Official Airline of the Tourism
Industry Association of Canada
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Tourism Week
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Montreal, QC
October 16 - 20, 2016
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Gatineau, QC
November 29 - 30, 2016
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Gatineau, QC
November 30, 2016 |
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Promote your business or organization, your photo could be in our next TIAC Talk.
Submit your image today to jodacre@tiac.travel.
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HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT THE MEMBERS PORTAL?
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TIAC members: Don't forget to check out the Member's Portal on a regular basis for the latest updates, offers and benefits!
Not yet a member?
Contact Jenn Taylor today:
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TIAC would like to welcome our new members who joined in April/May 2016:
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Any questions, concerns or feedback? Please contact:
Jessica O'Dacre
Communications Coordinator
Tourism Industry Association of Canada
p: 613.688.1468
i: www.tiac.travel
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Government of Canada Still Matching Donations for Fort McMurray
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TIAC would like to send our thoughts and best wishes to our friends in Fort McMurray and all those affected by the recent wildfires. The Government of Canada is still matching all donations made through the Red Cross to help the people of Fort McMurray cope during this difficult time. TIAC would like to encourage our members to help through donation or in any way possible. The tourism industry in Alberta and nation wide is strong, and now is the time to show we care.
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TIAC's Charlotte Bell Meets with Minister McCallum
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TIAC discusses important issues affecting tourism
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Charlotte Bell, President & CEO of TIAC, the Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Daniel-Robert Gooch, President of CAC and Marc-Andre O'Rourke, Director of NACC.
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On May 16th, TIAC president and CEO Charlotte Bell met with the Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, to discuss important barriers for the tourism industry.
Matters on the agenda included the government's Electronic Travel Authorization program roll out, slow progress on Mexican travel visas, issues relating to transit without a visa and Chinese visa application centres.
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Glacier Skywalk Wins a Governor General's Medal in Architecture
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Congratulations to Brewster Travel Canada for this achievement!
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Brewster's Glacier Skywalk and its lead design architect Jeremy Sturgess, FRAIC, has been named recipient of a Governor General's Medal for Architecture.
The amazing structure of walkways and glass bottomed platforms provides visitors with the unique experience of standing above a 980 ft drop in the Rocky Mountains, and has been described as a "perfect balance of breathtaking views, interpretive story-telling and adrenaline-pumping excitement".
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Photo by Brewster Travel Canada.
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The Governor General's Medals in Architecture award Canadian architects for outstanding achievements in recently built projects.
Read more about the award here.
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We are seeing some fantastic numbers from Canada's mature markets for March 2016. Growth in these markets is good news for Canadian tourism, especially before we hit the peak summer season.
After a number of years of slow single digit growth overall, the European market continued to thrive in March. We are seeing a substantial growth out of Germany over last March with 17.3% growth; this brings YTD up 10.4% Similar growth can be seen from the U.K., with 15.4% growth over last March, pushing YTD growth to 8.8%
In our emerging markets, Mexico is still the rising star - and with signals that the visa on Mexico will be lifted this year we can expect them to become even greater. Some of the other emerging markets aren't performing quite as well however. Chinese visitation growth has slowed down significantly after an exciting January. Over last March it is up only 0.8% and YTD it is at 9.4%
This will continue to be monitored in months to come
*All statistics are in comparison to March 2015
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Tourism Week is Fast Approaching!
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Tell decision-makers why tourism matters to your community
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#TourismWeek
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#TourismMatters
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Tourism Week in Canada is a grassroots initiative that brings attention to the economic opportunity available to Canada through travel and tourism and the public policy challenges preventing the sector from capitalizing on those opportunities.
This Tourism Week, communicate with decision-makers in your community to let them know about how public policy impacts your business.
Stage an event, hold a meeting, phone decision-makers, send emails or tweets, write an op-ed or a letter to the editor, or use the power of local media to let them know what issues matter to you.
Find out more on how to plan for a successful Tourism Week here.
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RVC Awards Scholarships to Five Student Volunteers
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Scholarship meant to showcase hard work of volunteers during RVC
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At this year's Rendez-Vous Canada (RVC), five deserving student volunteers were awarded a $1000 scholarship each for their role in making RVC the best it could be.
TIAC partnered with event hosts Tourism Montreal and Tourism Quebec as well as Destination Canada to provide the annual scholarship, meant to reflect the appreciation RVC organizers have for the many volunteers that have dedicated their time to this year's RVC.
The scholarship recipients were:
- Catherine Roy (Collège Lasalle)
- Myriam Carrier (Collège Montmorency)
- Elizabeth Regin Lopes (Collège Montmorency)
- David Gaulin (École des métiers de la restauration et du tourisme de Montréal)
- San Langlois (ITHQ)
Congratulations to all!
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Are you one of Canada's tourism aces?
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Calling all outstanding Canadian tourism businesses!
The CTAs have become the standard of excellence for businesses and organizations in the travel industry, showcasing the nation's best tourism products, services and experiences. Being a CTA finalist is great way to boost recognition and legitimacy for your tourism business.
Check out the criteria for this year's categories and find other important information here.
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Check the Member's Portal for updates and new benefits
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Be the first to hear about new and existing benefits and resources for TIAC members, including new content from BDC:
- Business plan template - Marketing strategy for businesses - Info on starting a new business
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