TIABC Articles
March 2023
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – March 24th, 2023
Having travelled to over 40 countries and extensively within Canada and the United States, I’ve lost count of the number of airp...
March 2023
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – March 17th, 2023
Last week I caught a 5:50 am flight from Winnipeg to Vancouver to ensure I was back on time to attend an all-day meeting with fish...
March 2023
TIABC's Voice of Tourism Podcast – Episode 4 - Owen Bird
TIABC's Voice of Tourism host Walt Judas speaks with Owen Bird, Executive Director of the Sport Fishing Institute of BC, about the...
March 2023
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – March 10th, 2023
In the late eighties, I sold my prized new Honda Prelude to a friend and used the cash for a down payment on our first home in Ste...
March 2023
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – March 3rd, 2023
My first visit to Prince George (PG) in 1981 was as part of a tour of BC radio stations with fellow BCIT broadcast journalism stud...
February 2023
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – February 24th, 2023
Brrrr!!!! Yes it’s cold in BC this week but imagine what it was like for me to step off a plane in Kamloops on Wednesday to high...
February 2023
TIABC Chair Shares in Welcomed News of $30M BCFFE Funding for BC Events Sector
TIABC Chair J.J. Belanger expressed in an interview with CBC Radio-Canada that the announcement of $30M in funding for BC-based ev...
February 2023
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – February 17th, 2023
When my high school buddy (who married my cousin) reached out last fall to invite six other couples to vacation together in Mexico...
February 2023
TIABC CEO explains the benefits of hosting the 2023 BC Tourism & Hospitality Conference in northern ...
TIABC CEO Walt Judas explained to the Prince George Citizen why holding the 2023 BC Tourism & Hospitality Conference in the city t...
February 2023
TIABC's Voice of Tourism Podcast – Episode 3 - Ross Cloutier
TIABC's Voice of Tourism host Walt Judas and Ross Cloutier, Executive Director of Helicat Canada, discuss the adventure tourism se...
February 2023
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – February 10th, 2023
Ever since my teen years I've dreamed of owning and operating a coastal marina in Southwestern BC. Aside from my love of the ocean...
January 2023
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – January 27th, 2023
Every once in a while I find myself at a conference or in a social setting where I haven’t got a clue what people are saying. No...