In person and virtual events, training, webinars, workshops, annual celebrations, and more.
Join Destination Canada for an informative webinar where they will reveal the latest updates to the 2024-2025 Tourism Corridor Strategy Program, walk you through the corridor submission process, and clarify what they expect from partners.
TIABC has partnered with GreenStep to help British Columbia businesses remain competitive in a changing tourism landscape.
Please join TIABC as GreenStep hosts an educational webinar aimed to educate tourism businesses about the Pledge and benefits of developing a sustainability strategy.
A free introductory webinar on Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) to help participants understand how RNG is an adaptable option to lower carbon footprints in businesses, transportation, and residential sectors.
An introductory webinar on Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) to explain how RNG is the same in its composition yet different and renewable to Natural Gas. Learn how adding RNG into their energy mix can help your business reach your carbon emission and sustainability goals.
Learn about Destination BC’s strategies and programs to support the Thompson Okanagan tourism industry in 2023 and the years to come. The webinar will include an overview of Destination BC’s new 2023 to 2025 corporate and marketing strategies, funded programs in Thompson Okanagan, and their work with partners and their roles, across the region.
Ginger Brunner, go2HR’s Manager of Industry Human Resources & Mental Health shared psychologically safe onboarding practices and practical tips and tools to use when recruiting and onboarding new employees. You can now watch the recording and download the slide deck.
Host: Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA)
The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) is presenting a virtual walkthrough of the Biosphere Sustainable Lifestyle Platform for B.C. tourism companies and how it can help to track progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the BiosphereSustainable.com platform, a sustainability management system for tourism companies.
Host: Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA)
The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) is presenting a virtual walkthrough of the Biosphere Sustainable Lifestyle Platform for B.C. tourism companies and how it can help to track progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the BiosphereSustainable.com platform, a sustainability management system for tourism companies.
TOTA’s Energy Analyst hosted a webinar with Jordan Fisher, Chief Decarbonization Officer of FRESCo, on how hotels and tourism businesses can access Energy Efficiency updates, support, and financial savings.
This webinar showcased:
How to access FortisBC rebates and government tax credits
Two Free FortisBC programs that can help reduce building operation costs
Free energy assessment to identify opportunities
Free engineering support to implement building upgrades
Free water saving devices
Host: Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA)
The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) is presenting a virtual walkthrough of the Biosphere Sustainable Lifestyle Platform for B.C. tourism companies and how it can help to track progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the BiosphereSustainable.com platform, a sustainability management system for tourism companies.
Host: TOTA & eLearningU
Want to elevate your team's digital marketing skills? Learn about the Tourism Digital Marketing Course by eLearningU and how to get a discounted price through TOTA.
Host: Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA)
The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) is presenting a virtual walkthrough of the Biosphere Sustainable Lifestyle Platform for B.C. tourism companies and how it can help to track progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the BiosphereSustainable.com platform, a sustainability management system for tourism companies.
Host: TOTA Indigenous Tourism Team
$30 | Registration is limited
The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association Indigenous Tourism team is hosting a 3-hour virtual workshop to empower tourism professionals to engage with Indigenous neighbours, businesses, and communities within Canada.
Host: TOTA & GreenStep
Taking action to reduce your tourism operations carbon footprint is a tremendous opportunity to decrease costs, engage your team, and build your brand as a responsible tourism provider. Measuring your carbon footprint for small and mid-sized businesses is easy with the EcoBase software and guidance from GreenStep.
Host: TOTA & go2HR
There is no denying it, the COVID-19 pandemic has in many cases changed not only how we work, but where. As workforce trends (and worker preferences) across the globe shift in favour of remote or hybrid workplaces, BC tourism and hospitality employers who are in a position to do so, are considering their options. While the idea of having employees work entirely or partly from home may seem attractive, it brings new challenges for the workplace. There are important HR, mental health, health and safety, and legal responsibilities and impacts to consider.
If you are considering or recently moved towards remote or hybrid work for your employees, join go2HR for this practical and informative webinar.
This webinar is ideal for employers, managers, supervisors, and business owners.
After receiving much interest in the first Preparing an "Indigenous Cultural Tourism Strategy" workshop, the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) is hosting this virtual workshop once again.
Learn how Indigenous businesses can develop Indigenous Cultural Tourism experiences and how any tourism business can incorporate Indigenous tourism into their offerings.
Host: Small Business BC
In this two-part seminar package, Small Business BC’s Market Research expert, Mark Eversfield will teach you the important steps of gathering both secondary and primary market research.
You will learn how ask the right questions, collect key data, and interpret that information to help you make strategic business decisions.
TOTA and GreenStep Solutions hosted an Energy Savings Webinar to assist tourism operators in understanding what goes on in an energy audit that will help businesses reduce their energy bills and thereby reduce their overall carbon footprint.
Host: Small Business BC
The middle of summer may seem like a strange time to begin Holiday preparations, but the truth is, savvy business owners know now is the time to start planning for success. The days are counting down to some of the busiest and most demanding shopping days of the year – Black Friday and Cyber Monday in November, Holidays in December. Have you put your plans in place for success this winter?
Host: Small Business BC
This workshop focuses on understanding social media for small business, what it is and how it’s connecting people.
Host: Small Business BC
Writing a business plan provides a roadmap to success for your business. It will outline your goals and the steps you will take to achieve them. This seminar will take a deep dive into the various aspects of a business plan and the key questions you need to address in each. You’ll identify the gaps in your plan and the areas you need to develop further. You’ll also find out about business plan reviewing and how it can take your start-up to the next phase.
Host: Small Business BC
One statistic suggests that 80% of business owners want to stop working in their business within the next 10 years, and yet only about 20% have an exit plan. As time passes, every entrepreneur will face the challenging task of putting an exit plan in place. This seminar will introduce the exit planning process and provide you with the 7 key steps to a business exit plan.
Host: go2HR
More than ever, businesses are becoming increasingly aware of the critical importance of mental health and creating psychologically healthy and safe work environments. Civility and respect is one of the 13 psychosocial factors that are encompassed within the best practice frame of the CSA National Standard for Psychological Health & Safety in the Workplace. However, it’s a factor that cuts across all elements to the heart of mental health.
Host: Small Business BC
Whether you are starting or looking to grow your business, the business structure you choose can have a massive impact on your profits and tax situation.
Learn how Indigenous businesses can develop Indigenous Cultural Tourism experiences and how any tourism business can incorporate Indigenous tourism into their offerings.
Host: Simon Fraser University
Sxwpilemaát Siyám (Chief Leanne Joe) a Hereditary Chief of the Squamish Nation and Transformative Storyteller and co-author Lily Raphael are sharing a path for economic reconciliation with the launch of Step Into the River: A Framework for Economic Reconciliation.
Host: British Columbia Hotel Association (BCHA)
The British Columbia Hotel Association welcomes the BC 2030 Feasibility Team to present and share plans for the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The session will explore the concept behind the historic Indigenous-led bid, share next steps on the process, and learn more about this unique and enormous opportunity to welcome the world and bolster the province's accommodation, tourism, and business communities.
Host: BC Hotel Association
The inevitable passage of Bill 10 – which removes the democratic protection of a secret ballot vote for union certification, replacing it with a card-based system – has many BCHA members concerned over what this will mean for their organization, and more importantly, their employees. To offer education, resources, and support for members, the BCHA is hosting an information session alongside the experts at Pulver Crawford Munroe LLP, a Vancouver-based law firm that practices exclusively in labour and employment law.
Host: Green Wine Future, sponsored by TOTA
Green Wine Future is the most ambitious environmental conference ever organized for the global wine community. The fully online gathering on May 23 to 26, 2022 will address critical topics of sustainability, wine, and matters related to the climate crisis and the environment.
The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) has joined with Green Wine Future (GWF) as one of its corporate sponsors and strategic partners.
Host: BC Regional Tourism Secretariat (BCRTS), including Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA)
The BC Regional Tourism Secretariat (BCRTS) is preparing to launch the Tourism Impact Portal, a common data portal that will serve as the central information place for BC tourism stakeholders. This joint initiative of five BC tourism regions, including the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA), will serve as the foundation of tourism insights by bringing together disparate data sources to empower tourism companies to make well-informed and responsible development decisions, strengthening sustainable tourism development into the future.
The BCRTS is introducing the Tourism Impact Portal through two virtual information sessions on May 17 at 12 PM PT and May 18 at 9 AM PT. Sessions will offer insights and include time for questions and feedback.
Session 1: May 17 @ 12 PM PT | Register →
Session 2: May 18 @ 9 AM PT | Register →
Registration closes May 13.
Host: TOTA / Symphony Tourism Services / BCRTS
On May 12, learn how to integrate research into your marketing plan with this 3-hr interactive, online workshop for up to 20 participants in the Thompson Okanagan region. The engaging and collaborative workshop is intended to guide tourism operators in answering questions regarding their business and ideal customer/target markets.
Participants will build a better understanding of how to apply the data to implement marketing strategies through insights and data gathered from the Weekly Tracker, Monthly Visitor Highlights, EQ & Prizm Profile for the Thompson Okanagan region.
Tourism operators will leave the workshop knowing how to identify their ideal customer, tailor their message, and implement practical actions for reaching those customers.
