Go East of Edmonton Wins Alberta Tourism Award

Image provided: Kevin Kisilevich (middle) accepting the award from the Honourable Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism 

Go East excited and honoured to announce that Go East of Edmonton Regional Tourism won the 2019 Marketing Partnership Alto Award at the Travel Alberta Tourism Industry Conference.

Go East of Edmonton Regional Tourism supports and promotes over 50 communities that are members located Northeast, East, and Southeast of Edmonton. It is the DMO – Destination Marketing Organization that leads tourism marketing and tourism development for all areas in the region.

Let’s ALL celebrate this victory for our region as Go East of Edmonton Tourism was the ONLY rural tourism organization to win an Alto Award this year! It was also the FIRST time a Tourism organization from this region has won at this prestigious awards competition. The Finalists and Winners were dominated by Edmonton, Calgary and the Rocky Mountains. The Go East Team; Board of Directors, Staff and Partners are honoured to be acknowledged amongst such an elite group of tourism organizations and businesses.

Go East of Edmonton Regional Tourism would like to give a special thanks to the following partners who helped make this award winning campaign a huge success —

Thank you to Strong Coffee Marketing, Travel Alberta, Strathcona County, Lamont County, Thorhild County, Smoky Lake Region, Town of Vegreville, Town of Redwater, Municipal District of Bonnyville, Elk Island National Park, East Central Alberta DMF Campgrounds, Lac La Biche Region, and Tourism Camrose.

Kevin Kisilevich & Jolene Kisilevich who created and coordinated this campaign would personally like to thank all of the partners and supporters of Go East of Edmonton.

A Celebration of this achievement will be taking place during the November 8 Regional Tourism Meeting of Go East of Edmonton and its partners. RSVP by November 1^st. See the link  https://www.facebook.com/events/2536686219756104/

About the 2019 Alto Awards…

The Alberta Tourism (Alto) Awards recognize the best of the best in Alberta tourism. The winners are mavericks in their field, exemplifying determination and ingenuity, and helping drive Alberta’s economy forward. Over 500 Industry partners were in attendance as the Alto Awards were presented in 11 categories on Monday evening, October 28 in conjunction with the Travel Alberta Industry Conference in Banff. The Alto Awards honour tourism industry partners who demonstrate excellence in experience development, marketing and service delivery. (CNW Group/Travel Alberta)

“The efforts of this year’s nominees, finalists and award winners are truly inspiring. The Alto Awards committee was busy this year, due to a huge jump in nominations. We received over 80 submissions, the most in 10 years,” said Alto committee chair Tyler Riopel.

At the 2019 Travel Alberta Industry Conference in Banff, there were many great learning sessions, and great networking with EDO’s and representatives from the tourism industry. Go East of Edmonton was also fortunate to meet with the Honourable Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism – Tanya Fir.