The resort report: what’s new in the hotel world ANN RUPPENSTEIN Checking out the latest hotel and resort news from fresh renovations to brand new and upcoming properties ready to welcome your clients. Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara The desert oasis of Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort...
Lee County is ready to welcome more Canadians ANN RUPPENSTEIN Eight months after Hurricane Ian made landfall, Fort Myers has made a strong comeback. “We’re in what we like to say is phase three of our recovery plan. We’re on the recovery portion of it, we have about 70%-80% of our hotel...
A look at how ACV allows clients to explore Greece at their own pace ANN RUPPENSTEIN It’s never too early to think about summer travel… next summer, that is! While most of your clients have likely locked in their Euro-trip plans for this year, Air Canada Vacations is already looking ahead...
ANN RUPPENSTEIN Baxter Media and the Jamaica Tourist Board are searching for outstanding Canadians who use their influence to elevate Destination Jamaica within Canada. Does this sound like you or someone you know? Nominations are now open for the Edith Baxter Memorial Award, a biennial award program...
Ottawa youth hostel was once a jail IAN STALKER The president of Destination Ontario says what are clearly non-mainstream accommodations are available to those visiting her province. Lisa LaVecchia told Rendez-vous Canada 2023 delegates in Quebec City in late May that those wanting to spend an unusual...
Havana hotel is in the city’s famed Old Quarter IAN STALKER A newer addition to Havana’s lodging scene has the very sort of impressive neighbors that puts the Cuban capital’s old quarter firmly on the tourist circuit. Old Havana’s Gran Hotel Bristol, which is affiliated with Kempinski,...
Polar bear tours among province’s unique appeal IAN STALKER Travel Manitoba says tourists can see some pretty impressive critters in the northern part of Manitoba and much farther south as well. The tourism promotion body’s Karin Schreiber told delegates at Rendez-vous Canada 2023 that those...
Province is home to dozens of wineries IAN STALKER Photos: @visitnovascotia Oenophiles will be in their element in Nova Scotia. Peter Johnson of Tourism Nova Scotia said during Rendez-vous Canada 2023 that his province is “one of the fastest growing wine regions” in the country, now being...
A head’s up on hammerheads… IAN STALKER No less a figure than Ecuadorian tourism minister Niels Olsen is willing to educate divers who might be nervous about some of his country’s schools. Schools of hammerhead sharks that can be viewed by the underwater exploration set who submerge...
Parks Canada offers non-mainstream accommodations IAN STALKER Photos © Parks Canada /Guy Thériault/DCBA/ Sophie Deschamps Guy Theriault isn’t necessarily wowed when he hears of people talking about 5-star accommodations. Indeed, the Parks Canada employee told attendees at Rendez-vous...
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