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2025
April 30: Survey Reveals Strong Resident Support for Tourism and Visitor Economy, and Many Welcome Growth
March 13: 50th Greater Victoria Flower Count Ends With 44 Billion Blooms
March 04: Annual Greater Victoria Flower Count Celebrates 50 Years of Counting Blooms
January 28: Porter Airlines announces new Ottawa-Victoria service, enhancing business travel opportunities
January 24: Dine Around and Stay in Town Starts Today
January 20: Victoria Conference Centre success in 2024 sets stage for strong results in 2025
January 16: Honouring excellence in sustainable tourism – announcing the 2025 IMPACT award winners
2024
December 13: Destination Greater Victoria Launches Intention Wellness Getaway for 2025
December 2: Dine Around and Stay in Town returns in 2025
November 21: Conferences and Business Events play a critical role in supporting businesses in downtown Victoria
November 14: Victoria selected as a Good Housekeeping 2025 Family Travel Awards winner
November 5: Destination Greater Victoria unveils 10-year master plan for region’s visitor economy
October 31: Visitor economy drives employment and economic growth in Greater Victoria
October 22: Victoria named most sustainable destination in North America
October 1: Victoria, BC ranked #1 Small City in the World in Conde Nast Traveler’s 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards
September 10: Registration Opens for 2025 IMPACT Sustainability Travel & Tourism Conference
July 18: Destination Greater Victoria Receives DMAP Designation
July 15: Destination Greater Victoria appoints MMGY Global as its inaugural UK PR in-market representative
March 15: Sidney Celebrates Victory in Annual Flower Count for Second Year in a Row
March 4: Annual Greater Victoria Flower Count Launched Today
January 26: Dine Around and Stay in Town Starts Today
January 12: Victoria Becomes 2nd Biosphere-Certified Conference Center in North America
2023
December 4: 2024 Marks 20 Years of Dine Around and Stay in Town Promotion in Victoria
November 15: Victoria, B.C. Selected as a Good Housekeeping 2024 Family Travel Awards Winner
October 4: Victoria, B.C. Takes Top Honours in Condé Nast Traveler’s 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards
September 27: Destination Greater Victoria Marks World Tourism Day with Biosphere Milestone
September 7: DGV Applauds Approval of Innovative Housing Project Benefitting Hospitality Workers
July 5: DGV Promotes James Adams To CFO & Executive Vice President, Commercial
June 27: DGV Welcomes Porter Airlines to Victoria International Airport
June 16: DGV Wins International Award for Global Impact on Sustainable Tourism
June 9: Flavour Trails Initiative Expands to Include Southern Gulf Islands
May 16: Greater Victoria Residents Invited to Help Shape the Future of Tourism in the Region
April 3: DGV Promotes Miranda Ji to Executive VP, Sales and Business Development
March 20: Astrid Chang joins Executive Team at Destination Greater Victoria
March 16: Greater Victoria achieves the Responsible Tourism Institute’s Biosphere Certification
2022
November 28: 2023 hiatus announced for Capital City Comic Con
October 17: Destination Greater Victoria achieves Climate Positive designation from Ostrom Climate
October 5: Victoria named #2 Best Small City by Conde Nast Traveler
September 28: Tourism Cares brings North American travel trade to Greater Victoria
September 27: Destination Greater Victoria releases sustainable tourism video to mark World Tourism Day
September 22: Capital City Comic Con 2022 kicks off
September 16: Garrett Wang, Jim Duggan amongst featured talent at 2022 Capital City Comic Con
September 7: Destination Greater Victoria launches fall 2022 marketing campaign
July 18: Northwest Deuce Days draws more than 1,250 registrants from across North America to Victoria
July 14: Classic cars arrive in Greater Victoria as 2022 Northwest Deuce Days kicks off
July 4: Donation over $1,000 to The Mustard Seed marks end of Picnics and Patios
May 30: Popular Greater Victoria Picnics and Patios Campaign returns June 7-29
May 12: Guests confirmed for Capital City Comic Con, taking place September 23-25, 2022
May 11: Destination Greater Victoria signs Letter of Commitment for Biosphere Certification
May 2: 2022 Miracle Award and Life Member Award
March 30: Greater Victoria hotel bookings recovering more quickly than forecast
March 17: Colwood reclaims Flower Power!
March 16: Clint Flood appointed General Manager of Victoria 2022 55+ BC Games
March 7: Celebrating 47 years of counting flower
March 1: Destination Greater Victoria invests in largest marketing campaign ever
January 27: Capital City Comic Con postponed to September 23-25, 2022
January 20: Hotels, restaurants kick off Dine Around & Stay in Town Victoria 2022
January 17: Community partners launch lottery and contest to promote Dine Around & Stay in Town Victoria 2022
2021
December 3: Dine Around and Stay in Town Victoria to Return in 2022
December 2: Greater Victoria Sports Awards to Return in 2022
September 17: Victoria Clipper V Resumes Service Between Seattle and Greater Victoria
July 8: Destination Greater Victoria Purchases Northwest Deuce Days
July 2: Free Meals as Part of Successful Picnics and Patios Contest Comes to an End
June 17: Destination Greater Victoria and CHEK News Partner to Promote Flavour Trails Initiative
June 7: Dine Out For Free During the First-Ever Greater Victoria Picnics and Patios Contest
April 22: Victoria Conference Centre Achieves Carbon Neutral Designations
March 11: Greater Victoria Flower Count Ends with 65 Billion Blossoms Counted
March 4: “I’m In! Victoria.” Program Launched to Support Local Tourism Businesses
March 1: 46th Annual Greater Victoria Flower Count to Run From March 3-10, 2021
February 16: Dine Around & Stay in Town Victoria Returns from February 19 to March 8, 2021
February 3: Destination Greater Victoria Achieves Carbon Neutral Designation
2020
October 6: Greater Victoria Recognized with Conde Nast Traveler’s 2020 Readers’ Choice Award
October 1: Destination Greater Victoria Launches Sustainability Advisory Committee
September 1: Op-Ed: BC tourism’s most important indicators show much of sector on life support.
August 11: Op-Ed: The answer must be yes for tourism support. We all stand to lose otherwise.
August 5: Greater Victoria Tourism Rescue and Recovery Task Force Releases Second Phase Priorities
June 25: Destination Greater Victoria Launches Marketing Campaign for Visitor Economy Reopening
May 28: Op-Ed – Tourism Facing Mass Failure Without Lifeline
May 13: Task Force Releases Rescue and Recovery Priorities for Greater Victoria Tourism Industry
March 13: Greater Victoria Count Ends with Almost 46 Billion Blossoms Counted
March 2: Greater Victoria Flower Count to Run From March 4-11, 2020
February 26: Op-Ed: Sport Tourism Brings People Together
January 16: Dine Around and Stay in Town Kicks Off
January 15: Destination Greater Victoria and City of Victoria look ahead to record 2020 conference year
2019
December 17: Destination Greater Victoria Looks Ahead to 2020
October 15: Capital City Comic Con returns to Victoria March 20-22, 2020
October 7: Destination Greater Victoria congratulates hotels for Conde Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards
September 11: Destination Greater Victoria to sponsor International Indigenous Tourism Conference in 2019, 2020, 2021
July 18: Northwest Deuce Days kicks off in Victoria’s Inner Harbour
June 4: Northwest Deuce Days returns to Greater Victoria July 18-21
May 27: Destination Greater Victoria supports salmon enhancement to mark Tourism Week
May 22: Op-Ed: Balanced Dialogue, Compromise and Collaboration Required on Horse-Drawn Carriages
April 29: Deirdre Campbell and Paul Hadfield honoured for contributions to Greater Victoria visitor economy
April 3: Op-Ed: Destination Greater Victoria marks Global Meetings Industry Day 2019
March 15: Greater Victoria Flower Count ends with over 44 billion blossoms counted
March 4: 44th Annual Greater Victoria Flower Count launched today
February 22: Malcolm McDowell, Skeet Ulrich and Dan Fogler round off a month of guest announcements for Capital City Comic Con
January 16: Yukon Minister of Tourism and Culture Jeanie Dendys to speak at IMPACT
January 8: Victoria Conference Centre increases number of delegate days in 2018
2018
December 17: Greater Victoria tourism industry has banner 2018
November 30: Cities in Sync wins TIAC Marriott International Innovator of the Year Award
November 23: Crystal Garden reaches tenth anniversary as event space
November 19: 2018 Canadian Innovation Conference kicks off in Victoria
November 15: Capital City Comic Con 2019 tickets on sale
October 2: Greater Victoria announced as host city for 2021 55+ Games
September 4: Tourism Victoria announces brand refresh and trading name change
August 10: Greater Victoria named one of the friendliest cities in the world
June 21: Pacific Rim Basketball Classic tips off in Greater Victoria
June 1: Tourism Victoria hosts Travel Media Association of Canada Conference
May 29: Tourism Victoria makes donation for salmon enhancement to mark Tourism Week
April 27: Mike Murphy and Hugh MacDonald awarded for contributions to Greater Victoria tourism sector
April 16: Keith Wells announced as Executive Director, Sport Tourism
April 5: Tourism Victoria and WestJet announce Partnership Marketing Agreement
March 15: Victoria Flower Count ends with over 3.4 billion blossoms counted
March 15: Capital City Comic Con kicks off in Victoria
March 5: Tourism Victoria announces Miranda Ji as winner of 2018 Smart Women in Meetings Award
March 1: 43rd Annual Flower Count set to launch March 7th–14th
February 21: Tourism Victoria launches 2018 Business Plan
February 13: New sport tourism organization for Greater Victoria
2017
December 29: Tourism Victoria announces 2018 Board of Directors
December 7: Air North, Yukon’s airline adds Victoria, BC to expanding route network (Air North news release)
December 1: Victoria International Airport to welcome new non-stop service to Montreal (Victoria Airport Authority news release)
January 31: Final numbers confirm tourism terrific in 2016
2016
December 22: Tourism Victoria announces 2017 Board of Directors
October 20: Victoria’s tourism sector receives high-profile global accolade
October 1: Canada’s haunted capital gets dressed up for October
September 12: Tourism Victoria announces Miranda Ji as Director of Sales, Victoria Conference Centre and Business Events Victoria
April 4: Tourism Victoria promotes Idea Capital to meeting planners in Ontario
January 14: Tourism Victoria Announces 2016 Board of Directors
January 8: Southern Gulf Islands Makes New York Times 52 Places to Go in 2016
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