Destinations
Simple Stays In Grenada
To increase awareness of its boutique hotels and villas, Grenada’s Ministry of Tourism and the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) havce launched Simple Stays Grenada, consisting of 16 properties located in Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique, offering affordable accommodations so travellers on any budget can experience an intimate and quality Caribbean escape. Petra Roach, CEO, Grenada Tourism Authority, said: “Grenada’s wide variety of boutique hotel and villa options is a distinguishing factor in the destination’s visitor appeal. The goal of this project is to showcase...
Jamaica Refreshes One Love Rewards Program
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is refreshing its Travel Agent Specialist ‘One Love Rewards’ program and website make it easier for travel agents to sell the destination. Along with offering a wealth of benefits, the course provides product information and useful tips essential to selling Destination Jamaica for leisure vacations, destination weddings, special interest markets, tour groups and more. Donovan White, Director of Tourism, Jamaica, said that: “Our travel agent partners are integral to our ability to spread the word that Jamaica should be a traveller’s destination...
Tourism Roundtable Makes Its Case
In an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Travel and Tourism Roundtable – anticipating the Minister of Health’s announcement regarding changes to travel restrictions -- is calling on the federal government to lay out a plan for the removal of pre-departure and on-arrival testing for fully vaccinated travellers and other non-science based travel restrictions. In the letter, the Roundtable points out that: “Canada is in a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic – one marked by widespread vaccination and high levels of prior infection, and one which many...
Hug A Tree And Win With Trees4Travel
Trees4Travel is holding a fun contest this Valentine’s Day to gift one lucky winner 100 trees. The contest is simple -- post your best tree hugging photo on Linkedin, Instagram or Facebook and use the following tags: @trees4travel and #treehuggingchallenge2022. Make sure to be as creative as you can and have fun with it. One lucky winner will be chosen as the recipient of 100 trees. To put this into perspective, 100 trees will cover 16,400 kgs of CO2 from your travels. It’s the equivalent of 14 roundtrip flights between Vancouver and Toronto or 8 return flights from...
March Break Bookings Slow, Restrictions Blamed
Two Ontario travel agents say that March Break is turning into March bust and lay the blame for lacklustre bookings squarely at the feet of federal government travel restrictions aimed at containing coronavirus. The agents say those restrictions are raising fears among potential travellers that their vacations might be considerably more expensive than initially expected. The reports of a reluctance to travel by their clients amid concerns about the cost of PCR testing needed to return to this country come at a time of growing speculation that Ottawa may soon be ready to do away with...
Travel Courier Takes Gold At COPAs
Travel Courier went for gold at the 2021 Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPAs) winning the top spot for Best Feel Good Story B2B. The article 127 tons of cleanup, 42 days, nine ships, one adventure of a lifetime was written by Managing Editor Ann Ruppenstein with photography by Simon Ager and Jeff Reynolds. The story showcased how a group of eco tour operators in BC found a new mission collecting 127 tons of marine debris in The Great Bear Rainforest amidst a cancelled tourism season during the pandemic. To read the article, visit: Travel Courier...
Air Canada Salutes its Black Employees
Air Canada is marking Black History Month by featuring the achievements and contributions of its Black employees to aviation, including an inaugural, Black History celebratory flight. Flight AC914 from Toronto to Fort Lauderdale and return flight AC917, operated with a wide-body Airbus A330-300 aircraft, is being flown with a Black crew of two pilots and eight flight attendants. Air Canada's Black History celebratory flight was also planned and supported by Black managers and employees on the ground and behind the scenes. Arielle Meloul-Wechsler, Executive Vice President, Chief...
Fairly Tale Weddings, Honeymoons With Disney
Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons will offer even more ways to celebrate a Disney wedding in 2022, including new venues, offerings and fashions. The brand is an industry leader in bringing fairy tales to life through weddings, honeymoons, vow renewals and anniversaries at Disney locations around the globe, while providing couples with a personalized experience through products, services and locations that only Disney can provide. Korri McFann, marketing director for Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons, said: “At Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings &...