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The National Awards for Tourism Excellence established to recognize and foster excellence in the Canadian tourism industry. The awards allow the industry to recognize those people, places, organizations and events that have gone above and beyond to offer superior tourism experiences to travellers in Canada. The awards are presented annually at an awards dinner during Canada's Tourism Leadership Summit.
- Applications will be accepted from all individuals, organizations or businesses that support the Canadian tourism industry and contribute to the development of Canada as a must-see destination.
- The tourism-related product or service must have been offered within the 18 months prior to August 1, 2010.
- Organizations or businesses may be self-nominated or nominated by another party.
- The application deadline is August 6, 2010.
- Air Canada Business of the Year Award – Single Unit (.pdf)
- Hilton Family of Hotels Canada Business of the Year Award – Multiple Unit (.pdf)
- Delta Hotels & Resorts New Business of the Year Award (.pdf)
- Deloitte Innovator of the Year Award (.pdf)
- Starwood Hotels & Reorts Worldwide Inc. Corporate Partner of the Year Award (.pdf)
- Tourism Toronto Travel Media Award (.pdf)
- Via Rail Canada Volunteer of the Year Award (.pdf)
- Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Marketing Campaign of the Year Award (.pdf)
- Metro Toronto Convention Centre Event of the Year Award (.pdf)
- WestJet Online Marketing Campaign of the Year Award (.pdf)
- CTHRC Award for Excellence in Human Resources Development (.pdf)
- InterContinental Hotels Group Employee of the Year (.pdf)
- Parks Canada Sustainable Tourism Award (.pdf)
- National Cultural Tourism Award (.pdf)
Nominations for the 2010 National Awards for Tourism Excellence will be accepted from May 31, 2010 until the end of business on Friday, August 6, 2010. Nominations will only be accepted via the online form prior to the deadline. Nominations must adhere to the general eligibility criteria and the category-specific criteria. Nominations must be original each year and in each category. TIAC reserves the right to re-categorize or reject nominations that do not meet these rules or criteria, or the spirit of the awards program.
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Nominations will be reviewed and scored online by a panel of judges using a confidential award administration software package. The judging committee is selected from among the industry, and consists of persons who are not associated with the nomination process or any of the nominees. Judges who have a conflict of interest are expected to recluse themselves from judging the category in question.
Each question on the nomination form is assigned a weight relative to the total score. The weighting of each question varies, depending on the number of questions and the nature of the questions in each category.
The judges will impartially evaluate the responses to the questions and assign each response a score. The scores for each question are tallied to determine each nominee’s total score. The average score for each nominee is then calculated based on the number of judges in the category.
The nomination process and judging process for the CTHRC Award for Excellence in Human Resources are different than the other awards. This award is managed by the Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council. For this award, a national judging committee will be identified, consisting of persons who are not associated with the nomination process or any of the nominees, and will identify the three finalists and the recipient.
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