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Gary Kean, the Western Star - CORNER BROOK
Katie Broadhurst wants to
become a teacher, but she has every intention of keeping her foot wedged
inside the door to the tourism industry.
That’s why she took the time to attend Thursday’s spring and summer tourism information session held in Corner Brook
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Tourism Week in Canada, May 14-20, 2012, provides an opportunity to
recognize the importance of the tourism sector to Canada’s economy and
to acknowledge the dedicated and talented professionals who work in
tourism and hospitality across the country. It is also a time to reflect
on the present and future challenges facing Canada’s tourism
businesses, and develop strategies to ensure that a strong, growing and
sustainable tourism sector will continue to benefit all Canadians in the
future
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Lorraine Brown and Gurhan Aktas, University World News -
A growing segment of the international student market is made up of
exchange students who undertake a course of assessed study at an
overseas university, usually for a period of one semester or a year.
Exchange students have been identified as a segment of the international
student market that has significant growth potential.
Yet little research has been conducted into the exchange student
population
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Canadian Tourism Commission -
International tourism already contributes
over $15.1 billion in revenue every year to Canada's economy, and will
soon be even bigger as the Canadian Tourism Commission ( CTC ) gears up to kick-off Rendez-vous Canada 2012 ( RVC ), the country's largest annual international marketplace for the
tourism industry
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Edward Leeron, Netglobers -
Gail Shea, Canada's Minister of National Revenue, has just announced the
nation's plans to increase its tourism sector to improve the economy
and provide more jobs for residents.
As part of the Foreign
Convention and Tour Incentive Program, Canadian businesses that bring
more international travelers with conventions and festivals will receive
a large property tax rebate to further encourage the influx of more
tourists
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Daily News, May 5, 2012 -
Canada is in the spotlight this month with a new season of programming from BBC World News.
Special content is being broadcast globally on the BBC’s 24 hours news channel BBC World News , and exclusive multimedia content will be posted and streamed online .
”This series is an opportunity for our global audiences to find out
more about the country and its people, away from the bigger headlines
that dominate the news agenda
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Empowering Inspiration
The future of travel search
A recent study commissioned by Amadeus about how consumers will
search for travel in the future reveals travellers’ pain points and
future motivations when planning and booking for travel online
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[by Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun]
Parents, here’s a depressing fact: you are your offspring’s worst enemy when it comes to helping them work out a career path.
Recent research by a broad national alliance of employers ranging from commercial fishermen and grocers to steelworkers, police and engineers, indicates that the group is suffering a collective identity crisis — few people, neither parents nor students, have a clear understanding of Canada’s employment market
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(From The Daily, Statistics Canada, 1 May, 2012)
OTTAWA, ON -- The May 2012 issue of Education Matters: Insights on
Education, Learning and Training in Canada contains three articles
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By Nick Lees, edmontonjournal.com
More than 1,500 tourism professionals from around
the world will visit Edmonton May 13-16, generating an expected $400
million or more in business transactions.
Rendez-vous
Canada, the country’s top tourism show, is in its 36th year and Tourism
Industry Association of Canada officials say business has grown
exponentially
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