Grants & Funding:
- March 15, 2012 deadline for Community Giving Grant applications (Canada) - click here
- Feb 2012: The intake for the 2012-2013 Healthy Communities Fund Grant Program is now open (Ontario) - click here
From our partners at the Canadian Embassy in Washington: NewsCan is a weekly summary of Canadian news:
December 16 - 22, 2011 – click here
Department of Homeland Security:
December, 2011 - United States-Canada Beyond The Border: A Shared Vision For Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness (Action Plan) - click here
The White House:
December, 2011 - United States - Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council - Joint Action Plan - click here
The Government of Canada:
December 2011 - Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness - Action Plan (Beyond The Border: A Shared Vision for Perimiter Security and Economic Competitiveness) - click here
Border Remedial Action Plan:
September 19, 2011: Buffalo Business First - “Border Crossing Issues Under Study” – click here
September 20, 2011: Buffalo News - “Study offers border improvements” – click here
Connect to Canada (NewsCan)
March 28, 2012 - Startup Canada / Record-Breaking Tourism / World-Class Universities - click here
March 14, 2012 - Trans-Pacific Partnership / Stem Cell Research Leaders / Offshore Drilling - click here
March 8, 2012 - International Women's Day, Devil's Brigade, Iceland, Internet - click here
March 1, 2012 - Agriculture, Female Soldiers, KXL, Christopher Plummer - click here
February 29, 2012 - U.S. Students in Canada / Silicon Valley Success / Taking the Earth's Pulse - click here
Deloitte:
Navigate Winter 2011 - Trends in Canada's Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Industry - click here
OTTI (Office of Travel & Tourism Industries):
March 26, 2012 - TI News: Webinar: International Travel & Tourism Markets Japan to the United States - click here
March 13, 2012 - TI News: U.S. International Air Travel for January 2012 Totaled 13.7 Million - OTTI Reports Total International Monthly Air Traffic for the First Time - click here
March 7, 2012 - 2011 Release on International Visitation to the United States - click here
March 7, 2012 - 2011 International Visitation Sets New Record to Support the National Export Initiative - click here
February 27, 2012 - U.S. International Travel for Calendar Year 2011 - U.S. citizen outbound market totaled 58.5 million travelers for 2011 - click here
February 24, 2012 - U.S. Commerce Department Releases Prototype of Key Origin Market Profiles - click here
February 22, 2012 - Learn More About the Inbound Markets - France & Germany - webinar scheduled for March 20 - click here
February 16, 2012 - Japan's Projected Bookings to the United States - click here
February 15, 2012 - China's Projected Bookings to the United States - click here
HVS in Canada (Global Hospitality Services)
November 10 & 11, 2011 – HVS Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference & Operations Summit – click here
November 3, 2011 - Canadian Monthly Lodging Outlook – September, 2011 – click here
November 21, 2011 – Global Hospitality Report – click here - featuring: Central Florida Newsletter - Fall 2011 A Review of Visitation and Hotel Market Trends - Hotel News Across Central Florida
Canadian Weekly Lodging Outlook – November 6 - 12, 2011 – click here
Link2US:
October 5, 2011 - Link2US E-Alert on Canada - U.S. Relations – click here
Information Resource Center - U. S. Embassy Ottawa
August 31, 2011 - Link2US E-Alert: Environment – click here
Brookings:
March 15, 2012 - Brookings Report: Exports; Immigrants & the Labor Force; Transportation Infrastructure - click here
October 10, 2011 - Job Numbers; China's Currency; Targeting Citizens – click here
Industry Canada
November 2011 - Protecting your Intellectual Property before doing Business Abroad - easy 8 step program - click here
October 2011 - New Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act in Force - click here
October 2011 - Venture Capital Monitor Q2 2011 (A quarterly update on the Cdn Venture Capital Industry) - click here
November 30, 2011 - IC Headlines - November 2011 – click here
Tourism Research Unit of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism & Culture
August 3, 2011 – Facts and Figures Newsletter Winter 2011 – click here
August 21, 2011 - May edition of the Tourism Performance Bulletin – click here
July 14, 2011 – Interim Chief Executive Officer of OTMP – click here
July 11, 2011 – New Tool – Historical Statistics – click here
July 5, 2011 – A new report, The Impact of Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) has just been posted – click here
June 22, 2011 - Tourism Outlook Updated to 2015 – click here
June 21, 2011 – Regional Tourism Profiles – click here
Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC)
March 27, 2012 - CTC News - click here
March 13, 2012 - CTC News - click here
March 7, 2012 – CTC News – click here
U.S. Department of Commerce ~ International Trade Administration
October 1, 2011 – Resources for Going Global – click here
December, 2011 – Upstate New York World Trade News for December 2011 – click here
Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC)
March 21, 2012 - Press Release: Extraordinary Investments in Tourism and Culture Recognize Quebec's Travel Industry as a Driver of Economic Growth - click here
October 6, 2011 - Federal Tourism Strategy Launched – click here
Hotel Association of Canada
September 20, 2011 - Statistics Canada Report: International Travel: Advance Information – July 2011 - click here
September 15, 2011 – PKF Trends (in the Canadian Hotel Industry) NMR for July 2011 - click here
September 14, 2011 – Hotel Industry Facts Sheet – click here
Port of Buffalo:
November 23, 2011: Providing Accurate ACE Information - click here
November 23, 2011: 2012 Brokerage Triennial Report Link - click here
September 8, 2011: Port of Buffalo Information Notices: 1) Systemic Issues with the Automated Cargo Environment Multimodal Manifest (ACE M1) and the Electronic Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Programs; 2) revised U.S. Customs and Border Protection Forms 301 and 301A – click here
SecureIDNews:
November 14, 2011 - SecureIDNews - TSA starts known traveler, Legic boosts Mifare, BofA goes EMV - click here
Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation's (OTMPC):
November 22, 2011 – “Ontario Passport” – OTMPC News – click here
World Tourism Organization:
October 18, 2011 - Tourism Towards 2030 - Global Overview – click here
