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Nov 14, 2014, 15:40 ET Metro Toronto Convention Centre Takes Home Tourism Industry Award of Excellence for Sustainable Tourism

TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - The Tourism Industry Association of Ontario is pleased to announce the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) as the winner of the 2014 Sustainable Tourism Award....

Nov 14, 2014, 15:38 ET Ripley's Aquarium of Canada and Elgin Military Museum Win Tourism Industry Award of Excellence for Innovator of the Year

TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - The Tourism Industry Association of Ontario is happy to announce the winners of the Tourism Industry Award of Excellence for Innovator of the Year: Ripley's Aquarium of ...

Nov 14, 2014, 15:32 ET Tourism Champion W.R. Allen Wins Tourism Industry Award of Excellence for Lifetime Achievement

TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - The Tourism Industry Association of Ontario is honoured to name W.R. (Bill) Allen as the recipient of this year's Tourism Industry Award of Excellence's Lifetime...

Nov 14, 2014, 14:51 ET Easter Seals Canada Wins New Accessible Tourism Award

TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - The Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO) is happy to announce Easter Seals Canada as the winner of the Tourism Industry Award of Excellence for Accessible...

Nov 14, 2014, 14:46 ET Narine Dat Sookram Named Volunteer of the Year at 2014 Tourism Industry Awards of Excellence

TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - The Tourism Industry Association of Ontario is happy to present the Tourism Industry Award of Excellence for Volunteer of the Year to Narine Dat Sookram. This award...

Nov 14, 2014, 14:37 ET City of Windsor's 2013 International Children's Games Wins Tourism Industry Award of Excellence for Event of the Year

TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - The Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO) is pleased to announce that this year's Tourism Event of the Year Award has been presented to the City of Windsor for ...

Nov 12, 2014, 08:00 ET Media Advisories - Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport to address delegates at 10th annual Ontario Tourism Summit

TORONTO, Nov. 12, 2014 /CNW/ - The 2014 Ontario Tourism Summit is the front running conference of its kind in the province, and brings hundreds of industry professionals together to learn new trends...

Nov 12, 2014, 08:00 ET Growing Tourism in Ontario: TIAO hosts the 2014 Ontario Tourism Summit

TORONTO, Nov. 12, 2014 /CNW/ - The Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO) is honoured to host the tenth annual Ontario Tourism Summit and Ontario Tourism Awards of Excellence on Nov. 12 and...

Nov 10, 2014, 14:00 ET Capitalizing on World Tourism Growth: New Report Recommends Way Forward for Ontario

TORONTO, Nov. 10, 2014 /CNW/ - Ontario wants its fair share of a thriving world tourism economy. According to the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourist arrivals grew 5 per cent during...

Nov 18, 2013, 19:33 ET The Spirit Awards receives Industry Award for Recognition of Hospitality Ambassadors in the GTA

TORONTO, Nov. 18, 2013 /CNW/ - The Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO) recently awarded The Greater Toronto Hotel Association (GTHA)'s The Spirit Awards with its Employee Attraction and...

Nov 18, 2013, 19:08 ET Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Generates Provincial Accolade for their Sustainable Tourism Practices

TORONTO, Nov. 18, 2013 /CNW/ - The Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO) recently presented Great Wolf Lodge with the Sustainable Tourism Award for "Project Green Wolf" at the 2013 Ontario...

Nov 18, 2013, 19:03 ET Learn to Camp at Ontario Parks wins Provincial Tourism Innovator of the Year Award

TORONTO, Nov. 18, 2013 /CNW/ - The Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO) is pleased to announce the winner for Tourism Innovator of the Year is Ontario Parks for their Learn to Camp program. ...

Nov 18, 2013, 18:56 ET Upper Canada Village's Pumpkinferno Lights Up with Tourism Event of the Year Award

TORONTO, Nov. 18, 2013 /CNW/ - The Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO) is pleased to announce this year's winner of the Tourism Event of the Year Award has been presented to Upper Canada...

Nov 18, 2013, 18:42 ET Inniskillin Wine's Debi Pratt wins Tourism Industry Lifetime Achievement Award

TORONTO, Nov. 18, 2013 /CNW/ - The Tourism Industry Association of Ontario is pleased to announce Deborah Pratt as this year's winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented at the 2013 Ontario...

Nov 12, 2013, 13:54 ET TIAO hosts the 2013 Ontario Tourism Summit

TORONTO, Nov. 12, 2013 /CNW/ - The Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO) is honoured to be hosting the 2013 Ontario Tourism Summit and the Ontario Tourism Awards at the Metro Toronto...

Aug 27, 2012, 06:00 ET Tourism Industry Announces Award Finalists for 2012

TORONTO, Aug. 27, 2012 /CNW/ - The Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO), the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation (OTMPC) and the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance (OCTA) are...

Jun 29, 2012, 08:16 ET McGuinty Government Supports Tourism Sector, Creates Jobs

TORONTO, June 29, 2012 /CNW/ - Ontario is home to 147,000 tourism businesses that are preparing for their busiest season. These tourism businesses were pumping $21 billion dollars into the province's ...