Awards
and accolades
Travel and Tourism Awards
2021 Best National Culinary Tourism Development & Promotional Organization
Ontario Tourism Award of Excellence
2020 Tourism Marketing Awards for Campaign Over 50K: 50 Best Explores Ontario
Premier’s Award for Agri-food and Innovation Excellence
FoodTrekking Travel Trade Awards
2016 Best Food or Beverage Destination Marketing
The Wine Tasting Challenge by the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute
2015 Donald Ziraldo Award for innovation, development and inspiration
CTA
in the News
Here you’ll find a sample
of articles featuring our successes, predictions
and expertise.
Culinary tourism boosting local economies
2022 GlobeAndMail.comOntario’s winemakers and dairies are thrilled to see tourists returning — and a new campaign might lure in some more
2021 thestar.comEssex County wineries raise a glass to easing of border restrictions
2021 cbc.caThe Open Road of Culinary Tourism
2021 country-guide.caNewstalk 610: Liz Fleming Travels
2020 iheartradio.ca/610cktbTourism Saskatoon joins national program serving up culinary, winter and off-season experiences
2020 saskatoon.ctvnews.caDespite the challenges, optimism abounds for agri-tourism in Niagara
2020 niagarathisweek.comAgricultural Rebranding Could Lead To Caribbean Food Security
2019 Forbes.comCelebrating The Local Food Movement And Canada's Place In It
2016 HuffingtonPost.caN.B. hoping to score hungry visitors with food tourism strategy
2018 CBC.caThe Big Business of Food Tourism and Why It Matters
2018 Skift.comHungry for Local Food? Feast On Helps You to Dine Like a Real Local
2019 TorontoLife.com
There's Exciting Food In Canada's Ontario Region That You Should Know
2019 Forbes.comDestination Northern Ontario and Indigenous Tourism Ontario take next steps in the strategy to promote Indigenous food tourism
2019 TimminsToday.comMarket hungry for Indigenous food tourism
2019 NorthernOntarioBusiness.comHow the Rise of Digital Media Drove Food Culture and Tourism
2015 Skift.com
Sudbury launches tourism strategy to lure visitors with food, food experiences
2018 CBC.caToronto chefs are going wild for furry pigs
2016 BlogTO.comPort Hope’s Cultivate Festival reveals economic impact
2017 NorthumberlandNews.comHow Culinary Tourism Is Becoming a Growing Trend in Travel
2015 huffingtonpost.ca