Destinations
Advica Travel Club Has Canadians Covered
Advica Travel Club has launched of its new concierge healthcare membership program for Canadians travelling to the United States. In tandem with the reopening of borders and at the height of snowbird departure season, Advica Travel Club addresses the many health and COVID testing-related concerns Canadians travelling to the United States are grappling with. Through a partnership with Redirect Health, Advica Travel Club connects members directly to leading healthcare providers for timely medical advice, treatment, and solutions. With 24/7 care, quick response times, and...
Trends To Watch In 2022 From Outdoorsy
If you’re wondering what trends to watch for in 2022, Outdoorsy has a dozen or so to offer. The on-demand RV rental and outdoor travel marketplace – with worldwide offices in 4,800 cities and 11 countries, including the U.S., Canada, Australia, France, and the UK -- was founded in 2015 and has booked over 4.7 billion days of travel. So, what are the trends that Outdoorsy is tracking? Consider the following: Trailers & Class C RVs were the most popular rentals, respectively, on Outdoorsy for 2020, 2021, and going into 2022. Of Canadians renting Class C: 13% of...
Air France Adds Caribbean Routes
Air France is expanding its flight schedule to leisure destinations this winter with the introduction of two North American routes to the Caribbean. Travellers can now fly from YUL-Montreal and JFK-New York to Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Air France will fly once a week between Pointe-à-Pitre (PTP), Guadeloupe, and Montreal (YUL), with the following schedule: AF624 Pointe-à-Pitre to Montreal departing 3:20PM arriving 7:50PM [Tue] AF625 Montreal to Pointe-à-Pitre departing 1:00PM arriving 6:50PM [Wed] The week of Dec. 6, 2021, Air France will add a second weekly flight...
Shifting Behaviours
A new report from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Trip.com Group reveals the latest trends in traveller behaviour and future booking patterns in the wake of COVID-19. ‘Trending in Travel’ indicates strong growth in international spending for 2022 and beyond, projected to overtake domestic spending in 2022, as more destinations ease restrictions and vaccination rates continue to rise. Following a 69.4% decline (2020), global international spending on travel is set to rise by 9.3% in 2021, and significantly by 93.8% in 2022. The report also reveals how severe...
Canadians Packing Up And Ready To Go
With pandemic restrictions easing, Canadians are packing their bags, and RATESDOTCA is reporting that interest in travel quotes is surging 293% [see chart above of Change of Travel Quote Volume on RATESDOTCA]. And while it is far from pre-COVID numbers, it’s clear Canadians are once again ready to pack up and go, though the destinations they are planning to visit have changed. RATESDOTCA notes that interest in domestic travel climbed 330% from Q3 2019 to Q3 2021, however, interest in international travel fell 14%. The report pulls data from thousands of quotes for travel insurance...
There’s Light At The End Of The Tunnel
The Jamaica Tourist Board believes the end of the coronavirus pandemic is in sight and that in turn is leading to heightened Canadian interest in Jamaican vacations. The board staged a virtual product showcase Wednesday, with Canadian director Angella Bennett telling viewers that she and her colleagues are upbeat. "Finally, we can start to see the light at the end of the tunnel," she said. Donnie Dawson, the tourist board's deputy director of Americas, said he too is hopeful. "I feel a lot of Canadians are going to travel this winter just to get away," he said, noting we...
Israel Seeing Positive Signs For 2022
Israel has reopened and is putting the global pandemic behind it. But it is doing it carefully and safely. That was the message that Israel’s Minister of Tourism, Yoel Razvozov delivered in a video address to a small, masked and socially-distanced group of travel trade types and friends of Israel gathered in Toronto yesterday (Nov. 24) afternoon. Razvozov told his audience that since Israel had reopened its borders this month to fully vaccinated travellers it had welcomed 30,000, raising his optimism about what’s ahead in 2022. In fact, Israel’s Minister of Tourism noted...
Agents Enjoy A Taste Of Hong Kong
Hong Kong chefs clearly haven't been idle during the pandemic. In fact, Hong Kong chef and TV personality Christian Yang told a Baxter Media webcast focusing on Hong Kong's food and beverage scene that the very opposite is true. "I think this COVID period has really been able to create a new genre of cuisine in Hong Kong and in the bar scene as well," he said. Yang told viewers that Hong Kong chefs have been given more opportunity to create their own menus and are doing just that. As well, Chinese chefs are finding "ways to make Chinese food sexy again," he continued. Yang...