With support from Travel Manitoba, on Friday, February 25th in the 17th floor “Heaven over Hell’s Kitchen” penthouse of Ink48, New York City, we hosted a reception for select past guests and travel-media and -industry colleagues. Our goal in hosting such events is to show appreciation for support we receive from our partners. After having a couple weeks to consider the outcomes from that evening, we think our efforts were met with success. We have to admit, though, between our Canada’s north-themed videos on display as well as breathtaking, inspiring views from Heaven over Hell’s Kitchen, we didn’t have a very difficult job!
We were honoured to have in attendance a legend and pioneer of Churchill’s polar bear adventuring history and current board member with Polar Bears International, Frederica Gamble. Freddy helped some of our newer partners understand how special the Frontiers North community really is. We often share with folks that the global polar bear community is pretty small and we’re proud to play such an important role in it. Freddy helped us bring that message to life, and with character to boot!
Also in attendance, and lucky for us, was FNA guest Gary Lehman. We had lugged our tripod and DSLR from Winnipeg to capture brilliant event candids and Manhattan skyline photographs. When Gary saw us fumbling with our gear at the same time attempting to entertain guests, he kindly offered to photograph the event for us. Whew, what a relief! I’m sure you’ll agree from the images below, Gary did a great job!
When the formal event concluded, such a good time was being had that most of us still in attendance cascaded down to the 16th floor to Press, Ink48’s rooftop lounge, where we kept the ‘appreciation’ flowing, if you know what we mean!
Big thank you to Travel Manitoba for supporting the event. It’s events like this that continue to raise the value of Manitoba’s brand in our target markets. Also thanks to the team at Ink48. According to feedback we received from our guests that night, the service your team delivered was top-notch and always professional. We couldn’t agree more.
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FNA Reception at Ink48 in NYC
