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VCM
Partners Extranet
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In this issue:
Small Business Check-Up: Find Out How You Are Doing
Who do you want to win?
Travel Trade Reminder - SYTA Conference
The Latest in Community Tourism Foundations
Age does matter
The Bigger Game
.Travel registry unveils new corporate web site
What Vacation?
Need an intern?
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Small Business Check-Up: Find Out How You Are
Doing
Do you want to know how your business is doing
compared to others in your sector? Do you want a free tool to
help develop action plans? Check out the Small Business Check-Up.
The Leadership and Management Development Council
of British Columbia (LMDC) has developed the Small Business Check-Up,
with funding support provided by Western Economic Diversification
Canada and the Ministry of Small Business and Revenue.
The Small Business Check-Up involves a
simple, four-step process:
- Complete the free online questionnaire
- Compare your responses with other small businesses
in BC
- Identify opportunities for improvement
- Prepare or update your action plan
Visit The Leadership and Management Development
Council of British Columbia to access this free tool.
From the go2 website: www.go2hr.ca
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Who do you want to win?
August 21st is the deadline for nominations for
the 2006 National Awards for Tourism Excellence. What organization
or person would you like to see recognized for outstanding achievement?
Be sure to go online at:
http://tiac.issi.net/TEAM/Admin/Main/Link/Redirect.asp?la=35|10324.2|3hq8qyc6 and
nominate before the deadline. And don't forget to look within
your own organization for worthy campaigns, individuals and
accomplishments!
Finalists for past provincial tourism award
programs are excellent candidates for the National Awards for
Tourism Excellence.
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Travel Trade Reminder
SYTA CONFERENCE - September 8-12, 2006
In advance of this upcoming conference, we at Vancouver, Coast & Mountains
will be updating our current student and youth sales literature.
If you are a hotel, attraction, restaurant, cultural institution
or activity/adventure supplier who is interested in reaching
this market, please contact Jason Knibbs, Tour & Travel Manager
- Jason@vcmbc.com - before the end of August.
We are especially in need of:
- Venues with opportunities to host student music
groups for performances (both those that can supply A/V and
venues that do not need microphones)
- Options for student evening activities.
All interested partners must be "student
friendly" and prepared to handle the unique needs of this
market.
To learn more about any of the above subjects or
to discuss any aspect of the Travel Trade Market, please feel
free to contact Jason Knibbs, Tour & Travel Manager at jason@vcmbc.com or
604-484-5363.
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The Latest in Community Tourism Foundations
Congratulations to West Vancouver, New Westminster and Burnaby!
These three communities were recently accepted to participate
in the Community Tourism Foundations program through Tourism
British Columbia. Community Tourism Foundations is available
to assist communities at their individual stage of development
and enhance their marketing activities in order to attract more
visitors to the Vancouver, Coast & Mountains Tourism Region.
TBC provides paid facilitators to work with communities on a
customized basis to identify the community’s needs and
to create and execute an action plan.
In addition, Harrison, Kent, Squamish, Langley, Bowen Island,
White Rock and the Sunshine Coast have been working on developing
tourism as part of the Community Tourism Foundations program.
These communities are working with a facilitator on various areas
of their tourism development, including creating marketing plans,
determining sustainable funding options, creating marketing organizations
and other activities that have been determined by the community
tourism stakeholders.
Once communities participate in the development side of this program there
is an opportunity to receive partnered marketing dollars through Vancouver,
Coast & Mountains Tourism Region. For more information on the Community
Tourism Foundations Marketing program and its new guidelines, please click
here.
If you have any questions about Community Tourism Foundations,
contact Shawna Leung at 604-484-5360 or shawna@vcmbc.com.
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Age does matter
By Hazel Heyer l Special to eTN (eTurbo News)
Demographics will be one of the most important
factors affecting the shape of tourism in the medium to long-term.
However, booming population growth across much of the developing
world combined with an aging population in the world’s
major developed economies will raise a few issues.
As tourism moves its demographic focus from population
explosion to population redistribution, it will see the impact
of “greying” populations throughout the world, a
labor force peaking in many areas and a rising number of children
in only two regions: North America and Africa, according to Jacob
Kirkegaard, Research Associate at the Institute for International
Economies.
Economic impact of demographics is relevant to
tourism as it zooms in closer to the inflection point of stagnation.
The share of youth population in Asia has already evolved almost
close to stagnation.
Kirkegaard said, “The number of children globally is heading
towards a real decline except for both North America and Africa
(with an absolute rising number of children), World labor forces
are peaking at about 20-40 age range, however there is a large
regional disparity across the world. On the global front, the
number of elderly in the world is simply about to explode- an
issue that exists in Europe, the United States and obviously,
Asia (in terms of absolute increase).”
Click here for the rest of the story
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The Bigger Game
Vancouver, Coast & Mountains is proud to offer
our tourism partners this terrific leadership seminar opportunity!
October 16 & 17, 2006
The BIGGER GAME is a revolutionary new system that addresses
the need for citizen leaders in our organizations and communities.
The BIGGER GAME is a model for personal growth, leadership
development, and social change that proclaims that everyone
is a leader; that everyone has something extremely valuable
to contribute towards creating a better world in which to live.
By the end of the program, which includes the 2-day
workshop, two 1-hour follow-up conference calls, and a series
of motivational e-mails, you may or may not have defined the
name of your next Bigger Game but you will have the tools to
define your Bigger Game by knowing how to PLAY and STAY in the
GAME!
Dates: Monday October 16 and Tuesday
October 17, 2006
Times: 9am - 6pm daily
Location: The Blue Horizon Hotel -1225 Robson
Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1C3
Registration:
Early Bird: $642 including GST up until September 5, 2006
Full Registration: $749 including GST after September 5, 2006
Register with Your Partner (either business or personal), you
and your partner will each receive $100 off the FULL course fee.
To Register Contact:
Vancouver, Coast & Mountains Tourism Region
Amanda Haines at 604-484-5361 or amanda@vcmbc.com
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.Travel registry unveils new corporate web
site
Tralliance Corporation has unveiled a new look
web site - www.travel.travel - to make it easier for travel and
tourism companies to get the information they need to acquire
.travel domain names. According to Edward Cespedes, CEO of Tralliance
Corporation : "With more and more travel entities requesting
.travel domain names, we had a need to expedite the process,
and one way to do that was to improve our web presence and online
tools. The new website makes it simpler for our travel partners
to find the information they need to complete the authentication
and registration processes and to secure .travel domain names."
The site now features clearer access points
with highly visible page links, faster navigation tools and
more direct hyperlinks to relevant .travel partner web pages
and information. Travel entities visiting the site are now
just a click away from pertinent .travel information and resources,
including authentication and registration procedures, frequently
asked questions, important policies and the WhoIs database,
allowing new registrants to review .travel names already in
use.
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What Vacation?
From the July issue newsletter of Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell:
It's July, and the summer vacation season is in
full swing. And by just about every measure, it will yield record
numbers for the U.S. travel industry. Nevertheless, fully 29%
of active leisure travelers in America tell us they are planning
to "take fewer vacations" this year. There is much
speculation as to why, including the price of gasoline at the
pump and the turmoil in the Middle East. Yet when asked why they
are planning to take fewer vacations, one out of four travelers
cite "financial reasons" as the culprit. This comes
as no surprise, given Americans’ voracious appetite for
credit and the remarkable rise in installment debt observed over
the previous 12 months.
Click here for more ...
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Need an intern?
Vancouver, Coast & Mountains has received the
contact information for a Multilingual Communications (English
and Spanish) student from the University of Applied Science in
Cologne, Germany. Sonja Steinigans is looking to acquire a four
month internship in the tourism sector in Canada for 2007/2008.
She has experience working with a one-man tour operator, and
has also completed an apprenticeship at a German travel agency.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Sonja
directly at:
Sonja Steinigans
Lützowstr. 35
50674 Cologne
Germany
email: sunnyways@web.de
phone: 011 49 221 9424474
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Your feedback is most
welcome on any subject – please e-mail kevan@vcmbc.com. |
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