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 or upcoming properties to entice your clients. The Somerset on Grace Bay The Somerset on Grace Bay has reopened for the 2023/2024 season following...
Country is now happy to host tourists IAN STALKER Saudi Arabian tourism officials are hoping to make inroads in this country, and are counting on a tour operator that has a lengthy background in sending tourists to the Middle East and their national airline to help them do so. Saudi Arabia is a relative...
Thanksgiving and Christmas in the Commonwealth TED DAVIS Thanksgiving for this year is now well in the rear view mirror for Canadians, but it looms large with Black Friday significance in the United States, kicking off the Thanksgiving holiday weekend on Nov. 23. The American take on Thanksgiving is more...
Airline will soon link Toronto and Fort De France IAN STALKER Martinique tourism officials expect to make major inroads in the Ontario market, noting their efforts will have the backing of a particularly weighty player in this country’s tourism trade. Air Canada will begin weekly service between...
New York town showcases comedy IAN STALKER Does it seem funny to you that smallish Jamestown, New York, is pivotal to detailing the history of American comedy? Well that might not be the case once you realize that the western New York State community of fewer than 30,000 people was the birthplace and is also...
‘Free fighting’ performances offered at night IAN STALKER Cancun’s new Luchatitlan tourism attraction offers a no-holds-barred look at a form of entertainment that is very engrained in Mexican culture. The attraction, which opened earlier this year, has nighttime shows of lucha libre...
Upscale World of Hyatt retreat opened this spring IAN STALKER Those preparing to check out of Cancun-area Impression Isla Mujeres by Secrets needn’t expect lengthy waits as 11 a.m. draws near. If fact, the likelihood is that they won’t encounter a line at all thanks to the resort’s...
Destination hands out slices of pie IAN STALKER Tourism authorities for the Florida Keys cheerfully offered some Toronto and Hamilton residents the fruit of a baker’s labor this week. Ashley Serrate of Florida Keys & Key West and Jerry Grymek — who represents the destination in this country...
An interview with Chief Commercial Officer Janet Bava ANN RUPPENSTEIN Earlier this summer Janet Bava took on the role of Chief Commercial Officer for Windstar Cruises, a small ship cruise line that operates a fleet of six boutique all-suite and sailing yachts. Travel Courier caught up with Bava to discuss...
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