Explorers’ Edge has invested in Tourism Excellence North (TEN), a tourism development program that host a suite of training tools to help individual tourism operators maximize the potential of their tourism experience. Continue reading
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Visitor Exit Survey
Along with the Fall 2016 Fuel & Fun program, Explorers’ Edge also dispersed a Visitor Exit Survey to gain feedback to gain feedback on the program as well as participants overall experience in the region.
AMA – Jack Rabbit Reservation System
Tanya Milan, Project Manager, with JackRabbit Systems will be hosting an “AMA” Ask Me Anything session on the JackRabbit referral system that is hosted on the Explorers’ Edge website.
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Online Packages Opportunity: Ontario Fall Weekends Campaign
The upcoming Ontario Fall Weekends campaign encourages our primary target audience, couples travelling without children from Ontario and the U.S. (New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan), to unearth their passions and go beyond the known, to be stimulated by Ontario’s local stories of unexpected hidden gems. The campaign launches early in September and will run through to mid-November 2016.
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Parry Sound Area Tourism Summit
In October 2015, Regional Tourism Organization 12 (Explorers’ Edge) in partnership with the Town of Parry Sound, Carling Township, the Township of McDougall, Seguin Township, the Township of McKellar and the Township of The Archipelago embarked on an exercise to gain an understanding of the current roles of various tourism stakeholder organizations in the Parry Sound Area and clarify the best future direction.
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TODS Program Review – Final Results
Please see the following memo and overview of program review results regarding the Tourism Oriented Directional Signing (TODS) program.
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2015 Annual General Meeting – Registration
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Agenda Tuesday June 2, 2015
Click here to view the presentation
9.30am to 12.00pm
Muskoka Boat and Heritage Centre, Gravenhurst, ON
275 Steamship Bay Rd, Gravenhurst, ON
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2015 Annual General Meeting
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Tuesday June 2, 2015
9.30am to 12.00pm
Muskoka Boat and Heritage Centre
275 Steamship Bay Rd, Gravenhurst, ON Continue reading
2015 Call For Nominations
Position of Director, Board of Directors Regional Tourism Organization 12 (RTO12)
The deadline for nominations and applications to fill vacancies on our Board of Directors is April 16, 2015.
RTO12 is seeking volunteers to sit on the Board of Directors and contribute to the development and supervision of its strategic vision and support the tourism interests of Algonquin Park, Almaguin Highlands, Muskoka and Parry Sound. The Board of Directors invites volunteers who have a commitment to regional tourism efforts, a knowledge of and passion for the tourism industry, and an interest in becoming an active participant in RTO12 matters.
To complete the online application CLICK HERE.
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Market Ready Surveys – Ride the Edge
A priority for Explorers’ Edge product development is the motorsports initiative, “Ride The Edge,” which promotes motorcycling, snowmobiling and ATVing across the region.
Working with motorsports content consultants, Phase I of this initiative involved developing distinct content and suggested routes to include for promotion of all three sports, and to position our region as a motorsports touring destination. (Click here to review online content, photos and videos pertaining to each sport.)