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INTIMATE. STUNNING. UNFORGETTABLE.: Jamaica offers outstanding venues as couples seek…
Couples around the world are reimagining wedding plans in this new landscape and while they are opting for smaller, more intimate ceremonies, their desire for a stunning and unforgettable venue for…
PUBS & PATIOS:Flying high at Fort Lauderdale’s Sparrow
A new highlight for visitors to Fort Lauderdale can be found, literally, on the 25th floor of the Dalmar Hotel. The Sparrow rooftop bar is the highest in the south Florida city, having opened in May…
HEMINGWAY’S HANGOUT: Key West’s famed Sloppy Joe’s reopens
After a six-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sloppy Joe’s, the Key West bar that Ernest Hemingway frequented in the 1930s, reopened Thursday. Returning patrons might have thought they…
TOFINO STRUGGLES TO KEEP UP WITH TOURISM DEMANDS
For years, a large piece of winding driftwood has been stationed on Chesterman Beach. It has become an iconic meeting place for residents, who can tell you exactly where it stands. Carved into it are…
A Webinar on A New Era: Hospitality Housekeeping
A Webinar on A New Era: Hospitality Housekeeping
Conference Dates September 18, 2020 AT 18:30 PM
September marks the International Housekeepers Week 2020 celebrations. Join us for an insightful…
Growth, Interrupted: Navigating COVID’s shock to Canada’s tourism workforce
Growth, Interrupted: Navigating COVID’s shock to Canada’s tourism workforce
Conference Dates September 28, 2020 02:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Tourism HR Canada President and CEO…
AGB Webinar Series: Winning The Future Chinese Tourist
AGB Webinar Series: Winning The Future Chinese Tourist
Conference Dates September 23, 2020 03:00 PM HKT
Post-2021, Chinese tourism is set to move towards a new paradigm. Gone will be the days of…
PYRAMID POWER: Mexico’s Mayan ruins begin to re-open
Mexico’s pre-Hispanic ruin sites hadn’t seemed so lonely since they were abandoned centuries ago. But in the past week, ancient sites like Tulum, Cobá and Teotihuacan have at last begun to welcome…
WORLD TRAVEL MARKET CANCELS LIVE EVENT:
World Travel Market has been forced to cancel its 2020 London event at ExCeL, citing travel restrictions and uncertainty around Covid-19. WTM London Senior Director Simon Press said, “Sadly,…
NOT AMUSED: Pandemic takes theme parks for a whirl
Amusement park operators who spent months installing hand sanitizing stations, figuring out how to disinfect roller coasters seats and checking the temperatures of guests at their gates so they’d come…
ROUND-UP:Sept. 7-11, 2020
More openings and more delays as COVID’s mixed bag continues; Globus sets date for first its departure since March; and an itravel2000 survey says Canadians are ready to travel again.
NEWS
No-charge…
CLEAN MACHINE:BC small ship ops tackle trash on coast
With the tourism season cancelled by the pandemic, a fleet of British Columbia small ship operators are making the most of their unexpected down-time by collaborating on an epic project designed to…
PUBS & PATIOS: Boots off at Britain’s best pub
Britain’s best pub insists that patrons dump their dirty boots before entering. But it’s not new-found hubris that motivates The Baskerville in Henley-on-Thames – Gold medal winner of Visit England’s…
HOW FAR AWAY IS THE HORIZON FOR THE RETURN TO CRUISING?
When will we see cruising return to even a semblance of normal? It’s a baffling question as every week seems to bring hope, but also uncertainty.
Take Costa Cruises which resumed sailing in early…
SIZE MATTERS:Small props better during pandemic, say Jamaica hoteliers
Fewer fellow guests or more wide-open spaces? That’s the question many travellers are pondering in the face of the pandemic when choosing to stay at a mass-market resort or small boutique property.…
Sandals South Coast Jamaica Back in the Swim of Things
Guests returning to Sandals South Coast in Jamaica this fall will have a surprise in store as Sandals Resorts International unveils a multi-million-dollar renovation featuring what the all-inclusive…
ROUND-UP:Aug. 31-Sept 4, 2020
A travellers’ quarantine trial has been launched in YYZ; Costa Cruises is sailing again, and Discount Car and Truck rentals has a new owner.
NEWS
International travellers arriving at Toronto’s…
SILVER SPIRIT VISITS SINAI: A Desert Far Beyond Expectations
Until we can once again cruise to exotic lands, we can dream. Here’s a story that was first posted in The Cruisington Times in 2011. Mount Sinai is timeless and many of the scenes on this tour are…
ADVENTUROUS SPIRITS:What’s doing in Dominica
With its international border re-opened to foreign visitors (Aug. 7), Dominica’s travel industry is looking forward to welcoming Canadians again – when they can get there, and when they can get home…
ART BASEL CANCELS ANNUAL MIAMI EVENT: Another pandemic victim
Art Basel Miami the prestigious art fair, known for glamorous parties and celebrity sightings, as much as its fabulous art collections and content, has announced the cancellation of its annual event…