by Kim Beggs | Oct 5, 2021 | Best Practices, News & Announcements
The impact of climate change and extreme weather conditions has been even more evident on sport events this past year. We have seen athletes adversely affected by extreme heat, and winter sports struggling to be held in reliable snow and/or ice conditions. October 6th...
by Kim Beggs | Sep 29, 2021 | News & Announcements
September 30th was recently designated as a federal statutory holiday, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The legislation to enact this day was passed with a commitment from the Government of Canada to reconciliation and ensuring that the tragic history...
by Kim Beggs | Sep 27, 2021 | News & Announcements
The latest figures to assess the impact of Sport Tourism on the Canadian economy indicate that the industry generated $7.4 billion in value in the calendar year 2019. The analysis, released by Sport Tourism Canada, was based on two surveys from Statistics Canada, the...
by Kim Beggs | Sep 24, 2021 | News & Announcements
Now is the time to tell everyone how your destination has prepared for a post-COVID return to sport events! We’re now booking slots for our Member Spotlights, with availabilities starting in March 2022. Create more visibility for your destination/organization through...
by Kim Beggs | Jun 29, 2021 | Uncategorised, News & Announcements
OTTAWA, ON – After highlighting responses from both domestic and international sport event rights holders, the third part of Sport Tourism Canada’s (STC) series, Bouncing Back – Preparing for a Sport Hosting and Economic Reboot puts the spotlight on Canadian...
by Kim Beggs | Jun 15, 2021 | News & Announcements
They say ‘membership has its benefits’ and we couldn’t agree more! That’s why some of the fantastic content from Sport Events Congress 2021 is now available to our members. We received many requests following the conclusion of SEC21 about whether the content...