C-19 BULLETIN - February 8, 2021
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COVID-19: Mandatory Hotel Stay
for All Air Travellers Arriving in Canada
New travel measures
The Government of Canada is introducing new measures to help limit the spread of COVID-19 and its variants in Canada. The new accommodation and quarantine measures were announced on January 29th and processes to support these new measures are in development.
For travellers
Canadians are strongly advised to cancel or postpone non-essential travel plans outside of Canada. Now is not the time to travel. People who travel by air for non-essential reasons, such as vacation, will face new measures and expenses when they return to Canada.
For hotels
Apply to become a listed hotel for mandatory 3-night stays.
For full details, visit:
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Ban on Cruise Ships Until 2022 Deals Another Blow to Businesses Relying on Tourism
Federal government's ban on cruise ships carrying more than 100 people has been extended another year
Cruise Ships Docked
TIABC CEO, Walt Judas, interviewed by Simi Sara of CKNW about the impact of the cruise ship ban.
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Walt Judas Joins Gloria Macarenko to discuss the Cruise Ship Ban
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BCHA Survey
The BC Hotel Association (BCHA) is asking that any accommodators who have experienced barriers in accessing government support to please fill out the below survey.
Barriers include but are not limited to:
- Properties with out of province ownership
- Businesses open less than 18 months
- Recently renovated properties
- Seasonal businesses
- Accommodators with more than 149 employees
Your voice is needed to collect important data and clearly communicate the gaps in support and the dire reality our industry is in.
Survey closes Wednesday February 10th at 5pm PST
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Big White Ski Resort Cancels Non-Local Reservations
In light of the announcement from the BC Provincial Health Officer, and the British Columbia Provincial Health Order extension, Big White Ski Resort is reviewing all incoming reservations between now and February 18th to ensure that all visitors are adhering to the Provincial Health Order issued originally on December 7th, 2020.
Based on the address on file, Big White have noted whether reserved guests live outside of the local area, as the reservation would be in breach of the Provincial Health Order to avoid non-essential travel.
If guests have made any payments on their reservation, Big White can either move it to a later date this season, hold the funds for a booking next season, or provide a full refund.
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Tourism, Recreation, and Conservation Organizations Seek Increase in BC Parks Budget
The Outdoor Recreation Council of BC (ORBC), along with 19 tourism, recreation and conservation organizations (including TIABC) representing 1,400 member businesses has written to Premier Horgan regarding increased funding for BC’s provincial parks.
The letter makes a case for the bold, timely and necessary investment in BC Parks in Budget 2021. The organizations put forward a request to increase the annual budget for BC Parks to $100 million for capital, land acquisition and operational investments to help spur economic recovery, support reconciliation, and support the health of people and nature in British Columbia.
As the letter explains "Increasing resources to BC Parks would allow for park system planning and expansion, maintaining critical recreation infrastructure, increasing staffing levels, necessary wildlife monitoring, ecosystem restoration, investing in partnerships with Indigenous communities, and upgrading and expanding parking lots, trails, and campgrounds. We welcome the recent $5 million investment to tackle some of the most critical deferred maintenance items such as shoreline erosion, water treatment, and bear caches. These are good examples of the types of projects that are needed across the province at a much larger scale."
Read the full letter here
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Moments of Levity
As an industry that continues to face enormous challenges during COVID-19, every once in a while it's important to share a laugh, a good story, a beautiful image, or an interesting anecdote to provide moments of levity during this most difficult time. Feel free to share your photos, etc. with TIABC to be published in our C-19 Bulletin each week.
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BC Tourism & Hospitality Conference
TIABC and the BC Hotel Association will be co-hosting the BC Tourism & Hospitality Conference (virtually) during the week of March 8th to 12th.
Stay tuned for more details soon.
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Virtual BC Wine Industry Insight Conference 2021
Thursday, March 18th
Mark your calendars for the 2021 BC Wine Industry Insight Conference to be held virtually this year.
Wine Growers British Columbia along with the BC Wine Grape Council, BC Grapegrowers' Association and the BC Wine Authority are once again coming together to provide a forum covering industry-related topics, issues, policies and opportunities that impact your business operations.
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The Tourism Industry Association of Canada in partnership with TIABC is happy to offer these free, online webinars to tourism operators and organization on culinary tourism development. Five themed webinars will assist small and medium tourism operators and partners develop culinary tourism strategies to maintain their businesses and attract domestic visitors and international visitors once Canada is ready to welcome them again. Register today!
Attracting Culinary Tourists Webinar
Friday, March 12th at 9:00am PT (10am MT)
This webinar will be delivered Friday March 12th as part of the upcoming BC Tourism & Hospitality Conference – registration opening soon!
Multisensory Experience Development Webinar
Tuesday, March 16th at 10:00am PT (11:00am MT)
Partnering For Success Webinar
Thursday, March 18th at 9:00am PT (10:00am MT)
Growing Agritourism Webinar
Thursday, March 25th at 8:00am PT (9:00am MT)
Exceeding Expectations Webinar
Wednesday, March 31st at 8:00am PT (9:00am MT)
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Please join the Tourism Vancouver team for a live, two-part webinar:
1) Business Intelligence – Market and Consumer Insights
Time: 10:00am to 10:45am
This session will focus on:
- Current destination performance
- Key indicators of forward-looking demand
- Available traveller research highlights
Presented by: Eugene Chu, Manager, Research & Business Analytics
2) Rebuilding Demand for Vancouver
Time: 10:45am to 11:30am
This session will focus on:
- Key insights informing our marketing plans
- Creative concept and upcoming promotional activities
- How your business can align and benefit from upcoming promotions
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Online Training for Businesses
The Building Resilience to Thrive online training program will offer relief to businesses and help mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19.
The Building Resilience to Thrive online training program will offer relief to businesses and help mitigate the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by teaching them how to adapt their business models, re-engage their customers and adjust their workplace cultures. Developed in partnership with the University of Victoria, Gustavson School of Business, this program will have one hour seminars once per week for 6 weeks and will be offered three times until the end of March 2021.
Program curriculum will focus on the three key themes of Strive, Build, and Create.
Seminar topics will be:
- Power of Context – Unconscious Bias
- Emotional Intelligence
- The Power of Coaching in Business
- Hire and manage a diverse team
- Improve experiences for colleagues and customers
- Adapt your service strategy for better outcomes
The final program will be offered on the following date:
Wednesdays at 11am-12pm PST, February 24th to March 31st
Registration for Cohort 3 closes on February 18th at 4pm
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Patrick Weiler, MP for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country is hosting a virtual town hall discussion with the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities. They look forward to covering topics of high interest in the community, and across the country, such as how federal investments are supporting social, green and public transit infrastructure.
Wednesday, February 10th at 2:00pm PT
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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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