Alana Hirtle

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About Alana Hirtle

Alana Hirtle has been active in business for over 30 years, primarily in the hotel and event management fields, including 14 years as “Green Queen” and Event Manager at White Point Beach Resort.  In 2013 she moved to Truro to become General Manager of the Super 8 in the Power Centre.

 In 2016 she made a career change and can now be found helping small business owners as a Business Analyst at CBDC Northern Opportunities for Business Limited.  

Alana was a founding member of the Atlantic Canada Chapter of Meeting Professionals International in 2005 and served as President in 2008-2009. She also sat as the Atlantic Representative for the Green Meetings Industry Council Canadian Chapter in 2011-2012, and on the Canadian mirror committee for the ratification of ISO 2012-1 standards for the London Olympics.

 Since moving to Truro, Alana has ventured into new volunteer opportunities, including President for the Central Nova Tourist Association (2014-2016), Chair of the Truro Heritage Advisory Committee, Member of the Events Truro Colchester Committee, Member of the Truro Brand Leadership committee, and President of the Rotary Club of Truro 2017-2018. She is the Rotary lead for the Portapique Community Build Up + Project.

TESTIMONIALS

Being in the industry I am, I have been aware of the SEB program for many years. As a participant, I was surprised at the number of ways the program impacted my business. Everyone I dealt with from the beginnings of an idea to final approval were helpful and supportive. The professional presenters on topics ranging from marketing to financial issues to insurance were very informative and often were able to put things in the context of my business problems and concerns. The most surprising to me though was the benefit received from brainstorming with other business owners about issues we were all facing in trying to grow our business and the realization that we had a network of support.