Olympic Spat – Quality Inn Vancouver Franchise Fight
A seemingly harmless franchise fight between the owners of the Quality Inn Vancouver Hotel and Quality Inn (the brand) has spiralled out of control into a giant consumer mess for travelers who booked...
View ArticleOlympic Avoidance Effect – Tourism Tanks in Whistler & Vancouver
Hosting the Olympics isn’t exactly all that its made out to be, in terms of visitors and tourism. Turns out that Vancouver and Whistler are suffering from something known as the ‘Olympic Avoidance...
View ArticleVancouver, BC Begin Push for Post-Olympic Visitors
On Feb 16, 2010, faculty members of Vancouver Island University’s tourism dept. will engage in an interesting debate - Are the Olympic Games worth the high price tag to British Columbians? Intervistas...
View ArticleIdentity Crisis for Vancouver USA
The town of Vancouver in Washington state has long been overshadowed by its more famous namesake in British Columbia, Canada. The recently concluded Olympics in Vancouver, BC brought this matter to a...
View ArticleTourism Vancouver Sees Opportunity in Riot Blowback
On June 15, 2011, riots broke out in downtown Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins. At least 140 people and nine police officers were...
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