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2010-02-15

  Culinary travel campaign complements February’s Savour Food & Wine Festival events, highlighting world-class Halifax restaurants & chefs   Nova Scotia cuisine is as unique as the land and sea it comes from – and Halifax chefs are leading the way in the artful use of local ingredients. Destination Halifax, the city’s tourism marketing organization, embraces culinary tourism with a new marketing campaign focused on unique culinary vacations and dining experiences in Halifax restaurants.   Visitors to Destination Halifax’s culinary website, www.destinationhalifax.com/culinary, can enjoy a taste of Nova Scotia cuisine with recipes and videos from chefs of Halifax restaurants. Once there, people can opt to experience...

2009-11-04

Collaborative approach to Halifax conventions, including CanSPEP and the Halifax International Security Forum, coupled with destination’s rich history makes city a “natural choice” for meetings and conferences. Halifax, Nova Scotia will be in the spotlight during two key events being hosted in the city this November. Influential meeting planners from across Canada will see the best of what Halifax offers as an event destination during the 2009 Canadian Society of Professional Event Planners (CanSPEP) conference (November 12-15). The following week, the first Halifax International Security Forum (November 20-22) brings security policymakers, opinion leaders and analysts from six continents to Halifax. “Hosting these two...

2009-09-04

From the Atlantic Film Festival to Halifax Pop Explosion, some of the year’s most anticipated Halifax events are just around the corner The leaves may be changing colours, but in Halifax, Canada, the warm, sunny weather continues throughout the fall. And so, of course, do the festivals, events and endless range of things to do. Here are five events happening in Halifax that you won’t want to miss this Fall: Atlantic Fringe Festival, September 3 - 13: A showcase for non-mainstream theatre, the Fringe is an affordable, artist-driven festival that celebrates the off-beat. This year, the Halifax festival marks its 19th year...

2009-07-17

From street theatre to music festivals to red-carpet galas, there is something for everyone in Nova Scotia’s capital city this summer. The summer has already gotten off to a roaring start with festivals including Catch Nova Scotia Seafood Festival, Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo, the Atlantic Jazz Festival and the Nova Scotia Multicultural Festival. The line-up of unforgettable Halifax events doesn’t stop there – the excitement continues as the Tall Ships Nova Scotia Festival have sailed into the city (July 16-20), bringing tall ships from around the world to the Halifax Harbour. Haligonians will wave the rainbow flag during the Halifax Pride...

2009-05-11

Halifax is gearing up to welcome large international congresses, meetings, and major events, thanks to a memorandum of understanding signed Monday, May 4, 2009 by Premier Rodney MacDonald and Mayor Peter Kelly. The document commits the Province and Halifax Regional Municipality to work together in an effort to have a new convention centre up and running in downtown Halifax by January 1, 2013. “This is a critical piece of our overall major events strategy,” said Scott Ferguson, Interim President & CEO for Trade Centre Limited, the Nova Scotia crown corporation that manages Halifax’s World Trade & Convention Centre. “A new...

2009-04-06

Halifax photo submissions are eligible to win a Halifax vacation from Destination Halifax A perfect moment in Halifax, Nova Scotia, captured in a photograph, could lead to many more photo opportunities – in the form of a $2,500 vacation package prize. From the fall colours in Point Pleasant Park to romantic sail around the Halifax Harbour or an outdoor concert on Citadel Hill, perfect moments abound in this beautiful destination. On April 2, Destination Halifax launched its year-long Perfect Day Photo Contest, and the grand prize is a fully-customized and personalized Halifax vacation package. Favourite snapshots representing a special day or...