Destinations
Destinations Get Social, Make Changes
Changes have taken place at the Turks & Caicos Islands Tourist Board. Rosemarie Wilson has been representing Turks & Caicos across Canada for over 20 years, "doing so with great passion for the destination and all that it has to offer." Wilson has now retired from the position -- April 17 was her last day. “It has been a great pleasure working with you," she said to the travel industry on the of her retirement. The Toronto office will remain operational and staffed by marketing officer Layton Lewis, who can be reached by emailing...
COVID-19 Update: #TogetherinTravel, AC, Porter
Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) launched a new marketing campaign, #TogetherInTravel, aimed at galvanizing the global travel and tourism community and showing how the sector is a vital part of our zest for life. The campaign encourages travellers from around the world to share the hashtag #TogetherInTravel along with a video simultaneously uniting everyone in solidarity at the same moment. The marketing campaign comprises three key elements: A highly visual and emotive video (https://we.tl/t-fn2UIxLe6N ). A hashtag, #TogetherInTravel, to stimulate the conversation across...
Chile Lifting Spirits With Inspiring Campaign
In an effort to lift spirits and encourage post-pandemic travel planning, Chile Tourism has launched the I Dream Of Chile online campaign across all of its social media channels and on its website, www.chile.travel. The campaign’s new video -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH5UaJT5jrI -- encourages would-be travellers to pause and reflect on a series of gorgeous Chilean landscapes, from the Rapa Nui to wine country vineyards, while delivering the message that these iconic spots will still be available once travel restrictions are lifted. “It's time to pause, but the...
COVID-19 Update: Transat, Brand USA, CTO And More
Transat A.T. Inc. says it intends to use the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) to propose that its 4,000 employees who are currently temporarily laid off return to employment. On March 23, Transat announced the temporary layoff of 70% of its staff when it was forced by the COVID-19 pandemic to temporarily suspend its flights. Other layoffs followed, eventually totalling 80% of its workforce. Employees who are recalled will receive 75% of their baseline remuneration as defined in Bill 14: A Second Act Respecting Certain Measures in Response to COVID-19, to a maximum...
Stranger Than Fiction
Veteran travel journalist and author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers 1,000 Places to See Before You Die and 1,000 Places to See in the United States and Canada Before You Die talks about going from frequent flyer to making the most of the imposed time in her NYC apartment — like finally taking down her Christmas tree, getting tracked down by the American Ambassador to Lithuania, where she’s been wanting to go since she was six years old, the time she spoke at The White House, her soft spot for Italy, and much more. After Patricia Schultz came on board as Trafalgar’s...
‘Safer At Home’ Initiative Launched By Florida Keys
The Florida Keys tourism council has launched a “safer at home” initiative to promote “stay-at-home” directives to combat COVID-19, while also sensitively maintaining awareness of the Florida Keys as a destination. The social media-based “Safer@Home” program encourages Facebook, Instagram and Twitter fans and followers to tune in for live-stream Keys content while staying safely sequestered in their own homes. The initiative is to feature social posts showcasing virtual tours of local attractions and wildlife facilities, Keys nature scenes and nature-based activities,...
“Impossible To Execute” – IPW Cancelled
IPW 2020 has been cancelled. The announcement was made by U.S. Travel Association (USTA) president and CEO, Roger Dow. Dow said that: “Following a thorough decision-making process in which we explored every viable option to proceed this year, we are saddened to announce that IPW 2020 is cancelled.” The association’s president and CEO, explained that: “The circumstances surrounding the coronavirus pandemic—including global travel restrictions, flight reductions, mandated social distancing, and stay-at-home orders both in the U.S. and abroad—have made this year’s...
Virus Still Impacting On US Travel Plans
While Longwoods International’s latest tracking study of US travellers reports that 85% of them are changing their travel plans for the next six months because of COVID-19, there might be a glimmer of hope, considering that that’s about the same percentage as previously reported. The tracking study also found that changing trips from international to domestic and from air travel to auto travel continue to occur but were less frequent than in previous weeks. One bright spot in the survey results, the percentage of American travellers planning trips in the next six months rose...