{"id":238,"date":"2018-04-28T15:58:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T19:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/?p=238"},"modified":"2021-04-12T12:51:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T16:51:47","slug":"la-cabane-guesthouse-wins-2018-fosse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/la-cabane-guesthouse-wins-2018-fosse\/","title":{"rendered":"La Cabane Guesthouse wins 2018 Fosse"},"content":{"rendered":"

The jury had a tough choice to make on April 26 at the Fosse aux Lions competition. After deliberating for more than a half hour, the four judges finally selected Dominique No\u00ebl\u2019s\u00a0La Cabane Guest House<\/a>\u00a0as the big winner of the 7th edition of La Fosse aux Lions. She takes home $15,000 in prize money, free publicity, and a mentorship opportunity.<\/p>\n

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Dominique No\u00ebl, grand winner of 2018 Fosse aux Lions\u00a0<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An emotional Dominique No\u00ebl couldn\u2019t believe it when her name was called. “It’s a bit of a shock! It\u2019s so wonderful to have all my hard work and effort recognized. It\u2019s a true gift”<\/p>\n

The young 29-year-old entrepreneur also admits to being relieved. “I’ve been preparing myself for this competition every day for many months. I firmly believe in my business, but it wasn\u2019t easy for me to create a presentation and speak in front of an audience. I really surpassed my own expectations.”<\/p>\n

The Cercle\u00a0Moli\u00e8re theatre, where the finals were held, was packed. Over 150 people attended the entrepreneurship competition organized by CDEM.<\/p>\n

La Cabane Guest House<\/a>\u00a0opened its doors last August in St.\u00a0Boniface. The youth hostel welcomes visitors from all over the world.<\/p>\n

However, Dominique No\u00ebl has recently had to turn away some groups due to a lack of space. The $15,000 will be used to expand the hostel. “I’m going to buy four twin beds to create another dorm room. I also plan to install a window and maximize the basement area.”<\/p>\n

The young woman can also count on help from her father, “who is in the construction business. And I\u2019m pretty handy myself,” she says. “Everyone\u2019s going to pitch in.”<\/p>\n

The other finalists were all worthy competitors.\u00a0The Monkey Bar<\/a>\u00a0even won the People\u2019s Choice Award.<\/p>\n

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Suzanne Druw\u00e9, CDEM\u2019s Director of Communications points out that, “even those who “lose\u201d are actually winners! Before making their presentation to the jury, they had to ask themselves some tough questions about their business, its feasibility and viability. People find it hard to talk about themselves and who they are. The Fosse forces them to practice that. For that reason, their participation to the Fosse is very rewarding. And of course, the media exposure they gain, is extremely valuable.”<\/p>\n

Dominique No\u00ebl confirms that La Fosse aux Lions was an amazing adventure. “There’s nothing to lose. People told me that, but I didn\u2019t believe it. I don\u2019t think anyone could be more afraid of speaking in front of a crowd than I am. If I could do it, anyone can. When you’re passionate about something, the words just come naturally.”<\/p>\n

As early as next week, the owner of\u00a0La Cabane Guest House<\/a>\u00a0expects to start work on her expansion plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The jury had a tough choice to make on April 26 at the Fosse aux Lions competition. After deliberating for more than a half hour, the four judges finally selected Dominique No\u00ebl\u2019s La Cabane Guest House as the big winner of the 7th edition of La Fosse aux Lions. She takes home $15,000 in prize money, free publicity, and a mentorship opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-st-boniface","category-urban"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2227,"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions\/2227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}