Sport Hosting Vancouver Wins Sport Tourism Organization of the Year Award
Continuing to grow and support events, Sport Hosting Vancouver worked with official travel package operators to develop and sell packages where interest in a specific sport was high, for example the HSBC Canada Sevens in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom and the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final to Japanese tour groups. As a result, these events saw record breaking numbers of attendees and sold out venues.
About the Sport Hosting Vancouver Partnership
Established in December 2015, Vancouver City Council approved the Sport Hosting Vancouver Action Plan including authorization for the City to partner with Tourism Vancouver, the Vancouver Hotel Destination Association, the University of British Columbia and the B.C. Pavilion Corporation. Known as the Sport Hosting Vancouver (SHV) Partnership, its mandate is to proactively identify a balanced portfolio of sport events that deliver significant economic and social benefits for Vancouver. Since its inception, the SHV partnership has expanded to include the Pacific National Exhibition as a strategic venue partner.