Tourism Surrey Eliminates Membership Fees

For immediate release - November 9, 2009­

SURREY,British Columbia – November 9, 2009 - Tourism Surrey announced todaythat the organization has adopted a stakeholder model, eliminating membership fees.

The new model allows Tourism Surrey torepresent a wider range of tourism products and to build more diverseand dynamic marketing initiatives. Tourism Surrey initiated a freestakeholder model to represent more of the varied tourism opportunitiesavailable in the community, thereby providing greater service to Surreyvisitors.

Free registration to become a Tourism Surrey partneris now available to any tourism-related business, organization orservice. The opportunity to be involved with the community’sdestination marketing organization is a great way to market productsdirectly to those that make the travel decisions. Tourism partnersparticipating in one of many of Tourism Surrey’s cooperative campaignsautomatically become a marketing partner with full voting privilegesand eligibility to sit on the Board of Directors and Committees.

"TourismSurrey is excited about the opportunities that will be available to ourtourism partners with the change in membership to the stakeholdermodel. This change will open the door for tourism - related businessesto connect with the visitor and participate in marketing programs thatwill enhance the visitors' experience in our community," says CathyJames, Executive Director of Tourism Surrey.

Participating tourism partners receive the following benefits:

• Complimentary listing on Tourism Surrey’s website
• Access to various areas of the recently updated tourism partner section of www.tourismsurrey.com
• Inclusion on the online event calendar
• Access and use of Tourism Surrey’s image bank and corporate logo
• Tour Operator and Media leads when applicable
• Representation at trade, consumer and media shows
• Subscription to Tourism Talk (Tourism Surrey’s monthly e-newsletter)
• Access to Tourism Surrey’s research and surveys
• Invitations to networking events, workshops and familiarization tours
• Opportunity to participate in exclusive and unique cooperative marketing programs and much more!

TourismSurrey is an independent, non-profit organization with a mandate toimprove awareness of the wealth of existing tourism opportunities inSurrey, and to ultimately increase the number of overnight visitors tothe city.

For more information about Tourism Surrey visit www.tourismsurrey.com.

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MEDIA CONTACT:

Shawna Leung
Telephone: 604-484-5360
Director, Community Relations
Email: shawna@vcmbc.com