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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
June Webinars include: OMCA All-Member Townhall and an Online Social
OMCA
In addition to the webinar on June 1st with Inna Koldorf, Partner at Miller Thomson, on COVID Protocols in the Workplace, we are hosting a All-Member Townhall on June 10th at 12:00pm ET and an Online Member Social on June 24that 4:00pm ET! At the Townhall, the OMCA team will provide updates on what the association has been up to and will provide plenty of time for member questions. For the Online OMCA Social, we encourage members to bring an industry friend or colleague and their favourite beverage and join conversations in a friendly and relaxed environment.
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President's Message: June 4th
OMCA
On behalf of the OMCA team and our members, we express our deep dismay following the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Our thoughts are with their loved ones, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation and Indigenous communities across Canada. This week, OMCA participated in the launch of the Faster Together campaign – a national volunteer-based initiative designed to encourage up-take of COVID-19 vaccinations. The latest research by Abacus Data shows that 21% of Canadians are hesitant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine. The aim of this campaign is to reach hesitant Canadians and encourage vaccinations to protect themselves, our communities, and help us get back together faster. Thank you to all members that participated in our Member Social last week as well as our webinar with Inna Koldorf, Partner at Miller Thomson, on COVID Protocols in the Workplace. It was great to see so many members participate. If you missed our COVID Protocols in the Workplace webinar the recording is available at www.omca.com/events/webinars/webinar-videos/. Please remember to join us on June 10th at 12:00pm ET for a members-only OMCA Town Hall, where the OMCA team will provide updates on current efforts and initiatives and answer any member questions.
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OMCA mourns the passing of Bob Nagel, Nagel Tours
OMCA
We are saddened to learn that Bob Nagel, owner of Nagel Tours and leader in the motor coach tourism industry since 1977, passed away on May 19th, 2021. Our sympathies go out to the family and friends in this time of mourning. Please read the editorial provided by the family.
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
AGENT BOOKINGS SOAR: Canadians 'so itching to go'
Travel Industry Today
Large Canadian travel agencies like Flight Centre and tripcentral.ca have reported massive month-over-month increases in international bookings since April, with Flight Centre reporting a nearly 20 percent increase in bookings in April when compared to March. And May is on track to be their busiest since the pandemic began, though the overall amount is still minimal compared with pre-pandemic times.
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Federal advisory panel recommends end to hotel quarantine in Canada
CTV News
A federal advisory panel that provides advice to the government on COVID-19 testing and screening is recommending an end to the mandatory hotel quarantine required of international travellers entering Canada.
The panel states that, instead, travellers must present a suitable quarantine plan and failing approval, they be required to adhere to stay at a designated government facility.
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Scope, size vary as meetings business returns to hotels
CoStar
Hotels with significant meetings business not only need to navigate their way back to whatever the new normal might be but must also contend with the possibility of unpredictable developments as conferences and events return to their properties, according to operators, planners and analysts.
Among those possible surprises are an earlier-than-expected return of in-person gatherings; a higher-than-normal number of pre- and post-nights booked; a mix of virtual, hybrid and live gatherings that is difficult to forecast; and a wide divergence in how customers might respond to hotel policies on deposits, refunds, cancellations and attrition.
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Ontario students won't return for in-class learning until September
CityNews
With just over three weeks left in the school year, the Ontario government has announced students will not be returning to schools for in-class learning until September.
Premier Ford said despite the COVID-19 science tables saying schools could open on a regional basis, they could not tell him it wouldn’t lead to thousands of new cases, adding their modelling showed thousands of new cases were possible if students and teachers returned to school prior to being fully vaccinated.
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Mix up your marketing to grow your sales
Digital Main Street
Today, consumers control the buying process more than ever before. They now choose which channel they use, when they use it, and on what device. As a small business owner, it is critical to have a multi-channel integrated approach to not only address this change in behavior but to ensure your marketing dollars are spent wisely with the goal of securing a strong return on investment.
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EARLY START: Some EU countries kick off vaccination travel certificates
Travel Industry Today
Greece, Germany and five other European Union nations introduced a vaccination certificate system for travellers on Tuesday, weeks ahead of the July 1 rollout of the program across the 27-nation bloc.
The other countries starting early were Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Croatia and Poland, according to the European Commission.
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Hajdu: Feds to consult with provinces before adopting recommendation to end hotel quarantine
CTV News
Health Minister Patty Hajdu said the government won’t make an immediate decision to adopt a recommendation by a federal advisory panel to end the mandatory hotel quarantine for travellers before speaking with its provincial and territorial counterparts.
Hajdu said on Friday she welcomes the findings and they will provide a helpful “roadmap” for an eventual border reopening strategy, but implementing next steps depends entirely on the prevalence of COVD-19 spread and the rate of vaccinations domestically.
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MIXED FEELINGS: Canadians support vaccine passports for travel, not Tim's
Travel Industry Today
As discussions of “vaccine passports” circulate in public policy circles, new data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds Canadians largely accepting of the concept in various forms, particularly when it comes to travel. However, the survey also found that half of respondents believe that the international border should stay closed until at least September.
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School bus convoy heads to Queen's Park to protest government process affecting small businesses in Ontario
CTV News
A large convoy of school buses made its way to Queen’s Park on Tuesday to protest an Ontario government process, which, critics say, will hurt small businesses and force them to shut down.
The Tri-board School Bus Operators Association, which employs nearly 1,000 people, says an unfair request for proposal process (RFP) by the province is putting small businesses at risk, making it too difficult for them to compete for routes and secure deals with school boards.
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The latest on COVID across Canada
Travel Industry Today
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says people who got the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for the first dose can be offered either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna for the second. The advice affects more than two million Canadians who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine before provinces stopped using it for first doses last month as it is potentially linked to a rare but serious blood clotting syndrome.
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