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The latest Thompson Okanagan tourism industry news from TOTA, tourism businesses, and communities.
UNWTO Awake Tourism Challenge & Startup Support Program to Accelerate Sustainability
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has launched the Awake Tourism Challenge, a competition and program to find and support innovative startups working to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Deadline to submit your application: October 15, 2022
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has launched the Awake Tourism Challenge, a competition and program to find and support innovative startups working to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Eligibility:
Startups from all walks of life, from all over the world and all economic sectors are invited to participate.
Participating startups will be assessed according to their:
Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
Ease of value capture via collaboration with the startup
Potential business impact
Maturity of the product/technology
Maturity of the team and the organization
Partnership readiness
Categories:
Local community involvement.
Green and blue economies.
Ecological and Sustainable Capital Creation.
Tourism Tech for Good.
Tourism Education.
Women Empowerment.
Benefits:
Benefits for winning startups include but are not limited to:
Pitch at a UNWTO Demo Day.
Curated mentorship programme including one-on-one and in-group sessions focused on Intellectual Property (IP), sustainability, business and leadership.
Connection to the UNWTO Innovation Network for meeting public and private stakeholders to explore funding and piloting opportunities.
Potential matchmaking with partners to scale up the startups, including investors, corporations and governments.
Potential seed funding.
Deadline to submit your application: October 15, 2022
BC Tourism & Hospitality Labour Market Information (LMI) Research Project & Report | go2HR
go2HR has shared the report for the BC Tourism & Hospitality Labour Market Information (LMI) research project, which launched in January 2021 with the purpose of developing up-to-date and relevant LMI to provide the industry with the data needed to ensure a thriving workforce during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Research findings will help inform labour strategies to support labour recovery.
go2HR has shared the report for the BC Tourism & Hospitality Labour Market Information (LMI) research project, which launched in January 2021 with the purpose of developing up-to-date and relevant LMI to provide the industry with the data needed to ensure a thriving workforce during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Research findings will help inform labour strategies to support labour recovery.
The LMI project created new analytical resources for labour recovery planning for the industry, such as the BC Tourism & Hospitality Employment Tracker, which tracks monthly employment metrics in the industry, by region, and by worker demographics.
The project created 11 Workforce Profiles, providing in-depth information on key employment and demographics of the workforce offered from a provincial, sector and regional perspective.
The LMI Research Project Final Report details a labour recovery framework, labour demand projections, recovery scenarios, and a summary of worker and employer sentiments about the industry, as well as recommendations to plot the path forward on labour recovery.
Employer Toolkit: Sustaining the Black Lives Matter Movement in the Workplace
The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) has prepared a toolkit to address the increasing demand for guidance on how employers can support Black employees by sustaining the ideals behind the Black Lives Matter movement.
Employers can benefit from creating an inclusive workplace by:
Becoming a workplace of choice that attracts and retains talent.
Increasing productivity and create a greater impact (e.g. produce more revenue and/or social outcomes aligned with the organization’s vision).
Attracting business and markets from previously unexplored segments of the population.
The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) has prepared a toolkit to address the increasing demand for guidance on how employers can support Black employees by sustaining the ideals behind the Black Lives Matter movement.
Employers can benefit from creating an inclusive workplace by:
Becoming a workplace of choice that attracts and retains talent.
Increasing productivity and create a greater impact (e.g. produce more revenue and/or social outcomes aligned with the organization’s vision).
Attracting business and markets from previously unexplored segments of the population.
Lynx Air Launches Affordable Air Travel Routes to/from Kelowna
Kelowna International Airport welcomed Lynx Air this week, after launching in March 2022. Lynx is currently operating two flights a week from Kelowna to each of Calgary and Vancouver, with fares as low as $39* to and from Kelowna.
As of June 29, Lynx will increase its service to Calgary to three flights per week, taking the airline's total flights in and out of Kelowna to 10 flights and 1,890 seats per week.
To commemorate Lynx's growing presence in Kelowna, the airline has launched a limited-time seat sale and is offering up to 50 per cent off all base fares to and from Kelowna. The sale will end on May 4 at 10:59 PT.
For details and to reserve discounted seats, please visit FlyLynx.com.
Kelowna International Airport welcomed Lynx Air this week, after launching in March 2022. Lynx is currently operating two flights a week from Kelowna to each of Calgary and Vancouver, with fares as low as $39* to and from Kelowna.
As of June 29, Lynx will increase its service to Calgary to three flights per week, taking the airline's total flights in and out of Kelowna to 10 flights and 1,890 seats per week.
To commemorate Lynx's growing presence in Kelowna, the airline has launched a limited-time seat sale and is offering up to 50 per cent off all base fares to and from Kelowna. The sale will end on May 4 at 10:59 PT.
For details and to reserve discounted seats, please visit FlyLynx.com.