Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) Strategic Partners are leading organizations and companies involved in a wide range of industry sectors and activities. Although these areas of activities may differ, they are all committed to their work with the lodging industry.

Benefits
Participating in select HAC activities provides the Strategic Partners with the unique occasion of forging a broad network of national and international contacts. In the process, Partners gain an opportunity to share their expertise, work closely with their lodging customers, acquire valuable insight into the latest industry developments and work with HAC and its Members in providing solutions to the industry's challenges and priorities.

HAC Strategic Partners

Bell Satellite TV is part of Bell Canada, the nation's largest telecommunications company with a 131 year track record of providing exceptional services. We have the technological capabilities, resources and breadth of experience to deliver the quality entertainment solutions that establishments like yours demand. When you choose Bell Satellite TV, you’re choosing a service provider committed to making your entertainment solution convenient, dependable and above all, simple. Bell Satellite TV- Hotel Stays just got Better.




The single source for Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Interac Direct Payment processing. Today, thousands of Canadian companies like yours rely on us to provide products and services essential to their continued growth and profitability. Our business focuses on Merchant Solutions - delivering much more than just convenient, secure payment options.

Our leading-edge technical capabilities and vast industry experience enables us to deliver an exceptional and innovative suite of electronic payment opportunities to you. No matter where your customers are, we offer the best possible business-building options from point-of-sale terminals to gift card programs and best-in-class Internet payment solutions that will keep you connected.




HLT Advisory Inc. provides specialized consulting and support services to the Canadian and international hospitality, leisure and tourism industries  including gaming, lodging, travel/tourism, recreation, sport, entertainment and public assembly venues.




Located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Lodging Econometrics (LE) is the foremost source for global lodging real estate intelligence for hotel franchise companies, ownership and investor groups, management firms, lenders, consultants, advisors, vendors and many others. Recognized as a driving force in the industry for more than 30 years, LE has built comprehensive databases that their lodging real estate clients can rely on for detailed, accurate and timely intelligence. From strategic adjustments to weather the current economic climate to identifying new accounts that have the greatest potential for your firm, LE has the programs to sustain success and beat out the competition every time, regardless of the economic cycle. For more information about LE, please contact them at info@lodgingeconometrics.com.




Meetings & Incentive Travel (M&IT) is Canada’s leading publisher and event producer for the Canadian MC&IT marketplace. Our parent company, Rogers Media, is Canada’s largest publisher, multi-media and communications company. Rogers Media, formerly known as Maclean Hunter, has been in the publishing business for over 100 years.

The Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) has partnered M&IT to promote the HAC’s Green Key Eco-Rating program to the meetings and events industry. This partnership will promote HAC’s Green Key designation for environmentally conscious hotels in Canada in the annual M&IT Buyers’ Guide and the Green Key designation for both Canadian and American hotels on the M&IT meetingscanada.com website.




PKF Consulting, with offices in Toronto and Vancouver, was established in Canada in 1970 and provides a comprehensive range of services to the hospitality and tourism industries across the country. Our clients include the largest and the smallest of hotels and hotel companies, owners, operators and lenders as well as a broad cross section of both private sector and public sector clients. The two Canadian consulting offices and our ten U.S. consulting offices focus totaling on serving the needs of the hospitality and tourism industry in North America and are supported by similar consulting practices in the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia and Caribbean.




The Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) and the Quebec Hotel Association (QHA) join their voices to encourage hoteliers to reduce their ecological footprint by using one of the two programs offered in Québec, Green Key or RéserVert. Launched in November 2007, RéserVert is a sustainable development (society, economy and environment) recognition program based on continuous training and personalized support. It does require the active involvement of the entire team in order to maintain and increase the number of actions every year. The RéserVert program helps to increase a hotel’s Green Key rating.




For over 25 years, STR has worked hand in hand with the hospitality industry to provide complete, confidential, comprehensive and customized data. STR provides hoteliers with the most complete and comprehensive benchmarking tools available. With over 44,000 hotels participating world-wide, the STAR report allows a property to see their performance against a competitive set of their choice. STR also provides Destination Reports, Market Forecasts, Trends and Pipeline Reports, each customizable to fit your needs and budget. To stay on top of hotel industry news, checkout our sister company HotelNewsNow.com. To learn more about STR contact Jillian McNamee at 615-824-8664 ext 3313 or email jmcnamee@str.com.

 

For more information on any of our Strategic Partners, or on becoming a Strategic Partner, please call us at (613) 237-7149.