Calgary tourism selling the most cherished travel experience of the city in the middle of snowstorm

Friday, October 5, 2018

In fact, Tourism Calgary CEO Cindy Ady explained the attendees at GoMedia Marketplace 2018 appeared to be “having a ton of fun” with the snowfall.

 
“They went out to the zoo this morning and the pandas were making snowballs,” she said. “A lot of (attendees) don’t live in snow and so they think they’re having this fantastic experience — and so it’s a great attitude.”

 
The event, which initiated on Sunday and continues till Thursday, is presented by Destination Canada and hosted by Tourism Calgary and Travel Alberta. Tourism Calgary stated that GoMedia unites with tourism industry partners with over 150 travel media and influencers from 10 countries.

 
“We kind of get to show them what we have . . . it’s a great opportunity to showcase,” Ady said.

 
She said that event participants come from all countries of the world. Attendees were all prepared to take in Calgary cuisine at downtown restaurants Tuesday evening.

 
“They’re going to go out to supper and they were talking about a late-night snowman contest, so they’re enjoying it,” Ady said.

 
She further added that since the guests are staying downtown, the snowstorm has been “more inconvenient for Calgarians” than for the visitors.

 
“But I have to give high marks to the transportation folks that got folks to the zoo and back today,” she said.

 
“They’ve just done yeoman’s work in making sure that these delegates really get to have the full measure of the experience.”

 
This was the first year Calgary organized the GoMedia event.

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