Travel Industry Today

Sunwing is celebrating their first customers since March who arrived in Cancun and Montego Bay this past weekend. “We are pleased that our travellers have been able to head back to the tropics last…

It’s likely to be March, 2021 before North Americans will be able to join cruises on Europe’s rivers. That was the prognosis that came from a webinar with the co-founders of AmaWaterways. The company…

With its airports closed to commercial flights and its economy in difficulty, Cuba has launched the first in a series of long-promised reforms meant to bolster the country’s struggling private…

The motto of the BC Ale Trail is “arrive thirsty, leave inspired.” We’ll assume that’s based on the province’s beautiful natural setting, not any sense of inflated insight after a brew or two too…

Canadian Heritage’s classic summer sound and light show has a new virtual look this year. The “Northern Lights” spectacular, which usually runs on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, has been redirected online…

New York’s LaGuardia – often rated as the worst airport in the US – has unveiled the latest elements of its US $8-billion makeover, which has been steadily transforming the facility since 2016 from a…

I loved Krakow and marvelled that Warsaw’s rebuilt “old” town actually looks 300 years old (when it was a pile of rubble after the war), but Zakopane is the place in Poland I loved most, thereby…

If clean is the new sexy, Switzerland is well positioned to counter some of the fears of post-coronavirus travel, says the country’s tourism director for Canada, Pascal Prinz, who took the opportunity…

In case you missed it, and even if you didn’t, here’s a quick look at some of last week’s need-to-know travel news, including: Transat cancelling winter flights from Western Canada; ACTA and Israel…

A little off the top. Oh, and a margarita! Such are the options at Cannibale in Calgary, a curious bar and barber concept where patrons are encouraged to combine a few cocktails with their monthly…

Are long cruises relics of the past? Are shipboard medical centers up to handing a covid-19 outbreak? Who’s going to pay the travel costs of a guest denied boarding? The US Centers for Disease Control…

Sick of the news? Getting bored with the boob tube? Luxury cruise company Viking is offering an alternative during the pandemic with its own online “TV” station, designed to take armchair travel to a…

Morocco’s Imperial Cities were built to dazzle, and that they do… still. Comprised of Marrakech, Rabat, Fez and Meknes, the cities are rich in history, ancient monuments and the heritage of the…

Yorkshire seems to have always been calling my name. I grew up in North York, close to York, East York and Scarborough and a host of other Toronto-area towns copied from the shire (Whitby, Ajax,…

A German cruise ship has set sail with strict precautions to keep passengers and crew as safe as possible. It’s the first time since the industry was shut down by the coronavirus pandemic. Spain’s…

With two of its Fantasy ships sold, two others going to long-term lay-up and a new ship on the horizon, Carnival Cruise Line has revealed the look of its re-configured post-pandemic fleet. The plans…

In case you missed it, and even if you didn’t, here’s a quick look at some of last week’s need-to-know travel news, including: Transat is flying again, Emirates will cover medical and quarantine costs…

At first glance, you’d never know that the Broadview Hotel was a former strip joint and derelict boarding house after the historic Toronto establishment was restored to its former glory as a hotel in…

While we wait patiently for the chance to sail off to new cruise adventures, it’s an opportunity to reminisce about favorite past shore excursions. A tour to Hue is a highlight of any visit to…

Travel to the US may be on pause because of the pandemic, but that doesn’t mean tourism types in the US aren’t eagerly gazing north of the border and planning for the day when Canadians can return.…