Become a Member
Company Membership
$1000
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Per year
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Allows for up to 5 interchangeable employees from your company
Student / Educator Membership
$25
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Per year
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You must currently be attending or working at an educational institution
Membership Benefits
General Benefits
- Industry Trends: Stay on top of trends, get inspired, and apply CTAI research for your strategic development
- Member to Member Discounts: Lower your cost of doing business with other members as you leverage the CTAI network for your company’s advantage.
- Right to use CTAI member badge on website, email, and marketing materials. Enhance your professional credibility and reputation by visibly associating your brand with a trusted authority in the industry.
- Company logo on CTAI Directory: Position yourself among the good company of your fellow members. List your business in our public CTAI Member Directory with your company logo and description, social links, events and special discounts to generate leads
- Member reciprocity for Allied Organizations: Connect, collaborate and share resources with other reputable organizations to increase your network and potential for partnership opportunities. These organizations include: CTAI, Canadian Cannabis Tourism Alliance, Chamber of Cannabis
Networking
- Empower your professional growth through mentorship: Discover the transformative experience of mentorship, where our members can both seek and become mentors, fostering a thriving community of knowledge sharing and advancement
- Monthly Member Meeting Speaking Opportunities: Position yourself as a thought-leader sharing your expertise and ideas via our members-only Zoom meetings.
- CTAI member meetups at in-person industry events
- Put your expertise to work as a volunteer in one of our many CTAI organization committees
Education
- Cannabis Travel World Fair: A virtual travel experience featuring sought-after information from the annual CTAI Cannabis Travel Data Report, fascinating panels, and presentations by international industry experts, activations, and simulated travel experiences. Members receive complimentary virtual attendance and the opportunity to showcase products and/or services in a virtual booth.
- Member Newsletter: Stay on top of the Cannabis tourism news, member announcements, discounts and CTAI events.
- Complementary virtual event access & discounted admission to in-person events
- CTAI Annual Travel Data Report: Access to proprietary industry research and crucial data-driven insights to make informed business decisions allowing you to stay ahead of the curve, innovate, and adapt to market changes, ensuring long-term success and resilience
Advocacy & Government Relations
- Request CTAI Letters of support for your local Cannabis tourism efforts
- California Catering License – Overview of how CTAI brought this to be and how other states can learn from this.
- CTAI Cannabis Tourism Advocacy Toolkit: Our toolkit is a suite of tools intended to translate your cannabis travel advocacy into policy in your local community
B2B Marketing
- Company listing on the member directory, introduction presentation during a member meeting, shout-outs on social media and member newsletter. Increase your visibility and brand reach from the first month of membership. This is a substantial value that quickly offsets the cost of joining.
- Marketing Resources in a Box: promote your cannabis travel-oriented business easily and effectively with our tips & best practices guide.
- Press Opportunities and Speakers Bureau: Enhance your brand’s reputation and awareness with media coverage and the opportunity to speak at CTAI events like the Cannabis Travel World Fair.
- Write as a contributor for the CTAI blog.
Member Favorites
Cannabis Tourism Advocacy Toolkit:
To better enable CTAI members to create a strong community and build relationships with community groups, citizens, business leaders and policymakers regarding cannabis travel policy, CTAI has created the Cannabis Tourism Advocacy Toolkit. The Advocacy Toolkit is a suite of tools intended to translate cannabis travel advocacy into policy. The Toolkit is a resource to support effective communication about the cannabis travel trend with any audience. It includes strategic talking points to support a meaningful discussion about the importance of cannabis-related travel, sustainable practices, public safety, education and what that means for the hemp, cannabis, and travel industries globally as they integrate. The CTAI Toolkit is a container of assets that fosters advocacy through a glossary of terms, list of groups to engage, responses to common concerns, data-driven education and step-by-step guides.
CTAI Annual Cannabis Travel Data Report:
In our 2023 Data Report in partnership with New Frontier Data, Studies have shown that cannabis-motivated travelers can have a significant, positive impact on the local economy. Even for industries outside of the cannabis sector, such as food, shopping, and ancillary products. Although few consumers have experienced cannabis tourism activities, most are interested in trying them.
Online Education & Networking:
Our virtual Cannabis Travel World Fair monthly series is underway. It’s a wonderful way for global travelers and businesses to be inspired as to what’s being created in plant-related wellness tourism. This year we plan to cover the following topics:
- Cannabis Consumption Lounge Business models
- Events: Best practices on how to create safe cannabis consumption events
- Cannabis Travel 101: Travelers are interested but don’t know where to start. Tips, tricks and best practices for those interested in wellness travel.
- Medical Wellness Travel: How and where patients and caregivers can travel safely when they need Cannabis as medicine.
- Immersive Experiences & Entertainment: hear from companies both in mainstream entertainment and those in Cannabis talk about their perspectives on the challenges & opportunities of incorporating Cannabis into experiences.
- Infused Food & Beverages: Chefs providing best practices on how to create safe and delightful experiences for guests
- INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL TOURS: Experience Cannabis Tourism programs from around the globe