Yellowstone series sparks demand for Dude Ranch Vacations Yellowstone, the wildly popular cable television series starring Kevin Costner, has sparked newfound interest in the Rocky Mountains and specifically luxury dude ranch vacations. Red Reflet Ranch, a 28,000-guest ranch in Ten Sleep, Wyoming, has experienced...
Haven Resorts & Spas readies for Oct. 1 reopening Ian Stalker Haven Resorts & Spas has chosen Oct. 1 as the reopening date of its Cancun-area Haven Riviera Cancun Resort & Spa, with North American director of sales & marketing Jan LaPointe saying the company has opted for a “slow...
Etihad boosts its Toronto-Abu Dhabi service Ian Stalker The slump international travel is having to contend with these days isn’t preventing Etihad Airways from boosting its Toronto-Abu Dhabi service, with the carrier reporting now stable load factors on the route that it’s confident will...
Welcome back to Saint Lucia An interview on the future of travel with Minister of Tourism Dominic Fedee Can you provide a bit of an update about how it’s been going since Saint Lucia reopened its borders to international travellers? We’re very glad that in the first month, we’ve seen...
Vinis clearly isn’t relying on the grapevine to get the word out about wine tourism in Italy’s Tuscany region… IAN STALKER In fact the Tuscany-based company has gone the high-tech route to tell Canadians about the vineyards that dot the Tuscany countryside, the wines those vineyards...
The right way forward: COMING BACK RESPONSIBLY for travellers, locals and the planet Ann Ruppenstein Should you travel right now? It’s an ethical question that has come up recently — especially as COVID-19 cases spike across multiple destinations that have reopened to international...
Coping during COVID-19 This week Travel Courier checks in with Laura Lawrence, Owner & Consultant at Travel By Laura, who donned Mickey Ears while working with her kids at home as a signal that she was working. What has it been like running a travel business over the past few months? I have...
Hey, it’s Senior Account Manager, Air Canada How have you been coping during the last few months and how have you been keeping busy? The coping is ongoing… It has really been a tough time for all of us in the industry. Early on it was the uncertainty and the unknown of the virus, to […]
