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OMCA
Please note that all membership renewals must be paid in full in order to continue membership for the year, as well as to ensure inclusion in this year's OMCA Membership Directory.
To make your renewal payment online, log on to My Association with your member ID and password, and select Membership from the yellow menu on the left. On the next page, select Pay Balance (red text, upper-right of your screen) to view and pay your outstanding invoice(s) accordingly. Payment can also be made via cheque, payable to OMCA at 320 North Queen Street, Suite 210, Toronto, ON, M9C 5K4, Canada.
Please note that companies that have neither renewed nor given notice of intention to renew will be suspended as of June 8. For questions or assistance, please contact info@omca.com or 416-229-6622.
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OMCA
We kindly ask that all members log on to My Association to update your company profiles (specifically Publish) — this information is available to all OMCA members and we want to ensure that all information is current. (Note that we will publish the Primary Contact's email with the respective company profile, for better member-to-member communications.)
We will be sending out a guide to help you make your updates, if you haven't done so already.
Members registered for this year's Marketplace have had an opportunity to review their membership profiles during the registration process; these members are encouraged to review their profiles again, prior to the deadline, to ensure all information is up to date. Please note that only those companies whose 2018 memberships are fully paid and renewed will be included in this year's Membership Directory.
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OMCA
While the heat would have you think otherwise, the summer season is almost upon us, so we invite you to come and celebrate with us at the 48th Annual OMCA Golf Tournament at Legends on the Niagara on Tuesday, August 14. We'd love to see all of you at the tournament, so sign up today — as a single, foursome, or anything in between. Click here to register now and to view event details, hotel information, sponsorship opportunities, and more.
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Travel Pulse
President Trump may have driven down overseas visits to the U.S., but Canadians are visiting south-of-the-border destinations in record numbers, Brand USA officials said recently.
"It's our number one international market, with some 20 million visitors," Brand USA President and CEO Chris Thompson told a press conference on the opening day of the U.S. IPW tourism conference in Denver. "The good news is that in 2017... the Canadian numbers are actually up."
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CBC News
Border agents from Windsor may go to Quebec after the Canada Border Services Agency said it will provide help after an influx of immigrants.
In a memo, the CBSA said interested officers can apply to help asylum seekers. The RCMP's latest figures indicate 7,612 people entered the country outside official ports of entry during the first four months of 2018. More than 7,300 of them have crossed the Canada-U.S. border into Quebec.
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Explore the 100 mile coastline of Windsor Essex and our 18 EPIC Wineries nestled along the meandering historic Route 50 - including Canada's largest estate winery, Pelee Island Winery!
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Cannabis aficionados can start making their travel plans now after the Ontario government has officially opened the province’s doors for cannabis tourism.
In late April, the provincial government quietly drafted and filed Ontario Regulation 325/18 made under the Provincial Cannabis Act, 2017.
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By Bambi Majumdar
Forty per cent of adults in the U.S. use voice search every day. In 2016, this was 20 per cent, which was itself a 40 per cent increase from the year before. Speech recognition technology has evolved and is more precise now, with a mere eight per cent error rate. Furthermore, millions of people own an Alexa or Google Home device. For hotels that see millions of searches for accommodation every day, this is a paradigm shift.
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Birchtown, the largest free Black settlement in the 1780’s, where people voted with their feet for freedom. Come experience the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre. Contact our organization any time of the year to arrange for a site tour.
For more information visit: www.blackloyalist.com
or call 1-877-354-0772.
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From dinosaurs to mummies, Indigenous objects to Chinese architecture, and meteorites to precious jewels. The ROM invites you to explore art, culture, and nature through six million objects in our remarkable galleries and fascinating exhibitions. Book your group experience for guided tours, dining, shopping and more!
groupsales@rom.on.ca
416.586.5801x2
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As a leader in digital strategies, Tourisme Montréal has just launched an innovative mobile app called My Official Montréal City Guide. It was designed to assist leisure and business tourists visiting Montréal.
After creating an account, users can select favourites, plan their stay, share their itinerary and get personalized recommendations to enhance their visit. Specifically, the app will offer users an engaging and authentic Montréal experience by pointing them to museum exhibitions, guided tours, tourist attractions and restaurants.
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Global News
Peterborough Transit is looking to make some major changes and upgrades to its customer service and information-technology systems and the way the ridership use its services.
It could mean the days of waiting and wondering when the city bus will arrive at your stop could soon be over, as city council recently approved spending $1.9 million on a list of upgrades to the transit system to make it a fully digital and automated system, including the implementation of a new GPS app for riders to know when their bus will be picking them up.
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CBC News
Canada's smallest mainland national park is 100 years old. Point Pelee National Park was established May 29, 1918, as the first national park established for ecological conservation reasons.
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