Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership CorporationMarketing Information Sessions

Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership CorporationMarketing Information Sessions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~OTMPC is offering a series of workshops across Ontario to informtourism stakeholdersabout their programs and how to align with their tourism marketing.All sessions are free and include lunch. Register directly with OTMPCby emailingevents@ontario.ca Learn about the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation(OTMPC) marketingplans for the coming year and how you can get involved in OTMPCprograms, partnershipopportunities, and leveraging of the Ontario brand.Interact with the OTMPC's in-house marketing, partnership, Ontariotravel information,and Ministry of Tourism staff.Register now [mailto:events@ontario.ca] for an engaging discussion onthese and other topics to learn how you can align your activities with OTMPC.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Stratford -DATE: Wednesday, November 18, 2009TIME: 10:00am - 2:00pm (lunch is provided)LOCATION: Stratford Old City Hall AuditoriumMain Floor, Old City Hall1 Wellington Street, Stratford, ON N5A 6W1RSVP by Monday, November 16:

Kingston -DATE: Tuesday, November 24, 2009TIME: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (lunch is provided)LOCATION: Old Fort Henry , Dining Room1 Fort Henry Drive, Back (East) Gate entranceRSVP by Monday, November 23:

Cobourg -DATE: Wednesday, November 25, 2009TIME: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (lunch is provided)LOCATION: Northumberland Heights, Birch Room795 Northumberland Heights Road, Cobourg, ON K9A 4J8RSVP by November 18:

Burlington -DATE: Thursday, November 26, 2009TIME: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (lunch is provided)LOCATION: Royal Botanical Gardens, Café Annex680 Plains Rd W, Burlington, ON L7T 4H4RSVP by November 23:

Vaughan -DATE: Tuesday, December 1, 2009TIME: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (lunch is provided)LOCATION: Holiday Inn Express, 6100 Highway 7Vaughan West II RoomVaughan, ON L4H 0R2RSVP by November 25:

Gravenhurst -DATE: Wednesday, December 2, 2009TIME: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (lunch is provided)LOCATION: Muskoka Boat & Heritage Centre, Ditchburn Room275 Steamship Bay RoadGravenhurst, ON P1P 1Z0RSVP by November 30:

Collingwood -DATE: Thursday, December 3, 2009TIME: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (lunch is provided)LOCATION: Blue Mountain Village Conference CentreNippising Room242 Jozo Weider Blvd.Blue Mountains, ON L9Y 3Z2RSVP by November 30:

Windsor -DATE: Friday, December 11, 2009TIME: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (lunch is provided)LOCATION: Holiday Inn Select Windsor1855 Huron Church RoadWindsor, ON N9C 2L6RSVP by December 4:

Cornwall -DATE: Tuesday, December 15, 2009TIME: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (lunch is provided)LOCATION: Ramada Hotel & Conference CentreAdirondack Room, 805 Brookdale AvenueCornwall, ON K6J 4P3RSVP by December 4:

Environmental Tourism starts with you.

How can you make a difference you ask? You can start be asking when you call to book a hotel room whether they have a recycling program. You can take that further by asking if they have an environmental program before you make a reservation.
Small steps. You may find that some hotels do not have such a program. But I invite you to consider what would happen if hotels, inns, B&B’s, resorts got these sorts of questions from 85% of the people who called to book a room.
These businesses would know that it was on the minds of their clients and would be far more likely to take action.
Small steps lead to giant leaps. Take that small step next time you travel.