06/12/2026
The Edmonton Tourism Awards was held last Friday and the buzz of that room was phenomenal! Just got through all the editing and have sent the images off!
Congrats again to all the winners and to everyone involved that made the event so special for everyone attending. Double Tree By Hilton was awarded the Best Place To Work award which is always a very anticipated award! Other amazing winners included MΓ©tis Crossing, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Leanne Persad of Winspear Centre | Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Dragon Food Tour, Eric W of Edmonton Riverboat, Flying CanoΓ« Volant Festival, edmonton christmas market, Canadian Finals Rodeo, Canadian Hydrogen Convention, 2025 Alberta Indigenous Games and The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival.
Shout Out to Edmonton EXPO Centre did a fantastic food service!
Explore Edmonton Corporation and SunDog Tour Co Ltd brought out the new Edmonton Explorer! Ryan Jespersen was his usual outstanding self as Host for the evening and there were many outstanding moments throughout.
Special shout out to our sister company, Point of View Media, who not only produced ALL of the award nomination videos seen on the screens for the event (PHEW! π€―) but Mark Remple also was there to capture the event live!
Lots of hard work went on behind the scenes so a big shout out to Trish Greaney, Chris Yeung and Angela Boon of Edmonton Destination Marketing Hotels Ltd.
That's a wrap on 2026 and looking forward to seeing what 2027 has in store!