TED DAVIS With an economy that is heavily reliant on tourism, Las Vegas tourism stakeholders have been battered by a boycott of the destination by many Canadians in the wake of tumultuous relations with the U.S. president.The numbers are daunting. Las Vegas hotel occupancy...
Egyptian-owned Mayfair Cruises offers unique Nile Journeys Cairo-based Mayfair Cruises is eager to show foreign tourists what in a sense amounts to its back yard.The entirely Egyptian-owned company – affiliated with other Egyptian tourism firms that have been in business for decades – now has three...
Island is particularly proud of its natural side The Tobago Tourism Agency Limited is touting Tobago as a part of the Caribbean that isn't short on beaches or nature.But what the sister island to Trinidad doesn't have is large numbers of visitors, says the tourism agency's marketing officer."Imagine...
Destination attracts the famous and not so famous alike Tinseltown is lending a helping hand to the Florida Keys' tourist trade.Chad Newman, film commissioner for Visit Florida Keys, says his jurisdiction is frequently chosen by the TV and film industries as a setting for their works, with the Florida...
Turkish Airlines connects the world through Istanbul Turkish Airlines says it has built an unrivalled network that enables it to deliver clients to every continent but Antarctica.Jamal Hamza of the Star Alliance airline's Houston office told a recent Wheelhouse Travel Alliance webinar that the airline...
IAN STALKER Trade squabbles with the United States are apparently leading more Canadians to vacation in their home and native land.Several travel agents in Ontario – the country's most populous province – say repeated calls this year for Canadians to stay in their homeland...
Naturally Pacific Resort has partnered with Campbell River Whale Watching & Adventure Tours to offer October Grizzly Getaways Naturally Pacific Resort has partnered with Campbell River Whale Watching & Adventure Tours to offer October Grizzly Getaways Those staying at Vancouver Island’s...
Company provides visitors tuktuk tours Antigua's Elroy Emanuel serves as something of a historian, botanist, tour guide and operator of a type of transportation that would seemingly be more at home on the streets of a major city half a world away. Emanuel is with tour company Rock Adventures...
IAN STALKER Secret Atlas says it doesn't take large numbers of passengers to the polar regions, nor does it want to.The Britain-based company says expedition cruises are building a following, including in the booming polar travel market, but adds that, in a space crowded...
From a hillside property in Florence to the shores of Playa Esmeralda in the Dominican Republic, here are the latest hotel and resort openings Secrets Playa Esmeralda Resort & Spa The adults-only Secrets Playa Esmeralda Resort & Spa in the Dominican Republic's Miches region is a new option...
