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CONFERENCE PLANNER EMAIL: [email protected] CONFERENCES.SPECTACULARNWT.COM Northwest Territories Tourism | 2015 | Spectacular Conferences Guide | 1 B:9” T:8.5” S:8” MAKI KAWAI | NWTT UNCONVENTIONAL OFFERINGS FOR MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS. Make business more of a pleasure with exclusive benefi ts and airfare savings with our meetings and conventions program. For more information and registration, go to aircanada.com/conventions. The Conference B:11.5” S:10.5” T:11” that Changes Everything Ignite creativity in a landscape alive with This is a place to truly unwind from the hustle of city life. Your delegates can escape to concentrate on an unforgettable inspiration. There’s an energy in the meeting or conference. They can play a round of golf on a Northwest Territories that sparks creativity unique sand course, or boat and picnic at midnight. They and a sense of adventure. Take your next can fish for world records, or just laze away an afternoon. In conference away from the everyday and into winter, snuggled into down parkas, they’ll be mesmerized by the light show in the night sky. the Northwest Territories, and come back refreshed and full of new ideas. The Northwest Territories boasts the venues and services you need to run your next world-class event. In spring and summer, it’s “daytime” almost around the clock. From wilderness lodges to city hotels, meeting rooms to The long light-filled hours offer an energy boost that’s hard conference centres, our professional hotels, meeting centres to resist. In autumn and winter, a time of long nights, the and planners will ensure a first rate show. And anywhere Northern Lights dance overhead in a surreal and breathtaking you go in this vast territory, you will be charmed by a truly light show. northern welcome. The 2016 Conference Planner is DISCLAIMER – The information time of printing. 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Territories from any major city in North America by flying J.F. BERGERON / NWTT to Edmonton or Calgary, Alberta or Ottawa, Ontario. Then make easy connections with frequently scheduled jet services to Yellowknife and beyond. Air Canada, Canadian North, First Air, WestJet, and Air North offer direct jet service to Yellowknife from Edmonton, Calgary and Ottawa. It’s only a ninety- TO IQALUIT minute flight from Edmonton to Yellowknife, crossing Great Slave Lake. Canadian North and First Air carry on to Norman Wells and Inuvik. TO OTTAWA Jets also cross the Arctic from Ottawa via Nunavut, and from Whitehorse, SASKATCHEWAN Yukon, to Yellowknife several times BRITISH COLUMBIA Tour operators offer a wide range of sightseeing and a week. From Yellowknife, regional TO VANCOUVER Deciding to hold your next conference or event TO EDMONTON & CALGARY adventure packages that can add an extra dimension to carriers provide scheduled service to in the Northwest Territories is your first step in your conference or event. Have an extra day? Plan a day trip all major centres. the right direction. You will be choosing a unique to explore by boat, air, or walking and skiing trails. Some and spectacular location and you will be putting conference goers might take the opportunity to visit a yourself in the competent hands of experienced wilderness lodge, or choose a fishing trip to remember. For spouse and guest activities, and pre- and post-conference professionals. events, NWT tour operators offer an attractive array of PRINCIPAL AIR ROUTES sightseeing and adventure packages. Have a few days? Enjoy TO YELLOWKNIFE FROM: The NWT Conference Bureau can help you plan your event lakeside lodges that cater to your every need. by suggesting venues and locales as well as pre- and Edmonton Air Canada, Canadian North, First Air and WestJet post-conference activities. Several independent conference For more information on planning your next conference Calgary Air Canada, WestJet planners based in the Northwest Territories are available to in the Northwest Territories visit present creative solutions for your event, and to take care www.conferences.spectacularnwt.com or email Ottawa Canadian North, First Air, Air North of logistics from flight arrangements to meals, and hotels to [email protected]. entertainment. Whitehorse Air North 4 | SPECTACULAR CONFERENCE PLANNER | 2016 | NORTHWEST TERRITORIES TOURISM NORTHWEST TERRITORIES TOURISM | 2016 SPECTACULAR CONFERENCE PLANNER | 5 JASON VAN BRUGGEN FREAKE STEVE OLDTOWN PADDLE | NWTT 2. Midnight Sun 3. Catch of 4. Waterways WHY CHOOSE Imagine catching a trophy fish or From flat water paddling to running the Day scoring a hole in one at midnight, We’ve got some of the world’s Class 5 rapids, there’s a lake or when the sky still looks like mid- largest and feistiest species of river for every paddler. Travel with afternoon. When the sun never freshwater fish – and we’ve got an experienced outfitter for a THE NWT? sleeps, why should you? carefree and safe experience on them in abundance. The only thing Reasons to have your next better than the catch is the shore our remote northern rivers and conference in the Spectacular lunch of fresh fish that follows. lakes. 10 Northwest Territories. MAKI KAWAI NWTT/ WAYNE LYNCH NWTT/ NWTT/ BROSHA DAVE The Northwest Territories is a place that feeds your mind, body and soul. When your delegates aren’t getting down to brass 5. Winter Fun 6. Amazing 7. The Facilities Try something new or something Wildlife Our unique architecture is tacks, they’ll be feeding their adventurous spirit. And there are familiar in an unforgettable setting. Take a guided tour – or a simple inspired by Northwest Territories’ countless ways to explore. This conference won’t just get results. Dogsledding, skiing, snowmobiling, hike – to see the wildlife that culture and landscape. Spaces snowshoeing – all like you’ve never thrives North of 60. You just can accommodate both intimate It’ll shorten your Bucket List. seen before. might see caribou, reindeer, and immense gatherings and are wolves, Arctic fox or muskox, equipped for a world-class event. to name a few. MAKI KAWAI | NWTT GEORGE FISCHER GEORGE FISCHER GEORGE MY BACKYARDTOURS 1. The Northern Lights Pull up a chair and tip back your head. The Aurora Borealis is on display in the Northwest Territories on clear nights from late August through April. An ideal location on the globe, frequently cloudless skies and extremely low light pollution put your chances of seeing the Aurora at a maximum. It’s said that in the silence of the wilderness you can actually hear them swirl. Experienced guides 8. Vibrant 9. Meet the 10. Barrenlands can show you the lights in style. Or look up, on your way home from Culture Artist Take in the rich colours and untamed dinner – you might catch a dazzling display of colour when the night Eleven official languages are spoken in Talk to an artist or buy direct at landscape of the barrenlands. sky is dark. The Aurora Borealis is the world’s greatest light show. the NWT’s 33 communities. Centuries- the Great Northern Arts Festival Comfortable camps welcome visitors Where better to watch than from the Aurora Capital of the World? old traditions are maintained every day. in Inuvik or the Open Sky Festival with guided hiking, wildlife viewing Marvel at the skill of Dene and Inuvialuit in Fort Simpson, where northern and photography. drummers or try jigging to a fiddler in carvers and visual artists gather coastal communities to the North.