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Page 117 COMPANION PROGR AMS CULINARY EXCELLENCE Devour the District, Patio Crawl, A Moveable Feast and Around the World restaurant tours uncover local hot spots. Engage De Luca's, Kitchen Sync or The Food Studio to acquire new culinary skills from local chefs. While you can view the city from a revolving restaurant, a rooftop sculpture garden or alongside polar bears – just a sampling of the group dining options that await. SENSATIONAL SHOPPING Winnipeg offers retail therapy tours featuring big box centres, gallery shops and malls. Visit North America's leading women's fashion house, Nygard, for private fashion events and personal shopping advisors for convention groups. SPA SEEKERS Get steamy at Ten Spa with a luxurious hamam treatment – a Turkish bath with a contemporary twist. Or indulge your senses at Thermea By Nordik Spa with its outdoor thermal pools, Finnish saunas and fine dining. And reduce stress at Riverstone Spa during an indigenous hot stone massage. The following provides a list of experiential activities ideally suited for companion programs. Tourism Winnipeg will be pleased to assist in choosing popular activities, tours and events that will be of most interest. Companion Programs A STORY TO TELL ON EVERY STREET CORNER Destination Canada's Signature Experiences include the Bird in the Hand, where you let a wild bird fly free as part of a banding research project at Oak Hammock Marsh. Uncover the Freemason architectural secrets and hidden codes of the Manitoba Legislative Building during a Hermetic Code Tour. Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the International Polar Bear Conservation Centre and have an up- close encounter with polar bears at Assiniboine Park Zoo's Journey to Churchill. FortWhyte Alive presents A Prairie Legacy featuring a bison herd safari, voyageur canoeing, savoury wild bush tea and bannock. Thermëa Spa You heard it here first "The Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council conference went off without a hitch. Everyone we worked with from start to finish bent over backwards to make our event a success." Brian Dahms, Vice-President, Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council