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SEe ON Summit | Hosted by RTO 9

SEe ON Summit | Hosted by RTO 9

Welcoming tourism business owners, operators & organizations in South Eastern Ontario. Over two days, you'll be inspired by incredible speakers, forward-thinking ideas, and innovative strategies...

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Apples & Art Studio Tour

Apples & Art Studio Tour

In her fourth year as chair of Apples and Art, Virgina Lake is busy arranging the studio tour across Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry.

In its 26th year, Apples and Art sees over 60 artists spread out around SDG in 26 different locations, most of them in the artist’s own studio.

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Georgian House Restaurant & Day Spa

Georgian House Restaurant & Day Spa

Built in 1858, the Georgian House Day Spa and Restaurant found in Alexandria offers authentic European cuisine in a Georgian style home.

Growing up in Austria, Georgian House owner Heinz Kaswurm started working in hospitality when he was a boy and would move on to managing hotels.

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Glengarry Fine Cheese

Glengarry Fine Cheese

Margaret Peters-Morris, a self-taught cheese maker, went from making cheese at home to running the most successful cheese shop in the region.

During the 1990s, Peters-Morris began making cheese in her garage while living on her father’s dairy farm. To this day, she still has her original 700-litre vat in the factory.

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The Soap Shop

The Soap Shop

From natural soaps to novelty soaps, the family team of Linda Gaurvreau, her sister Lucy Raymond, and Linda’s daughter Susan Bourck sell handmade soaps, face creams, bath bombs, lotions and essential oils out of a modern green barn located in the Lancaster countryside.

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Arabesque Pottery

Arabesque Pottery

After starting in the film industry in Vancouver while in her early 20s, Diane Sullivan would discover her love for pottery and later find her dream studio at 324 County Road 31 Williamsburg, Ont.

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