For nearly a decade, Pat Kelly tried to entice business to Ottawa’s downtown convention centre as its CEO.
Now, he’s on the other side of the table.
Mr. Kelly left the Shaw Centre in March 2015 after eight years in charge of that facility and its predecessor, the Congress Centre. He launched his own firm, Pat Kelly Consulting, in September, and recently he forged a partnership with two other well-known Canadian tourism consultants, the Yukon’s Patti Balsillie and Montreal’s John Dunn.
Their new venture, called Floor13, offers a range of services to tourism enterprises, including sales and marketing advice, strategic planning and public relations.