Destinations
SellOffVacations Reopens Retail Stores Across Canada
Following months of closures due to the effects of COVID-19, SellOffVacations has announced that its retail stores reopened their doors yesterday (Sept. 14.) With 30 locations from coast to coast, the travel experts at SellOffVacations are looking forward to welcoming back customers and helping them plan their highly-anticipated future getaways. “We’re excited to be reopening our doors in communities all across Canada,” said Stuart Morris, General Manager, Retail, for SellOffVacations. “For over three decades, we have been providing expert travel advice in local communities from...
New TravelJapan Brand From HIS
HIS-TravelJapan is a new brand designed to simplify the planning and booking of travel to Japan. It is a division of Red Label Vacations Inc., which offers flights, hotel stays, tours, virtual tours, rail passes and more Japan-related products all on one platform. In addition, the website provides vacation packages to other popular destinations worldwide. The brand has access to the popular Japan Rail Pass, which allows international travellers to use the transit systems at an affordable rate. As well, HIS-TravelJapan has innovative technology that allows a wide range of...
ETC Picks Prinz As New Chair In Canada
Pascal Prinz has been picked to be the new Chair of the European Travel Commission’s (ETC) Canada Chapter. Prinz has been the Vice-Chair of the ETC’s Canada Chapter for the past 18 months. Along with his role as Director Canada and Trade Manager Central USA for Switzerland Tourism for two-and-a-half years, Prinz also serves as a board member of the Swiss-Canadian Chamber of Commerce. He takes over the role of ETC Canada Chair from Dana Welch, Manager for Canada at Tourism Ireland, who coordinated the association’s operations in the market for the past three years. Taking...
Escape From Home
The Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC) and Destination Indigenous are offering ways to learn about the rich history of local Indigenous culture while on a road trip. Avid travellers, the Wager family documented their three-day journey through rural and urban settings, including paddling the Humber River with Oceah Oceah, a SUP paddling, SUP yoga and tour company run by Indigenous sisters Jenifer and Sharon Rudski. Their itinerary also includes visiting Canada’s largest Indigenous community, Six Nations, home to nearly 30,000 members of the Iroquois Nations,...
Plan B Is NOT An Option
While it’s not the V-shaped recovery that the industry was hoping for, Direct Travel’s president, Canada West, Brian Robertson talks with Canadian Travel Press this week about how the company is staying connected with its people; what the state of play is now; and what the future holds. Spoiler alert: Plan B is not an option. Robertson told CTP that “morale is as good as it can be expected. Many employees are on temporary layoff and there is nervousness regarding the uncertainty of the future but by the nature of the industry, employees are resilient. Direct Travel have done a...
Laying The Foundations For Recovery
Canada’s ministers of tourism were hosted by the honourable Mélanie Joly and the honourable Caroline Wawzonek -- Co-Chairs of the Canadian Council of Tourism Ministers (CCTM) – for a virtual meeting designed to continue the dialogue and collaboration that has taken place amongst the CCTM since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis. New Brunswick was not able to attend the meeting due to the provincial election being held in the province. The ministers recognized that the travel and tourism sector is one of the most heavily impacted sectors by the COVID-19 pandemic. According...
Tourism Ireland Makes Changes
Tourism Ireland is making some changes at its offices in Toronto and New York. Dana Welch will be taking on the role of Vice President Marketing, USA, and will lead the Trade & Industry and Publicity teams. Welch will relocate from Toronto -- where she has successfully led Tourism Ireland’s operations in Canada as Marketing Manager since 2014, and delivered strong growth – to New York. Prior to joining Tourism Ireland Welch held the position of Senior Marketing Manager at Cineplex Entertainment in Toronto. Here in Canada, Sandra Moffatt has been appointed to the...
Quintana Roo Continues Its Reopening
The state of Quintana Roo has updated its epidemiological traffic light system in the northern region of the state to yellow, allowing for more public spaces to reopen. Governor Carlos Joaquín González announced the move that applies to the northern region of the state of Quintana Roo, which includes Cancun, Cozumel, Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Riviera Maya, Isla Mujeres, Costa Mujeres, Puerto Morelos and Holbox. However, the state’s southern region will remain orange. This transition is mainly due to two key factors: the decrease in active cases of COVID-19 and...