Calgary, Edmonton and Seattle are poised to be three of BC’s most important drive markets for winter bookings this year. Here are five strategies to...
As a tourism or hospitality operator, you know how challenging it can be to fill seasonal and high-turnover roles when peak season arrives. When local...
Despite the challenges with the Temporary Foreign Worker Program’s Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), LMIAs remain a legitimate way to hire or retain foreign nationals...
Remember May? That’s when FIFA handed back 70 to 80 percent of the room blocks it had reserved across host cities — roughly 15,000 nightly...
BCHA continues to work alongside Hotels Canada and hotel associations across the country to advance federal priorities affecting accommodation operators. Following the latest national association...
A recent challenge for Canadian hotel operators is the number of PMS acquisitions by large U.S. holding companies that we are seeing across the industry....
Since the August long weekend, and with activity increasing significantly this past weekend, the BC Hotel Association (BCHA) has been working closely with the Provincial...
In what is quickly becoming BC’s fastest growing annual tradition, property taxes have risen yet again for hotel owners in the 2026. Unlike the slow...
Let’s start with the good news: British Columbia is a seller’s market. In 2025, BC hotels ran at 70.4% per cent occupancy with a $257...
Most hotel owners don’t think about their insurance until renewal time – or worse, when something goes wrong. But your business is always evolving. Whether...
