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Webinar: Flanders, Belgium – Beyond the expected!
August 5 at 1:00 PM EST

Flanders, as depicted in the famous John McCrae poem ‘In Flanders Fields’, offers more than just the usual commemorative WWI travel and Belgian beer and chocolate experiences. Join us for this webinar to take a destination deep dive where we quickly re-visit the expected experiences, but at a deeper level, and then move beyond the beaten path and discover new highlights that travelers will seek out for their 2021 journeys. COVID-19 destination related updates will also be covered during this webinar.
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ACTA Covid-19 Advocacy Fund
Significant lobbying will need to continue in the coming months while we work through the COVID-19 crisis to ensure Travel Agencies, their employees, and independent contractors are a priority.

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Israel Ministry of Tourism signs Corporate Partnership with ACTA

As a proactive initiative to begin the reopening of the international tourism industry and travel abroad --and more importantly to Israel from Canada – on July 21st 2020, the Israel Ministry of Tourism / IGTO Canada signed a corporate partnership with ACTA.

The Israel Ministry of Tourism was eager to build a stronger collaborative relationship in Canada’s travel industry and with ACTA retail travel agency members and their clients from coast to coast. The ACTA partnership with the Israel Ministry of Tourism will promote education, Israel specialist accreditation and other public relations and sponsorship avenues designed for Canadian companies to learn just how broad a spectrum Israel niche experiences offer – and the bottom line revenue that can be generated.

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ACTA’s mission is to foster the success and prosperity of our travel agency members. Our most supportive partners, ACTA Corporate Partners, invest their time and resources in order to support ACTA’s vision of a healthy and vibrant retail travel industry where the Travel Agent is recognized as an expert resource. Proud Partners understand that Travel Agents are essential to their success.