Ontario. Travel Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Travel Services Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Travel Services Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1972-1974

      History

      In 1972, the Tourist Promotion and Information Branch of the Ontario Department of Tourism and Information was replaced with the Travel Services Branch. The branch formed part of the new Ministry of Industry and Tourism, and was situated within the Communications Division.

      In 1974, the Travel Services Branch was in turn replaced with the Tourism Marketing Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Travel Services Branch promoted Ontario tourism and facilities, both domestically and internationally, through mass advertising and promotion in the media, preparation of tourism publications, programs to expand sales of Ontario tours and facilities by travel agents and operators, travel counselling, special promotions, and the distribution of travel films produced by the ministry.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Tourism (1972-1982)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA13

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Industry and Tourism controls Ontario. Travel Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1974

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Tourism Marketing Branch (1974-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA571

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Tourism Marketing Branch is the successor of Ontario. Travel Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Tourist Promotion and Information Branch (1946-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA5

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Tourist Promotion and Information Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Travel Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA26

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directory, June 1973.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Robert Anger