Over the past few months, the Hotel Association of Canada has been collaborating with Deloitte Canada to assess the Canadian hotel sector’s unique workforce challenges and develop bold ideas to support a full recovery. If you have not had the chance to contribute, this is...
Continue ReadingThe Canadian Travel and Tourism Roundtable (CTTR) today welcomed the release of Evaluating Canada’s Pandemic Border and Travel Policies: Lessons Learned (the Report), authored by four esteemed Canadian doctors specializing in infectious diseases, emergency medicine, and pandemic management who assessed the impact and effectiveness of...
Continue ReadingThe Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) and The Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) have signed an official Co existence agreement (announcement attached) to streamline sustainability certification, enabling hotel chains to be certified by both Green Key Global and Green Key FEE in their various territories. [no_button...
Continue ReadingThe Hotel Association of Canada’s (HAC’s) is pleased to share the final submission for the federal Tourism Growth Strategy consultations. Access the Hotel Association of Canada's Tourism Growth Strategy Submission This spring, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance launched consultations to...
Continue ReadingThe Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) was pleased today to honour four distinguished recipients with an Award of Excellence at its 2022 HAC Conference. Each year, HAC recognizes members who have achieved significant accomplishments and demonstrated the finest in professionalism, quality, and excellence in the...
Continue ReadingThe Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) is pleased to announce that Sara Glenn, Chief Operating Officer, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America, Accor North America has been appointed as Chairwoman of the Board. Ms. Glenn makes history as the first ever female chair of HAC. “Sara...
Continue ReadingThe 2022 Federal Budget, tabled today at 4pm, comes as Canada and the world are facing unprecedented and unpredictable circumstances. TOPLINE HIGHLIGHTS Here are the highlights for hotels: Strong signals point towards borders staying open in the future Significant investments to reduce the immigration processing backlog for temporary...
Continue ReadingOn April 4, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough, announced important changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program under the Workforce Solutions Road Map which will provide hoteliers with better access to the program. Effective April 30: Accommodation and Food Services...
Continue ReadingOn April 1, the federal government officially removed all pre-arrival COVID-19 testing requirements at the border for vaccinated travellers. After a heavy lift from HAC to expedite the announcement, Canada’s border is finally open and unrestricted for the first time in two years – just in...
Continue ReadingToday, Honourable Ministers Jean Yves-Duclos, Omar Alghabra, and Randy Boissonnault announced that the federal government will be lifting the pre-arrival COVID-19 testing requirement at the border for vaccinated travellers with at least two doses. As of April 1, travellers entering Canada will not have to show...
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