Destinations
PAL Signs Interline Deal With AC
PAL Airlines, which serves destinations in Quebec and the Atlantic provinces, has just signed an interline agreement with Air Canada. The agreement allows passengers to make bookings through a single reservation and transfer between PAL Airlines flights and Air Canada service to domestic and transborder destinations and several destinations on Air Canada's international network. Passengers won’t have to reclaim luggage or complete a new checking process. Interline bookings are now available through bookings made in a GDS by travel advisors. Plans are in place to offer website...
Walt Disney World Resort Turns 50 On Oct. 1
It is hard to believe, but the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida is turning 50. Yes, on Oct. 1, 1971, Walt Disney World Resort officially opened to guests for the first time, the culmination of years spent imagining, planning and developing Walt Disney’s magical dream. In the five decades since then, the vacation destination continued to expand with new stories and characters and adventures to cherish for a lifetime. To mark the approaching milestone, guests can share in “The World’s Most Magical Celebration” beginning Oct. 1, 2021, in honour of the resort’s...
Affordable Fun In The Maldives With TruTravels
TruTravels has added the Maldives to product portfolio with two new tours in 2022. The new trips – one Classic land-based tour and one SailVentures water-based tour -- depart from January, 2022 with many inclusions covered such as accommodation, some meals (all meals while sailing, some meals on land), included activities, and a dedicated “Tru Ninja” tour guide / best travel friend throughout the trip. Mark Pope, TruTravels co-founder, points out that the Maldives shouldn’t be a surprise given its combination of Instagram-worthy locations, all tucked away from the tourist...
Flight Centre Adds A New Solution
Flight Centre Travel Group has selected HotelHub to provide a seamless, global hotel booking and distribution solution for its global corporate brands, including FCM and Corporate Traveler. The HotelHub platform aggregates hotel content from multiple GDS and non GDS sources and includes an intuitive tool for agents that fully automates the hotel booking workflow and includes an application programming interface (API) integrated with the industry’s online booking tools. This ensures all hotel bookings, regardless of how they are booked, are manageable within the HotelHub...
Make Port In Port Colborne In 2022
There’s lots of excitement in Port Colborne as the city is preparing to welcome an influx of cruise ship activity beginning in May 2022; allowing those who enjoy cruising, day-trips, and onshore excursions to add Port Colborne to their list of Great Lake cities to explore. And with the city scheduled to become one of many ports of call for several Great Lakes cruise lines, Port Colborne is expecting to see an influx of both tourism and economic benefits, thereby solidifying its place on the map. Port Colborne Mayor Bill Steele said: “We are excited to welcome guests to Port...
Searching For Some Answers In Ontario’s North
Ian McMillan wants the answer to the question that everyone in the travel and tourism industry wants the answer to, which is: “When will vacation travel return to normal?” Right now, the international marketing specialist for Destination Northern Ontario doesn’t know the answer to ‘when’ or even to ‘what normal will actually be.’ What McMillan does know is that “flexibility will be the key, from both a seller and buyer perspective” going forward … and forward is definitely the direction that he wants to be going in. As for travel advisors, McMillan made it...
ACTA: Independents Locked Out Of Support
With the deadline fast approaching, ACTA has been having ongoing discussions with Ontario government decision-makers over independent travel agents being ineligible for the Ontario Tourism and Travel Small Business Support Grant. Association president, Wendy Paradis said that: “ACTA continues to call on the Ontario government to amend the grant rules to include independent travel agents.” Paradis pointed out that: “The grant is intended to support the hardest-hit businesses in travel and tourism and the exclusion of independent travel agents doesn’t make sense.” The...
Rockwood Adventures Goes Local, Launches New Brand
BC Adventure Company (BCAC) is a new, boutique brand, being launched by Vancouver-based luxury tour operator Rockwood Adventures that will target both BC residents and Canadian travellers with single and multi-day private excursions in British Columbia. After the global pandemic hit in 2020, Rockwood Adventures, whose clientele was comprised solely of international visitors – experienced a zero-revenue year. Owners Alasdair Douglas and Nancy Celetti decided to channel their efforts toward attracting local Canadian businesses. Alasdair Douglas, Rockwood Adventures’ managing...