SPECIAL MESSAGE TO TIAC MEMBERS | |
Notice of Annual General Meeting | |
Take notice that the Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) will be held virtually in a Zoom webinar on Tuesday Jan. 17, 2023, from 1-2:30 p.m. ET. This meeting is for the purpose of receiving the financial statements for the period ending Aug. 31, 2022, and the annual report; as well as electing directors and transacting such further other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. The meeting is open for attendance by all full voting TIAC Members or their proxies, as noted in the proxy form available online here.
DATED this 16th day of December 2022
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
David McKenna, Chair of the Board of Directors
Tourism Industry Association of Canada
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Help Shape Recovery Planning: Compensation Study Now Open
Tourism HR Canada has launched a new survey to inform a compensation study for the Canadian tourism and hospitality sector. The aim is to get a comprehensive picture of how tourism business operators think about compensation within the context of COVID-19 recovery and the ongoing labour crunch affecting the sector.
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Aviation Summit Takes Off | |
The Honourable Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra hosted an aviation summit in late November attended by TIAC’s Beth Potter, President & CEO.
More than 50 tourism sector stakeholders participated in the summit’s fulsome discussion, which aimed to improve the traveller experience.
TIAC’s advocacy team followed up its attendance at the summit by issuing a letter to the Minister of Transport and Minister of Tourism emphasizing the industry’s key priorities, as outlined recently in its submission to guide the government’s development of its new federal Tourism Growth Strategy.
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Government Launches International Experience Canada Program
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The Government of Canada is launching the 2023 International Experience Canada (IEC) Program, with a 20% increase in the number of applicants who can apply. Applicants will be able to apply as of Jan. 9, 2023.
The IEC is a reciprocal program that allows Canadian and international youth to work and travel in each other's countries.
This increase means that nearly 90,000 candidates will be able to work and travel in Canada, helping employers fill labour gaps in Canada's tourism industry.
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Employers and Temp Workers to Benefit from Family Work Permits to Address Labour Shortages | Starting in January 2023, through a temporary two-year measure, Canada will expand eligibility to work in Canada to spouses and working-age children through a phased approach for workers at all skill levels. This would include families of workers in health care, trades and hospitality, for example. As a result of this new approach, it is estimated that family members of more than 200,000 foreign workers could begin working in Canada, offering a greater opportunity for both foreign workers seeking to work in Canada and for employers addressing their labour needs. | |
Interparliamentary Tourism Caucus Pre-Budget Meeting
The Interparliamentary Tourism Caucus co-chairs Senator Karen Sorensen and MP Patrick Weiler held a caucus meeting on Dec. 13, 2022, with 15 colleagues. During the meeting, TIAC, along with some national partners including the Hotel Association of Canada, Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada, Tourism HR Canada, the Canadian Airports Council and the National Airlines Council of Canada, presented the industry’s key priorities in advance of the House rising and the drafting of Budget 2023.
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You’re Invited to a Tourism Town Hall – Coming Soon, Near You! | |
The 2023 Tourism Town Halls is an industry-wide event delivered by TIAC to reach all tourism industry stakeholders from coast to coast to coast. The series will be delivered in person and online in every province and territory. It will provide an opportunity to meet with TIAC and its partners to better understand efforts on national and local tourism issues and provide a forum for open dialogue, discussion, and constructive debate.
Each Town Hall will be a full-day event, including a morning session focused on innovation and sustainability best practices and sharing of experiences and highlights of industry resources focused on digitization, market readiness research and training.
Following a complimentary lunch, the town hall session will give tourism stakeholders first-hand input on issues affecting their business and an overview of the plans to reposition and grow Canada's Visitor Economy, including all verticals from leisure/business travel, travel trade, meetings and conventions and sports tourism.
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TIAC Members Get the Inside Scoop About Commercial Insurance
The Insurance Bureau of Canada was the featured guest at TIAC’s first-ever Ask an Expert webinar, exclusively for TIAC Members, which focused on commercial insurance.
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Did you miss the webinar? Whether you are a full TIAC Member or an Associate Member, you can enjoy access to the full recording below! Ask an Expert provides all TIAC Members with timely updates, insights, and crucial information to grow their businesses in an increasingly competitive market. Webinars take place on the third Wednesday of each month from 2 to 3 p.m. ET (depending on speaker availability). | |
Your Invitation: Ask an Expert on the Great Taste of Canada | Join TIAC on Jan. 18, 2023, for our next part of the Ask an Expert webinar series – exclusively for TIAC Members. In this virtual session, you’ll get to learn more about the “Great Taste of Canada,” the first ever nationwide cooperative marketing program celebrating Canada's tastes of place, spearheaded by the Culinary Tourism Alliance as part of their national culinary tourism efforts. | |
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Save the Date:
Tourism Week 2023
| Mark your calendar - the dates to glow green (as in TIAC green!) will come soon enough when Tourism Week rolls into town again in 2023. For more than 10 years, Tourism Week has encouraged the public and private sectors to come together in celebration of the industry we all know and love best – and next year will be no different, with the event set to take place April 24-30, 2023. Stay tuned for more! | |
You’re Invited to the Sustainable Tourism
Symposium
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TIAC is introducing it's all-new Sustainable Tourism Symposium. TIAC has partnered with industry experts to grow urban, and rural and remote communities across all 13 provinces and territories, to assist small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) and other tourism stakeholders and organizations across all sectors of the industry in building awareness and capacity to develop more sustainably; that is, in a matter that maximizes positive environmental, social, and economic impact while reducing negative externalities.
Register for a Symposium in your region!
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Happy Holidays from TIAC
Season’s greetings from our TIAC family to yours this holiday season and best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous New Year! May your 2023 be filled with happiness, success, and travel.
Not a TIAC Member? Check out why you should join us in 2023!
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