BarTalk April 2005
Volume 17, Number 2

BC Hotels Online
Now CBABC members can access and compare great negotiated hotel rates all over B.C. in one easy stop at www.cba.org/bc.

With the Branch’s newest member service, MeetingMax, you can view comprehensive lists of all room rates, amenities, and photos, at every hotel at which the CBABC receives exclusive savings! Go online to check it out – by mid-April we expect to be able to book hotels in all major centres in B.C.

Wireless Fidelity Internet
Sesame Networks – Wi-Fi Internet access
The CBA is pleased to announce Sesame Networks as a new Member Services Provider. Sesame Networks provides a secure, traceable, instantly available Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) Internet access solution for visiting employees, opposing counsel, clients, suppliers, business partners, auditors, and consultants. The Sesame solution allows you to provide Wi-Fi Internet access for your guests without compromising the security and integrity of the corporate LAN, and without impacting IT resources. Sesame Networks is pleased to offer a CBA member discount of 50 per cent on an upgrade to its premium service.

For details visit www.sesamenetworks.com/cba.

Planning a Train Trip?
Thanks to a special offer from VIA, CBA members can experience a better way to travel by signing up for a free VIA 1 upgrade coupon. Until April 30, 2005, members can purchase a Comfort Class Liberty fare ticket and use the coupon for a free upgrade to VIA 1. To obtain your free upgrade coupon, visit www.viarail.ca/cba.

Canadians Baseball
Are you looking for a fun, family-oriented event to thank your clients or staff this summer? The Vancouver Canadians give you the perfect solution with Group Packages and Corporate Barbecues. For more information call Jeff Dye at 604-872-5232.

CBABC ticket prices are coming! The June issue of BarTalk will contain a Vancouver Canadians CBA member offer.

On Stage Savings
Opera
CBABC members receive 20 per cent off Vancouver Opera tickets during the 2005 season. To claim your CBABC member discount call 604-683-0222. Please have your CBA ID number handy when you call.

The Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver will show Verdi’s “Un Ballo Un Maschero” on April 30 and May 3, 5, and 7.

Theatre
CBABC members receive 20 per cent off of show tickets at Vancouver’s Stanley and Arts Club Theatres. Call 604-687-1644 to order tickets.

“Shear Madness” plays at the Arts Club Theatre June 2 to July 16. “Miss Saigon” plays at the Stanley Theatre May 19 to July 10. See page 3.

Never be baffled by tech talk again!
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This article was published in the April 2005 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.