Ian MacPhee has been passionately involved in the Vancouver Island tourism industry since 2003 initially as a partner/innkeeper at Abbeymoore Manor Bed & Breakfast Inn. Abbeymoore is one of Canada’s most respected B&B Inns having won numerous awards including TripAdvisor’s Traveller’s Choice award in 2010 as the #2 B&B in the world.

Ian currently heads up the accounting, administration & business development departments at Victoria’s Prince of Whales marine adventure company. Founded in 1995, Prince of Whales is BC’s largest marine adventure company having thrilled over half a million visitors and locals alike.

Ian is active in the tourism community having served as Vice Chair, Governance and Membership Committees on Tourism Victoria’s Board of Directors for 10 years. An advisor on the Professional Association of Innkeepers International, Marketing Director and Treasurer on the BC Bed and Breakfast Innkeepers Guild, Treasurer at Victoria’s Historic Inns, President of the Best Inns Victoria and Treasurer for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Columbia Lodge #2.