Travel Industry Today

Not just the home of its eponymous university – the oldest in Britain, Oxford offers an enormous variety of historic, cultural and contemporary attractions. A visit to the city, which dates back to…

At first glance Brighton may seem like a typical British seaside town – but even in a short visit to this quirky, appealing resort you’ll discover plenty to see and do. Brighton has no shortage…

The city of York has known everything from Roman rule to life as a Viking capital. In medieval times it was also England’s bastion against attacks from the Scots. It’s varied and colourful history is…

Sunwing, in partnership with leading luggage and handbag retailer, Bentley, has announced the donation of more than 250 new and gently used books and backpacks to the children of Concepción Bona…

Eurail, the company behind the popular Eurail and Interrail Passes, has a new look, featuring a visual identity designed to pay tribute to its heritage while embracing what’s to come for rail travel.…

Borders are opening to fully vaccinated travellers in Asia; Virtuoso is heading for Montreal; San Diego has a new theme park; Fort Lauderdale launched mlearning; and the Jamaica Tourist Board has a…

It’s probably been a while since that last visit to New York (a couple of COVID-plagued years at least?), but the city is bustling again as both New Yorkers and travellers inexorably push towards…

As host of the world’s biggest climate change conference last year Glasgow takes sustainability seriously. From its expansive parks and gardens, environmental exhibitions, a dining scene with a…

Europe’s youngest capital city, Cardiff is also one of the easiest to enjoy. The old docks are now a striking waterfront, and the compact city centre is packed with museums and concert halls,…

After a pandemic hiatus, the Marathon du Medoc is back. And registration for this most hedonistic sporting event opens in April. While most marathons are populated by lean, spandex-clad competitors,…

“I am goin’, I am goin’/ Any which way the wind may be blowin’/ I am goin’, I am goin’/ Where streams of whiskey are flowin’” – The Pogues Such is the reach of Sean’s…

St. Patrick’s Day is like Christmas for Tourism Ireland – the gift that keeps on giving, as the Irish – and those who’d like to be – celebrate the rich culture of the Emerald Isle, most notably on…

The federal government says it will announce changes to COVID-19 measures at Canada’s borders this week. But will it be enough to satisfy a desperate travel industry that has been increasingly…

Air Canada is marking Black History Month by featuring the achievements and contributions of its Black employees to aviation, including an inaugural Black History celebratory flight on Friday staff…

Border measures are easing around the world, though not in Canada (yet); Royal Caribbean floated out and Cunard named their latest ships; plus, in other news from last week, Air Canada unveiled some…

Athens might be better known for tavernas and pretty patios, but the Greek capital is not without its worthy pubs and bars, which make excellent spots to sample the country’s burgeoning micro-brewery…

In last week’s “news,” Niagara-on-the-Lake introduced a new hotel tax, ACTA a new focus on diversity, Exotic Journeys a new look, Outer Shores a new BC lodge, Sandals a new webinar on its newest…

The traditional prayers for good fortune took on greater meaning this year as people around Asia on Tuesday ushered in the Lunar New Year – the third since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak – amid…

One hundred landmarks in 32 countries – including Niagara Falls and the CN Tower in Canada – lit up in unity to mark the third annual World Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Day on Jan. 30. World NTD…

When you think about it, Jamaica has many tourism touchstones – sun, sand, and Sandals, amongst them, not to the mention the famously friendly people. But more distinctly, visitors also think of Bob…