Stevie McKeeman

Dear Members The year has started strong for the association. We are busy planning Canada’s largest bus show, the Ontario Transportation Expo (OTE). The OTE conference is happening April 15th-17th at the Delta Marriott Toronto Airport and the FREE-to-attend trade show is on April 16th at the Toronto Congress Centre across the street. OTE is

To watch a webinar presentation of Group Strategies, click here. Canada’s Tourism Growth Program accepts applications until February 29, 2024, at 8:59 pm Eastern time. If your business or region is looking to build visitations and economic contributions from the group travel segment of the tourism industry. The TGP Program may provide an opportunity to

Dear OMCA and MCC Partners, During what is already been a very busy January for our association, I want to take a moment to share my gratitude for your support in 2023 and my optimism for 2024.  Our team has just returned from a leading U.S. group travel marketplace and the excitement and renewed enthusiasm

The countdown is on until we greet our members at this year’s Marketplace in Toronto, December 11-13th. The OMCA team is hard at work putting the final touches this keystone event. With over 5,700 business to business meeting occurring on the Marketplace floor this year, a great line up of speakers and new and exciting

Group Travel is back in action and we want your photos and videos to flaunt it! Submit your media by August 18th, We are collecting images and videos from members that illustrate the lively groups that are back on the roads. Ideal submissions include: – Buses in front of an attraction, hotel, or restaurant –

The association was pleased to see the Federal Government’s Transit Committee – Inter City Bus Report released this week:  https://www.ourcommons.ca/content/Committee/441/TRAN/Reports/RP12444313/441_TRAN_Rpt13_PDF/441_TRAN_Rpt13-e.pdf The association presented to this committee in November of 2022 and has continued our lobbying activities asking for support for private bus operators. The recommendations show a strong acknowledgement of the need to collaborate with

Published May 10, 2023 Hundreds of cities across North America welcome visitors by the bus load daily, especially during the summer months. Destinations, attractions, accommodations, restaurants and retail centres use their OMCA mebership to invite tour operators to visit with their groups. Successfully marketing your destination to motor coach tours goes well beyond your sales

Published May 3rd, 2023 Thank you to all our new members and to those that have continued to support our association as our sector recovers. As our industry is on the cusp of our busy season, the association team wishes you a prosperous 2023. Destination Canada recently reported that overnight visitation grew by 185% year

As members project a prosperous 2023, we continue to remind governments that we are not out of the woods and that access to liquidity, servicing debt, and labour continue to be major barriers to our members’ success. We recently met with government of Ontario representatives to discuss these challenges and will be in Ottawa at