RELAIS & CHÂTEAUX ADDS NEW CANADIAN MEMBERS
Relais & Châteaux has added 27 new members to its list of unique hotels and restaurants for 2023 and two of them are Canadian: pioneering…
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TRAVEL DIFFERENT: ETC, CATO lead by example on Europe
It was a curious event, on many levels. “Europe invites the curious” was the theme, but the Toronto trade gala last week was also the first-ever…
WHAT’S NEW IN ANTIGUA: Accommodation Report
Antigua is known for its 365 beaches – one for each day of the year, they say. As such there is no shortage of hotels and resorts on the island,…
ROUND-UP: Nov. 27-Dec. 04, 2023
A fiery crash at the border, the re-instatement of Indian visas, and a government tourism investment program highlighted last weeks news. Other…
PYRAMID POWER: Egypt plays down war, pursues lofty tourism goals
Despite concerns over the war in neighbouring Israel-Gaza, Egypt’s tourism and antiquities minister believes the middle eastern country is just…
PUBS, PATIOS & BARS: Barcelona bar is world’s best
The World’s 50 Best Bars 2023 List is out and Barcelona bar Sips has taken top honours. It’s the second time an establishment from Spanish city…
BACK IN BLACK II: Updated Black Friday travel offers
Friday – Black Friday – is now considered the biggest shopping day of the year (ahead of Boxing Day), and it’s hard to find a travel supplier…
BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL: Amex’s top 10 travel destination for 2024
With Amex’s 2023 Global Travel Trends reporting that 86% of Canadians want to travel to a place they’ve never been before and 73% wanting to…
IT’S NOT US, IT’S YOU!: Agents feel the love from Cuba at Toronto gala
The Cuba Tourist Board thanked its agent partners for helping make Canada the country’s No. 1 market at a gala event late last week at Toronto’s…
BACK IN BLACK: The latest Black Friday travel offers
Black Friday – the day after US Thanksgiving – has become arguably the biggest shopping day of the year (surpassing Boxing Day), and many travel…
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: FAM round-up featuring Travel Edge, TTAND, and Exotic Journeys
This week’s on-the-road-again familiarization trip round-up takes us (vicariously) to Ireland, on an Avalon Waterways river cruise in Europe,…
GOWAY PLANS UNIQUE BEACH VACATIONS TO THAILAND
Few things beat a warm, sunny beach in the midst of winter, but your clients shouldn’t go just anywhere warm when the weather gets cool at home.…
TRAVELLING PONO: And 3 ways to malama Hawaii
As Maui recovers from devastating wildfires, travelling to Hawaii for many has become more purposeful. While surf, sand and sun are definitely…
HOW TO SKIP THE CROWDS AND FIND THE REAL PORTUGAL
Time away is precious and no one wants to wait in line, be lost in a crowd, or stuck at a touristy eatery. In the last 10 years Portugal has…
THE REALITY OF TODAY’S RENTAL CAR MARKET
When Enterprise started to see automobile supply problems after the pandemic hit in 2020, the car and truck rental, fleet management and…
ROUND-UP: Oct. 30-Nov. 3, 2023
Last week, WestJet said so long to Swoop while Air Canada hello to Dubai (from YVR); in other round-up news, Viking is seeking reimbursement for…
LEISURE TIME: New-look WestJet ‘leans into leisure’
Despite his 20-month tenure at WestJet being “quite a roller coaster for sure” through the pandemic and its aftermath, WestJet CEO Alexis von…
WOO HOO, CANADIAN TOURISM TO U.S. FLYING HIGH
With more than 12.2 million crossing the border in the first seven months of the year, “Canadian travel to the US is coming back strong,” Brand…
ROUND-UP: Oct. 23-27, 2023
Carnival faced legal troubles in Australia for a cruise operated during the pandemic; Transat announced a flight first (spoiler alert: to…
INDIGENOUS GROUP OF SEVEN: Morrisseau monument boosts N. Ontario tourism
Canada’s most famous indigenous artist, Norval Morrisseau, has a new monument in northwestern Ontario in the region he was born and raised. The…