John Kearns, General Manager of the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel, Vice President of the BC Hotel Association, and Director at the Surrey Board of Trade was this week’s guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Surrey meeting.  He provided insight into some of the challenges facing the tourism and hospitality sector locally and nationally.  He also spoke about where some of the strong areas of growth are in the sector.  With Canada’s share of global tourism dollars shrinking, John stressed the importance of government and private sector backed solutions that could help change this trend.  He also expressed enthusiasm in the growing hotel sector in Surrey, especially in light of October’s announcement that the Marriot chain would be opening a luxury hotel in the city centre.

 

Photo:  Rotarian Leyland Williams thanking John Kearns for sharing his insight into the tourism and hospitality industry.

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