C-19 BULLETIN - December 2, 2020
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TIABC Announces New Board
At today's TIABC annual general meeting, the organization welcomed three new board members including Jennifer Burton, Dennis Innes, and Mike Retasket.
TIABC Chair Vivek Sharma also welcomed back nine board members that will serve for the 2020/21 year.
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JJ Belanger
General Manager
Crystal Cove Beach Resort
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Jennifer Burton
President
Pacific Destinations Inc.
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Dennis Innes
Dean of Hospitality, Culinary
& Baking
Vancouver Community College
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Mike Retasket
Director
Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association
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Barrett Fisher
President & CEO
Tourism Whistler
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Sector Association Category
Jamie Cox
Chair
BC Lodging and Campgrounds Association.
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Keynote Speaker Greg Klassen Offers Hope for Industry
As a part of both TIABC and the BCHA's annual general meetings today, renowned tourism expert Greg Klassen delivered an outstanding presentation on the impact of COVID-19 on global tourism. He also talked about challenges and opportunities. Greg's presentation can be viewed here.
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TIABC received the following update from the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC):
Sad news regarding our CEO
As Chair of TIAC, I am sad to inform you that our President and CEO, Charlotte Bell, has suffered a major and tragic health event. After a sudden and brief battle with an aggressive form of cancer, Charlotte has now entered palliative care and is not expected to recover. I know all of you share my grief and sadness over this news. Please be assured that the full TIAC Board is supporting Charlotte’s family and the TIAC team as they adjust to this jarring news. We will keep you up to date as this unfolds.
I have often said that the Tourism sector is a large family, and Charlotte is a central member of that family. Those of you wishing to send Charlotte a note or memory via her family, can send an email to memories@tiac-aitc.ca.
As per the family’s wishes, please avoid any social media posts at this time.
Sincerely,
Dave McKenna
Board Chair
Tourism Industry Association of Canada
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Tourism Industry Association of Canada Update
The Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) is encouraged by the sector specific support measures outlined in the Fall Economic Statement presented November 30th by the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.
TIAC has been working with government and partners to outline targeted support for the sector. As part of the Coalition of Hardest Hit Businesses, TIAC and its colleagues (including TIABC) have been advocating specifically for the following top priorities;
- Increased wage subsidy support;
- Relief from fixed costs; and,
- Access to liquidity.
The fiscal update, entitled Supporting Canadians and Fighting COVID-19 did recognize and outline hardships specific to the tourism sector, and proposed supports that directly relate to the sector’s asks, though not all requests went acknowledged.
The following commitments are areas of encouragement for the visitor economy:
- Creating the Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program, a 100% government-backed credit availability loan program at low-interest rates for the hardest-hit businesses.
- Increasing the maximum rate of the wage subsidy program to 75% for the next three periods or until March 13, 2021.
- Extend the current subsidy rates of the Government’s fixed cost relief program, Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy to March 13, 2021, to provide greater certainty to businesses.
- Providing $500 million in additional funding to the Regional Development Agencies to provide financing support to local businesses unable to access other federal financial assistance.
- Anticipated support for airlines and festivals/events.
While it was encouraging to see these proposed commitments made in the House, there is much work to be done to ensure an effective roll out and strategic focus of these programs.
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BC Meetings and Events Industry Working Group Survey
The BC Meetings and Events Industry Working Group would like to ask your help in aggregating data to present to the Provincial Health Officer in support of their application to loosen gathering restrictions for the purpose of business meetings & events.
In an effort to track success in prevention and mitigation of COVID-19 cases in professionally planned business meetings & events, the BC Meetings and Events Industry Working Group requests that you participate in a short survey.
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BC's COVID-19 Dashboard
In case you haven't already bookmarked this page, we wanted you to know about the BC COVID-19 Dashboard that provides for the latest information on case, recoveries, deaths, hospitalizations, and testing. It is updated Monday to Friday at 5 p.m.
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TOTA/CCCTA Summit Presentations
This year's virtual format allowed TOTA and CCCTA to connect with over 500 delegates from BC and around the world. TIABC's CEO Walt Judas, Destination Canada CEO Marsha Walden and interim Destination BC CEO Richard Porges were part of the National & Provincial Recovery Efforts session.
View all the Summit presentations at:
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Big White Ski Resort Welcomes Winter Visitors
(with some help some help from young locals!)
Big White is not just a ski resort it's also a community. They are excited to welcome you to their home, and hope that they can keep our residents, visitors and whole mountain safe this winter.
Please wear your mask or face covering, maintain physical distance, sanitize and keep safe!
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Just a few days after the release of the 2020 fall economic statement, Deputy Prime Minister Freeland will discuss how the federal government will continue to support Canadians through the pandemic and ensure that the post-COVID economy is robust, inclusive, and sustainable.
Following her remarks, Deputy Prime Minister Freeland will be joined by Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's President and CEO, Bridgitte Anderson for a moderated conversation.
Thursday, December 3rd
11:30 AM (PST)
Register here:
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Presidents Group is hosting a day of learning on December 3rd for International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which includes three webinars:
For more information and to register:
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Business Events Research Webinar
In follow up to their webinar on November 27th, Destination Canada invites you to join Chantz Strong, Executive Director, Research and Analytics, and Angela Trunzo, Market Intelligence Analyst, Business Events for a Business Events research webinar on
December 10th
11:00am - 12:00pm (PST)
This industry webinar will provide an update on the current impact of business events and Canada’s Business Events recovery and restart framework including:
- Business Events: State of the industry – an update on the impacts of covid-19
- Insight from a global business events scan – summary findings from our recent research project where we heard from executive directors, planners, industry associations and Canadian partners that have informed how we prepare for a post COVID-19 resumption of events
- Canada’s recovery restart framework – an evidence-based approach to track early signals of the resumption of business events in order to support planning and our industry deliver the right activities at the right time.
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Together with the Tourism Cafe, the BC Regional Tourism Secretariat is pleased to announce expanded support through the BC Tourism Resiliency Network. Launching this month, Ideas Labs are a series of 30 online sessions on nine original topics selected from requests from tourism operators across the province. The labs will bring small groups together in a business-to-business learning environment to address hot topics where solutions to common problems are discussed and shared, and new ideas are incubated. These are 1-hour online peer-to-peer discussions led by an inspiring industry topic specialist.
Each session is limited to only 12 participants and space is limited. Ideas Labs is a program created and produced by the Tourism Cafe.
Learn more at:
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TIABC's C-19 Bulletin is published every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Feel free to send us your ideas on what information would be valuable for TIABC to share through our COVID-19 Bulletin going forward. Drop us a line at info@tiabc.ca.
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