{"id":164073,"date":"2026-08-11T16:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/164073\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T16:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:25:13","slug":"passion-dedication-experiences-ampm-canadas-armando-mendonca-celebrates-a-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/164073\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPassion, dedication, experiences\u201d: AMpm Canada\u2019s Armando Mendon\u00e7a celebrates a milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2014 Major milestones come with memories, lessons learned and, above all, a sense of achievement for the past, and excitement about the future.<\/p>\n<p>Armando Mendon\u00e7a, founder and President of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ampmcanada.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AMpm Canada<\/a>, is checking off all those boxes and more as he marks 40 years in the business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI proudly celebrate\u00a040 years in the travel industry \u2013 a journey filled with passion, dedication, meaningful partnerships and unforgettable experiences,\u201d says Mendon\u00e7a. \u201cFrom my beginnings in tourism in 1986 to founding\u00a0AMpm Canada, it has been an incredible privilege to represent destinations, build lasting relationships and contribute to the growth of Canada\u2019s travel community. Every milestone has been made possible by the trust and support of colleagues, clients, partners and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the past 12 years AMpm Canada has handled the Canadian representation for the Vienna Tourist Board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere aren\u2019t enough words to express my gratitude to have had such a life changing experience representing a destination that has allowed me to flourish both professionally and personally. I owe a huge \u2018thank you\u2019 and will be forever indebted to Elke Bachner at the Vienna Tourist Board that believed in me and saw that I was up for the task,\u201d says Mendon\u00e7a.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195222\" class=\" wp-image-195222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-Vienna-Tourist-Boards-Elke-Bachner-with-Mendonca.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"533\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-195222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Vienna Tourist Board\u2019s Elke Bachner with Mendonc\u0327a<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes there\u2019s a bit of serendipity in building a business. Mendon\u00e7a says he never set out to be an entrepreneur. \u201cHonestly, I never thought I would have my own company, and I knew from the get-go that building and maintaining trusted partnerships is paramount,\u201d he says. \u201cI have evolved both personally and professionally with the support of this incredible industry. My years of experience, especially as an entrepreneur towards the latter part of my career, is a testament to endless opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195221\" class=\" wp-image-195221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mendoncas-AMpm-Canada-has-represented-the-Vienna-Tourist-Board-for-the-past-12-years.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"805\" height=\"592\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-195221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mendonc\u0327a\u2019s AMpm Canada has represented the Vienna Tourist Board for the past 12 years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Major milestones come with memories, lessons learned and, above all, a sense of achievement for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[52732,17,3039],"class_list":["post-164073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ampm-canada","tag-canada","tag-lead-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}