Travel Industry Today

Cuba is famous for mojitos, but there’s also a case to be made that daiquiris originated on the island, while some claim further that they were perfected at Havana’s renowned El Floridita restaurant…

Amanda Gorman, the first-ever youth poet laureate of the United States, read this poem during the inauguration of President Joe Biden on January 20: The Hill We Climb When day comes we ask ourselves,…

Leaders across the globe welcomed the arrival of US President Joe Biden and the end of the often confrontational presidency of Donald Trump, noting the world’s most pressing problems, including…

Playwright and director David Mamet once observed, “We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of pie.” Perhaps more to the point, celebrated gourmand Homer Simpson simply stated (well,…

The US now requires a negative COVID test for entry; Air Canada cuts routes and staff; and Porter’s post-pandemic lift-off is pushed back again. NEWS The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention…

I’ve always wanted to live in France. Who wouldn’t, right? The food, the climate, the landscape. But property prices climbed with panic pre-Brexit buying, and my dream went out of the window. “What…

Pints and pork go together like peanut butter and jelly. Throw in a beach-front patio and this bon viveur is living the dream – which, alas, is also all we seem to be able to do at the moment. As…

From castles and palaces to country manors, the UK has plenty of famous homes that people love to visit and photograph. To find out Great Britain’s best loved homes, British insurance intermediary…

Tristan da Cunha, an island with 245 permanent residents, and which claims to be the “most remote inhabited island in the world,” is creating a critical marine protection zone to safeguard endangered…

The travel industry is mourning Sandals’ chairman Butch Stewart. US Travel event postponed, and new boss same as the old boss at Huntington,. The industry was shocked and saddened, by the death…

The Crane Resort in Barbados is rightly known for its casual luxury and, in particular, amazing cliff-top views of one of the world’s top-rated beaches. But what is a great resort without a great bar?…

Winston Churchill clearly had a way with words, so it’s of little surprise then that his description of Uganda as “The Pearl of Africa” has stuck. Nowadays the nickname is familiar as a tourism slogan…

Canada announces PCR test requirements, the Boeing 737 Max is flying again, and Brand USA is planning a virtual event for the Canadian travel trade next week. NEWS Starting Jan. 7, all passengers…

From fireworks and a light and laser show on the world’s tallest building in Dubai to blowing up a sign in Las Vegas and the traditional Times Square ball drop at midnight in New York, there are…

The hottest year on record, a new WestJet sked, and sales open for Club Med’s first Canadian resort are among this week’s items. NEWS 2020 is set to go down as the hottest year on record, according to…

The annual New Year’s Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is an unmissable part of the Austrian capital’s turn-of-the-year celebrations. And it will be taking place in 2021, too, albeit…

A python-sniffing black Labrador retriever named Truman recently tracked down his first snake in a new program Florida is using to eradicate the invasive species. The Florida Fish and Wildlife…

Christmas is usually a time when a traveller’s fancy turns to thoughts of Germany, but with famous festive celebrations severely curtailed this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, marketing folks at…

COVID-19 vaccinations began at last in Canada; Ontario plans a tourism tax credit; and Air Canada has a new COO. NEWS With hopes of a light at the end of the tunnel for the nine-month-and-counting…

The Northeast’s first whopper snowstorm of the season buried parts of upstate New York under more than three feet of snow, broke records in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and left snowplow…