Jackie Hildering— a biology teacher, cold-water diver, underwater photographer, and humpback whale researcher living on North East Vancouver Island—came to Port Hardy to deliver a training session to our k’awat’si Tours team. Knowing tours would be operating in an area where she does extensive research, k’awat’si Tours caught Jackie’s eye a couple of months ago,…
For the first time, Aboriginal Business Match Vancouver Island was hosted in Port Hardy, and our team at Kwa’lilas Hotel played a big role in making the conference a success. We sold out of rooms at the hotel, we opened the restaurant to the general public and we catered the three-day conference at the…
Conrad Browne, CEO of KEDC, led Chief and Council on a special tour of Kwa’lilas Hotel last week to better understand the progress and challenges of hotel construction. It was the first time behind the scenes at the hotel for many councilors. They got a preview of a staged room in the hotel, which was…
As renovations on Kwa’lilas Hotel progress, KEDC will be parting from Mizare Hospitality on mutually agreeable terms as the team moves into the next phase of the properties’ development. KEDC is grateful for the support and guidance provided by Mizare in the early days of forming the Kwa’lilas Hotel concept, marketing and project management and…
K’awatsi Economic Development Corporation has recently acquired the Port Hardy Inn. We will renew the property and transform it into the Kwa’lilas Hotel, the region’s premier First Nations owned, operated and themed four star destination hotel, offering high-end amenities and services for North Island visitors and residents. We are committed to an experience unrivalled for…
As many of our members may be aware our community has recently purchased the Port Hardy Inn, an 80 room hotel located at 9040 Granville St. Our plans are to give the building a substantial renovation while adding an Indigenous theme, making it our own. There has been considerable interest among tourists and locals alike…
New Business Venture to be led by k’awat’si Economic Development General Partner Corporation on behalf of the Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw community, the first of many successes in 2015. March 30, 2015 (Port Hardy, B.C.) – A new cold storage facility for fish and seafood will be constructed this Spring to serve the growing need on the North…