The successful Online Revealed Canada Conference continues with its one-day regional forums this January 24th in Halifax Nova Scotia, with local and national Search Engine Optimization and Search Marketing experts, and a mandate to educate the travel industry about tactics for success online.
Produced by A Couple of Chicks e-Marketing and Yahoo! Canada, The ORC Educational Exchange is a one-day Regional hands-on workshop for hospitality suppliers, vendors, hotel groups, individual hotels, tourism operators, travel intermediaries, agencies and other travel and marketing professionals. Upon conclusion of the one day interactive workshop, attendees will have working knowledge of topics such as Search Engine Optimization, Social Media and other new media applications to be successful on the World Wide Web.
With speakers including; Martin Byrne, Director of Search Marketing, Yahoo! Canada, Rob Swick of Halifax based SEO firm Alpha Search, Alicia Whalen and Patricia Brusha of A Couple of Chicks e-Marketing, Savior Joseph of Interactive Halifax based agency Colour, and a keynote presentation from Malcolm Fraser, President ISL and ITANS Chair, the Educational Exchange offers 4 unique workshops mirroring the tracks of the annual Online Revealed Canada Conference. Workshops will address Organic Search (SEO), Paid Placement (PPC), New Media and Travel. The "Ideas Market" will bring together ideas and best practice sharing between participants wrapping up the day with a Technology Update.
The Halifax Online Revealed Educational Exchange will be held at the Westin Nova Scotian hotel on January 24, with registration now open. Destination supporters include; Nova Scotia Tourism and TIANS, Colour and Yahoo! Canada.
Yahoo! Canada continues its support of Online Revealed as the premier sponsor of the regional sessions and the workshop leader for all Paid Placement Tracks. In addition, local Education Leaders have been chosen in each region to help customize the content to their community.
"The growing demand for online marketing education and an overwhelming response from the annual 2 day conference were the catalysts for developing the Educational Exchanges," said Steve Nardi, Managing Director of Online Revealed. "We have listened to the various sectors of the travel industry in Canada and are pleased to be the resource for quality online marketing education within the travel industry."
Online Revealed Education Exchanges have been held in Ottawa, Edmonton and Calgary and will be held in 2008 in Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver, with the annual Online Revealed Conference being held May 13-14th/08 in Calgary, Alberta. Space is limited and registration is now open for all events. Visit www.onlinerevealed.com for more details, sponsorship opportunities and registration information.
About Online Revealed:
Online Revealed is the first of its kind, Online Travel Marketing Conference, founded by A Couple of Chicks e-Marketing. The online marketing events offer educational workshops and cutting edge information focused on Internet marketing strategies for the Canadian travel industry and beyond. Online Revealed has garnered the support of such notable organizations as Yahoo! Canada, Orbitz and HSMAI (Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International) who share in the conference mission to educate the travel industry from a grass roots perspective. The Annual Online Revealed Canada show will be held this May 13-14/08 in Calgary Alberta with registration opening soon.