The A-Team Blog

Do you have a penchant for dishing out delicious meals and/or delectable desserts? Why not share it with our Aviawest owners?

We're looking for creative recipes to be featured in the Staff Kitchen section of our monthly Aviawest Owner Newsletter.

Each recipe is accompanied by photos of the dish and chef, along with a short bio. It's a great way to share some of those family favourites.

The lucky winner of the 2010 BMW X5 Contest dropped by Parkside to collect his $15,000 on July 27, 2011.

Benjamin Tucker of Victoria, BC, decided to go for the cash option rather than the two-year lease on the BMW. He'd like to put the cash towards the purchase of a different car he had his heart set on.

Congratulations Benjamin!

- Brianne Wilson, Communications & Marketing Associate

We're happy to welcome Chris Clarke in the role of Hotel Operations Leader for Parkside Victoria Resort & Spa.

Chris steps in as Trina White departs for her maternity leave and brings experience from hospitality industry roles with companies including Fairmont and Starwood.

Hi Aviawest Team,

On Saturday, June 18th, we launched a new suite of vacation ownership membership levels, with a variety of new benefits at each level.

The membership levels reflect the amount of points purchased, and depending if they become Classic, Silver, Gold or Platinum tier owners, new customers will be eligible for products, services and travel experiences including:

We're pleased to introduce our new Resort Ambassador position at Parkside and to welcome Nathan Bird, currently with Parkside Guest Services, to this position.

The focus of this role is on providing exceptional service to our guests with concierge-style attention and learning through such guest engagement what products and services that Parkside and Aviawest offer that may suit our guests. Nathan will also ensure that the guests have the opportunity to learn more about those products.

Nathan starts in this role on May 9th, will be based in the Parkside lobby ('round desk'). Congrats to Nathan!

- Eric Ommundsen, Vice President of Marketing

Please join me in welcoming our new Vacation Ownership Sales Team: David Coey, Stephanie Maxim, Nathan Black and Scott Robertson.

First month at it and they're already kicking butt!

Please feel free to say hello to them—they're sales people so they're very friendly!

- Linda Van der Donck, Sales Manager

Dear Aviawest Team members,

We think it would be great if we could give all our staff an iPad. Unfortunately, we can't—but we did think up a way we can get an iPad into each of your hands... for free!

Check out  what can you do on an iPad. They are truly amazing devices.

When we market Aviawest Resort Club, we have a marketing budget. So, if we can redirect some of those marketing dollars toward purchasing an iPad for you, we see that as a win-win. 

With that in mind, we are piloting a new program.

Hector and I would like to recognize the tremendous achievements of all the sales people across all departments for their performance this past year.

In what can only be described as a challenging year for the world economy, the team at Aviawest never stopped working, training and getting the job done.

We would like to recognize Sue Lauman as the successful candidate for the position of Contact Center Team Leader.

We hope you will join us in congratulating Sue on her new promotion, commencing January 3, 2011.

Sue brings lots of experience and excitement to the role, we know you will support her new position and look forward to a exciting New Year for the daytrip department.

September has definitely been Parkside's month! 

After winning five awards at the Canadian Home Builders' Association CARE Awards Gala on September 24 (including the top honour CARE Development Project of the Year), Parkside was awarded a 5 Green Key rating with the Green Key Global Eco-Rating Program!