Appointments

The leaders of travel come together at Rendez-vous Canada to learn from and partner with Canadian tourism professionals to reshape their businesses and profit from the global demand for Canada. The marketplace is organized by national, provincial and territorial groupings where Buyers come to visit the Sellers in their booths for pre-scheduled appointments.

TIAC members receive early access to appointment requests on March 27 through the TIAC Member Advantage Program. Buyers and all other Sellers can begin making appointment requests on April 10.

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Key Dates

TIAC Member – Appointment Requests Open
March 27 2023
Buyer and Non-Member – Appointment Requests Open
April 10 2023
Appointment Requests Deadline
April 30 2023
Appointments Posted
May 8 2023

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Appointment Request Guide

This guide explains how to make appointment requests for Rendez-vous Canada (RVC) 2023 as a Buyer or a Seller.

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Important to Know

There are 78 slots available; 26 appointments per day.
Each appointment-taking delegate (Buyer or Seller) can have up to 72 pre-scheduled appointments plus
Delegates can cancel scheduled breaks and book up to 78 appointments if they so choose.
Delegates have the option of blocking appointment slots for additional breaks or ad-hoc meetings.
Buyers may request back-to-back appointments with the same Seller if the Buyer estimates they will require more than 12 minutes to conclude their discussion with that Seller.
Typically, over 95% of perfect matches are successfully booked.

Appointment Matching

Buyers and Sellers submit requests indicating who they would like to meet with, and assign a priority to each request. Appointment requests received via the online system by the deadline for submission (April 30, 2023) are processed by computer-generated match-making according to the following priorities:

Buyers and TIAC Members who mutually seek appointments create a “perfect match”.
Buyers and other Sellers who mutually seek appointments create a “perfect match”.
Appointments requested by Buyers.
Appointments requested by Sellers

Manual Appointment Requests

On May 8, 2023, the match-making process is completed and manual appointments will open for Delegates to fill any remaining open slots.

Delegates can add, modify or cancel appointments through their MyRVC Portal or the Rendez-vous Canada mobile app. To maximize the time for all Buyers and Sellers, delegates who are unable to keep a scheduled appointment for any reason are requested to cancel as far in advance as possible to allow time to rebook appointments.