TIABC Articles
April 2025
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – April 25, 2025
Years ago I attended a business conference in Saint Petersburg, Russia. My job was to meet with international sport organizations ...
April 2025
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – April 17, 2025
After returning home from the 2008 Summer Olympics, I was bed-ridden for three days with a nasty bug I picked up in Beijing. I was...
April 2025
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – April 11, 2025
The tourism and hospitality industry has long been a powerful platform for cultural exchange, economic growth, and community devel...
April 2025
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – April 4, 2025
I didn’t begin my career in tourism—but once I stepped into it, I knew I’d found something meaningful. There’s a unique pa...
March 2025
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – March 28, 2025
I spend a good part of each day reading. From online news feeds and emails that arrive in my inbox by the dozens, to research repo...
March 2025
What Impact Will the Tariffs Have on BC's Tourism Industry?
TIABC CEO Walt Judas joined Spice Radio host Mankiran Aujla this week to talk about the ongoing tension between USA and Canada, ho...
March 2025
BC's Tourism Sector Expecting to Experience a Boost in Tourism
In an interview with the Canadian Press earlier this week, TIABC Chair JJ Belanger advised that despite the current tariff situati...
March 2025
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – March 21, 2025
A counsellor friend who’s given me advice from time-to-time has spent countless hours listening to other people’s problems and...
March 2025
TIABC's Voice of Tourism Podcast – Episode 34 - Kathy Cooper
Meet Kathy Cooper, CEO of the Kootenay Rockies Tourism Association in an engaging discussion with TIABC's Voice of Tourism host Wa...
March 2025
TIABC's Voice of Tourism Podcast – Episode 33 - Brenda Baptiste
Meet Brenda Baptiste, Chair of Indigenous Tourism BC as she talks with TIABC's Voice of Tourism host Walt Judas in an engaging dis...
March 2025
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – March 14, 2025
I was the newest and smallest kid in grade six which meant I was often picked on by the so-called class bully who seized the oppor...
March 2025
TIABC Voice of Tourism Newsletter – March 7, 2025
According to Aesop’s Fables, a former Greek slave and storyteller uttered the words, “Be careful what you wish for, lest it co...