Margaret MacKenzie

Margaret MacKenzie, manager, media relations program with the province of New Brunswick, wears many hats. One of them is chairing TMAC's industry membership committee. She fulfills this role with pizzazz and grace. 

Q. When did you come into TMAC and how did you get involved in chairing the Membership (Industry) Committee and serving on the board?  

A. After working in the tourism industry for many years, I found myself responsible for a media relations program. I got involved in TMAC immediately as a way to meet media and other PR professionals. In 2009, I was asked to chair the industry membership committee and have been doing so ever since. While a member of TMAC board of directors, I served on the communications committee, assisted in the drafting of brand standards and participated in the re-evaluation the industry membership criteria to ensure it remains relevant. 

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Sandra Phinney

If you think that you'll get noticed at a meeting or convention by schmoozing with colleagues or potential clients, think again. Getting the most out of networking requires both strategy and action.

Peter Wright, president of The Planning Group, says that it's important to ask: "How can we get more value out of meetings and conferences? How can we leverage these experiences with a little advance planning?"

When he posed these questions to board members of the Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC) at a strategy planning session two years ago, it wasn't long before he was delivering a session on networking at the association's annual conference in Fredericton, N.B.

Planning is key. "While any conference offers a number of benefits, including seminars and workshops, networking is the single item that will deliver the most value over the long term. 

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La région Touristique «Ontario Highlands» dispose d'un des environnements géologiques les plus riches et les plus diversifiés dans l'ensemble du Canada. Ce secret est connu depuis longtemps par des scientifiques, des experts de l'industrie et les minéralogistes amateurs mais maintenant les touristes y sont aussi la bienvenue! Quand vous pensez à l'exploitation minière souterraine, vous pensez probablement à Sudbury ou de Thunder Bay. While it's true there are relatively few active mines in Ontario's Highlands today, there was a time when the land was pockmarked by small pits and trenches as attempts were made to exploit the vast mineral wealth at or near surface in people's backyards (literally). Même s'il est vrai qu'il y a relativement peu de mines actives dans les «Highlands» de l'Ontario aujourd'hui, il fut un temps où la terre a été grêlée par de petites fosses et tranchées pour exploiter la grande richesse minérale à la surface.

La «Silver Queen», une des mines les plus célèbres dans la région appartenue par la compagnie General Electric de 1905 à 1920, Having been at one time operated by the General Electric Company, the Silver Queen Mine (1905~1920) was one of the larger mica/apatite mines in the area, but what really makes it special is its place of honour at the heart of Murphys Point Provincial Park near Perth.était l'une des plus grandes mines de mica / apatite. La mine est aujourd'hui au cœur du Parc Provincial de « Murphys Point » près de Perth, Ontario. Dedicated park staff and volunteers have gone to great lengths to restore, not only the mine itself, but also an impressive array of heritage building, artifacts, and interpretive dioramas - an entire way of life! Les bénévoles du parc ont fait de grands efforts pour restaurer, non seulement la mine elle-même, mais aussi un nombre impressionnant de bâtiments patrimoniaux, des artefacts, et plaques d'interprétation. Although quite small compared to the vast underground workings in some of the great mining districts of today, the cavernous underground pit is jaw-dropping when you consider that it was carved out of solid rock using only hand, horse, and later, steam power in the early 1900s (okay, the had some dynamite too).Venez pour une visite guidée de la mine ou prenez part à l'un des nombreux événements patrimoniaux exceptionnels.

Ensuite, les grottes «Bonnechère» à Eganville avec une géologie étonnante en fabrication pour plusieurs millions d'années! Over 500 million years ago, the Caves were at the bottom of a tropical sea. Il y a plus de 500 millions d'années, les grottes étaient au fond d'une mer tropicale. That sea is long gone, of course, but what remains in our more modern times is an astounding caves system complete with stalactites - or rock icicles - hanging above your head.Cette mer est partie depuis longtemps, bien sûr, mais ce qui reste dans nos temps modernes est un système de grottes étonnantes avec des stalactites suspendu au-dessus de votre tête. A trip inside the caves reveals limestone walls all around you that encase ancient fossils of coral and sea creatures from a time long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth - with all there is to see, you'll soon discover why the area is known as Ordovician Fossil Capital of Canada. Un voyage à l'intérieur des grottes révèle des murs de calcaire qui enveloppent des anciens fossiles de coraux et de créatures de la mer à partir d'un temps bien avant que les dinosaures parcouraient la terre - avec tout ce qu'il ya à voir, vous allez bientôt découvrir pourquoi la région est connue comme la capitale Canadienne du Fossile.