Destinations
G Adventures Partners With Tokyo Tourism
G Adventures and Tokyo Tourism have launched a campaign to encourage Canadians to visit Tokyo and consider the city as a year-round holiday destination rather than a simple pit stop. The multi-channel program launches Oct. 7 and runs through to November. “Tokyo is a bucket list destination for so many people. It’s the largest city in the world and Tokyo’s culture, lights, architecture, food, cherry blossoms, and history attract travellers from all over the world, including many Canadians,” says Aizaz Sheikh, G Adventures’ Canadian marketing director. “In fact, sales of...
Spotlight on Jordan
Those overnighting in the Jordanian desert region of Wadi Rum may end up a little star-struck. Malia Asfour of Visit Jordan's North American office says the sparsely populated region has tent encampments for tourists, who will be in a region that was central to Lawrence of Arabia's famed campaign, with the British military officer labelling Wadi Rum “vast, echoing and God-like.” Wadi Rum is known in part for its eye-catching rock formations. Tourists wanting to tent in Wadi Rum can do so in traditional Bedouin tents or “bubble tents,” with the latter enabling them to look...
All Ears On Vienna
All Ears will be on Vienna in 2020 as it celebrates the 250th anniversary of Beethoven and the city – which was recently voted the “most livable” city in the world – has a host of musical events organized to celebrate the historic occasion. That was just part of the news that the Vienna Tourist Board, Vienna International Airport, Air Canada, Austrian and Swarovski had as they welcomed a travel trade audience at the Bisha Hotel in Toronto last night (Oct. 1). The Vienna Tourist Board's Elke Bachner, along with Armando Mendonca, took the crowd on a tour of some of the...
Jamaica Heats Up
Tourism to Jamaica is heating up with a booming increase in arrivals and big-name resorts coming online across the island destination. “Jamaica is experiencing record-breaking numbers, undergoing major developments, and receiving global recognition like never before,” said Donovan White, director of tourism for the Jamaica Tourist Board at the 29th Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX). “Tourism is our largest earner of foreign exchange and second largest employer of our human capital, and we are proud to share that the industry is once again poised to achieve year-on-year growth in...
On The Road In The Palm Beaches
This week PressToday is on the road discovering The Palm Beaches, Florida along with a group of Ontario-based travel agents. “Some people think it’s just a stretch of beach but it’s made up of 39 municipalities and 47 miles of beaches,” Paul Larcher, account director for Discover The Palm Beaches Florida, represented in Canada by VoX International, told PressToday. “It’s much more than just a beach destination. It has amazing dining ranging from 5-star restaurants down to hamburger joints. There’s great nightlife. Delray is a very cool town, it’s really laid...
Sunwing Foundation Lends Its Support
The Sunwing Foundation and Royalton Luxury Resorts helped NBA players, Jamal Murray and Rondae-Hollis Jefferson, in hosting basketball camps for local youth in Montego Bay, Jamaica recently. The three basketball camps took place at Montego Bay Community College in collaboration with the Jamaica National Basketball Association and had hundreds of children in attendance. Canadian player for the Denver Nuggets and seventh overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft, Jamal Murray, frequently hosts basketball camps in his hometown of Kitchener, Ontario together with his father, Roger Murray who was...
JTB Canada Launches Fall Roadshows
The Jamaica Tourist Board Canada is on the road and is inviting its travel agent partners across the country to its 2019 Fall Product Update Seminars, which get underway this week in Saskatoon and continue until the end of October. Agents will have the opportunity to meet with industry experts such as tour operators, airline partners and destination representatives who will relay key insights and provide an in-depth look into all the newest and most exciting developments on-island. Angella Bennett, regional director, Jamaica Tourist Board Canada, said: “This exclusive evening...
Spain: A Land Of Many Wonders
Barbara Couto is inviting Canadians to follow in the footsteps of Roman Legions, remarkably talented Moorish architects and internationally famed artists. Couto, newly arrived in Toronto as Spain's consul for tourism affairs, says her homeland's architecture and lifestyles have been shaped by different influences over the centuries that have left lasting reminders that have helped make the Iberian nation perpetually popular among the world's travellers. But she adds that while such dominant symbols of Spain as The Prado art museum in Madrid, Barcelona's Sagrada Familia Cathedral and...