Canadian Travel Press: 2025 forecast issue now available
“The changing landscape of retail travel. Consumers looking for value and personalization. Airlines looking for shared accountability. High season. Low season. What about the ‘perfect season?’ For Canada, it’s any and all seasons. And overall, while there may be some challenges, 2025 is shaping up to be a pretty good year,” writes Bob Mowat, executive […]
2023 BSAP alum Emily Ashworth shares her career path
What is your current job? Please also describe a typical day. I work as a Customer Solutions Coordinator at G Adventures. I handle post travel feedback such as reading all completed evaluations, and handling and settling complaints and requests for compensation. I do this by conducting investigations with our local offices, and I’m responsible for […]
Tourism HR Canada hosting webinar on the future of tourism’s workforce
Tourism HR Canada will host a free webinar on January 22 at 1pm EST to share labour market insights related to Canada’s tourism industry. Join them to learn about: Pressing workforce challenges, labour market trends and workforce projections Actionable recommendations for fostering resilience and innovation Programs and tools to support workforce development Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DVGjqAZvSZCfKt11Q1Cx-w#/registration
Career profile: Rocky Racco on big opportunities
Rocky Racco, Owner & CEO of TTI Travel, reflects on over four decades in the travel trade in this episode of Voices of Travel: The Next Chapters. He shares the origins of his career, the changes he’s observed, and his aspirational vision for the future, saying: “…we do have a lot of folks that are […]
TRAVELSAVERS survey reveals emerging consumer behaviour trends
A new travel advisor survey from TRAVELSAVERS Canada reveals what type of experiences Canadians are seeking in 2025. All-inclusive travel emerged as the top trend, given its appeal to relaxation-minded travellers who prize its convenience and value. Family travel, active and adventure travel, luxury travel, and river cruising completed the top five. Bucket-list travel was […]
COP29: Tourism Day sees breakthroughs in climate action
The 29th edition of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) was held in late November in Baku, Azerbaijan. The conference’s first ever Tourism Day proved fruitful, with 52 countries signing the Declaration for Enhanced Climate Action in Tourism. Tourism Day had over 700 delegates including global Ministers of Tourism and Environment, The World Travel […]
Southern Ontario Tourism Conference offering student & early bird rates
The Southern Ontario Tourism Conference, taking place from March 3-5, 2025 in Brantford, ON, is encouraging students to attend by offering a student registration rate of $99. The first 100 registrants who are not students will receive a discounted rate of $199. The conference’s workshops, presentations, familiarization tours, panel discussions and Regional Tourism Innovation Awards […]
TTC Tour Brands’ Jenni Berg on passion, purpose and hiring students
Jenni Berg, Director of Sales and National Accounts at TTC Tour Brands, gave BSAP some insight into the company’s new graduate and co-op hiring opportunities, plus their award-winning corporate culture. The Travel Corporation’s founding principle is “driven by service.” How do your employees embody this value day-to-day? At TTC Tour Brands we are one global […]
Indigenous tourism initiatives leading the way to economic growth
Indigenous tourism is set to bring $67 billion USD to the global economy by 2034 according to the World Travel & Tourism Council’s new report Supporting Global Indigenous Tourism. Another new survey from the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC) indicates upcoming growth and new opportunities in 2025, with two-thirds (66%) of Canadian travellers being […]
Funding and awards support tourism projects across Canada
Entrepreneurs and innovators in Canada’s tourism and hospitality sector are receiving support through governmental funding and recognition for their economic and cultural impact. The federal government announced $727,500 in funding to help four organizations build, enhance and preserve tourism offerings in the Thompson Okanagan, British Columbia. The funding comes from the Pacific Economic Development Agency […]