Destinations
Tourism Ireland Takes The West By Storm
Tourism Ireland is in western Canada this week, showcasing the island of Ireland to travel agents in British Columbia and Alberta. A delegation of tourism enterprises from Ireland and Canadian partners are taking part in the targeted sales mission focusing on the cities of Vancouver, Langley, Edmonton and Calgary. The workshops involve partner organizations meeting, educating, and doing business with more than 250 travel agents in the region. The sales mission is a valuable opportunity for Tourism Ireland to highlight new and existing offerings on the island of Ireland to travel...
Spend Valentine’s Day With Sandals
Sandals is inviting Canadian agents to spend Valentine’s Day with its director of romance during an exclusive webinar event. It seems only fitting, considering that Sandals has earned a worldwide reputation for providing two people in love with the most romantic all-inclusive vacation experience in the Caribbean. For close to four decades, couples from around the globe have flocked to 15 resorts in Jamaica, Antigua, Saint Lucia, Bahamas, Grenada and Barbados to enjoy the very best in luxurious accommodations, delicious 5-Star Global Gourmet dining, impeccable 5-Star Service from...
Whistler Celebrates Olympic Anniversary
Whistler is celebrating the 10th anniversary of hosting the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Leaving a lasting mark on the resort, a number of Olympic legacies live on in Whistler for guests to enjoy. Since hosting the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events, the Whistler Sliding Centre remains an active training and competition site, while also offering a number of Olympic experiences for guests such as the thrill of sliding in a passenger bobsleigh or the adrenaline rush of a solo skeleton ride. Over at Whistler Olympic Park, the site of the ski jumping, biathlon,...
Israel Hits All-Time Arrivals Record In 2019
Israel has broken its record of tourist entries with 4,551,600 in 2019. The record numbers are also a 10% increase over 2018, which saw the destination welcome 4,120,800 tourists. Yariv Levin, Israel’s Minister of Tourism, said of the results: “We couldn’t be more thrilled that 2019 ended with a record high of incoming tourism to Israel that resulted in a NIS 22 billion in revenue. Thanks to the innovative marketing and promotional campaigns, we are happy to report a 10% increase in tourism compared with last year. We’re excited to continue this momentum in 2020.” The top...
Serving Up A Taste Of Louisiana
Here's some food for thought for those who enjoy culinary tourism – there's far more to Louisiana cuisine than its best-known dish, reports Press Today's Ian Stalker. A Louisiana tourism delegation held a cooking class in Toronto Monday that had participants preparing several Louisiana dishes. And Doug Bourgeois, Louisiana's assistant secretary of the department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, told the gathering the dishes prepared would underscore the varied nature of Louisiana food. “We not only are gumbo,” he told the gathering. “You know us for our...
St. Kitts Welcomes New KOI Resort
St. Kitts' accommodation options continue to grow with the opening of KOI Resort St. Kitts, Curio Collection by Hilton, representing the brand's debut on island as well as KOI Hospitality's first entry into the hotel space. The 102-room oceanfront hotel is the latest addition to St. Kitts’ growing hotel portfolio, having most recently welcomed the Park Hyatt St. Kitts at Christophe Harbour to the destination in November 2017. Set on prime beachfront property just minutes from the Robert L Bradshaw International airport, KOI Resort St. Kitts features 102 guestrooms, a full-service...
The Forecast Is Sunny
Despite two major setbacks, notably the bad publicity surrounding the Dominican Republic and Hurricane Dorian’s toll on travel to The Bahamas resulting in a slight dip in room occupancy rates over the previous year, executives from the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association are upbeat about its performance in 2019 and the outlook for 2020, writes assistant editor, Ann Ruppenstein in this week's issue of Canadian Travel Press. “Looking ahead to 2020 there’s continued encouragement overall,” said CHTA’s CEO and director general Frank Comito speaking at the recent 38th annual...
Coronavirus Causes Collapse in Chinese Travel
The latest data from ForwardKeys, which analyses global aviation capacity, flight searches and more than 17 million flight booking transactions a day, reveals that the outbreak of infection in China from the coronavirus caused a substantial setback in flight bookings for the Chinese New Year period, Jan. 10 to Feb. 6. The Chinese New Year holiday season typically begins a fortnight before Golden Week; and travel reaches its peak just before Golden Week starts. This year, outbound travel reached a new peak and the season was on course to break all records. However, on the week of Jan....