Ottawa Tourism Partnership Development

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BACKGROUND There is a high demand for conferences and business events to include programming that has a positive impact or that leaves a legacy on the local community. Ottawa Tourism is looking to help event planners facilitate this by offering a set list of program options that planners can choose from. By developing these programs, Ottawa Tourism can ensure that they meet the needs of the community group with whom they are partnering, that there is efficiency in the logistical execution, and that there is a mechanism to measure the outcomes and impacts of these initiatives. Connect Seven Group (contact: Pascale Daigneault) is identifying opportunities to build the programs. They are looking to have tiered programs under three pillars: Environmental, Accessibility and Indigenous/Cultural; for FCF, we're looking at programs that touch on the environmental pillar - a few programs that are tiered based on their cost and ease of coordination for conference planners.

FCF's signature packages offer sent to Pascale at Connect Seven Group

Events

• August 30 - 1 to 3 pm OT staff site visit with FCF to prep for Ottawa Tourism Local FAM
• Planning - Ottawa Tourism Local FAM - Venue Partners Call (date not set yet) -
• September 11 - OT FAM group - Block of 2 hours includes lunch and 1 hour tour with FCF NOTES: Ottawa Tourism Signature Event - Local FAM on September 11th, 2024 at Just FOOD farm. Anticipate the participation of 28 - 35 clients at this event. During a planning call (date to be set), OT will provide further details about the Local FAM event, share the client list, offer tips for preparing for the site tour, and hold a Q&A session. Organizer is: Xiaolin Gong, Sales Coordinator Business & Major Events, Ottawa Tourism

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September 11 OT FAM tour - agenda - FCF tour begins at 2:30 pm after lunch for 1 hour September 11 OT FAM tour participants

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• Ottawa Tourism 2-pager package prepared for OT conference organizers.