July 31, 2015 - In This Issue:
Aurora Lullaby, Banff Vermillion Lakes - © John Price Photography

Official Airline of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
Let them know you support 
Connecting America, an industry driven proposal for a new 3-year coordinated, targeted and aligned tourism marketing co-investment initiative. #cdnpoli #travel #tourism #connectingamerica
UPCOMING EVENTS
Penticton, BC
September 27 - October 1, 2015
2015 Ontario Tourism Summit
Toronto, ON
November 9 - 10, 2015
Ottawa, ON
December 1 - 2, 2015
Canadian Tourism Awards
Ottawa, ON
December 2, 2015 
PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Promote your business or organization, your photo could be in our next TIAC Talk! 

 

Submit your image today to lczerwinski@tiac.travel.
NEW MEMBERS
TIAC would like to welcome our new members who joined in June 2015:
SUPPLIER PARTNERS
Elavon
UPDATE ON ELECTRONIC TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION (eTA)
Voluntary Enrolment Period Starts August 1st, 2015
The eTA is a new entry requirement for air travellers from countries that currently DO NOT need a visa to visit Canada (excluding US citizens). As of August 1st, the eTA can be obtained online through a short questionnaire on the government's website and electronically linked to your passport number. Enrollment in eTA will be voluntary until March 15, 2016 at which time the eTA will become mandatory for entry to Canada.

TIAC will continue to update our website with information and supporting materials from Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). Marketing efforts by CIC will start in December/January - it's imperative that we all work on spreading the word about this new requirement!

Stay tuned for more updates!
NEW TIAC MEMBER RATES
Investing in Success with TIAC

TIAC recently made changes to its fee structure to make it less confusing and more reflective of our members' resources. Our membership categories have been streamlined into three new categories, listed below.


TIER I - $8,000

  • Tourism business, sales > $25M
  • DMO, budget greater than $15M

TIER II - $2,200

  • Tourism business, sales $5M-25M
  • DMO, budget $5M - $15M - CORRECTION
  • National and Provincial Sectoral Organizations & Associations with Membership Revenue of $5M or more
  • National Suppliers

TIER III - $395

  • Tourism business, sales less than $5M
  • DMOs, budget less than $5M
  • Regional and Local Sectoral Organizations & Associations with Membership Revenue less than $5M
  • Travel Trade Media & News Media
  • Government Departments and Agencies
  • Educational Institutions
  • Provincial & Regional Suppliers
  • Affiliates, subsidiaries & franchisees whose head office is a Tier I member
 For more information visit our website, or contact:

Jennifer Taylor
VP, Marketing & Member
Relations
902-698-0984
jtaylor@tiac.travel
Lisa Vinderskov
Member Liaison Western Canada
403-762-2079
lvinderskov@tiac.travel
2015 TRAVEL & TOURISM ELECTION TOOLKIT

Let's Make Travel & Tourism a Priority!

As TIAC members and tourism businesses across the country, you make travel & tourism count in the 2015 election.

TIAC is currently building an election toolkit to help you, help us make travel & tourism a priority in this year's election! 

The toolkit will consist of stats, facts and tools to help you make sure that this year the needs of our industry are on the minds of all candidates.

Stay tuned for more info!  #votetourism  #votetourisme
UPDATE ON TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKER (TFW) PROGRAM

New Penalties Coming December 1st

As of December 1st, changes will be made to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program in the form of stiffer penalties for anyone who abuses the TFW program and will provide TFWs with more protection. 

For example, if a business is given notice of "non-compliance", they are subject to a 10 year hire ban through the program, and face fines of $500 - $100,000 to a maximum of $1 million per year. The regulations however do give employers the opportunity (30 days) to respond to any investigation, and allow for voluntary disclosure of mistakes made which leads to a lesser penalty. 

For more information on the TWF Program and new consequences for employers that break the rules, please click here.

PARLIAMENT HILL WRAP-UP

Travel & Tourism on the Hill

  • May 5th the NDP presented a motion to the Industry, Science and Technology standing committee to study tourism in Canada
     
  • May 19th Charlotte Bell was invited to contribute to a roundtable with the Prime Minister on border security
     
  • Between May 13th - 15th TIAC met with Brian Masse - NDP Tourism Critic - and representatives from the NDP and Liberal leaders offices to discuss tourism issues
     
  • TIAC held several meetings with the Chair of the Parliamentary Tourism Caucus Blake Richards (CPC) in May and June
     
  • June 10th TIAC presented at the Parliamentary Tourism Caucus to discuss the state of the industry
     
  • Throughout June, TIAC continued to meet and work with the Minister and Assistant Deputy Minister for Small Business and Tourism
     
  • June 18th Annick Papillon (NDP) submitted a motion to Parliament to recognize the impact of tourism on the economy
TIAC looks forward to continuing to represent the tourism industry after the next election. 
Any questions, concerns or feedback? Please contact:

Leanne Czerwinski, Manager, Communications & Production
Tourism Industry Association of Canada

lczerwinski@tiac.travel  |  613.238.9400  |  www.tiac.travel