PhoCusWright's Canadian Online Travel Overview, Second Edition (July, 2010)

PhoCusWright's Canadian Online Travel Overview Second Edition, 2007-2011 delivers key data and analysis necessary for any travel company seeking to understand the unique nuances of the Canada travel marketplace and gain competitive advantage.

Competing beyond price: Why Canada’s tourism industry must innovate to survive (June, 2010)

In this third annual report, Deloitte and the Tourism Industry Association of Canada review a range of cost and price structures across the tourism industry and outline several critical response strategies Canada’s operators can adopt to enhance their competitive stance.

TIAC 2009-2012 Business Plan - Securing Canada's Competitive Position (November, 2009)

The 2009-2012 Business Plan highlights the Association’s activities over the past year and outlines the initiatives that are planned over the following three years. TIAC values the input of its membership, and is dedicated to providing them with a transparent accounting of the activities the organization undertakes on their behalf. Moreover, TIAC is committed to remaining engaged and responsive to its membership’s needs, and innovative in its approach to lobbying, advocacy, communications and events management.

Globe and Mail Tourism Matters Supplement (June, 2009)

The Globe and Mail Report on Tourism supplement was published June 2nd, providing readers of Canada’s largest national daily newspaper with an overview of some of the industry’s recent challenges and successes.

Tourism & Travel Trends 2008 (February, 2009)

Tourism & Travel Trends 2008 is a new document which seeks to marshal together and present various data and statistics hitherto dispersed in a variety of documents and locations. The document illuminates trends over the past ten years in Canadian travel and tourism in order to provide new insights into the industry.

Green Your Business: Toolkit for Tourism Operators (November, 2008)

The Toolkit is a best practices guide that provides tourism operators with practical, user-friendly tips and guidance on greening their businesses. The suggestions in the toolkit are tangible and easy to implement, and targeted towards small and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s).

Tourism Amid Turmoil: How Canadian Companies Can Compete (November, 2008)

Deloitte and the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) have once again collaborated in a research initiative aimed at addressing the industry’s critical challenges. In this second annual report, we identify the global trends influencing Canada’s competitiveness in tourism and highlight the strategies that some of our country’s tourism leaders are taking in response. It is our hope that tourism organizations and destinations across the country can benefit from the insight shared by these organizations on issues that include managing the economic downturn, training, recruitment, technological innovation, product development and branding.

TIAC 2008-2011 Business Plan (November, 2008)

2008-2011 Business Plan highlights the Association’s activities over the past year and outlines the initiatives that are planned over the following three years. TIAC values the input of its membership, and is dedicated to providing them with a transparent accounting of the activities the organization undertakes on their behalf. Moreover, TIAC is committed to remaining engaged and responsive to its membership’s needs, and innovative in its approach to lobbying, advocacy, communications and events management.

The Report on Canada's Tourism Competitiveness (June, 2008)

The Canadian tourism industry is on the precipice of an unprecedented decline, which could have a massive impact on the 1.6 million Canadians whose jobs depend on this sector. This is the message contained in The Report on Canada’s Tourism Competitiveness, released in June, 2008 by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC), prior to the onset of much of the economic turmoil that occurred later that year.

Moving the Canadian Economy: Four Pillars For A National Transportation Strategy (November, 2008)

Transportation has always been a critical component of the Canadian economy. Connecting our vast geography, transportation is an economic enabler, providing a framework for value-added sectors to develop, to create jobs, and to compete. While the Government of Canada has implemented a number of positive initiatives and policies over the years, it has not been guided by a long-term and predictable strategy. Our transportation infrastructure requires significant investment and our transportation regulatory environment, consisting of inefficient tax and operating requirements and split responsibilities between levels of government, requires modernization.

Finding the Balance: Reducing Border Costs While Strengthening Security (February, 2008)

Unfortunately, both Canadian and U.S. business communities are expressing a serious and growing concern with the increasing costs and delays associated with crossing the border. While we strongly support the efforts of our governments to protect our two nations against those who threaten our freedoms, we also believe that we can keep our borders closed to terrorism yet open to trade. Ensuring the safety and prosperity of our citizens requires us to work together so that decisions about security and economic policy are mutually reinforcing and balanced and do not serve to unnecessarily disrupt legitimate travel and trade. A ‘thick’ border, one associated with increasing border-crossing fees, inspections, and wait times, is an expensive border. A sense of frustration exists within the Canadian and U.S. business communities that many practical measures that could reduce border-related costs have yet to be taken.