Check out the latest openings and renovations in Europe, North America and the Caribbean ANN RUPPENSTEIN A weekly round up of the latest hotel and resort openings, as well as fresh renovations, ranging from close to home escapes to far flung getaways. Kimpton Aysla Mallorca Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants,...
Property opened during the pandemic IAN STALKER An international pandemic didn’t put the kibosh on an upscale addition to Nayarit’s hospitality industry. The Conrad de Mita opened in 2020, the first year that Covid sent international tourism into a tailspin, but director of marketing Yvonne...
Los Cabos sees growth among Canadian travellers IAN STALKER The Los Cabos area has gone from hosting pre-Hispanic Indigenous peoples to Spanish missionaries, then ranchers and ultimately tourists. Lots of tourists in fact. Rodrigo Esponda, managing director of the Los Cabos Tourism Board, told a recent...
Withholding visas disrupted India programs IAN STALKER India’s decision to again issue visas for Canadians wanting to vacation in the Asian country is welcome news to tour operators that saw their India programs stalled as clients were unable to get the government documents required to enter the country....
Lima will be connected to both Toronto and Montreal IAN STALKER Air Transat will soon begin offering an airborne link between this country and Peru, welcome news to Peruvian tourism officials left without direct air service between this country and their homeland since Air Canada suspended Lima flights...
Stanley & Livingstone Boutique Hotel opens April 1 following US$6 million refurbishment Stanley & Livingstone Boutique Hotel opens April 1, an optimal time for clients to see Victoria Falls when it’s at its most impressive. Victoria Falls’ only boutique hotel reopens with a completely...
Think outside the box Ann Ruppenstein Creative ways to fuel travel businesses responsibly during the pandemic In order to survive over the past few months, travel companies have adapted, made core business adjustments and found creative ways to move forward and drive future business in a responsible...
An OPEN LETTER to our colleagues & the world from Black Destination Industry Leaders Recently this country has been experiencing situations and events that have forced us to see everything differently. We have been beseeched by a health pandemic that has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of our fellow...
Jon Montgomery has been exploring Canada since the tender age of two months old when his family headed out on the open road from Russell, Manitoba to B.C. with an RV trailer attached to their van in the summer of 1979. “My interest in RVing was developed from the real formative age of two months...
Known as The heart of Mexico, Guanajuato is home to boutique hotels, vibrant colonial cities, top notch tequila, gastronomical experiences, Instagrammable views and passionate people It’s hard to appreciate or understand just how much time goes into producing a bottle of tequila. That’s why one of the premium...
