by Kim Beggs | Jun 29, 2021 | News & Announcements, Press Release, Uncategorised
OTTAWA, ON – After highlighting responses from both domestic and international sport event rights holders, the third part of Sport Tourism Canada’s (STC) series, Bouncing Back – Preparing for a Sport Hosting and Economic Reboot puts the spotlight on Canadian...
by Kim Beggs | Jun 9, 2021 | News & Announcements, Press Release
Sport Tourism Canada (STC) has released the second report in its series, Bouncing Back – Preparing for a Sport Hosting and Economic Reboot. Focusing on responses from international rights holders to an online survey and interviews conducted in March and April of...
by Kim Beggs | May 18, 2021 | COVID-19, News & Announcements, Press Release
For the past several months, Sport Tourism Canada (STC) has been focused on responding to and preparing for a post-COVID sport hosting and economic reboot. It began with the STC COVID-19 Recovery Task Force which identified an adaptive recovery approach to the return...
by Kim Beggs | Apr 26, 2021 | News & Announcements, Press Release
OTTAWA – After 21 years at the helm of Sport Tourism Canada, CEO Rick Traer has announced his retirement from the position, effective July 31, 2021. He has led the organization since its inception in 2000. Following 14 years as an administrator in the provincial,...
by Kim Beggs | Apr 22, 2021 | News & Announcements, Press Release
It was a ‘slam dunk’ for the first-ever Virtual Edition of Sport Events Congress (SEC). This gathering of the sport tourism industry from across Canada moved to an online format in 2021 as an alternative to the traditional in-person gathering, which was not possible...
by Kim Beggs | Mar 4, 2021 | Press Release
The eight recipients of the 2020 Sport Tourism Canada PRESTIGE Awards were announced today in an online broadcast. Postponed from March of 2020, the recipients represent a wide cross-section of the country’s sport tourism industry for events, organizations, sponsors...