Tourism HR Canada is looking to transform its membership program to best reflect the needs of all tourism stakeholders. To ascertain how they can bring value to potential members, they are conducting a short survey on areas of interest and ways they can address industry concerns. Your answers will guide them towards offering a membership…

VOCM invites tourism operators to participate in an affordable option to maximize the tourism season! For more information, please visit http://vocm.com/staycation/ or contact: Kevin Doyle Senior Account Manager Steele Communications Email: kdoyle@newcap.ca Office: (709) 570-1163 | Cell: (709) 746-9242| Fax: (709) 726-4633

Applications are now being accepted for the Provincial Government’s Student Summer Employment Programs (SSEP). The SSEP is supported through funding provided by the Provincial Government and delivered by the Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour. The application deadline for private and not-for-profit groups interested in hiring post-secondary students is May 7, 2017. The deadline for not-for-profit groups interested in hiring high…

TourismTechnology.com is requesting proposals for the development and delivery of a series of one-day workshops focused on Facebook Live, YouTube and Vlogging for Tourism Businesses, to be delivered throughout Newfoundland in the spring of 2017. Our objective is to select a qualified company or individual that fully meets the requirements in the following Request for Proposals (RFP). The RFP…

Hiring for the upcoming summer tourism season? CareerBeacon, the largest online career site in Atlantic Canada, is offering a Student/Summer Job Rate of $195 to assist you to find great people for your organization. CareerBeacon has a special Student Category that last year, during the peak hiring season, had over 17,000 searches and over 12,000…

On March 22nd, the Federal Budget was released. Below are a few highlights with respect to the tourism industry, as well as links to what national organizations such as the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) and the Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) are saying. Hospitality NL encourages you to review these federal budget analyses…

Did you know? As part of Hospitality NL’s Member-to-Member Discount Program, PAL Airlines offers Hospitality NL members special discounted airfare rates on most of PAL’s routes! To receive the discount code and take advantage of this offer, please contact Hospitality NL’s Membership Coordinator, Susie Greene at 1-800-563-0700 or sgreene@hnl.ca. The Member-to-Member Discount Program is a valuable…

Hospitality NL’s Training Coordinator, Allie Bourden, is excited to get out and meet tourism operators across the province and with the 2017 summer tourism season just around the corner, now is the ideal time to contact Allie about training options or refresher courses for current and returning employees! As the voice of the provincial tourism…

Front-line employees are the face of every tourism and hospitality business, and the service they provide to guests can be the difference between good or great customer experiences. Their performance may determine whether a guest will return and pass on positive reviews and referrals to others, or leave disappointed and generate bad publicity for the…

Tourism employment comprised 11% of the total Canadian labour force for the month of December 2016. In January 2017, the unemployment rate in the tourism sector was at 6.1%, which is the same rate reported in January 2016, and lower than the previous month (December 2016) when the unemployment rate stood at 6.2%. In February…