Provincial Business Condition Survey

This survey just came in and I encourage you all to respond to it and to share with your peers. It is important to share how everyone is doing to be able to make changes into the right direction.

Here is the email:

Good afternoon,

Attached please find the Business Conditions Survey for the Traveller Accommodation Industry, our quarterly report regarding recent (Q4 2007) and future performance (Q1 2008) of the accommodation sector in Ontario, and Canada.

This update includes information on past occupancy results and business impediments as well as expectations about future occupancy rates, room nights, room rates, business travellers and hours worked by employees.

Please feel free to share this with your colleagues.

This report will be posted shortly on the Ministry's website at:

http://www.tourism.gov.on.ca/english/research/business_outlook/index.html

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at the information listed below.

Regards,

Adele

Adele Labine-Romain MBA
Tourism Research Officer
Ontario Ministry of Tourism
700 Bay Street, 15th Floor
Toronto, ON M7A 2E1
tel: (416) 325-8287
fax: (416) 314-7341
adele.labine-romain@ontario.ca

Please visit us at www.research.tourism.gov.on.ca

Yours in tourism,

André

Free Internet Marketing Seminar in North Bay Februar 27, 2008

The following free seminar is offered in North Bay:

The Business Centre Nipissing Parry Sound Inc. would like to invite you to an informational seminar entitled, "The Web for Small Businesses." This is a free event and is being held on Wednesday, February 27th, at the Best Western in North Bay.

Please register early as spaces are limited. You can register by calling us via the information provided below. Thank you and we hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

The Business Centre Nipissing Parry Sound Inc.
200 McIntyre Street East. P.O. Box 360
North Bay, ON P1B 8H8

T: 705 474-0626 ext. 528
Toll: 1 888 465-1882

W: www.thebusinesscentre-nps.com

Please check out their website and you will find more information about this opportunity.

Yours in tourism,

André

Please support "Ride for Dad" - coming to North Bay June 14, 2008

The Motorcycle Ride for Dad is Canada's biggest annual motorcycle event dedicated to fighting prostate cancer through research and education. In 2008, it will take place in 18 cities across Canada.

Behind the Motorcycle Ride for Dad is the dedicated National Advisory Board

The first Ride for Dad took place in Ottawa in 2000. This year will mark its 9th year and special thanks go out to all the chapter volunteer executive committees.

From all of us to all of you, THANK YOU for your continued support!

Check out the North Bay / Nipissing event at www.motorcycleridefordad.org/nip/

Canada's Great Outdoors - free advertisment opportunity

Dear Tourism Operator,

The Strategic Tourism Development and Marketing Partnership, an innovative collaboration between FedNor, OTMPC and NOHFC, in conjunction with Ontario’s Sunset Country Travel Association (project Proponent) is pleased to invite you to become an active partner in the exciting upcoming tourism marketing campaign devoted to showcasing Northern Ontario in the Chicago area (see attachment for details of the campaign).

The new website canadasgreatoutdoors.com and in-market tactics for the program begin on Monday February 11^th.

We hope that you will become active partner in this program by registering your listing with us and placing a vertical or horizontal badge on your website.

Your Participation:

It’s easy and there is no cost to participate. Just click on the link below toregister your listing on the trip planning map then place a badge on your website.

That’s it!

http://www.canadasgreatoutdoors.com/addmylisting

If you have any technical questions, Jeff Elgie at Lucidia Studios can be contacted by email at jeff@lucidia.com or by telephone at 705-941-9828 ext 2355.

Welcome to my new information list

There is almost no day passing by without getting tourism related information. May it be a update from a Ministry or a course offered by some supplier.
I will try to publish the ones I feel important on this blog for you to read. If you have any suggestions, questions or remarks, please feel free to contact me

Hope that you can make the most of these listings

Yours in tourism,

André