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Eileen Leddy brings you
the latest from the Saanich
Peninsula Chamber of Com-
merce.

Tourism meeting

About 30 people attended.
the second public meeting
of the Chamber’s Tourism
committee, held on March
15 at the Iroquois Club-
house.

Committee chairperson,
Heidi Rust, of The Latch
Country Inn, illustrated her
opening remarks on the
past, present and future of
the information centres with
an overhead presentation.
In the spirited discussions
that followed, stakeholders
in attendance explored pos-
sible ways and means of se-.
curing sufficient permanent
funding. forthe centres... .

The Chamber's tourism
committee is composed of

- Chamber board’ members

and tourism stakeholders...
Working. with Heidi Rust.

are Doug-Guedes,. Seafirst
Insurance _Brokers;: Rob

Thatcher, Pacific Coast Real.
Erika Kanczula, if
Prince: of. Whales Whale:

‘Watching; Ron Olsen, Flair
“Hospitality Group (Ana- :

Estate:

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“and: Nick ; Coates

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elodge.. Stakeholders — in-.

clude “hoteliers; bed” and
breakfast owners, and at-
tractions operators.

‘The movement to put the

_info centres on more solid fi-
_ nancial footing is beginning

to gain momentum in the

‘business community.: The:
‘committee: will continue to

work-with the: stakeholders.

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tourist season.

Executive director Lor-

raine Browne is looking for

10 volunteers who enjoy

working with the public

and who would like to de-

vote a few hours each week

to assisting visitors {o our

area.
Contact Lorraine at the

Chamber office — 656-

3616 — to find out how

you can become = in-
volved.

Promote your
business

The info centres offer
Peninsula businesses a
number of way to promote
their goods and services to
tourists. ‘Racking’ [use of

“the space for brochures,

available in‘ each Informa-
tion Centre] is still available
for this season and Intel has
a. few advertising. ‘spots
open.

Intel’s system _ ‘features
photographs and video pre-
sentations, and offers

tourists a direct telephone
line to participating accom-. .
- modations and attractions.
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Noon luncheon

The. Chamber will host a
general meeting/noon lun-
cheon, from 12 -.1:15 p.m.,
at the Blue Peter Restaurant
on. Harbour Road. The
meeting is scheduled to be
held on Wednesday, March
29.

Dan McGrath, District
Manager. of. Communica-
tions with Canada Customs.

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6655 Trudeau Terrace,
Brentwood Bay

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Giving you personalized service
for more than 14 years

and Revenue Agency, will .

speak on the results of re-
cent community visits. by.
Canada Customs represen-
tatives, to members of the
Peninsula business commu-

nity.

Eileen Leddy is
a local business
writer and editor,
and a member of
the Saanich .
Peninsula Chamber of Cia:
merce.

Her. column, Chamber
Matters, appears. in the
Peninsula News Review ox
the fourth Wednesday of each
month. Watch for The Buzz,

Leddy’s look at individual
_ business news, on the second —

week of e each month. -

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