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Learn the do's and don'ts for marketing
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The Coast Bastion Hotel in Nanaimo is offering a special conference room rate of $115 for a standard room. Offer is only available until Sept. 26.

To book your room call 1-800-716-6199
Trade Show
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Oct. 27
 1-9 p.m.
Coast Bastion Hotel
Want to connect with suppliers that provide amenities, linens, marketing tools, and  maintenance products?  Be sure to start off your conference at the trade show. The vendor booths are sold out.
What Members are Saying ...
"Even though we have had a good year so far, I know I need to stay on top of my game to continue to be successful, so I would not miss an opportunity to attend this conference so close to home and with so many topics that I know will improve my business."  
 
Ian MacPhee,
Abbeymore Manor, Victoria

BC Innkeepers Conference, Annual General Meeting and Trade Show 2009

2010 buttonWow, the more I learn about the October conference in Nanaimo, the more I realize this one is not to be missed! Whether you've been in the B&B business for 15 weeks or 15 years, there is so much for everyone to learn: informative guest speakers, workshops, contest, special events, networking, tours and a trade show; everything I need to keep my business fresh and current. Don't worry, there will be some time for some fun too!

Don't miss out.

Registration for members
Registration for non-members

Bernadette Driver
Communications Director
The Conference: What You Need to Know    October 27-29, 2009
Coast Bastion Hotel, Nanaimo

Deadline for registration is Oct. 13   2010 button

Seminars and workshops
  
Jay Karen, president and CEO of PAII (Professional Association of Innkeepers International)

Overview of the B&B Industry.
Mastering online reviews and reputation management.

Jeff Logan, owner of InsideOut Solutions
Website creation
Internet marketing with Facebook
Blogging for success


 Ed Schneider, tax consultant
 Taxation: Cost-saving methods
 HST: Do not panic

Shelley Sim, Original Holidays
and Denise Le Gal, Tourism Vancouver Island
Export readiness: Working with tour operators 
 
Sarah Shusta and Janice Hurley
Bedandbreakfast.com
Online reservations: Are you missing out?
Results from recent surveys by bedandbreakfast.com
Phenomenal photography


Experts from the RCMP, fire department
and insurance business
Protecting your investment

Eric Kalnins, Sales manager at BC Ferries Corporation 
BC Ferries update

Learn more about the guest speakers.
Marketing, What's an Innkeeper to Do?

 "Marketing is no longer just having rack cards and a pretty web site. In the age of Web 2.0, marketing now includes monitoring and influencing your reputation vis-a-vis all the various and new forms of social media web sites, i.e. TripAdvisor, BedandBreakfast.com, Yelp, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube and even Google. What's an innkeeper to do? Come learn the do's and don'ts, and be a confident player in the new age of marketing." 
-- PAII
Learn more at the conference
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Way Through Nanaimo

The official Torch Relay of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics arrives in Victoria on October 30th. The torch will be in Nanaimo on Oct. 31.  The torch arrives between 6 and 7 p.m.

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BC Bed & Breakfast Innkeepers Guild
www.bcsbestbnbs.com

September, 2009