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Above:
This morning's view of Coal
Harbour from our hotel balcony
in Vancouver, Canada where Hexonet
will be hosting their annual domain
industry cruise event this evening.
All proceeds from ticket sales will
go to the British
Columbia Children's Hospital
Foundation.
We
had heard so many great things about
previous editions of this event we
decided to come to Vancouver for
this year's cruise to experience it
in person (I will have photos and
highlights for you in this column
tomorrow). Over the past 15 years
we've covered dozens of domain
events around the world and while
the major conferences get the most
coverage we've found that some of
the most productive and enjoyable gatherings
are more intimate regional events
like this that allow you to spend
more quality time with each of your
fellow attendees. The cruise hasn't
even started yet and we've already
been able to do that thanks to a
dinner Hexonet hosted last night at
Vancouver's Blue Water Cafe
that featured many of the speakers
who will be heard from on the cruise
tonight.
Above
& below: Some of the Hexonet
cruise speakers and guests arrived
in town Wednesday, giving them a
chance to get together for a dinner
at the Blue Water Cafe in Vancouver
last night. It was a perfect prelude
to this evening's cruise that will
bring domain industry and regional
business leaders together for an
evening of networking in one of the
world's most beautiful settings. The
cruise will come with panoramic
views that sweep from the city
skyline to the mountain peaks that
provide a stunning backdrop to the
harbour.
Above:
The
best possible way to spend a
Wednesday evening - with great
company at a dinner hosted by Hexonet
at Vancouver's Blue Water Cafe.
Hexonet CSO Robert Birkner
(with his hand up at center),
Maketing VP Marie Lanyon (in
the foreground to my right), CMO Tony
Kim and Product Development VP Lucas
Vall were all there from Hexonet
along with guests from companies
including Donuts, PIR,
Weebly, Amazon Registry,
Afilias and .ME Registry.
Below:
Hexonet CSO Robert Birkner
welcomed guests to dinner and gave a
brief update on the latest
developments at the popular
registrar. We also heard from VP of
Marketing Marie Lanyon who
Birkner credited with supercharging
the company's outreach programs to
increase
awareness of the importance of
domains to every enterprise. Birkner
noted that more than half of the
attendees on tonight's cruise will
be business operators from outside
the domain industry itself.
This
evening's cruise will run from
5:30pm to 9pm. With limited space
available we're expecting a full
boat and an unforgettable
experience. If you will be onboard
we will look forward to seeing you.
If not I will look forward to
telling you about it in my next post
from Vancouver.
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