Archive for the ‘Tourism’ Category

Encouraging Tourism From Mexico

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

More than 200,000 Mexican tourists visited Canada last year with approximately 89,000 vacationing in Vancouver. However this year many tourism industry stakeholders have been speaking of big declines in tourism receipts from Mexico due to challenges such as the recession and the Mexican visa requirement.  As a result, the Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) has launched several efforts to encourage Mexicans to continue to travel to Canada—especially during the 2010 Olympics. (more…)

Mexican Workers Meet SuperHost® Standards

Monday, September 14th, 2009

The widely-recognized SuperHost® customer service training program was introduced by VIVA Recruitment International in Mexico earlier this year in an effort to bridge the customer service gap between Canadian companies and Mexican workers. As a result, there is a resource pool of Mexican temporary foreign workers that are well-prepared to “welcome the world” during the 2010 Olympics. (more…)