Wednesday, August 26, 2015    

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Attention Event Coordinators & Planners!

Are you the one in your office that plans and coordinates the annual golf tournament, conference or AGM?

Whether you are new to the industry or established in your career, MTEC's 3- Part Training Series for Event Coordinators and Planners will provide the tools to assist you in planning an event from start to finish, covering areas such as administration, marketing, human resources, risk management and more!

This series will also be very beneficial for those of you who may not have the title of 'Event Planner', but you are the person in your organization that performs that function as part of your position.

The next series begins on August 12th . Seats are still available!

Even if your event is already scheduled, it's not too late to make sure that you haven't missed anything,   like proper insurance coverage. You don't know what you don't know.

There are many things in organizing and coordinating an event that can be missed that could directly impact on the success of the event.  

A comprehensive emerit Event Coordinator Workbook, valued at $85.00, is included in the course. Our upcoming workshop series will be held on August 12, August 13, and August 14, 2015.  

For more details on the course please  click here .  

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Tourism Outlook and Labour Issues Survey

Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries. Global tourism receipts were worth $1.245 billion US in 2014.

In Canada, tourists generated $88.5 billion (CAD) in revenue, of which $17.2 billion came from international visitors, an increase of 4.5% from the past year. Slightly less than half of that spending came from our nearest neighbour, the United States, a number that is likely to grow with the increasing difference in value between the two currencies. In addition, our fastest growing international market is China, which bodes well for Canada since China is the world's top spender when it comes to outbound tourism, spending $165 billion US in 2014.

Our estimates show that Canada's tourism industries could grow by 60% in the next two decades, a major opportunity for growth.

As a service industry, we rely heavily on friendly, knowledgeable and skilled employees to meet the expectations of clients. If customers' needs are not met, future opportunities for growth will be lost. Will tourism businesses have enough workers? Do they have enough workers now to meet the opportunity of swiftly growing global tourism?

We are asking you to help answer these questions. We want to know about the state of your labour market, are you finding the employees you need to meet your customers needs? Do you think your business will face greater pressure in the future? How do you intend to manage these demands?

Please take this short, ten minute survey on the current outlook for tourism's labour markets. Click on the link below, or copy and paste it into your browser to begin the survey.

http://conferenceboard.checkboxonline.com/Survey.aspx?s=2c66550fb5d94e189067fe6fd7d4bb2b

For more information please contact:

Calum MacDonald, Director of Research

Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council

(613) 231-6949 ext. 255

cmacdonald@cthrc.ca