Paparazzi Photos

Pictured left to right: Adam Wilcox, Porter Airlines; Kimberly Miles, Elaine Michaud, Scott Schult, and Danna Lilly, Myrtle Beach Area CVB; Kimberly Hartley, Myrtle Beach Area Canadian Representative; Steve Mays, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday.

Travel media enjoy a taste of Myrtle Beach as chef Kurt D’Aurizio prepares Coastal Carolina style Shrimp and Grits.

Left to right: Steve Dempsey, M⁢ Martin Perelmuter, Speakers’ Spotlight, and guests.

Left to right: Steve Dempsey, M⁢ Vlad Haltigin, PDM(i); Luca Del Rosso and colleague, both with Art of Productions.

Left to right: Kelly MacDonald-Hill, Speakers’ Spotlight; Dana Warren, Maritz Canada; Damon Allen, ex-Toronto Argonaut; Steve Dempsey, M&IT.

Steve Dempsey, M⁢ Vinita Borrison, CN Tower; Zahra Jiwa, M⁢ Cécile Cosse, Hesperia Tower, Barcelona.

Susan Prophet, Tourisme Quebec (far left) pictured with representatives from the Childhood Cancer Foundation, Site Canada’s charity of choice.

Susan Prophet, Tourisme Quebec (middle) and Cathy O’Connor, Carlson Hotels Worldwide (far right), pictured with representatives from the Childhood Cancer Foundation, Site Canada’s charity of choice.

Bob Giorgini (left), president, MPI Toronto and Barry Webb, vice-president, finance and administration, MPI Toronto, lead the live auction.

Site Canada president Susan Prophet.

Tom Price, vice-president, sales and marketing, White Oaks Conference Resort & Spa.

Strategic Site Selection’s Jason Cullen.

Les Selby, Carlson Marketing.

Ralph Strachan, president & CEO, Stronco Group of Companies.

Clayton Caporal, senior sales manager, AV-Canada.

Philippe Kwon, sales manager, meetings and conventions, Destination Winnipeg, addresses the sold-out crowd.

Pictured, left to right, is Site Canada’s Board of Directors: Leslie Wright; Lesley Boughen; Michael Drake; Susan Prophet, President; Cathy O’Connor; Joanne Keating; Liz Akey; Joe O’recchio. Missing: Sandra Eagle, Susan Lanc, Rachael Streek-Buma, Filipe Nepomuceno.

Burkhard Kieker, CEO, Berlin Tourismus Marketing highlights what’s in store for Berlin in the 2010.

Anne Dollendorf, director, German National Tourist Office, Canada extols Germany’s virtues during a detailed presentation.

An attentive crowd at the November 18th press lunch organized by the German National Tourist Office and Berlin Tourismus Marketing.

Moira Hearn, president of Select Group Marketing, pictured with SPECTRA managing director Paul Miller.

Matt Davis, of NYC & Company.

Patrick Sullivan, president Site International; Michael Drake, director of education, Site Canada; and Susan Prophet, president, Site Canada.

Michelle Saran, Canadian Tourism Commission; Max Carbone, principal of Teamworks.

Liz Akey, director, membership, Site Canada; Cathy O’Connor, president elect, Site Canada; Sandra Eagle, director, summer social, Site Canada.

Noel Buckley, Ottawa Tourism (back row, far left) and Theresa Cragg Gatto, CMP, Ottawa Tourism (front row, far left), pose with M&IT's Hall of Fame inductees: Back row (left to right), beginning at second from left: Doug Keeley; Les Selby; Duff Shaw; M&IT publisher Steve Dempsey. Front row (left to right), beginning at second from left: Marsha Jones; M&IT director of content Sandra Eagle.

M&IT director of content Sandra Eagle presents Doug Keeley with his Hall of Fame award, while M&IT publisher Steve Dempsey looks on.

Keynote speaker General Rick Hillier, former chief of the defence staff for the Canadian Armed Forces, mesmerized the IncentiveWorks audience with his poignant, humourous presentation.

President of Twist Image, keynote speaker Mitch Joel outlined, to a rapt IncentiveWorks audience, how to use the Internet and social media to build your personal brand.

The ASAE opening gala, at Toronto’s Distillery District, attracted a large and spirited crowd.

Representatives of Great Lakes Seaway Trail pose at the New York State tourism event.

Representatives of Canal New York mingled with invitees at Toronto’s Casa Loma.

Empire State Development Corp.’s chief marketing officer, Thomas Ranese, addresses the crowd at the New York State tourism gathering on Aug. 18.

Pictured, left to right: Debra Bustos, tourism marketing specialist, Texas Tourism; Jennifer Spraulding, director of revenue management, Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin-Town Lake; Linda Moore, tourism sales manager, Austin CVB; chef Vance Ely, Austin, Texas; Lorena Garcia, regional tourism manager, Prime Retail; Rosalyn Hunter, director of PR, VoX International.

Alanna McQuaid, director of sales, Canada, Lough Erne Golf Resort, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland (right) poses with M&IT director of content Sandra Eagle, at Belleek Pottery Works Co., in Belleek, County Fermanagh, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary luncheon celebrating the opening of its visitor's centre.

Heather McCrory (left), Regional Vice-President and General Manager of Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York, and Kerry Ann Kotani, the Royal York’s Director of Sales and Marketing, are presented with a 2009 M&IT Readers' Choice Award. In 2009, the hotel celebrates its 80th anniversary.

Left to right: Marc Bedard, Via Rail; Chantal Nadeau, Association Provinciale des Constructeurs d’Habitations du Quebec; Gaelle Felix, Public Service Alliance of Canada.

Left to right: Ron Boudreau, Meridican; Nicolas Chehab, CMP, Carlson Wagonlit.

Left to right: Maria Da Cunha, HRG North America; Brooke Soucier, Hidden Champions; Lucie Monaghan, QVC-Inscript.

Merit Golf Vacations' Ian Dawson scored a hole-in-one on the 143-yard 16th (East).

Left to right: Joanne Keating, Meridican; Carol Ann Burrell, CAE, Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology; Laurie Beckerman, Wynford.

From left to right: Adrienne Clarke, Attention Span; Steve Dempsey, M⁢ Sandra Eagle, M⁢ Peter Humphries, RBC Insurance.

Anthony Watanabe