(Photo above: Dorothy Dowling) As part of a newly announced partnership, Best Western Hotels and Resorts will utilize the Givex gift card platform to issue and redeem Best Western Travel Cards globally. The first phase of the partnership was launched in late 2018, less than six months after the deal...
(Photo above courtesy of Tourism Australia) Determining a city’s future readiness for tourism growth requires a holistic view that accounts not only for its current physical and natural assets, but also for its social capital and the impact of its policies. Whether a city is looking to grow its travel...
(Photo above: Frangipani Beach Resort, solar panel field) Anguilla’s Frangipani Beach Resort is feeling the power following the completion of a large-scale sustainable energy project to generate clean, reliable power to the hotel. The new solar panels system is projected to power 70% of the resort....
Summer is fast approaching and John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport is gearing up for a busy one. The airport’s announcement of its official 2019 summer program will be supported by its “we fly there” advertising campaign with activities planned to highlight the increased domestic...
Summer is on its way, but bookings from the UK to European Union countries are lagging 4.6% on last year as Britain prepares for its first post-Brexit holidays, according to findings from ForwardKeys which predicts future travel patterns by analysing 17 million booking transactions a day. The analysis...
(Photo above: Le Blanc Spa Resort – Third floor pool) Palace Resorts reports that the multi-million dollar renovation of Le Blanc Spa Resort Cancun – the brand’s flagship property – is now complete. The adults-only, AAA Five Diamond Awarded resort has now re-opened after extensive...
While Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic made headway in its quest to be the first to offer space travel to consumers — when its SpaceShipTwo hit an altitude of 295,007 feet – earlier this year, Kensington Tours is heading in a somewhat different direction. The company is offering its customers...
North America’s largest seaplane-based airline – Harbour Air in Vancouver – has launched a trail blazing project to convert its aircraft from fossil fuel engines to electrical power plants. It will do so in partnership with magniX, a company at the forefront of the electric aviation...
Lisbon was the site of the first UNWTO Mayors Forum for Sustainable Urban Tourism, which was co-organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Ministry of Economy of Portugal and the Lisbon Municipality. The event brought together Mayors and high-level city representatives from around the world,...
(Photo above: Museum of Ice Cream, courtesy Anna-Alexia) Ice cream, cartoons, dogs, fine art, lighthouses, film, space and a whole lot more are showcased in some of the remarkable museums that travellers can discover in places like San Francisco, New York, Arizona, New Hampshire, Bermuda and North Carolina....
