| Ottawa,
CN � September 2001 � The Honourable Brian Tobin, Minister of Industry
and Minister responsible for the Canadian
Tourism Commission (CTC), recently announced the appointment of three
new members to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Tourism Commission.
Mr. Chris Cahill, Mr. Simon Cooper and Mr. Rod Seiling were each appointed
for a three-year term. �The new appointees promise to bring new vision
and in-depth expertise to the Canadian Tourism Commission's work in promoting
Canadian tourism internationally and domestically,� said Minister Tobin.
Since
1998, Chris Cahill has served as President and Chief Operating Officer
of Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, formerly Canadian Pacific Hotels, for which
he served as Executive Vice-President and Vice-President of Sales. As well,
Mr. Cahill currently serves as Executive Vice-President and Trustee of
Legacy Hotels Real Estate Development Trust. He is also a member of the
board of directors of Delta Hotels, where he held positions of increasing
responsibility over a 15-year period culminating in his appointment as
Vice-President, Operations, Eastern Canada. Mr. Cahill is also a former
Chair of the CTC's Meetings, Conventions and Incentive Travel Committee.
Simon
Cooper was recently appointed President and CEO of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Company. His career in hotel operations spans three decades and includes
positions with Marriott Lodging Canada, Canadian Pacific Hotels & Resorts
and Delta Hotels. Mr. Cooper also serves as Chairman of the Board of Governors
of the University of Guelph, as a member of the Conference Board of Canada's
National Council of Leadership and is an honorary fellow of Ryerson Polytechnic
University (1995). He has been actively involved with the CTC as former
Chair of the Infrastructure Development Committee and current Chair of
the CTC Research Committee.
Rod
Seiling has been President of the Greater Toronto Hotel Association since
1994. Previously, he served as Vice President of Executive Consultants,
and as Executive Director of Racetracks of Canada. Among his professional
accomplishments, Mr. Seiling was Chair of Team Canada, a Director for Tourism
Ontario, and he also served as Director for the Ontario Tourism Marketing
Commission.
The
CTC
is a Crown corporation that markets Canada as a travel destination. The
CTC's Board includes private-sector representatives, both from specific
regions of Canada and from national tourism industries, including hotels
and airlines. The board also includes high-level public-sector representatives
recommended by tourism ministers in the various regions across the country.
Industry
led, market driven and research based, the CTC is a federal marketing agency
that works in partnership with the tourism industry and federal, provincial
and territorial governments to market Canada as a four-season destination.
For
more information, please contact:
Heidi
Bonnell,
Director
of Communications
Office
of the Minister of Industry
(613)
995-9001 |