Destinations
Canada Jetlines Ready To Take Off To Moncton
Canada Jetlines has officially announced its first flight to Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport (YQM), scheduled for Aug.15, 2022, as one of the carrier’s first routes. Eddy Doyle, CEO of Canada Jetlines, said: “Canada Jetlines is excited to offer service on our inaugural day out of our hub in Toronto to the vibrant destination of Moncton, New Brunswick.” Doyle continued: “We’ve chosen Moncton as our first destination in the Maritime provinces for its attractive offering for tourists and its convenient reach to a large segment of the population of New...
Restaurants Canada Names New President And CEO
Restaurants Canada has announced that Christian Buhagiar will assume the role of President and CEO. The news also accompanied the announcement that the current Interim President and CEO, Roy Little, who joined the organization in 2019 and took over its leadership in February 2022 will be retiring. Buhagiar said: “I’m incredibly excited by the opportunity to lead the Restaurants Canada team, and serve its 30,000 members nationwide. I recognize this is a critical period for the foodservice industry. Not only were restaurants and their suppliers hit first and hardest by the COVID-19...
Setting A Course To A Bright Future
“One virtue of a paradigm shifting event is that it teaches you things, Lucie Guillemette, Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer, Air Canada, observes, before continuing: “We learned a tremendous amount, including the importance of being nimble and adaptable, how to let go of old ways of doing things and embrace the new, and it also reaffirmed the value of our people, who have been amazing throughout.” And Guillemette makes it abundantly clear that: “We could not have managed the pandemic anywhere near as well if at all without the agency...
Air Canada Set To Launch YVR-Bangkok Flights
A long-awaited flight connection between Thailand and Canada has finally been realized, with the announcement that Air Canada will operate services to Bangkok from Vancouver starting in the early winter. It will be the only direct non-stop flight to Thailand from North America. Reps from Air Canada and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) welcomed Vancouver-area travel retailers to a lunch in the city, to celebrate the news last week. While sampling Thai cuisine at Sala Thai, agents learned that the new schedule will start on Dec. 1 and run until April 17. Flights will operate...
WestJet, Unifor Reach Tentative Deal
WestJet and Unifor – which represents certain WestJet airport employees at YYC Calgary International Airport and Vancouver International Airport -- reached a tentative agreement on the first collective bargaining agreement between the organizations. Both parties now await the ratification vote to be put forward to membership. WestJet’s Executive Vice-President and Chief People, Corporate and Sustainability Officer, Angela Avery said: “WestJet is pleased to have reached a tentative agreement that recognizes the important contributions of its valued airport employees, in...
Sandals Making Future Dreams Come True In Curaçao
The Limpi Recycling warehouse in Curaçao is full of containers filled with shredded plastic assorted by colour — red, white, yellow, blue, green and orange. This is the site where industrial product designers Debrah Nijdam and Mitchell Lammering give discarded bottles of laundry detergent, water bottles and other collected plastic waste materials “new” life. “When we visited the north side of Curaçao we saw how much plastic is being washed ashore on the island and we thought why don’t we bring awareness to this problem by making new products from this plastic waste,”...
Condor Set To Take Off From Edmonton In 2023
Condor will be offering two weekly seasonal flights from Edmonton International Airport (YEG) to Frankfurt starting May 26, 2023. The carrier will use Boeing 767 equipment on its non-stop service. Myron Keehn, Vice President, Air Service and Business Development, Edmonton International Airport, said: “We are pleased to welcome Condor to YEG and be part of this exciting non-stop connection to Frankfurt. Connecting with international hubs is an important step in re-stimulating the economy, and this new flight will help to propel and diversify both business and leisure travel and...
Destination Toronto Names Port For New Role
Destination Toronto has named Paula Port as its new Vice President of Global Marketing. With over 20 years of experience and expertise at Destination Toronto, Port will lead the strategic development and implementation of marketing and communications for the destination. In her most recent role as Director, Brand & Content, Port established content marketing as a core function of the organization, launching the re-imagined content hub DestinationToronto.com that prioritizes diversified content and editorial contributors; and, developed a regionally-focused content and marketing...