Hospitality, Marketing & Tourism

B.C. restaurateur Frank di Benedetto, whose Frankie's Family Restaurants Ltd. operates more than 100 restaurants across Canada, has spent an undisclosed amount to buy the 27-location ABC Country Restaurant Chain.

Tourism operators thirsty to cash in on Vancouver’s burgeoning microbrewery sector have started to see success.

A surge in gambling and hotel visitors at Great Canadian Gaming’s River Rock Casino in Richmond helped the company (TSX:GC) post its highest quarterly revenue in its 32-year history.

A month and a half after Surrey launched a food truck pilot program, which includes six Surrey sites where 10 vendors would be given a designated space over the year, residents and foodies alike are wondering where and when they can grab said grub.

Victoria is one of the world’s friendliest cities for tourists, according to a survey by Condé Nast, while Vancouver didn’t make the list at all.

Convention, tourist and corporate business fuels hotel occupancy boom

Patrick Roberge Productions wins opening ceremony production work for major attractions ranging from the Gay Games to the Women's World Cup

Food trucks hunt for the right spot in the region as they target their businesses at different clientele

Amid backlash over Victoria’s decision in June to introduce minimum prices for alcoholic beverages, the government is backtracking — somewhat — by dropping the price for pitchers.

An estimated 400,000 people watch the Celebration of Light fireworks from the shores of English Bay. Despite throngs of people gathering outside their windows, businesses in the area say the extra pedestrian traffic is worth it.