{"id":53887,"date":"2025-08-08T06:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T06:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/53887\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T06:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T06:30:13","slug":"reimagined-nunavut-trade-show-leaves-arena-for-aqsarniit-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/53887\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Reimagined\u2019 Nunavut Trade Show leaves arena for Aqsarniit hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With just over a month until the Nunavut Trade Show, Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce executive director Tony Rose is gearing up for a \u201creimagined\u201d event in a new venue.<\/p>\n<p>The trade show \u2014 which brings politicians and leaders from the North\u2019s many businesses and organizations to Iqaluit \u2014 is set to run Sept. 15 to 18 at the Aqsarniit hotel.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, the hotel has hosted trade show events such as keynote speeches and galas, but hasn\u2019t been the locale for the entire show which was usually held in the Arctic Winter Games arena.<\/p>\n<p>In June, City of Iqaluit staff informed councillors of some tight scheduling of the city-owned arena.<\/p>\n<p>Hockey Nunavut got approval June 10 to use the rink for Arctic Winter Games tryouts starting Sept. 19 \u2014 the day after the trade show is scheduled to end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStaff are unable to schedule the AWG arena for both the trade show and Hockey Nunavut\u2019s selection camps,\u201d a report from city staff reads, noting there would be a one-day turnaround between events and that Arnaitok Arena would be closed for maintenance at that time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s really important that hockey arenas are for hockey, right?\u201d Rose said about the venue change, in an interview.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/legislative-assembly_privacy-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754634612_42_A-14519.95_r.gif\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t bear any ill will on this. We\u2019re glad to see the city made a decision that\u2019s in the best interest of youth in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Without the trade show\u2019s traditional venue available, Rose sees the change as an \u201copportunity to reimagine how the show is operated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event will include a one-day conference followed by a two-day trade show, all taking place in Aqsarniit\u2019s ballroom and lounge bar.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be \u201ccommunity excursions\u201d to businesses and other sites in town \u2014 details of which are still to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>There will be 50 or 60 booths, which is fewer than previous years, Rose added.<\/p>\n<p>He was back at city council Tuesday night, seeking a $25,000 \u201cplatinum\u201d sponsorship from the city. Council instead approved a $10,000 \u201csilver\u201d sponsorship.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/250718-nunavut-liquor_french\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A-14548.94f.png\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re grateful for any support that we get for this event,\u201d Rose said.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers are putting together the final touches to make the show run smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just getting ready to put our nose to the grindstone and prepare for the work that\u2019s going to come over the next six weeks,\u201d Rose said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With just over a month until the Nunavut Trade Show, Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce executive director Tony&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-53887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}