CRTA INSIDER
Vacation Ownership News & Updates

Canadian Resort & Travel Association

CRTA MEMBER NEWS

Inflation is finally back at 2%.
Is it the ‘light at the end of the tunnel’?

Source: Global News

Annual inflation cooled sharply to two per cent in August, according to Statistics Canada, marking a major milestone in the Bank of Canada’s efforts to tame price pressures.

That’s half a percentage point lower than the 2.5 per cent annual rate recorded in July and continues a general cooling trend through 2024.

Air Canada pilot strike averted as tentative deal

reached with union

Source: Global News

Air Canada and the union representing more than 5,200 pilots have reached a last-minute tentative deal in their labour dispute, averting a strike that could have disrupted travel plans for thousands of passengers.

In a statement on Sunday, Air Canada said that a new tentative, four-year agreement reached with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) will be put to a ratification vote, which is expected to be completed over the next month.

Canada further tightens rules on temporary workers, students

Source: Reuters

Canada is further reducing the number of study permits it will grant to foreign students and tightening eligibility for work permits in a bid to cut down on the number of temporary residents in the country, the government said on Wednesday. The government has already pledged to reduce the number of temporary residents to 5% of the total population. It was 6.8% in April.

International tourism on the rise in Calgary after a busy summer

Source: Global News

Tourism Calgary has shared its latest numbers, which show that as many as 8.7 million people will pass through the city by the end of the year, leading to an estimated economic impact of $3.2 billion.

Much of that spending can be attributed to a 17 per cent increase in the number of international travellers, many of whom are visiting from the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States and Mexico.

CATSA Upgrade Speeds Security Lines

Source: Travel Industry Today

At YVR, removing laptops and liquids from your carry-on at security is a thing of the past, thanks to a fresh use of half-century-old technology. Vancouver is the first flight hub in the country to deploy CT scanners in a bid to detect explosives and other threats, according to CATSA. And the agency plans to install the technology, which provides 360-degree views via computerized X-ray imaging, at airport checkpoints across the country in the coming years.

Americans can now renew passports online. Canadians are still waiting

Source: Global News

Americans can now renew their passports online, the U.S. government announced Wednesday — a service Canadians are still waiting for more than a year after it was promised.

The U.S. State Department said its online renewal system is now fully operational, after successfully testing it in pilot programs this summer. It will be available to adults whose passports have expired within the past five years or will expire in the coming year, but not for new passport applications, children's passports, or renewals outside the U.S.

Canadian Resort & Travel Association

3434 McKinley Beach Dr. #404

Kelowna, BC V1V 0H3

Canada

[email protected]

canadianrta.org