To help regional tourism stakeholders retain customers and build new audiences for your businesses while we hunker down and continue with physical distancing, Explorers’ Edge will host, TWO MARKETING WEBINARS on FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2020
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Category Archives: News
Finding Opportunity in the Midst of a Crisis
“Things will get worse before they get better.” We’ve heard this a lot over the past few weeks. But as dire as this sounds, it’s also cause for hope – because things will get better.
So while others are scaling back, savvy, forward thinking operators will see an opportunity to invest now with the expectation of a return over the long term. With tourism advertising all but suspended, there is a void to be filled provided you do it with sensitivity and tact.
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TOURISM OPERATOR SURVEY FOR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
We are a few weeks into our Covid-19 response and we now better understand federal and provincial initiatives intended to help our industry (including today’s federal announcement to increase support for SMEs).
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RECOMMENDED AGENCIES TO FOLLOW
RTO12 highly recommends that small business owners in the region follow the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce for ongoing updates to announcements affecting your businesses and staff.
NEW CONTENT INITIATIVE TO BOOST MORALE AND ENSURE TRAVELER RETENTION
Our team has developed an organic content initiative entitled “Campfire Comfort: Tales from Cottage Country”, which will be posts to our domestic and international FB pages that are stories from our region, as told by RTO12 staff or regional tourism stakeholders.
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COVID-19 Immediate Supportive Measures For Tourism SME’s
AN URGENT PLEA TO ALL ELECTED MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN THE RTO12/EXPLORERS’ EDGE GEOGRAPHICAL CATCHMENT REGARDING IMMEDIATE SUPPORTIVE MEASURES FOR TOURISM SMEs IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19
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Covid-19 Wednesday Webinar Series
Ensuring lines of communication are open the RTO will host Wednesday webinars during the COVID-19 crisis.
Covid-19 Resources for Tourism Businesses: Updated Regularly
Tourism businesses and stakeholders are encouraged to consider the following to keep up-to-date on the latest news and advocacy regarding Covid-19:
RTO12 – Follow @rto12news (James Murphy, Executive Director) and @rto12kate (Kate Monk, Senior Director, Strategy & Communications) for most up-to-date communications.
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Covid-19 Communications Updates
TO KEEP INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS INFORMED ON RTO12 EFFORTS TO SUPPORT SMEs during the Covid-19 crisis, we will now be holding weekly Wednesday webinars (1pm start) to update you on all work and advocacy-to-date. Please register for the weekly webinars HERE. Industry surveys will now be deployed on an as-needed basis.
Media Inquiries
RTO12’s Executive Director, James Murphy, is available for interviews and to answer media inquiries on an irregular basis due to the urgency of work being done by the RTO. If you would like to schedule an interview, please contact Kate Monk, Senior Director of Strategy & Communications, at kate@explorersedge.ca.
Tourism Operator Inquiries
Senior staff welcomes direct outreach from tourism operators regarding the Covid-19 development.
Email james@explorersedge.ca or kate@explorersedge.ca
For information on and updates from the Ontario Government on their management of the Covid-19 situation, click here: https://www.ontario.ca/page/2019-novel-coronavirus
For Government of Canada updates, click here: www.canada.ca/coronavirus
FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ONGOING INTELLIGENCE, CLICK HERE.
2020 Regional Tourism Summit
Explorers’ Edge will be hosting a virtual Annual General Meeting in July 2020. Details to follow.