- 04/28/21 – MTACS ADM Salman Azam – Topics: Meetings & Events sector re-opening; Circuit Breaker program extension; Anchor Attractions program; Squamish Spit.
- 04/26/21 – Premier John Horgan – Topics: Travel restrictions; provincial relief support for tourism operators..
- 04/23/21 – MTACS DM Neilane Mayhew – Topic: Relief programs for tourism operators.
- 04/22/21 – MTACS DM Neilane Mayhew, ADM Salman Azam – Topic: Mitigating impact of new travel restrictions.
- 04/17/21 – MTACS DM Neilane Mayhew, ADM Salman Azam – Topic: Industry toolkit to mitigate the impact of new travel restrictions.
- 04/16/21 – MTACS DM Neilane Mayhew, ADM Salman Azam, Min. Melanie Mark – Topic: Mitigating impact of new travel restrictions.
- 04/13/21 – MTACS ADM Salmon Azam – Topics: Consumer refunds; Fishing Tourism Highway; Non-MRDT collecting communities.
- 04/09/21 – MTACS DM Neilane Mayhew – Topics: Meetings & Events proposal; tenure relief.
- 04/07/21 – MTACS ADM Salmon Azam – Topics: Meetings & Events proposal; Tourism Coalition restart plan.
- 04/06/21 – MLAs Shirley Bond, Mike Morris – Topics: Relief measures; travel restrictions.
- 03/30/21 – MTACS ADM Salmon Azam – Topics: Travel restrictions; tourism restart proposal.
- 03/26/21 – MTACS DM Neilane Mayhew – Topics: Large operators’ proposal (BC TRIP); tourism Restart Plan; restart plan for Meetings & Events; farm market restrictions.
- 03/23/21 – MTACS ADM Salmon Azam – Topics: Support for fishing sector; Meetings & Events sector support; help for non-MRDT collecting communities; Adventure Tourism Branch proposal.
- 03/17/21 – MTACS DM Neilane Mayhew, ADM Salman Azam – Topic: Proposal for large operators (BC TRIP).
- 03/16/21 – MTACS ADM Salmon Azam – Topics: Commonwealth Games proposal; BC TRIP; Tourism Restart Plan.
- 03/12/21 – MTACS DM Neilane Mayhew – Topics: BC TRIP, HASCAP; Meetings & Events proposal; USA border re-opening.
- 02/09/21 – MTACS ADM Salman Azam – Topics: Avalanche Canada funding; BC TRIP; camping reservations system.
- 02/08/21 – MJERI DM Christine Little, Min. Ravi Kahlon – Topics: Changes required to Small & Medium-sized Business Recovery Grant program; rapid testing.
- 02/04/21 – MTACS ADM Salmon Azam – Topics: Inter-provincial travel ban; relief measures.
- 02/01/21 – MTACS DM Neilane Mayhew – Topics: Changes required to Small & Medium-sized Business Recovery Grant program; HASCAP.
- 01/29/21 – MP Hedy Fry – Topics: Federal government support programs; workforce.
- 01/26/21 – MTACS ADM Salmon Azam – Topics: Relief funding; fishing proposal; contract tracing; rapid testing.
- 01/20/21 – MTACS DM Neilane Mayhew – Topics: Large operator relief; changes required to Small & Medium-sized Business Recovery Grant program; HASCAP.
- 01/20/21 – MJERI ADM Christine Little – Topic: Changes required to Small & Medium-sized Business Recovery Grant program.
- 01/19/21 – MTACS ADM Salmon Azam – Topics: Treasury Board submission; fishing tourism support.
- 01/18/21 – Premier Horgan, MTACS Min. Melanie Mark, DM Neilane Mayhew – Topics: Travel ban; Provincial Restart Plan; support for large operators.
- 01/15/21 – MTACS DM Neilane Mayhew – Topics: Travel ban; camping reservations; relief measures.
- 01/14/21 – Mun. Affairs Minister Josie Osbourne, Citizen Services Minister Lisa Beare – Topic: Travel ban.
- 01/13/21 – MTACS ADM Salmon Azam – Topics: BC Parks funding; Coalition restart plan; Meetings & Events restart plan.
2021 TIABC Presentations to Industry & Stakeholders
Throughout 2021, TIABC was a guest presenter to a diverse audience of industry businesses, organizations and stakeholders. They included:
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Abbotsford Events Advisory Committee
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ABLE BC Liquor Conference
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BC Regional Tourism Secretariat (BCRTS) Tourism Summit
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BC Fishing Tourism Association AGM
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BC Lodging & Campgrounds Ideas Forum
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Capilano University - School of Tourism
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Destination BC Marketing Committee
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Destination BC Industry Briefing
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Destination Vancouver
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Federal Conservative Caucus
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Global Meetings Day
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Helicat Canada
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Parksville / Qualicum Beach Tourism - AGM
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Royal Roads University
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Sunshine Coast Tourism - AGM
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Surrey Board of Trade
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Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) Board of Directors
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TIABC - AGM
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Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) Town Hall
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Tourism Tofino - AGM
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Vancouver, Coast & Mountains Community Forum
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Wilderness Tourism Association (WTA) - AGM
“New money to help tourism and hospitality is certainly most appreciated. Aside from working with government to ensure that available funds flow to tourism businesses as quickly as possible, we will continue to advocate for further relief to access the unanticipated recovery measures that the Province committed to for situations such as the impending travel ban and ongoing border closures that have left our industry in a desperate state. We recognize that many tourism businesses may not survive absent of further support, so we look forward to our dialogue with the Province in the days ahead to find additional ways to help.” – Walt Judas, TIABC CEO (June 2021)