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Here is the link to that latest (and updating) cruise schedule for Vancouver

CRUISE SCHEDULE

Our first organized in person members event in 2 years (without widespread restrictions) was a great success. 22 members came out for the first of 2 sessions with fellow member Bob Sung. His business, A Wok Around Chinatown, helped to refresh members and inform members regarding our Chinatown in 2022.

Many items were covered, facts shared and myths dispelled thanks to the hard work of Bob.

We have a second event happening on April 13. It is sold out, but contact us to go on the waiting list.

Please see the first album HERE

Big thanks to the members who were able to get make the open house hosted by CeresCorp at the cruise terminal. 

There have been changes to the terminal which should allow for better flow of passengers. They include, but are not limited to:

1. There is more room to keep groups in designated areas. 
   
2. The exit to the meet and greet section has shifted EAST approximately 15 metres. The former exit will now be a screening area.
3. Guests being dropped off will have a new and expanded US customs screen area that is no longer in the centre of the arrivals Hal, but has been shifted to the Easternmost Wall.
4. Small Tour and Private Transportation have a slightly modified 2 lane pick up area next to door 2. Exact details are being worked out, but upon dispatch from the holding lot you will be directed to a dedicated lane to pick up guests.
5. New paint, lines and dividers are in place, as well as a brand new operations team. Please be sure to exercise and caution patience with and for guests during the first few days of operation. Everyone will be getting used to the new flows
6. There is First Come First Served luggage storage provided by Grey Line West Coast Sightseeing. See details HERE

There are photos for Members to explore in this album.

Click HERE

Explanations are in the comments. 

We have enabled the SECONDARY LANGUAGES filter in the directory. Now when you are logged in and are browsing the directory you can better look for guides based on their language. 

If you wish for more search options, when in the directory, please click ADVANCED SEARCH and you will get more options

Hello! 

Good news! The directory has had a slight update and you can now more easily filter by specialty, position or language

As this is entirely dependant on members having filled out their profiles, this information will continuously be changing.

Enjoy!

Having just completed our successful AGM, there is some exciting changes to announce! The following is from outgoing President, Marlene

I'd like to thank all those who were able to attend our AGM. It was long but productive. All proposed bylaw amendments were accepted. Please find attached the AGM Minutes and the Directors' Reports.  Matt will be sending a link to view the meeting for anyone who missed it. 

Introducing your new board:

President: Matt P

VP: Marlene K

Secretary: Brenda P

Treasurer: Guler A

Directors at Large:

Garcy C

Fatima S

Eddie K

Arthur S

Bob S

Thanks to the outgoing board, and congratulations to the new board for 2022!

There are still 2 Director-at-Large positions available if anyone is interested.

Please stay tuned for more announcements and meetings in the next couple of weeks!

Hello!

Please take a few minutes to login to your account in the top right corner. We have updated the profile information that you can fill in. It also allows you the section to provide an 'elevator pitch' for potential clients. For now, all information is only going to be available to members, but as you can now change the privacy settings for all of your information in your profile, we may enable a public viewing function of the directory for potential clients to contact you directly. It is very similar to the idea our sister organization, the Tourist Guide Association of Toronto (formerly CTGA of Toronto) is doing here.

All information is yours, and our Privacy Policy covers that here. As mentioned though, for now all information is only available to members.

Thank you for your patience. We have slowly been working on gathering information to populate the website.

Please feel free to check out the updated Contact Us, Board History and History pages.

If you see something that needs to be edited, please contact media@ctgaofbc.com

The beginning of the next phase has begun with the website. Please login to your profile to enable the viewing of our MEMBERS only area and our DIRECTORY.

It is still in progress, but feel free to contribute to the discussion with suggestions for the website.

We know the directory has been missed. It is back. Please be sure to login and check which information you wish to share (or not).

Please note, to ensure members security and privacy, certain areas of the website are privileged access only for members. You must login to view this.

By default, information put in is members only. You may list no information if you wish but you must login to access your profile and delete.

Hello Everyone

You may be looking at a different email address for these messages. 

ctgaofbc@wildapricot.org

Rest assured this is from the Association. If you could please add this email to your safe list, that would be great. We wish to avoid you missing messages from us and having them go to your SPAM or JUNK folder would be unfortunate.

We are working to have our organization email be the return sender, but the is taking a bit of time

Thank you!