CITAP eUpdate April 11, 2017
Thank you for attending and making our 20th AGM a great success!
Dear CITAP Members,

CITAP recently hosted our Conference and AGM in our nation's capital from April 9-10, 2017.
 
Please join us in thanking the following partner organizations:
  • Ontario's Highlands for hosting a pre-FAM for RTO members.
  • Tourism Ottawa for hosting the Ottawa FAM in addition to providing complimentary shuttles to the train and airport. 
  • Novotel Hotel Ottawa, Via Rail and WestJet for providing discounted accommodation and travel fares.
  • Nancy Greene's Cahilty Hotel and Suites, Tourism 1000 Islands, Muskoka Language International, Sutton Place/Sandman Hotel Group and Hilton Worldwide  for their financial support of the conference.
We would like to acknowledge the outstanding commitment of the following outgoing directors for their service to the organization:
  • Harvey Hamazaki, Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership
  • Monica Leeck, Destination British Columbia
We would like to announce CITAP's 2017/18 Board of Directors:
 
RTOs
  • Albert Tseng, NTS International Group
  • Alice Lin, CAL Travel & Tours
  • Bill Bessho, Maple Fun Tours
  • Chiemi Nishinari, JTB International (Canada)
  • Christel Kuiper, Jonview Canada 
  • David Lin, GS Travel Vancouver
  • Joanne Kim, Let's Canada Tours 
  • Sherry Sun, Canada CYTS Travel Services 
  • Victor Pun, Winners Vacation
  • Yuji Shumizu, J-PAC Travel 
DMOs
  • Anastasia Belashov, Niagara Falls Tourism
  • Lukas Prochazka, Banff Lake Louise Tourism
  • Shawna Lang, Tourism Whistler
CUS Accommodation
  • John Webster, Sutton Hotel Group/Sandman Hotel Group
  • Puspa Affandi, YWCA Hotel Vancouver
CUS Attraction
  • Merv Gunter, Frontiers North Adventures
  • Shawna Little, Vancouver Aquarium 
CUS Other
  • Cheryl Lee, Muskoka Language International
  • Julie Wang, Brewster Travel Canada/Pursuit Collection
Congratulations to our returning Executive Officers:
  • President, Cheryl Lee
  • Vice President, Alice Lin
  • Treasurer, Chiemi Nishinari
Thank you to all the nominees for your commitment to Asia Pacific inbound tourism to Canada.
 
Most importantly, we wish to thank all of our members who participated either in person or by proxy to make this year's Conference and AGM successful.

Last but certainly not least, thank you to the members of the Conference and AGM committee for volunteering their time.
 
To continue to better improve our future events, please click here to complete our post Conference and AGM survey.
 
Please mark your calendars for our upcoming events:
  • May 9-12, 2017: Visit CITAP at Booth #1212 at the RVC Tourism Partner Pavilion in Calgary, AB
  • July 18, 2017: Hidi Nishi Classic at Tsawwassen Springs in Tsawwassen, BC
  • December 4, 2017: Winter Marketplace at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, BC
Thank you,
CITAP Board of Directors 

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