The notion that millennials are only booking travel online is outdated. The founder and president of Wells Luxury Travel, a boutique agency specializing in luxury experiences, estimates that roughly 50% of her clients are millennials. “It is actually quite incredible to see how many affluent millennials...
Cuban tourism picks up as Covid wanes IAN STALKER A continually improving COVID-19 situation has led to the reopening of Cuban tourism infrastructure in a major way, with the country’s tourism minister stating during a Toronto visit that his homeland now is only seeing a handful of daily Covid...
State declared tourism an essential service IAN STALKER The executive director of promotion for the Mexican Caribbean says tourism in the Caribbean-fronting Mexican state of Quintana Roo is clearly on an upward trajectory, welcome news indeed for a part of the world where tourism is all-important to the economy....
Summer travel heats up for Canadians ANN RUPPENSTEIN Many Canadians are ready to get out and explore again this summer — and for some, there’s no place like home. According to the latest Finder’s Travel Index results, 10.7 million Canadians plan to travel during June, July and August,...
Discover Quintana Roo’s youngest municipality IAN STALKER The beaches in Puerto Morelos, Mexico may have been in place for eons but the community’s municipal standing is relatively new. Puerto Morelos is found between Cancun and Playa del Carmen, offering the same sort of beaches that...
Travellers can dance to the music IAN STALKER Will Ivan Capdevila be miffed that I wrote this? Quite possibly, yes, since I disproved his assurance to the catamaran passengers sailing with him in the waters off Cuba’s north coast in May. “What happens on the catamaran stays on the catamaran,”...
Hotel recognized as a historic structure IAN STALKER Yolanda Cardenas says that the Baja California community of Todos Santos is an enchanting step back into Mexico’s past. And that holds true for her Todos Santos hotel as well. Cardenas is the general manager of the Guaycura Boutique Hotel Beach...
Royal Jordanian is now linking Toronto and Amman IAN STALKER Jordan’s tourist trade is getting an airborne shot in the arm from Jordan’s national carrier, which is keen on enabling tourists to visit sites that have may hosted Biblical figures, Lawrence of Arabia and even the swashbuckling...
Taste the Mezcal of Acapulco IAN STALKER Acapulco’s Ahuate Craft Mezcal distillery is confident that mezcal-wary tourists will happily bend their elbows a second time after trying its version of a distinctly and uniquely Mexican alcohol. The distillery produces mezcal on site, inviting tourists...
