Ecotourism Webinar July 13 at 12 Noon CST - Developing Unique Alternative Accommodations

FREE Webinar on Developing Unique Alternative Accommodations

Presenter: Join Amanda Huculak, Project Manager of Canadian Ecotourism Services (CES) and owner of Travel Roots, a socially responsible travel company, as she takes you on a journey to discover what makes accommodations unique and memorable. She'll provide insight from her own travel experiences as well as provide a variety of Best Practices from around the world.

What you will learn:

• Discover Best Practices in unique accommodations throughout the world

• What it takes to stand out from your competition

• How to draw tourists in to your rural accommodation options

• What is needed to start your own business

WHEN: Wednesday, 13 July 2016 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (CDT)

Where: At the comfort of your desk! – Details will be sent upon registration

Register via EventBrite at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ecotourism-webinar-developing-unique-alternative-accommodations-tickets-26116457026 

For more details please contact CES at 1-877-444-5550 or email info@cesclients.com

Share your Story with the World - Digital Storytelling Project!

We're happy to announce that we'll be offering Digital Storytelling Projects through our Cultural Preservation Initiative starting at only $4,500! 

This is an amazing opportunity to:

• Celebrate and preserve your community's unique culture and heritage
• Record and document stories about your culture, traditions and language
• Map and share the spirit and identity of your people
• Create a digital living museum of your community
• Develop an innovative app that showcases stories from your past, present, and future
• Engage youth & elders and everyone in between in protecting your culture

Call Amanda to apply at 1-877-444-5550 or email her at amanda@cesclients.com. 

Tourism Excellence North Brokers Meeting - June 8, 2016

Announcement: There is going to be a Tourism Excellence North Brokers Meeting at Old Fort William on Wednesday June 8^th from 9:30am to 4pm.

The meeting is free to attend and is most relevant to tourism stakeholders from the region, in particular provincial and federal tourism advisors municipal staff, economic development officers, destination marketing organization staff, sector organizations and others who are on the ground and in the field supporting tourism operators, destinations and communities as a regular part of their everyday job.

Click here for more info and to register - http://tourismexcellencenorth.ca/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=ViewOneBooking&id=1

Background

The Tourism Excellence North (TEN) program was presented at the 2016 NOMA Conference this year and is a tourism development program for Northern Ontario, inspired in part by the success and impact of a similar program led by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) in Atlantic Canada. TEN is a suite of 10 training solutions designed to strengthen the ability of tourism operations to respond to changes in the marketplace, adapt to quality visitor expectations, develop innovative experiences that raise the bar on visitor value and deliver increased returns for operations and the destination as a whole. TEN strategically guides investment into tourism development holistically over the long term. TEN is aligned to support priorities for tourism development in Northern Ontario, specifically those of Tourism Northern Ontario (TNO) and Explorer’s Edge (EE). TEN also supports and aligns with service quality enhancement and visitor experience priorities of Canada’s Federal Tourism Strategy: Welcoming the World and Ontario’s Growth Plan for Northern Ontario. Initiated in September 2014, the final plan, completed in February 2015 is supported by a 3-­year implementation plan. 

For more information visit their website at http://tourismexcellencenorth.ca.