The pandemic has changed the way many people think about travel. Some are no longer putting off dream trips, others are spending more on getaways and others yet are booking extended adventures to make up for lost time being cooped up at home without being able to explore the world. Although 2022 didn’t...
Agents employ creative marketing strategies for success during the pandemic ANN RUPPENSTEIN After months of cancellations and rebooking trips, Linda Toth-Winterkorn is again fielding requests from clients who are ready to get away. The travel advisor with CWT Vacations is currently working remotely in Playa...
Agents must deal with a wary public IAN STALKER You certainly won’t find any travel agents shedding a nostalgic tear after Omicron has long faded away. Last fall’s growing belief that the travel industry was seeing a major rebound has been in some cases been replaced with a growing sense...
The travel industry reacts to CDC, government advisories against cruising ANN RUPPENSTEIN Many travel industry professionals are taking a stance against the CDC’s updated guidance to avoid cruise travel regardless of vaccination status and the decision to raise the warning level for cruises to the highest...
Resort is in an area Hemingway loved IAN STALKER Upscale Swiss hotel company Kempinski is preparing to once again buck a Cuban trend and in doing so rekindle memories of an earlier visitor to Cuba whose time on the island is fondly remembered by locals. The company decided to reopen its Cayo Guillermo...
A first look at Breathless Cancun Soul Resort & Spa Ann Ruppenstein Javier Navarro, director of sales for the newly opened Breathless Cancun Soul, believes its DNA sets the brand apart. “When we started promoting the Breathless brand, we knew we needed a differentiator from the other all-inclusive...
Future bookings are still strong for Toronto agents IAN STALKER Toronto travel agent Pat Probert has a good news travel story amid the Omicron gloom of the past couple of months. Probert, with Bob Family Travel, reports that a 2024 Polynesia cruise has led to a windfall for his agency at a time when...
Onetime sugar mill now serves as a museum IAN STALKER Those wondering how the sugar in their mojitos came to be while vacationing in Cuba need only visit the Remedios-area Museo De Agroindustria Azucarera to find the answer. The one-time sugar mill now serves as a museum telling of how sugar cane...
Coyuca de Benitez often overshadowed by Acapulco IAN STALKER Cesarina Guinto says her destination is literally close to Acapulco and at times seemingly a world away. Pacific Ocean-fronting Coyuca de Benitez is around 30 minutes from Mexico’s oldest oceanside resort destination but Guinto —...
