Manitoulin Hotel model for First Nations partnership
LITTLE CURRENT – A joint venture by six First Nations to build the new Manitoulin Island Hotel and Conference Centre was praised by a First Nations chief with perhaps the highest economic-development profile in Canada.
“Six First Nation communities came together and made this happen?” Chief Clarence Louie of Osoyoos First Nation in British Columbia, asked in mock astonishment as he addressed participants at the Great Spirit Circle Trail’s (GSCT) 8th Annual Tourism Business Conference.