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Victoria Hotel get less rain than Vancouver!

Monday, October 4th, 2010
pictures of flowers at the Accent Inn Victoria Hotel

Victoria offers great weather

FACT:

Victoria gets less than half as much rain as Vancouver!!

According to the Weather Network, the total annual precipitation (for 2009) is just 557 mm in Victoria, compared to Vancouver with 1,272 mm of rainfall.  That’s a pretty significant difference!   The reason for the dryer conditions is because of the rain shadow effect of the nearby Olympic Mountains in Washington State.  This also means that our Victoria hotel gets more sunshine than surrounding areas. With 2,223 hours of sun annually, Victoria is one of the sunniest places in British Columbia, and gets more sunshine than most other cities in Canada except those in the southern Prairies.

ed bain from CHEK News with weather map

Weather report is better for Victoria!

As an avid golfer (and wannabe weather gal), I can vouch for the numbers above.  I live about 30 minutes up Island and many times I’ve been ready to call off the golf game because it’s raining at my place.  But more often than not, it’s dry in Victoria.

So attention Vancouverites  - the next time you get tired of all the dreary, rainy winter days  – take a quick getaway to Victoria.  Chances are, you’ll be able to leisurely stroll the quaint streets of Victoria, sip on a latte and soak up the atmosphere  – all  without your brolly!

golfer in victoria bc

Golf all year in Victoria BC

 

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Baseball & Father’s day – a perfect match

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Vancouver Canadians player with Accent Inns billboard

Accent Inns BC Hotel chain, proud to sponsor the Vancouver Canadians

Calling all Baseball Fans!

The Team at our Accent Inns Vancouver Airport Hotel is recommending the perfect Father’s Day weekend for all you Baseball fans out there.

The Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club will be hosting a pair of pre-season events out at historic Nat Bailey Stadium that will give fans of all ages the chance to enjoy the ballpark this upcoming Father’s Day weekend.

On Saturday, June 19th, the Canadians will open up the gates to ‘The Nat’ for their first “Movie Night at The Nat” showing the classic baseball movie “Bad News Bears” staring Walter Mathau.  This classic film is rated ‘G’ and will be featured on the new Canadians Diamond Vision to all who wish to come and enjoy a movie full of fresh air under the stars.

(...click here for more info on the perfect Father's Day Baseball weekend)

 

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BC Lions playing closer to Burnaby Hotel

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Empire Fields near the Accent Inn Burnaby Hotel

Empire Fields near the Accent Inn Burnaby Hotel

The Accent Inn Burnaby Hotel will be your best place to stay for BC Lions games this year.

BC’s favorite football team, the BC Lions are heading to the new Empire Field. (....read more about BC Lions package)

 

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Sales Team Heads North

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
picture of Accent Inns sales team sitting by a camper for their northern trip

Accent Inns BC Hotel Sales team heads north by RV

Recently the Accent Inns sales team, Donna Price, Helen Wright, Julia Fraser and Kim Jones set out on a 3,000 km journey to re-position 2 Fraserway RV camper trucks from Vancouver to Whitehorse, making sales calls along the way.

First of all we would like to thank Fraserway RV for setting us up in their lovely brand new truck and campers, our homes away from home!  The 2011 Ford 450 Supercab trucks were not only spacious and comfortable but they were very easy for us large truck novice gals to drive! (and the talk of the towns as we rolled in.) (...click here to learn more about their Northern Adventure)

 

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How to Clean a Bathroom, by Terry Farmer

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Terry Farmer Founder and Chairman of the Accent Inn BC Hotel Chain

Terry Farmer founder and Chairman of the Accent Inn BC Hotel Chain

Recently Mandy Farmer,  President of the Accent Inn BC Hotel Chain put together a team of Head Office staff  to support and participate in the Power to Play Adventure race.  Several Accent Inns,  staff being the big family that we are, decided to help raise money for the cause with the benefit that if we made our fundraising goal,  Terry Farmer Founder and Chairman of Accent Inns  would spend time cleaning rooms.

(...see the video of Terry cleaning the bathroom)

 

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Customer Survey has a winner!

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Guest filling out Customer Survey

Accent Inns Customer survey

Congratulations to  John Hunter who is the official winner of a custom-made 4 night BC Road Trip!  John’s name was drawn from hundreds who completed our Customer Survey.

Thanks to everyone for filling out the Customer Survey, we got some valuable feedback and lots of heart-warming comments. Stay tuned to see your feedback put into action.

He’s got a great trip coming to him that includes:

4 nights at any Accent Inn anytime he wants

His choice of two of the following:

A Wine tasting tour for 2 in the Okanagan

2 admissions to Butchart Gardens in Victoria

2 rounds of Golf (total) in Kelowna, Kamloops or Victoria

River Rafting for 2 on the Chilliwack River

Have a great trip, John Hunter!

Mandy

Checkout these and other great vacation ideas on the Accent Inn package page.

 

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Trip Advisor rates Accent Inn Kamloops #1

Monday, May 31st, 2010
Accent Inn Kamloops Pool

Accent Inn Kamloops the perfect place to stay

Recently Trip advisor rated the Accent Inn Kamloops hotel as the “the #1 hotel in Kamloops B.C.  as rated by Trip Advisor’s popularity index.” “Our customers have been telling us for years how much they enjoy our Hotel and now it’s nice to see our staff get public recognition for their hard work. Our Accent Inns team really care about the experience our customers have and  I’m very proud of all of them”, said Katie Bahnsen General Manager Accent Inn Kamloops. (...more on the accent inn Kamloops BC hotel)

 

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I like Mud

Monday, May 17th, 2010
Mandy Farmer plays in the mud at Power to play 2010

Mandy Farmer plays in the mud at Power to play 2010

Confession: I like mud.

Cracked ribs, a paramedic visit for a possible concussion, an infected rope burn, and day after day of sore tender muscles spanning the entire body (legs, arms, abs… even fingers?!)… all a result of almost 5 hours of mud soaked agony at the Power to Play Adventure race on May 2nd.
Now why on earth did we do this?.......read more

 

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Survivors – Accent Inn team and Power to Play

Monday, May 17th, 2010
Power to play 2010 Accent Inn Dusters

Power to play 2010 Accent Inn Dusters

Several months ago Mandy Farmer, the President of Accent Inns put the word out that she was looking for volunteers to participate in the Power to Play adventure race. The race is in support of the great work done by the Power to Be organization with challenges designed by Anthony Bishop who also designs for the TV shows Survivor and the Amazing race. Always having community spirit and a sense of adventure it didn’t take long for several volunteers to come forth from the Head office staff and so was born the Accent Inn “Dusters”. The intrepid volunteers (or sacrifices depending on your perspective) were Dave Splawski, Chris Knight, John Espley and our “fearless leader” Mandy Farmer. (...read more on the power to play adventure race)

 

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Canuck Duck comes home from Everest

Friday, May 7th, 2010
Lupita & Canuck in Business Class

Lupita & Canuck in Business Class

I am writing this from Canada where I have returned safe and sound – well maybe not quite sound.  I picked up a stomach bug at the end of the trip and so the last few days weren’t that much fun.  However, the doctor in Hong Kong gave me the right drugs and I am now back to 100% (or as close as a duck can come to 100%). (.....more on Canuck Ducks epic adventure)

 

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