Hospitality, Marketing & Tourism

B.C.’s destination tourism marketing body Destination BC on April 29 announced that it has started seeking a diverse range of industry representatives from all regions of the province to sit on its marketing committee.

Victoria hotels had higher occupancy and were able to charge slightly higher prices in March than they were in March 2012.

Fatburger is set to share space with Ricky's Urban Café at the upscale Waterfront Centre from next month.

Glowbal Group plans to open its newest restaurant and Vancouver's largest rooftop patio restaurant on April 25, owner Emad Yacoub told Business in Vancouver April 16.

Vancouver-headquartered Earls Restaurants Ltd. has partnered with digital innovation firm Invoke to create the "Social Menu App," which the restaurant chain said is the first time a restaurant menu is being included in a Facebook app.

Total sales in the food services and drinking places industry rose 0.5% to $4.5 billion Canada-wide in January compared with the previous month, according to new Statistics Canada data.

Richmond’s 98-room Tudor-style Best Western Plus Abercorn Inn has new owners, Macdonald Commercial Real Estate Services Ltd. broker Cynthia Dong confirmed March 22.

Cactus Restaurants Ltd. last night opened its 23rd and largest restaurant – the $7.5 million, 10,000-square-foot Cactus Club Café-branded restaurant at Jack Poole Plaza in Coal Harbour.

Jazz fest sues resort town alleging breach of duty over 2011 event; WinterPRIDE upset over lack of funding

A new study estimates the economic impact of the cruise-ship industry in Canada to be $2.4 billion, with B.C. by far the biggest benefactor.