Annual Membership Benefits
A TIAO membership connects you to the advocacy, insights, savings, resources and relationships that help Ontario’s tourism industry move forward. Explore the benefits available to members and discover how TIAO can support your organization, strengthen your network and amplify your voice.
Member Benefits
Government Liaison and Updates: Stay informed about key legislative changes and receive guidance on how new policies and regulations will affect your business operations and growth potential.
Grants & Funding Resources: Access up-to-date information on funding opportunities and grants designed to support Ontario’s tourism operators.
Your Voice in Government: Amplify your influence and help shape policies that directly impact your business and the tourism sector.
Ontario Tourism Strategy: Be part of the conversation to define the future of Ontario tourism and ensure your business thrives in the province's evolving landscape.
Tourism Day at Queen’s Park: Meet with key policymakers, secure funding opportunities, and advocate for tourism’s priorities in Ontario’s provincial legislature.
Ontario Tourism Summit: Gain valuable insights from industry leaders, understand emerging trends, and position your business for success. TIAO Members enjoy registration savings.
Ontario Tourism Awards of Excellence: Reduced Member fee when nominating your organization or another for OTAE.
Tourism Opportunities Forum(s): Join industry experts and peers to explore emerging trends, business opportunities, and collaborate on solutions to shared challenges in Ontario’s tourism sector.
Member Directory: Stand out in TIAO's online Member Directory, where industry peers and partners can find your business.
Event Listing: Reach a provincial tourism audience by featuring your events in the Industry Events Calendar.
Job Board: Reach industry professionals by posting your employment opportunities on TIAO’s online Job Board.
Industry Network: Connect with leaders, innovators, and peers from across Ontario. From the Ontario Tourism Summit to the Tourism Opportunities Forum, TIAO events create the connections that turn ideas into opportunities.
TIAO's Proud Member Logo: Opportunity to use the TIAO Member logo and show your support.
Education and Webinars: Stay ahead of industry trends by attending member-only webinars that cover key topics to enhance your operations.
TIAO Newsletter: Keep informed on issues happening now delivered to your inbox every Thursday.
Forward Motion Podcast: Your go-to destination for insightful conversations, expert perspectives, and inspiring stories that drive Ontario’s tourism industry forward.
Additional Member Benefits
Take advantage of specialized programs and opportunities that support professional development, workforce connections and participation in Ontario’s tourism network. These benefits help members connect with emerging talent, strengthen industry skills and access resources that support career growth across the tourism and hospitality sector.
TIAO has partnered with GreenStep Sustainable Tourism to deliver sustainable tourism certification programs to businesses in Ontario.
As the exclusive purveyor of Sustainable Tourism certification in the province, TIAO can offer affiliate Sustainable Tourism memberships, including preferred rates for TIAO members.
Looking for an intern?
Baxter Student Ambassador Program (BSAP) recognizes students based on a combination of academic success, community involvement, leadership skills and a webinar presentation.
Baxter Student Ambassadors receive access to TIAO's network and other perks such as a free registration to the Ontario Tourism Summit.
Ottomat is a centralized platform that helps DMOs and municipalities collect, track and report on accommodation tax. Built by people who experienced the challenges firsthand, it reduces time-consuming administration, missed or late remittances, inconsistent reporting, limited data and compliance gaps.
TIAO members receive preferred pricing, priority onboarding and support, and access to exclusive feature previews.
As a member of TIAO, considering Whereabouts for your destination website, CRM, and events management platform is more than a technology decision. It is an investment in Ontario's tourism industry.
Whereabouts is an award-winning destination management and marketing platform designed specifically for tourism organizations, bringing together websites, business directories, events, stakeholder engagement, and CRM functionality in one integrated solution. Whereabouts allows operators to use a share database of tourism businesses throughout Ontario – sharing the same information. This contributes to the goal of the Ontario Tourism Strategy of reducing duplication and enhancing collaboration.
Interested in extending group health benefits to your members? Receive a complimentary price plan review and quotation from Group Lockhart. In alliance with Manulife Financial, help retain good employees and reduce turnover costs. Being part of a tourism group package allows even small tourism business operators (as low as 3 fulltime employees) to offer affordable benefits to their employees. Volume purchasing power for tax-free benefits such as Group Life, Accidental Death, Disability Income benefits, Prescription drug coverage, health coverage, dental coverage as well as tax effective savings through group retirement plans.
A career in tourism can take you places—whether you want hands-on experience, leadership opportunities, or skills you can carry into other industries. Tourism is flexible, fast-growing, and always people-focused.
The Skills That Travel Learning & Career Hub offers courses, career tools, and resources to help people explore opportunities and build skills in tourism—no matter where they are in their career.
Access training, career development tools and resources designed for tourism and hospitality professionals.
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