The 2018 Canadian Tourism Awards Winners & Finalists

 

Pursuit Adventure/Outdoors Award

• Ancient Portage Trails Project – Miramichi, NB
• Hastings Overland – Vancouver, BC
• Traversée du lac Saint-Jean à vélo – Alma, QC  WINNER

 

WestJet Airport Innovation & Excellence Award

• Gaëtan Gagné – Québec, QC  WINNER
• Kenora Airport Authority – Kenora, ON
• Vancouver International Airport – Richmond, BC

 

Air Canada Business of the Year Award

• Accent Inns – Vancouver, BC  WINNER
• Adventure Canada – Mississauga, ON
• Arpin Canoe Restigouche – Kedgwick, NB

 

VIA Rail Community Outreach Award

• Chelsea Hotel – Toronto, ON
• Fairmont Banff Springs – Banff, AB
• Sébastien Roy | Distillerie Fils du Roy – Petit-Paquetville, NB  WINNER

 

Restaurants Canada & Diversey Culinary Tourism Experience Award

• Acadian Sturgeon and Caviar Inc – Carters Point, NB
• Devour! The Food Film Fest – Wolfville, NS
• The Paisley Notebook – Kelowna, BC  WINNER

 

Metro Toronto Convention Centre Event of the Year Award

• Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival – Fredericton, NB
• Montréal en Fêtes – Montréal, QC
• Winter Festival of Lights – Niagara Falls, ON  WINNER

 

ITAC Indigenous Cultural Tourism Award

• Howard Augustine | Metepenagiag Heritage Park – Red Bank, NB
• Quaaout Lodge & Talking Rock Golf Course – Chase, BC  WINNER
• Unama'ki Tourism Association – Eskasoni, NS

 

Marriott Hotels of Canada Innovator of the Year Award

• Cities in Sync – Destination Greater Victoria, BC + Tourism Saskatoon, SK + Destination St. John's, NL  WINNER
• National Geographic ObservEtoiles – Sutton, QC
• Port Rexton Brewing Company – Port Rexton, NL
• Singletrack to Success – Whitehorse, YT

 

Accor Hotels Marketing Campaign of the Year Award

• “Firsts, Bests and Only's.” | Discover Saint John – Saint John, NB
• “Fresh Made Daily” | Kingston Accommodation Partners – Kingston, ON
• “Pacific. Authentic.” | Tourism Richmond – Richmond, BC  WINNER

 

Hilton Worldwide Small or Medium-Sized Business of the Year Award

• Sea to Sky Air – Squamish, BC
• Target Tours – Charlottetown, PE
• The Historic Reesor Ranch – Maple Creek, SK  WINNER

 

Air Transat Sustainable Tourism Award

• Eagle Wing Tours – Victoria, BC
• Shorefast Foundation – Joe Batt’s Arm, NL  WINNER
• Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association – Kelowna, BC

 

Tourism HR Canada Tourism Employee of the Year Award

• Anastasia Belashov | Niagara Falls Tourism – Niagara Falls, ON
• Brad Smoley | Westin Edmonton – Edmonton, AB
• Ian Cheverie | The Great George – Charlottetown, PE  WINNER