and Director, Marketing Communications & Business Development for the Hotel Association of Canada

(Panelist)