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Happy Holidays! OMCA would like to take a minute to say thank you to all of our wonderful members, partners, and other industry professionals for a great 2021. We hope you enjoy a wonderful holiday season and we look forward to creating a bigger and better 2022 with you.
As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the OMCA Report a look at the most accessed articles from 2021. Our regular publication will resume Friday, Jan. 7, 2021.
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10. Canadian bus companies have plans to fill the gap left by Greyhound
CBC News
Almost every Canadian of a certain age can remember the first long bus ride that took them off on a youthful adventure.
In the case of your correspondent, part of that journey as a tender 17-year-old was on the exotically named Grey Goose Lines, which dropped me on a lonely highway somewhere east of Atikokan, ON, for a summer job as a junior forest ranger.
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9. THE YEAR AHEAD: 2021 tips and trends
Travel Industry Today
From shorter booking windows to the desire for alternative accommodation options, Expedia says travel in 2021 will have a decidedly different look for Canadians than in previous years. Based on analysis of traveller data, the online travel giant has compiled an educated forecast of what travellers are looking for, and can expect, in the year ahead.
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8. COVID-19: Ontario budget proposes new select tourism, hospitality grants and programs
Global News
As part of the 2021 Ontario budget, the government is introducing a few new, targeted incentives aimed at providing support to the province’s hospitality and tourism sectors in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The most notable new program is the Ontario tourism and hospitality small business support grant. The $100-million program will provide one-time payments between $10,000 and $20,000 to hospitality-related businesses that don’t qualify for the Ontario small business support grant.
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7. BRINK OF DISASTER: Motorcoach company looks for solutions
Travel Industry Today
After a global pandemic and a longstanding driver shortage, Canada’s motorcoach industry could literally be one bad fall/winter season away from a total collapse. However, the good news is that it could also be one tool away from being saved.
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6. IT'S COMPLICATED: Will travel prices rise or fall?
Travel Industry Today
It should be a simple case of supply and demand: as more people take advantage of vaccinations and easing travel restrictions to satisfy a pent-up need to travel, coupled with a sluggish return to supply norms, travel prices ought to be spiking. However, like everything with the pandemic, it’s complicated.
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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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4. Bus companies on the verge of collapse amid COVID-19 pandemic, industry says
CTV News
Coach bus companies across the country have been forced to hit the brakes during the pandemic, shedding revenue and jobs, and threatening some of the country’s transportation infrastructure.
The industry says existing COVID-19 government aid isn’t enough to stop hundreds of job losses and buses repossessed by banks already, hoping that federal relief can jump-start the ailing business.
“We are struggling to hold things together,” said Larry Hundt, the co-ower of Great Canadian Coaches in Kitchener, ON. “COVID has basically shut our operations down.”
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3. Canada's coach bus industry spinning its wheels amid COVID shutdowns
Toronto Sun
Shops and restaurants aren’t the only industries suffering during the pandemic.
Canada’s bus coach industry — an $8 billion industry employing 250,000 workers — is on the verge of collapse. The coaches transport sports teams, tourists, students, and others, but with country-wide travel restrictions, buses sit empty in garage bays.
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2. No one wants to be the first to say goodbye: A message of resilience in tourism
OMCA
OMCA Tour Operator member, John Temple of Temple & Temple Tours, shared some meaningful sentiments about the struggles that the tourism industry has faced over the past year and how important it is to maintain hope, especially as we fight through the final chapters of this pandemic. His online video is a great watch for anyone who needs a little lift in their spirits or just needs to feel understood in their struggle to keep their small business alive through the pandemic.
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1. A Letter from the OMCA President
OMCA
Here we are at the end of my first week at OMCA, and I’d like to start with a big thank you to all the members and partners who have welcomed me to the association. Your kind words of encouragement have been appreciated. I’d also like to thank the team for keeping the association moving forward during our leadership transition.
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