Ottawa Valley Tourism Conference and Annual General Meeting

The 2009 Ottawa Valley Tourism Conference, held November 18th at Calabogie Peaks Resort, was a huge success! With over 70 conference delegates representing 42 local businesses and organizations, the conference was truly the BIGGEST TOURISM networking event in Renfrew County.

Couldn't attend the conference? You missed...

• Presentations by keynote speakers D'Arcy McKittrick of the Tourism Company and Vicki Lymburner, CEO and President of the Ontario Tourism Education Corporation.
• A tutorial entitled "Putting the OVTA Website to Work for You", presented by Evan Burgess and Jeff Hazen of Blue North Studios
• Display tables from the Ontario Tourism Education Corporation, Enterprise Renfrew County, the Renfrew County Community Futures Development Fund, Miniboard Advertising and the Ottawa Valley Tourist Association
• Registration kits, distributed in reusable cloth bags donated by the Township of Greater Madawaska
• A video presentation by Calabogie Motor Sports
• A valuable opportunity to network...make new contacts and rekindle old ones

Conference Resources

NEW** Presentations are now available for download in video format.

• Evan Burgess of Blue North Studios exlpains the simple things tourism operators can do to improve their web presence in his easy to follow presentation. Click here to download.
• Keynote Speaker D'Arcy McKittrick of the Tourism Partners discusses all things digital in his presentation on social marketing.Click here to download.
• Keynote Speaker Vicki Lymburner of the Ontario Tourism Education Corporation provides a report on the future of human resources in the tourism industry. Click here to download.

The 2009 Ottawa Valley Tourism Conference power point presentations are available for download.

Click here to download a copy of keynote speaker D'Arcy McKittrick's power point presentation on the benfits of social networking, entitled "The Ungeek Guide to DigiMarketing".

• Mr. McKittrick has also uploaded his power point presentation, along with links to the numerous social networking resources mentioned in his presentation, online. They can be found at www.delicious.com/ovta.

Click here to download a copy of keynore speaker Vicki Lymburner's power point presentation on human resources in the tourism industry.

Click here to download a copy of guest speakers' Evan Burgess and Jeff Hazen's power point presentation "Putting the OVTA Website to Work For You".

A special thank you to our speakers for making their presentations available for download.

 Thank you to our 2009 Ottawa Valley Tourism Conference Sponsors.

Thank you to all of the sponsors for our 2009 Ottawa Valley Tourism Conference. Sponsors include: The Township of Greater Madawaska, Calabogie Peaks Resort, Enterprise Renfrew County, Calabogie Motor Sports, the Renferw County Community Futures Development Corporation, the Calabogie and Area Business Association, Miniboard Advertising, RiverRun Rafting, Bonnechere Caves and Chutes Coulonge.

Proud Promotional Parnters of the 2009 Ottawa Valley Tourism Conference:

A special thank you also goes out to our proud promotional partners. These include: the Upper Ottawa Valley Chambers of Commerce, the Renfrew and Area Chambers of Commerce, the North Renfrew Time, Barry's Bay This Week, and the Eganville Leader.