There are three Wellington County people who will sit on the Region 4 regional tourism organization’s (RTO) founding board of directors.
The RTO serves Huron, Perth, Waterloo, and Wellington – and will work in concert with the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture to provide direction to the region’s tourism marketing, spending, and workforce development efforts.
The directors were selected by a nominations committee for their tourism and professional knowledge, experience, and skills to ensure the organization will be well equipped to represent the interests of the region’s tourism sectors and stakeholders.
The first directors of the organization are:
– Deb Dalziel Elora and Fergus Tourism (Wellington);
– Elsa Mann Night and Day Studio, Mount Forest (Wellington);
– Janet Vallery Highland Pines Campground, Belwood (Wellington).
– Marc Armstrong Stewart House Inn, Stratford (Perth);
– William Bennett Langdon Hall, Cambridge (Waterloo);
– Don Bourgeois J.M. Drama Alumni, Kitchener (at large);
– Alan Boivin Delta Hotels and Resorts, Guelph & KW (at large);
– Anita Gaffney Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Perth;
– Robert Harris Chicopee Tube Park, Kitchener (Waterloo);
– Selena Hazlitt Fly Fitters, Goderich (Huron);
– Steven Karcher Drayton Entertainment (at large);
– Linda Knechtel The Best Little Pork Shoppe, Shakespeare (Perth);
– Kathy Nichol Ontario’s Finest Inns and Spas, Brussels (Huron);
– Jenny Shantz Mercedes Corp., St. Jacobs (Waterloo); and
– Rick Sickinger Heritage and Culture Partnership, Clinton (Huron).
The tourism group was founded about a year ago when the Ontario government decided to reshape the tourism groups that had been working for several years.
Much of Centre Wellington had been involved with Grand River Country, and Erin was part of the Hills of the Headwaters group, while parts of the north in Wellington County with in Saugeen Country.
