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OMCA
Thank you to all delegates for making your appointment selections. Preliminary schedules will be posted by end of day on Wednesday, Oct. 14 through MyOMCA. Between Oct. 14-21, delegates may make additional appointment requests.
Final schedules will be posted on Monday, Oct. 26.
OMCA
OMCA Marketplace in London is just five weeks away — Nov. 15-18, 2015. Get the latest information on key industry topics that affect your operations today and discover new tools to help elevate your business. Reconnect with old friends and colleagues in the industry and expand your professional network. For just $450, the Coach Operator program provides valuable educational sessions and networking opportunities. Click here for the Coach Operator program and conference details. Our coach operator business session lineup includes the following topics:
- Protect your US DOT Safety Rating
- Harmonized Sales Tax and Coach Operators (Understanding the rules for Zero-Rated trips)
- New technology and processes to help expedite bus passenger clearance at the Niagara-Buffalo border crossings
- Effective and affordable marketing through social media)
- Coach Operator Council meeting and open forum
- Linked, Locked and Loaded — "Social Selling 101"
Plus, coach operators can enjoy the Sunday evening Travel Showcase Reception; the ever popular and enjoyable Sunday Night Ice Breaker; Monday afternoon's Coach Operator Social sponsored by Wajax; Monday Night Evening Reception; Tuesday's Awards Lunch; the Silent Auction; Breakfasts (3 days); and the all-delegate luncheons, Monday through Wednesday. Hope to see you there!
OMCA
Last year's Silent Auction saw OMCA raise a whopping $24,440 — an amount that put us almost $3,000 ahead of our 2013 results.
Donations are a great way to promote your business and bring presence to your company and region — even if you're not able to attend Marketplace this year! Donation ideas include but are not limited to: gift baskets, packaged trips to a destination, vouchers for restaurants and/or attractions, home décor and clothing and fashion accessories.
All proceeds from the Silent Auction go towards the OMCA Development Fund, which puts your donations and bids into action. To make your donation today, click here for our online form. For more information, visit our website or contact us at info@omca.com.
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There is no better way to visit Atlantic City - by yourself or with a group - than by bus or motor coach. Hop on one with companies and you'll receive front-dorr service to Resorts Casino Hotel.
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OMCA
- All levels welcome! Balanced teams will be created
- All funds raised will go to both the OMCA Development Fund and the Mary Lynn Higgins Youth Fund (www.marylynnhigginsyouthfund.org)
- Games complete with 3 periods, referees and time-keeping!
- Post-game refreshments to be provided!
To sign up, please email John Temple (john@tnt-tours.com) by no later than Oct. 12, 2015. An application form will be sent. Final cost $99 per player ($125 to keep your jersey and socks) for a minimum of 3 games. Hotel rates will be arranged at a nearby Hilton family hotel.
LOCATION: TORONTO
Canlan Ice Sports York University
989 Murray Ross Parkway
North York ON M3J 3M4
Tel: (416) 661-5900
OMCA
On Nov. 14, teams will play once again to raise funds for both the OMCA Development Fund and the Mary Lynn Higgins Youth Fund. They will also be playing to win The Cup! Could one of those teams be representing your city? Please see sponsorship costs below:
Sponsorship: $2,500.00
- 20 team jerseys with your logo (you keep 5, 15 go to the players — approximate value = $2,000.00)
- Signage (1 banner — approximately 3'x 6') throughout the Festival
- Pre- and post-event exposure through both OMCA and the Mary Lynn Higgins Youth Fund (images, e-blasts, website)
- Exposure throughout the OMCA 2015 Annual Conference
- Team photo
Initial teams of interest: Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, New York City, SYTA.
Deadline for Sponsorship: First-come, first-served basis. For more information, please contact John Temple at 1-800-465-1532.
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The National Gallery is proud to be the permanent home of the world’s most comprehensive collection of Canadian art, inviting all Canadians, and visitors from around the world, to experience the best Canada has to offer in visual art.
Please contact group reservations for further information.
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It’s finally here the impressive Masterworks from the Beaverbrook is an uncompromising exhibition of 75 exceptional paintings spanning four centuries of European and Canadian art.
Plan your group tour to the Alix Art Gallery in Sarnia, Ontario to see up close these exquisite paintings from October 2, 2015 through February 7, 2016.
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OMCA
Since 2010, US Customs and Border Protection at the Port Huron border crossing have requested that coach and tour operators submit advanced passenger manifests to allow passengers to be screened before the coach arrived at the border. This practice helped to expedite passenger processing. However, we learned in September that Port Huron will no longer accept advanced passenger manifests. All bus passengers must now disembark the coach and be processed "face to face" individually by CBP officers. This is disappointing news for many coach and tour operators who found the advanced manifest saved them time at the Port Huron crossing.
Toronto Star
Talks between the government, school boards and the elementary teachers' union continue, with Education Minister Liz Sandals saying the sides are "slowly moving forward" in bargaining.
"There is progress being made," with the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Sandals told reporters at Queen's Park.
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Government of Ontario
Ontario is increasing tourism and supporting economic growth and sustainable energy in the Northwest by investing in local businesses.
With an investment of $356,000 through the province's Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), four companies will upgrade and expand their facilities and introduce clean energy options.
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Maclean's
The recent Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal should be properly celebrated by all Canadians for putting our country at the forefront of international trade and helping to ensure our future prosperity.
The TTP involves a dozen Pacific Rim countries, including Canada, the United States, Mexico, Chile, Singapore, Australia, Japan and Malaysia. It will provide Canadians with largely tariff-free access to a market of 800 million consumers accounting for nearly $30 trillion in economic activity, plus deliver lower prices at home.
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CTV News
Ontario drivers are being promised better maintained highways this winter after the government hit a company contracted to clear roads with $900,000 in fines.
Carillion Canada was fined $500,000 for not clearing the Queen Elizabeth way during a snow and ice storm last November, and $400,000 for not doing a proper job on the QEW between Burlington and Mississauga in another storm last December.
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NetNewsLedger
Porter Airlines arrived recently in the "Gateway to the North," with its inaugural flight to North Bay, ON. Passengers enjoyed non-stop service from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (BBTCA) to North Bay Jack Garland Airport. A second route featuring service between North Bay and Timmins, ON, also begins.
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CTV News
There are many myths about the travel industry. Here's a quick test on some of the biggest misconceptions.
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SooToday.com
Ontario is investing in highway infrastructure projects, making travel easier and safer by improving driving conditions in Northeastern Ontario. This funding is part of the largest infrastructure investment in Ontario's history — more than $130 billion over 10 years, which is making 110,000 jobs possible e very year across Ontario, with projects such as roads, bridges, transit systems, schools and hospitals across the province.
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Simcoe.com
Collingwood is calling on the province to finish the job it started.
"We really need to continue lobbying the province to finish Hwy 26," said John Velick, manager of engineering.
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The Globe and Mail
Airline passenger traffic in Southern Ontario is expected to more than double by the 2040s, exceeding the combined capacity of all the airports in the region to handle it, says a white paper done for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA).
More than 42 million passengers travelled through airports from Windsor to Kingston, last year — 38.6 million through Pearson International in Toronto — but by 2043, traffic will rise to about 90 million airline passengers at airports that have capacity to serve about 70 million people.
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