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 Hotel Maria For luxury clients heading to Helsinki, the newly opened The Hotel Maria has joined Preferred...

864,000 Canadians expected this year BOB MOWAT Start spreading the news… New York City is on a roll and as 2023 winds down, expectations for 2024 are high. Britt Hijkoop, vice president, communications international for New York City Tourism +Conventions, was in Canada this week, spreading the word...

Tourism authorities insist country is safe for visitors IAN STALKER Jordan’s tourist trade has become another casualty of the fighting in Gaza. The war between Israel and Hamas has now entered its third month, and is apparently causing many jittery travellers to avoid Jordan, despite that country...

USVI seeks to grow arrivals from Canada ANN RUPPENSTEIN Will the United States Virgin Islands soon see nonstop flights from the Canadian market? Joseph Boschulte, Commissioner of Tourism for the USVI, told Travel Courier that he is working hard to make it happen. “Canada is our number one international...