09.30.2020 - By Empire Club of Canada
Since February, the tourism sector, which employs 10% of Canadians, has accounted for 30.3% of the almost 3 million jobs that have been shed. Within tourism itself, 43.3% of employment has been lost since February, that’s 881,700 jobs. Of those losses, 56.1% were in part time employment and 43.9% were full-time jobs. Source: Tourism HR Canada
Join a distinguished panel of tourism industry leaders from across Canada for an informative and candid discussion on how the Covid 19 virus has impacted the industry and how it plans to recover and prosper in the future.
Panelists:
Scott Beck, President and Chief Executive Officer, Destination Toronto
Ross Jefferson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Discover Halifax
Beth Potter, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Industry Association of Ontario, TIAO
Marsha Walden, President and Chief Executive Officer, Destination Canada
Moderator:
Vanmala Subramaniam, Business Reporter, The Logic