Monday, April 16, 2018
From May 13 to 16, 2018, Nova Scotia will host over 1,800 tourism professionals from across Canada and around the world at the new Halifax Convention Centre on Argyle Street.
They’re coming for Rendez-vous Canada (RVC) 2018, Destination Canada’s signature international tourism marketplace that connects the international travel trade with Canada’s tourism industry.
About RVC 2018
RVC is organized in partnership with the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, and hosted in a different Canadian city each year.
During the speed-dating-style part of the event known as Marketplace, travel trade buyers meet with tourism sellers through a series of brief, pre-organized one-on-one appointments to discover the best-of-the-best Canadian travel experiences.
Beyond the Marketplace, RVC offers attendees networking opportunities, presentations from various Canadian destination marketing organizations, and time for city day tours. Select travel trade get to explore Atlantic Canada before and after the event on familiarization tours throughout Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland & Labrador.
RVC 2018 Event Schedule
The RVC 2018 event schedule blocks time for Marketplace appointments, industry luncheons, day tours within and around Halifax, free evenings to explore the host city, and a night to celebrate the host region: Atlantic Canada.
Nova Scotia’s RVC 2018 Delegation
In recognition of increased interest from Nova Scotia operators, RVC made Nova Scotia’s Marketplace section bigger this year to accommodate our largest delegation ever!
Nova Scotia’s *RVC 2018 delegates are:
• Atlantic Tours Limited
• Auberge Gisèle’s Inn
• Canadvac Travel Services Ltd.
• CDÉNÉ / Acadie de la Nouvelle-Écosse
• Destination Cape Breton Association
• Discover Halifax
• Great Earth Expeditions Inc
• Lord Nelson Hotel
• Murphy's the Cable Wharf
• Northumberland & Bay Ferries Limited
• Oak Island Resort and Conference Centre
• TayMac Tours Limited
• The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
• The Westin Nova Scotian
• Vision Atlantic
• Trailsman Motel
• Hearthstone Properties
• Inverary Resort
• Yarmouth & Acadian Shores Tourism
*All participating groups have met RVC’s selection criteria.
Volunteer at RVC!
While registration for RVC 2018 closed in the fall, there are more ways to get involved in this event. Volunteering with RVC 2018 is a great opportunity to interact and network with some of the world’s most influential travel buyers and sellers, and to work alongside colleagues and industry partners in Nova Scotia.
Bigger and Better than Ever
Interest in this year’s event has been overwhelming. We are proud to announce that we have broken RVC attendance records, and that the Halifax day tours reached registration capacity within one week!
Tourism Nova Scotia is excited to welcome thousands of tourism leaders from across Canada and around the world to Halifax, and we’re thrilled that the international travel trade is so interested in our country and our province.
Stay tuned to inTouch for more information about RVC 2018 in the next few weeks.