Registry of Lobbyists
Total Number of Communication Reports: 86
Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0
Version 1 of 28 (2006-01-19 to 2006-05-24) was submitted prior to the Lobbying Act coming into force on July 2, 2008. Due to different information requirements at that time, the registration is presented in the following format.
| Organization: |
Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA) / Association canadienne des agences de voyages
510 - 350 Sparks Street Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8 Canada |
| Telephone number: | 613-237-2657 Ext.: 225 |
| Fax number: | 613-237-7052 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Christiane Théberge, Vice-president Public Affairs |
| Description of the organization's activities: | ACTA's mandate is to ensure consumers have professional and meaningful travel counselling by providing effective leadership in a number of key strategic areas on behalf of the retail travel industry members. ● Advocacy and Lobbying federal and provincial governments and national and multi-national corporations to ensure a positive environment exists for travel retailers to provide service to travel consumers.● Communications & Public relations to government and travel industry partners to insure they are aware of the importance of the retail travel sector; to the general public to ensure they are aware of the benefits of using ACTA member retailers for their travel needs; and to members and non members to better equip them to manage their businesses.● Perform and communicate Research which is relevant and meaningful to members and partners to enable them to better manage their businesses and work more effectively together.● Facilitate or deliver Education and Training to further professionalize the retail travel sector and add greater value to travel consumers.● Membership Development to ensure the greatest participation rate of the retail travel community in ACTA and maximum impact for businesses and consumers in Canada. |
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | ACTA represents the retail travel services industry where ideas and resources are pooled into initiatives designed to create and maintain a healthy business and legislative environment in which the retail travel industry will thrive. |
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
| Name: | Suzanne Sirois |
| Position title: | Director of Administration |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Transport Canada (TC) | ||||
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Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
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Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Consumer Issues, Tourism, Transportation | ||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | - Lobby on Bill C-44- Consultation on Budget 2006 | ||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | - Airfare advertising- Consumer protection plan- Passport issue- Federal taxes and surcharges in the travel business | ||||
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