Edmonton Grand Final and Ironman 70.3 World Championship win PRESTIGE Awards
The Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance Awarded the 2015 PRESTIGE Awards on Tuesday. The winners in eight category of the 2015 PRESTIGE Award were celebrated at the 2015 Sports Events Congress in Toronto. PRESTIGE stands for “Program Recognizing Exception Sport Tourism Initiatives, Games and Events.”
The 2014 TransCanada Corp. World Triathlon Grand Final in Edmonton was awarded the CSTA International Sport Event of the Year Award. The Subaru Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Mont-Tremblant won the CSTA Canadian Sport Event of the Year Award.
The amazing team of Don Lowry, Margaret Kool, Sheila O'Kelly and Darren Nickle with TSN's Jennifer Hedger accepting CSTA's International Sport Event of the Year. Way to go Edmonton!!!!
Posted by Triathlon Canada on Tuesday, March 31, 2015
“Each of the PRESTIGE recipients, finalists and indeed the PRESTIGE Luncheon sponsors, are building Canada’s reputation as a world-leader in sport tourism—a highly competitive market which contributes an impressive $5.2 billion dollars to the Canadian economy annually…” said Rick Traer, CSTA CEO.
2015 PRESTIGE Awards Recipients are:
CSTA SPORT EVENT VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Ken Hall – Tournament Chair, 2014 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey International Women’s Cup (Brampton, ON)
CSTA SPORT TOURISM CHAMPION AWARD
John Winston (General Manager, Tourism London)
CSTA CANADIAN SPORT EVENT SPONSOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
Petro-Canada – Petro-Canada Sport Leadership sportif (Ottawa, ON)
CSTA SPORT TOURISM ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR AWARD
SCORE – Sport Charlottetown (Charlottetown, PE)
CSTA CANADIAN SPORT EVENT OF THE YEAR AWARD [Event Budget Less than $1 Million]
2014 Canada 55+ Games (Strathcona County, AB)
CSTA CANADIAN SPORT EVENT OF THE YEAR AWARD [Event Budget Greater than $1 Million]
Subaru Ironman 70.3 World Championship (Mont-Tremblant, QC)
CSTA INTERNATIONAL SPORT EVENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
2014 TransCanada Corp. World Triathlon Grand Final (Edmonton, AB)
CSTA SUSTAINABLE SPORT EVENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
Special Olympics Canada 2014 Summer Games (Vancouver, BC)
