Please join TIAM at its second AGM and an Advocacy Forum, October 7 and 8, 2025 at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba. We’re looking forward to another great event with partners Travel Manitoba and Tourism Winnipeg.
The Advocacy Forum topics include a session on sustainability services such as carbon footprint reporting, how to effectively use Google maps, and an update on the Agritourism Corridor. It will also include two sessions with Travel Manitoba and Tourism Winnipeg to provide a clear picture of the understanding of these two important organizations who work with tourism businesses.
As an added bonus, there will be a 1/2 day workshop on the day prior to the Forum. Participation in the Belong workshop will increase your awareness of disability inclusion and enhance your understanding of the significant benefits of hiring, retaining, and promoting persons with disabilities. Once registered for the Advocacy Forum, you will be sent a link and promo code to register for the workshop. Numbers for the Belong workshop are limited.
Belong Workshop, Monday, October 6, 2025
12:00 PM: Registration and Lunch
12:30 PM: Land Acknowledgement and Opening Remarks
12:45 PM: Panel Discussion – Inclusion in Action: How Tourism Workplaces Thrive with Disability Inclusion
1:45 PM: Lightening Talks – Unpacking Support to Tourism Workplace Accessibility and Inclusion
2:40 PM: Coffee Break
2:55 PM: Workshop – From Insight to Action: Interactive Strategies for Accessible Tourism Workplaces
4:25 PM: Wrap-up
Day ONE, Tuesday, October 7, 2025
07:30 AM: Registration & Breakfast
08:30 AM: Welcome and TIAM Update
09:00 AM: Air Access is Critical for Tourism Growth
10:15 AM: Health Break
10:30 AM: Field to Fork: SK-MB Agritourism Corridor Panel
12:00 PM: Behind the Headlines: Media-Ready MB
13:00 PM: Building A Sustainable Future for Manitoba Tourism: A Practical Workshop
14:00 PM: Building Relationships With Indigenous Tourism Operators; Relationships to Partnerships
15:00 PM: Health Break
15:15 PM: Get to Know Your Tourism Minister
16:45 PM: Industry Reception
Day TWO, Wednesday October 8, 2025
08:00 AM: Registration & Breakfast
08:45 AM: Advocacy Update, Looking Forward
09:15 AM: TIAM AGM
10:00 AM: Tourism Growth Export Readiness Program
11:00 AM: Health Break
11:15 AM: Breakout 1 & 2
1. In-Destination Tourism Super App
2. Emergency Preparedness: Fires & Floods
13:30 AM: Thank You and Farewell
12:00 PM: Driving Manitoba’s Tourism Growth
Thank you to our Partners & Co-Hosts:
Travel Manitoba and Winnipeg Economic Development & Tourism
Please contact Lilian Tankard at lilian.tankard@tiamanitoba.ca or by phone at 204-612-9430 with any questions or to sponsor TIAM AF!
Thank you to our sponsors:
GOLD SPONSOR: Calm Air, Tourism HR, WestJet
SILVER SPONSOR: Encore, The Fort Garry Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre and Winnipeg Airports Authority
BRONZE SPONSOR: Green Step, Manitoba Chamber of Commerce
Learn more about the TIAM AF presenters below!