Wildfire smoke, air quality new variables for Ottawa tourism
Small businesses and tourism operators in Ottawa are seeing visitors cancel tours and avoid sightseeing around the city amid lingering clouds of smoke and poor
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‘I really like talking about Ottawa’: Jantine Van Kregten retires after 20 years at Ottawa Tourism
As director of communications for Ottawa Tourism, Jantine Van Kregten spent 20 years showing off the best of the capital city.
Group Germain still hoping to build airport Alt Hotel in ‘near future’ after tax break rejected
In an email to OBJ on Monday, Group Germain’s vice-president of operations, Hugo Germain, said the Quebec-based hotel chain is still working with the Ottawa
SoPa organizer says downtown revival is coming — and Sparks Street could be its ‘crown jewel’
With union members still out on picket lines in full force, Bar Robo owner Scott May says he’s currently enjoying “far and away” the busiest
One tourist company struggles to stay afloat in the midst of downtown job action
A week into the federal public service strike, the owner of a small tourism company on Sparks Street says the picketing currently underway downtown will
Tourism shot up in 2022, but still far short of pre-pandemic levels: StatCan
Spending on tourism continued to grow last year as travellers returned to planes and patios, but it remained well below pre-pandemic levels, according to Statistics
How a ‘strong queer community’ is making this rural town into a vibrant ‘destination experience’
At least one rural town in Eastern Ontario is showing its true colours – and it’s a full rainbow.
Ottawa Tourism already seeing bump in interest from Americans in midst of Biden visit
The visit of U.S. President Joe Biden to Ottawa could bring an increase in tourists coming to Canada’s capital to explore the city for themselves.
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