On ACTA’s docket for 2016: NCFs, insurance and a compensation fund for MB, SK

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The retail landscape sure has changed a lot from the days when a proliferation of mom-and-pop agencies had only ACTA fighting their industry battles, and when ACTA held conferences that were the biggest networking events in town.

But the need for ACTA’s advocacy efforts is still there, and through decades of consolidation, the growing clout of consortiums and host agencies and all the noise around the Internet, ACTA has maintained its role as advocate for the Canadian travel agent, says the Chair of ACTA’s Board of Directors, Mary Jane Hiebert.

“Everything still comes down to our four pillars: advocate, educate, promote, connect. Our role is more focused now,” says Hiebert. FULL STORY