Destinations
Beaches Resorts Set To Expand To St. Vincent
Adam Stewart, Deputy Chairman of Sandals Resorts, took to Twitter to announce Sandals Resorts International has acquired the closed Buccament Bay Spa and Resort. “I am excited to share news of our company's expansion to a new destination and our eighth island in the Caribbean, St. Vincent and The Grenadines. This will be our first Beaches Resorts in the Eastern #Caribbean and brings together four years of talks and focus on our strong future,” he said. I am excited to share news of our company's expansion to a new destination & our 8th island in the #Caribbean, St. Vincent...
We’re Good To Go
MeetEngland is welcoming news of a confirmed timeline for the business events sector reopening in England. English destinations, venues and business event suppliers have been given the green light to welcome conferences and other business events from Oct. 1. VisitBritain/VisitEngland Director Patricia Yates said: “The confirmed timeline for reopening conferences and business events is great news for England’s valuable events industry and the thousands of jobs that depend on it. Giving certainty to businesses means they can plan with confidence.” And VisitBritain’s...
TDC Partners With GVQ Travel
Transat Distribution Canada (TDC) has added GVQ Travel to its list of preferred partners. Building on its 40 years of expertise in the organization of guided groups, individual and custom travel, GVQ Travel has recently launched its Discover Quebec platform to inspire and make life easier for travellers wishing to discover La Belle Province. Louise Fecteau, TDC's general manager, said: “TDC is pleased to have concluded this partnership, which will allow travel professionals throughout the TDC network to benefit from the knowledge and know-how of GVQ Travel for North America, while...
Unpredictability Is The Challenge
Canada's proximity to the United States makes it probable that the Canadian market will be the first international one to begin resending tourists in sizable numbers to its southern neighbour, a Tuesday Brand USA webinar was told. Carroll Rheem, Brand USA's vice-president of research and analytics, told participants that when travel begins rebounding in significant numbers that the trend will initially be towards short-haul trips, making the United States move attractive to Canadians than the United States' other major and more distant international tourism sources. But a...
WestJet Wraps Up Repatriation Flight Program
WestJet has concluded its repatriation flight program with the Government of Canada, following the airline's final flight from Port of Spain (POS), Trinidad and Tobago to Toronto (YYZ), Canada on Friday, July 17. Since April 4, WestJet operated 28 flights to 14 destinations to bring 4,073 Canadians home from the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Grand Cayman, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago. Ed Sims, WestJet president and CEO, said: "By working together with our Government of Canada...
Who Profits From Non-Profits – Everybody
In a joint editorial, the CEO and director general of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), Frank J. Comito, CEO and Brian D. Frontin, president, Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives (CSHAE) and CEO, Trinidad Hotels, Restaurants & Tourism Association (THRTA), write that the nonprofit tourism associations of the Caribbean are integral to the region’s recovery and to the sustained profitability of the tourism and hospitality sector. The two executives point out that: “During these difficult Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) times it is even more important...
Curaçao Is Calling
On July 1, Canada joined the list of select markets like Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, and The Netherlands to get the green light to visit the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao. Ahead of reopening to international travel, the destination introduced new hospitality protocols called “A Dushi Stay the Healthy Way.” In the first 12 days since the borders reopened, close to 3,000 stayover visitors headed to the colourful ABC island, mainly from Western Europe and the Caribbean region. “We’ve put certain prerequisites in. We are approaching this in a very methodical, gradual...
Costa Rica Has A New Tourism Minister
Gustavo Segura Sancho is Costa Rica’s new minister of tourism. Segura Sancho replaces María Amalia Revelo Raventós, who resigned due to reasons related to health. Segura has 23 years of experience in the tourism and hospitality industry and takes on the post with three major objectives in mind and in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has generated the worst crisis in the history of the country and the tourism sector. His objectives are to achieve a gradual and safe reopening of international flights, to generate in the short term useful tools to alleviate the...