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. Tropicana Los Cabos The freshly renovated and relaunched Tropicana Los Cabos will open its doors in August...

Company now has seven properties on the island IAN STALKER Those staying at RIU Hotels & Resorts’ Riu Palace Aquarelle can expect to hear reggae rather than merengue on resort grounds. The property opened in Falmouth, Jamaica, in May, becoming the seventh property in Jamaica for a company that...

Conflict has taken a toll on tourism but agents are still booking Egypt and Jordan IAN STALKER The Middle East may be down but not out tourism-wise these days. The ongoing war in Gaza has taken its toll on the region’s tourism trade, with a conflict that’s been dragging on for some nine months...

The Tollman family decides to sell a company it has owned for over a century IAN STALKER Two veteran Ontario travel agents are taking in stride the announcement that long-running, family-owned The Travel Corporation will see a new owner whose name isn’t likely to yet resonate among those working...