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Article for REW.ca: Five Great Things About Living in … Yaletown

With its unique combination of heritage brick buildings, modern boutiques and cocktail bars, cobblestone streets and sparkling waterfront, what's not to love about this trendy enclave of downtown?

1. Walk to Work (and Everywhere Else)

Yaletown is home to many creative and high-tech enterprises, a good number of law and medical/dental offices, and plenty of shops and restaurants, meaning there are professional and service sector jobs right in the neighbourhood…

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Recent work for REW.ca

I’ve just wrapped up a couple of weeks providing regular news coverage for REW.ca to cover a staff vacation. Here’s what I got up to:

REW.ca is the online arm of the largest real estate market newspaper in the Lower Mainland: Real Estate Weekly.

New article for PAXnewsWest.com: Agents spend a night in Europe with Transat

transat_europe_mainTransat Holidays welcomed 130 travel agents to the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel last night for its 2015 Europe Training Academy.

The big change for Transat's Western Canadian offering this year are the new connector flights to Toronto. The weekly YVR-YYZ flight connects Vancouver passengers with Transat flights to four new destinations: Dublin, Rome, Venice, and Barcelona. It also increases the number of weekly flights available for Western Canadians flying to Paris, Glasgow, and Manchester…

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New article for PAXnewsWest.com: Air Canada marks the Year of the Ram in Vancouver

ac_chinese_new_yearOn Feb. 13, Air Canada hosted 80 travel agency partners, media guests, and staff from its various divisions for dinner at Vancouver’s Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Rocky Lo, Air Canada's general manager of business development – Asia, who organized the event, told PAX the airline embraces the Chinese tradition of "getting the family together” once a year before the festival…

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New article for REW.ca: RED Talks Give ‘TED Talks’ Treatment to Vancouver Real Estate

In a city that loves to talk about real estate – especially how much it costs – real estate marketer Cam Good felt there was a gap in the conversation and that the perspective was focused inward rather than considering Vancouver in the broader context of a global real estate market. To fill that gap, Good, president of the Key Group of Companies, launched RED Talks (for Real Estate and Development Talks), a speaker series designed to bring an international perspective to the Vancouver real estate conversation…

New article for REW.ca: Five Great Things About Living In … Grandview East

The MLS-defined Grandview East, also known as Grandview-Woodland, is the East Vancouver area between Clark and Nanaimo, bounded by Venables to the north and stretching to around 19th Avenue to the south. It is a lively neighbourhood full of East Vancouver flavour, known for its eclectic shopping, dining and great real estate options. With some of the city's best Italian food, easy transport to downtown and an impressive assortment of heritage homes at lower prices than those on the West Side, it's become a gathering place for young families looking for a first home with a built-in sense of community…

(REW.ca is the online arm of the largest real estate market newspaper in the Lower Mainland: Real Estate Weekly.)