NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

March 15, 2019 (Ottawa, Ontario) – Canada’s largest gathering of  the sport tourism industry will return to Ottawa in 2021  for the 21st edition of Sport Event Congress. The Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA), with the support of Ottawa...

    Honouring the best in Canada’s Sport Tourism Industry    February 4, 2019 OTTAWA, ON:   This year’s finalists for the 2019 Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA) PRESTIGE Awards, represent events, organizations, and volunteers...

         With most of the country covered by a snowy winter blanket, thoughts of green golf courses are welcome in January! Although CSTA’s Sport Tourism FORE-um and [un] GOLF presented by Marriott International has wrapped for the...

  The Golf Carts are full! The Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance’s (CSTA) upcoming Sport Tourism FORE-um & [un] GOLF is SOLD OUT! More than 160 representatives of sport organizations, destinations and suppliers from across the sport tourism industry will...

  The Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance PRESTIGE awards are ready to receive your nominations online starting today. Recognize your outstanding people and events of the sport tourism industry from 2018 by nominating them for the 13th annual CSTA PRESTIGE Awards in...

  National Sport Organizations recognized by Sport Canada are invited to participate in the 2018 Global Sport Impact (GSI) Canada Index. To increase Canada’s attractiveness as a host destination, CSTA launched the GSI Canada Index in 2017. Developed in...

  The Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance, in partnership with Destination Canada, will once again lead a TEAM Canada delegation to Sportaccord Convention 2019, scheduled for May 5-10 in Gold Coast, Australia. Sportaccord is a 5-day gathering of over 1,800 leading...

  CSTA’s 2018 GSI Canada Index – Call for Participation Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA) members are invited to participate in the 2018 Global Sport Impact (GSI) Canada Index. Developed in collaboration with Sportcal, a leading sport market...

   Water Polo Canada is requesting bids for the following 2019-2020 events:  Event Year: 2019 Event Title: 2019 Water Polo Canada AGM and Annual Growth and Leadership Summit Bid Deadline: 11/29/2018 Event Year: 2020 Event Title: 2020 UANA Junior...

   The World Table Hockey Association has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to find partners and hosts for the World Table Hockey Association’s Festival, Exhibition and Championships (FEC) in 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22. On Monday, 01 October 2018,...

  Sport Events Congress 2019 returns to Canada’s capital March 19-21. Save the date for what will be a ‘house of un-commons’ opportunity to connect with all of the sport tourism stakeholders in Canada.    

  September  19, 2018 (Ottawa, Ont.) Figures released by the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance demonstrate that the sport tourism industry continued to have a significant impact on the Canadian economy in 2017. According to custom data tabulations from the...

  The Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA) has published the first update to its 2016 report on the Federal Hosting Program. Originally compiled in April of 2016, the report traces the impact of the Federal Policy for Hosting International Sport Events which...

Quidditch Canada used CSTA’s Up for Bid alert service to encourage cities to bid on hosting opportunities for its events for the next two years. CSTA is pleased to have supported the process and to assist in the announcement of the upcoming events and host...

  SportAccord Convention & Team Canada Sales Mission As part of the MOU between the organizations, the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance, in partnership with Destination Canada, is pleased to offer two co-operative marketing opportunities to CSTA members in...

  The 5th edition of the Smart Cities & Sport Summit is back in Lausanne on 29-31 October, 2018! Considered as the leading conference on the relationship between sport and cities, the Smart Cities and Sport Summit is a unique opportunity to create real...

  Are you measuring the economic impact of sport events? For many years, Edmonton Events has successfully engaged CSTA’s Economic Impact Assessment team to measure the impact of events held in their community. As Lindsay Harrison, Director of Edmonton...

  This past April, the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA), in partnership with Destination Canada and CBC Sports, led the TEAM Canada delegation to SportAccord Convention 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. The premier international event dedicated to engaging and...