Accent Inns Blog

Sure, we thought about coming up with a new and exciting name for our blog: Ol’ Bloggy Blog.
The Duck Stops Here. Kevin.

But at the end of the day, our Google experts said that if people are looking for our blog, they aren’t going to search “The Duck Stops Here”. Or sadly, “Kevin”.

So, welcome to the Accent Inns Blog, where we’ll post stories about what’s going on in our hotels, at our locations, and more.

(By the way, if you do come up with a great name for the blog, let us know—and then we’ll let our experts know, who will let Google and Bing and all the other search engines know. You know?)

Applying for Scholarships Can Be a Full-time Job

I was talking to the Director of Marketing for Accent Inns (Mountain Man, John Espley) the other day, and he was telling me that Accent is expanding its employee scholarship program to introduce five family scholarships. With going back to school on everyone’s minds at the moment, this got me thinking about how hard it Read the rest of this entry »

September 20th, 2016 in Community

It’s not just guests that are looked after at Accent Inns

Local Super Hero, Accents Inns, has launched a scholarship program for children of their staff Sept. 13, 2016, Victoria, BC – Accent Inns has made back to school a little easier for five families this year by supporting employees and their children through a new scholarship program.

September 13th, 2016 in Community

Active Seniors Seek Adventure Travel

The kids are back to school and it’s that time again when many of us who are 55+ tend to take a break. Hotels are a little quieter and all the high-activity attractions are not quite as frenetic. British Columbia offers an amazing array of adventure activities for seniors who refuse to believe they are Read the rest of this entry »

September 13th, 2016 in Travel

Take a BC Safari

Every time I travel through BC I am always amazed by the diversity of wildlife I come across on my travels. BC is an extremely large province and has incredibly varied landscapes from mountain ranges to grasslands and plains, and vast forests to a semi-arid shrub-steppe known as the Okanagan Desert. There are rivers, lakes, Read the rest of this entry »

August 23rd, 2016 in Travel

Wildfires – How to Prevent Them – How to Report Them

British Columbia is four times the size of the United Kingdom and larger than any US state, excluding Alaska. Almost two-thirds of the province is forested (43% is old growth) and it offers visitors a woodland wonderland of outdoor hiking and camping opportunities.

August 18th, 2016 in Travel

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