Sport Tourism Canada has announced finalists for the 2025 Sport Tourism PRESTIGE Awards and Events East Executive Vice-President Suzanne Fougere is a finalist for the Sport Tourism Industry Champion Award. This nomination recognizes Suzanne's experience and efforts to significantly enhance and strengthen the sport tourism sector in Canada for over a decade. This is the first time Sport Tourism Canada has awarded this category.

We are proud to celebrate Suzanne's accomplishments in major sports event attraction and sport tourism, including hosting the upcoming 2025 Canadian Curling Trials, the 2026-2028 USPORT National Championships, the 2025 Rivalry Series, Skate Canada International 2024, the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championships, NHL preseason games, and many more. Bringing major sports events to Halifax drives significant economic growth to the region, attracting high volumes of out-of-town visitors and direct spending, and reinforces Nova Scotia's reputation as an exceptional sports event destination.

"This nomination is an acknowledgement of all the hard work of our team at Scotiabank Centre and the impact of hosting amazing sports events," Suzanne said. "I am happy to see Scotiabank Centre achieve recognition on a national level for driving economic growth in our region by hosting major sports tournaments." 

A national organization, Sport Tourism Canada increases Canada's capacity to attract and host sport tourism events. The PRESTIGE Awards celebrate the best in sports event tourism and Events East is delighted to represent the Atlantic region. Other regional nominees for 2025 include the ROCKWOOL Canada Sail Grand Prix, the Nova Scotia Stampede, and Wayne Long of Prince Edward Island. Winners of the PRESTIGE Awards will be announced at Sport Tourism Congress in Calgary in March.

View the full list of PRESTIGE Award finalists here: https://www.sporttourismcanada.com/2025-prestige-awards-finalists-announced/