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Registration Opens for 2025 IMPACT Sustainability Travel & Tourism Conference
MEDIA CONTACT: Astrid Chang. Registration is now open for the 2025 IMPACT Sustainability Travel & Tourism Conference, which will be held in Victoria from January 26 to 29, 2025. The conference will bring together industry experts, academics, media, and stakeholders from across the country and around the world to explore… Read more
IMPACT Recognizes Greg Oates and Tourism Cares with 2024 IMPACT Awards
MEDIA CONTACT: Deirdre Campbell. The founders of the IMPACT SUMMIT Sustainable Travel & Tourism Conference are pleased to recognize community and sustainable tourism advocate Greg Oates, and Tourism Cares, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring tourism is a force for good. READ PRESS RELEASE HERE
Travel Weekly: Sustainable Canada: Tackling Overtourism
Sustainable Canada: Tackling Overtourism By Elizabeth Becker. VICTORIA, British Columbia The tsunami warning was a nice touch. On the first day that delegates opened discussions about tourism and climate change, planet Earth responded with a jolt. Shortly after midnight, sirens blared and cellphones rang across Vancouver Island: WARNING — TSUNAMI:… Read more
Canadian Geographic: Is Canada On The Cusp Of A Tourism Enlightenment?
Is Canada on the cusp of a tourism enlightenment? BY ROBIN ESROCK: What tourism’s shift to sustainability, reconciliation and regeneration means for the rest of us. It’s hard to work against Mother Nature, and it costs,” says Dave Cowen, CEO of the Butchart Gardens. We’re backstage at the iconic Vancouver… Read more
World Nomads: The Travel Sustainability Conferences Changing
“Tourism is a truly global force that in and of itself has the power to effect change,” remarked Robert Sandford, leading Canadian expert on sustainability in his opening speech at this year’s IMPACT Sustainability, Travel, and Tourism Conference. IMPACT is a yearly summit that takes place in Victoria, British Columbia,… Read more
IMPACT Recognizes Lisa Helps, Frontiers North Adventures, and Ted Rogers School of Management with 2023 IMPACT Awards
MEDIA CONTACT: Deirdre Campbell. The founders of the IMPACT Sustainability Travel & Tourism Conference are pleased to recognize thought leaders and long time supporters of the IMPACT conference; Lisa Helps; Frontiers North Adventures; and School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University. READ PRESS… Read more
IMPACT Recognizes Robert Sandford and Explore Songhees with the 2022 IMPACT Awards
MEDIA CONTACT: Deirdre Campbell. The founders of the IMPACT Sustainability Travel & Tourism Conference are pleased to recognize author and visionary Robert Sandford and Indigenous tourism territorial management organization, Explore Songhees each with an IMPACT Sustainability Award in 2022. READ PRESS RELEASE HERE