Destinations
Discover America Canada Looks To The Future
Annual U.S. tourism show IPW will be held in Las Vegas this fall and will buck a trend that's developed over the past year by having delegates actually gather at the event. Susan Webb of Discover America Canada told the group's annual general meeting -- done virtually this year -- that plans call for people to attend the show -- which promotes the United States to the world and is a mainstay of the international tourism circuit -- "in person." Other major tourism shows over the past year have been done virtually as coronavirus and accompanying government restrictions make...
CTO, GWU Team Up On Toolkit
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has teamed up with the George Washington University International Institute of Tourism Studies (GW IITS) to develop a recovery toolkit to provide a useful guide for small and medium-sized tourism enterprises as they plan for their reopening, and a dashboard for ministries and destination management organizations to capture and report on key recovery metrics. Seleni Matus, executive director of the GW IITS, observed that: “The global pandemic has accelerated the importance of sound digital strategies for destinations and tourism...
Carriers Taking Off To USVI
The U.S. Virgin Islands are gearing up to welcome more airlift this summer. Following a meeting with American Airlines in Dallas, Texas on Friday, U.S. Virgin Islands Commissioner of Tourism Joseph Boschulte announced that the nation’s largest carrier will expand its service to the Territory to meet increased demand for summertime travel. Beginning on June 3, 2021, passengers in Dallas or connecting from Western and Midwestern cities will have not one but two daily flights from which to choose when traveling to St. Thomas, while Charlotte, North Carolina-based travelers will benefit...
Swoop Gears Up For Summer
Swoop is expanding its summer schedule, adding new routes and more ultra-low fares to British Columbia. The airline's expanded summer operations will bring new service to Victoria and celebrates the return and addition of new routes from Kelowna. Charles Duncan, President of Swoop, said: “Our summer schedule expansion is in response to strong advance sales and in anticipation of demand from Canada's most price-conscious travellers as they look towards the accelerated pace of vaccine rollouts across the country.” Duncan added: “We are thrilled to be offering Canadians even...
Carnival Picks Discover The World In Argentina, Brazil
Carnival Cruise Line has named Discover the World as its new General Sales Agent (GSA) in two key Latin American markets, including Argentina and Brazil. The appointment was effective March 15 and Adolfo Perez, Senior Vice President – Global Sales and Trade Marketing for Carnival Cruise Line, said: “We are very pleased to launch this new partnership in Argentina and Brazil with Discover the World, which offers wide-ranging technological capabilities to support their impressive marketing and digital media platforms. We’re looking forward to working with the team at Discover the...
Not A Pretty Picture
As the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pummel global tourism in 2021, the UNWTO reports that there was an 87% fall in international tourist arrivals in January, compared to 2020. And the UNWTO remains ‘cautious in its outlook for the rest of the year, while continuing to call for stronger coordination on travel protocols between countries to ensure the safe restart of tourism and avoid another year of massive losses for the sector. Following a difficult end to 2020, global tourism suffered further setbacks in the beginning of the year as countries...
Dominica Launches Work In Nature Program
Dominica has launched its extended-stay visa program, Work in Nature (WIN), which provides the opportunity to work remotely for up to 18 months on the island. The WIN program is targeted at remote workers, digital nomads, academics, families, and persons on sabbaticals who are seeking a healthier work-life balance that Dominica can offer them. The island offers high-speed internet and technology services, modern health care facilities, educational options for families, and opportunities for impact volunteer programs with NGOs and private sector entities. These make Dominica the...
Balint Joins Tourism Ireland
Ernie Balint has joined the team at Tourism Ireland as the new Trade Promotions and CRM Executive in Canada. Balint’s main focus will involve planning and implementing a targeted program of trade marketing activities with key Canadian travel partners, tour operators and airlines, and managing strategic digital communications - key to the development of new recovery strategies and activation of innovative plans to re-start tourism from Canada to the island of Ireland. Sandra Moffatt, Manager, Canada, said: “We are delighted to have Ernie join the Tourism Ireland team. As an...