Hamilton Rethinking Liquor Licence Fees ORHMA wrote to Hamilton city council late last year upon hearing of the City’s plan to increase the liquor licence application fee by 300 per cent. more>>
Update on the Volunteer DMF With the halt of the legislated Regional Tourism Levy, Ontario’s destinations are discussing collecting a Destination Marketing Fund on hotel guest rooms. more>>
Ontario Closing Tourist Information Centres – ORHMA’s Letter to Minister Chan In response to the decision to close seven Ontario Travel Information Centres (TIC), as announced in the 2012 Ontario Budget, ORHMA wrote to Minister of Tourism Michael Chan to express our disappointment and concerns. more>>
Update on Regional Tourism Organization (RTO) Funding The Ministry of Tourism has announced that it will continue to provide $40 million in base and performance allocation in annual funding to the RTO’s. more>>
Ontario's 2012 Tourism: The Good , The Bad and the Ugly The Good - This past week the Ministry of Tourism announced that the Regional Tourism Levy (RTL) Legislation passed in the 2009 Budget...more>>
Ontario’s Regulator’s Code of Practice: Integrity in Pursuit of Compliance Under the Open for Business (OFB) initiative the ORHMA is pleased to communicate the Ministry of Economic Development ...more>>
Credit Card Rates: Canadian Payments Task Force Report has been Released The final Canadian Payments Task Force report was released in March followed by Minister Flaherty announcing three initiatives based on this report. more>>
Competition Bureau against Visa and Master Card A hearing by the Canadian Competition Tribunal (CCT) is set to commence on May 8th on an application filed by the Competition Bureau against Visa and...more>>
Food Truck Concept – Unfair for Brick and Mortar Restaurants Despite the rise in popularity of food trucks in American cities, the local restaurant groups there have spoken out on the unfair playing field and disadvantages of a food truck operation against the expense...more>>
Ontario Hotel Profitability Disproportionately Affected by Increasing Costs With the loss of over 15million international visitors since the year 2000, growth from Third Party Intermediaries (TPI’s)such as Expedia and considerable cost pressures have shrunken Hotel profit margins. more>>
The Hole in Ontario’s Budget: WSIB’s Unfunded Liability The WSIB collects employer premiums to pay for injury and disability benefits for insured workers, over time the premiums charged to employers and returns to investments have not matched growing benefit entitlements. more>>
New License for Hamilton Motels & Hotels Operating without Food & Beverage On March 28th the City of Hamilton council has voted to pass a by-law which proposes “that Motels and Hotels be licensed, as there is a demonstrated public interest to do so.” more>>
2012-2013 Provincial Budget, Strong Action for Ontario - On March 27 Ontario’s Finance Minister Dwight Duncan released the first budget of this minority government 2012-2013 Provincial Budget, Strong Action for Ontario. The state of the economy weighed heavily on the theme of this year’s budget. more>>
Don Drummond’s Ontario Report – Implications to the Hospitality Industry On Feb 15th the McGuinty government released the Report of the Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services completed by one of Canada’s top economist former TD Bank and federal government economist Don Drummond. more>>
Smoking Restriction will Not Hit London Patios London city Community Services Committee rejected a health unit plan to ban smoking in patio’s. Amendments will include locations frequented by children, including sports parks, pools, splash pads, public gardens and playgrounds. more>>
Updates to the AODA Customer Service Standard Reporting Deadline Extended: Organizations with 20 or more employees are required to report on their Accessibility Compliance with the Customer Service Standard. more>>
City of Ottawa Releases a New Smoke-Free Ottawa On February 6th , Ottawa City Council approved a Jan 31st, Ottawa Public Health (OPH) proposal for a Renewed Strategy for a Smoke-Free Ottawa. This was part of the City’s eleven year old non smoking policy. more>>
Minimum Wage Meeting with Minister of Labour Minister of Labour Linda Jeffrey has spent a few weeks in her new office and the ORHMA was quick to secure a meeting with her to stress the negative impact any increase...more>>
Stop Treating Airline Sector as a Cash Cow Article written by Nick Mulder - The Hill Times Aug 29, 2011 Innovative changes to air sector policies long overdue: stop overburdening air sector, help air passengers, says former Transport DM. more>>
ORHMA Sends a Message on Wholesale Pricing The Ontario Restaurant Hotel & Motel Association (ORHMA) issued an open letter to Finance Minister Dwight Duncan and Premier Dalton McGuinty in response to a Ministry of Finance...more>>
WSIB 2012 Premium Rates Announced The WSIB Board of Directors decided to increase the average Ontario premium rate for employer rate groups by 2 per cent in 2011 and 2012. More >>
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