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TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter

May 2023

TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – May 19, 2023

While spending the better part of two days in a Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) board meeting onboard the Rocky Moun...

May 2023

TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – May 12, 2023

To this day I can still visualize my parents sitting at the breakfast table every morning sipping coffee while they listened to th...

May 2023

TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – May 5, 2023

Years ago while travelling to the Gulf Islands via BC Ferries, I heard the captain announce the sighting of killer whales on the s...

April 2023

TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – April 28, 2023

Australian comedian Carl Barron does a hilarious bit where he makes fun of Aussies for never giving a straight answer to a questio...

April 2023

TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – April 21, 2023

Trying to out-bike a train to an unsecured crossing is clearly not very smart. But once in a while I dip into my reserves and pedd...

April 2023

TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – April 14, 2023

Years ago when a friend decided to build a new house, he moved his family of five from a two-level, 2,500 square foot home into a ...

April 2023

TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – April 6, 2023

Yesterday I drove my vehicle to Langara Golf Course, walked three blocks to catch the Canada Line train to downtown Vancouver, fle...

March 2023

TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – March 31, 2023

My Dad taught me some common-sense, valuable lessons about money that have always stuck with me. I’m sure you can relate to some...

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 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...