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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
OMCA President Calls for Support
OMCA
Last week the Federal government announced new targeted support measures for businesses that are facing significant revenue challenges. The Tourism and Hospitality Recovery Program and the Hardest Hit Business Recovery Program will provide extended subsidies into the spring of 2022 for our hardest hit members. We were happy to see these support programs announced, but still have many outstanding questions.
The association is now looking to clarify if Motor Coach members are eligible under the Tourism and Hospitality Recovery Program and are pushing hard for this to be the case, as the Tourism and Hospitality Recovery Program offers a deeper level of support for our members.
Since we need to apply immediate advocacy pressure, the association launched two industry campaigns. The first is for all motor coach businesses and the second for supporting partners. We are asking each of you to use our letter generating tool to send a letter to your local MP, the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Minister of Finance, the Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, the Minister of Transportation and the new Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance. We are asking for their urgent support to help ensure that Motor Coach businesses are eligible for the Tourism and Hospitality Recovery Program.
It only takes 30 seconds to visit our website and type your address and select it from the dropdown menu to find your local MP. Then add your Name, Company, and Title in the remaining fields and click Send Letter at the bottom of the page.
Motor Coach Businesses and your Employees can send your letter here– Click here to send your letter.
Supporting business and your employees can click here to send your letters.
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OMCA Marketplace Starts Monday!
OMCA
We are mere hours away from the Marketplace 2021 and we are so grateful to all of the members who will be participating, and of course, to all of our sponsors that made both the 2D and 3D events possible! This year’s hybrid event will be another new experience for us and we cannot wait to some of our members face-to-face, and for our members to be able to reconnect and rebuild their businesses together. We’ll see you next week, OMCA delegates!
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
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Plan an unforgettable trip to Brantford. Book Tourism Brantford’s complimentary Bus Welcome Program and receive a personalized step-on welcome and a gift bag that includes pre-packaged local treats for everyone on your bus, including the tour escort and driver.
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Canada drops travel advisory
The Hill
Canada has lifted its warning against nonessential foreign travel.
The new guidance, which reverses an advisory from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, signals the success of Canada's COVID-19 vaccination campaign, Reuters reported.
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Saskatchewan is one big, beautiful place. You will find something that most people could use a bit more of – peace and quiet. Wherever you travel in Saskatchewan, nature is never far away. Even at the centre of Saskatchewan’s major cities, Regina and Saskatoon, you are only minutes away from impressive landscapes and wide-open spaces.
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Feds, provinces agree on vaccine passport
Travel Industry Today
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the provinces and the federal government have agreed on a new national vaccine passport for domestic and international travel — and many Canadians already have them in their phones and wallets.
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CANADA RESHAPES PANDEMIC AID: Tourism and hospitality sectors generally spared
Travel Industry Today
The federal government has long said the federal wage and rent subsidies, along with benefits like the Canada Recovery Benefit, were always designed to be temporary to get the country through the economic crisis COVID-19 caused. The government yesterday unveiled a $7-billion redesign of pandemic aid for businesses and individuals that kicks in Sunday, which targets sectors including tourism and hospitality to receive aid.
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Funding available for your winter interns
Tourism HR Canada
With the winter semester quickly approaching, now is the time to start planning your winter and spring employment strategy — and Tourism HR Canada has a way to help!
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Welcome, now let's get to work
Travel Industry Today
Canada’s tourism industry welcomed a new minister of tourism and a returning minister of transport yesterday, then urged the cabinet members to continue to work to help the industry emerge from the pandemic.
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