Travel Industry Today

The events of 2020 have led to a range of different searches people have been making on Google, from how to bake soda bread to a variety of indoor workouts. However, there’s also been an increase in…

Anguilla is known for its 5-star dining, coral reefs, culture, and heritage, but perhaps best of all, postcard perfect beaches. Thirty-three to be exact, every one of them as beautiful as they are…

Snowbound as we are in Toronto, it was with no little degree of envy that I caught up with Deana Murphy, Vice President of Sales, and David Wright, Director of Sales Ontario and Atlantic Canada for…

Just as the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold, in February, four people set sail for one of the most remote places on Earth — a small camp on Kure Atoll, at the edge of the uninhabited…

Canadians are being invited to enjoy a wee bit of Highlands hospitality – albeit digitally – at an authentic and hyper-local community festival taking place later this week on Scotland’s most iconic…

The Toronto Raptors are in for another long road trip. The team, which finished the past season playing its games in Orlando, will now start the new NBA season in Florida as well, forced to play its…

The Canadian-US border remains closed; more cancelled cruises; and name a rhino, win a trip to Africa. NEWS The opening of the Canada-US border has been postponed again until at least Dec. 21.…

Charlottesville, Virginia, has a lot going for it, not least being home to Thomas Jefferson’s UNESCO-rated homestead, Monticello. But while in town, a stop surely not to be missed is the Michie…

Even though the coronavirus pandemic is continuing and Canadians who travel internationally must (mostly) quarantine for two weeks upon return, Stéphanie Bishop sees signs of hope for the travel…

On Friday morning, an article in USA Today implied that some travel agents are putting commissions before customers and that a desperate travel industry “fighting for survival (is) willing to do…

Be honest, who knew that Qantas stands for Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services? Better known as “The Flying Kangaroo,” the airline with the iconic stylized marsupial on its tail…

Lucy Worsley has become one of the most recognizable faces on TV’s documentary channels in recent years, taking BBC and international viewers into the corridors of history in palaces from Hampton…

TravCorp launches Brendan Vacations in Canada, Porter is postponed again, and Lufthansa has started rapid antigen tests in Germany. NEWS Three global airline alliances are urging governments to put…

Well, that didn’t last long. The first cruise ship to re-start cruising in the Caribbean in the COVID era has cut the trip short after a guest tested positive. SeaDream Yacht Club’s ship SeaDream 1…

While news about a vaccine at last seems promising, a new global survey (including Canada) says one in five travellers say it is okay to travel now and are not waiting for an antidote to COVID-19 to…

A series of 34 free online masterclasses highlight the “online + offline” format of this year’s Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival, which kicked off yesterday with a host of experiences designed to…

The English-language bookshop on the Seine River, which published James Joyce’s “Ulysses” in 1922, sent an e-mail to customers last week to inform them that it was facing “hard times” and to…

Canadian air arrivals face new mandatory protocols; Sunwing and rouge are in the air again; and cruise lines have paused North American operations until the end of the year. NEWS The US Travel…

I have lots of favourite pubs in London, but none more so than The Gun, an exquisite little gem tucked away on The Thames in the city’s dockland district, directly across the river from the…

Talk about long haul travel. The truth is apparently out there and what’s happening in the skies above our earth with UFOs, or UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) as they’re now known, is…