ACTA Member Alerts & Press Releases
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ACTA needs your support to ask government to extend critical aid to industry, clarify criteria for advisories & border opening | September 9
The travel industry remains in urgent need of sector-specific support. While other industries have entered a recovery phase, this cannot be said of the travel industry due to closed borders, a broad … more
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Travel Agency lobbying pays off with extension of relief benefits – lobbying help will still be needed in the coming weeks | August 25
ACTA is very pleased that our industry lobbying efforts continue to see results. As the saying goes “it takes a village” and we are very grateful to all the of the Travel Agents and Travel Agency … more
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ACTA adds Independent Contractor Template to HR Business Resources | August 12
Unlike any other event in history, the COVID-19 crisis has had a significant and unprecedented financial impact on the Canadian and global Travel Industry. Along with ACTA’s government lobbying … more
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Canada Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB) Expiration – Your help urgently needed | July 24
All indications are that the CERB program, which is set to expire in the fall (August 29, 2020 for those that applied mid-March), will switch to the Employment Insurance (EI) program.With legislation … more
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ACTA Advocacy Update – CEWS, CERB and Continued Border Closures; How You can Help | July 15
Last week the federal government provided a Fiscal Snapshot and projections on the deficit for the end of the year. The report highlighted two financial relief programs that have been a lifeline to … more
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ACTA has actively lobbied for change to a number of federal and provincial financial aid relief programs | June 24
Since the last ACTA Member COVID-19 Portal Update, ACTA has actively lobbied for change to a number of federal and provincial financial aid relief programs:
Canada Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB) - … more
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ACTA calls on government to extend CERB for travel industry; new letter writing campaign | June 9
ACTA is calling on the Canadian government to extend the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) for the travel industry, Travel Agencies and Travel Agents to counter the continuation of government … more
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ACTA joins Canadian Tourism Roundtable to open domestic tourism | May 29
ACTA has joined a number of tourism, travel, hospitality, transportation and business organizations and leaders to form the Canadian Tourism Roundtable – a coalition that wants to see safe, … more
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ACTA Survey results provide key information on Travel Agency uptake & gaps of Government Financial Relief Programs | May 25
ACTA has just completed a survey of members in order to gather information on travel agency access to the current government financial aid programs. ACTA was aware that some members have not been … more
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The Role of the Travel Agent with Future Travel Vouchers and Refunds | May 20
Travel agents act as “agents”
Travel agents, in most circumstances, act as agents for a travel supplier (airline, hotel, cruise, tour company). In almost all circumstances, the funds are … more