Travel Industry Today

With corona cases surging in Florida, it may yet be some time before Canadians can or are willing to venture to the Sunshine State. To help bide that time, Visit Florida’s curated list of cinematic…

Porter Airlines is extending the suspension of all its flights until the end of August. The airline had previously planned to resume flying on July 29. Porter chief executive Michael Deluce says the…

Iowa, Montana, South Dakota, Wisconsin. With coronavirus infections continuing to surge south of the border, these four states still refuse to require residents to wear masks or face coverings. Call…

Over the past few months, it’s been easy to become overwhelmed and disheartened by the daily news cycle. Despite the uncertainty and fear, there has been no shortage of kind acts and displays of…

Machu Picchu is the pinnacle of any visit to Peru, but the ancient citadel of the Incas is actually only one requisite stop in the Sacred Valley, or in local lingo, the Urubamba Valley, my favourite U…

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: TravCorp reveals an industry-first; Disney doings; and a contest from…

British Columbia’s oldest pub has a come a long way since its days as a haunt for British sailors at the Parsons Bridge Hotel in the mid 1850s. Now the Six Mile Pub and Eatery in Victoria has…

Every day that cruise ships around the world sit empty costs cruise lines millions, but that’s only part of the devastation in this year of pandemic lockdowns. Jobs and businesses are vanishing in…

As travel begins to slowly take flight, Canadian airports are grounding themselves in new health and safety protocols ahead of an anticipated increase in airline activity in July, but also in…

Call it an ode to sadness: celebrations of Ludwig von Beethoven’s 250th birthday in Germany – rendered out of tune thanks to the coronavirus crisis – have moved online, at least until a host of…

It was 36 years ago this week (June 22nd) that the first Virgin Atlantic Airways flight left London Gatwick for Newark NJ. I remember it like it was yesterday, even if in my case it is exactly half a…

As lovely as one’s backyard garden may be, there are few better places to be than sitting than in an English garden, whether waiting for the sun or not, as John Lennon lamented. And while Brits can…

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: Cruise ships will steer clear of US ports until Sept. 15, Air Canada says…