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While the majority of readers will agree that we live in changing times, I suspect that it is a minority who have grasped the full magnitude of that change in terms of its depth, breadth and pervasiveness. The position of vice-president, strategy, with the responsibility for research and planning, is quite simply to help prepare the Canadian tourism sector for a new, different and uncertain future.
In preparing this column, I came across a quote that resonated with my own observations and situation. An executive responsible for the future development of a very large corporation had been asked, "What do you worry about most on your job?" His answer was startling: "I worry most about what my people don't know they don't know. What they know they don't know, they're able to work on and find the answer to. But they can't do that if they don't know that they don't know." During the past few years, many people have come to feel like this executive. (source: Stanley Davis, ...Full Story
The National Tourism Indicators (NTI) for the third quarter (Q3) 2005, released January 10, 2006 by Statistics Canada, provide a summary of Q3 tourism expenditure estimates, unadjusted for ...Full Story
The search for authenticity is a predominant trend driving tourism because travellers are looking for unique experiences that are part of our vibrant and varied world. Quebec is not Venice, the Inuit ...Full Story
In the wake of the unprecedented level of attacks by malicious virus and worm activity, we are distributing this quick reference guide to protecting your home – and ...Full Story
