Destinations
The Clock Is Ticking
For agents looking to lock in their client's 2020 Europe & Britain trips in the coming months the time is finally here, with Trafalgar releasing its Europe & Britain Pre-sale deals of 2020 trips at guaranteed 2019 prices for a limited time. By releasing these Pre-sale deals earlier this year, this good news comes at the perfect time for clients looking at 2020 Europe & Britain travel, with the brand already seeing an increase in the number of enquiries for next year's travel, in advance of the brands official 2020 launch later this year. Even better, clients can save an...
Nicholson-Doty Named CEO Of SLTA
The Board of Directors at the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority (SLTA) has appointed Beverly Nicholson-Doty as the organization's Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Nicholson-Doty has over three decades of industry leadership experience, including most recently serving as Commissioner of Tourism at the USVI Department of Tourism from 2007 to 2018. She brings significant experience in marketing, sales and strategic planning in Caribbean travel, tourism and hospitality. Nicholson-Doty has developed deep relationships with executives across the airline, cruise, hotel and service industries...
Canadians Still Welcome In China
The Canadian director for the China National Tourism Office says Canadian tourists continue to be welcome in China, regardless of current tensions between Ottawa and Beijing. Wenting Yang told a Toronto-area gathering that her office has experienced “some difficulties” in the first half of 2019, an apparent reference to the tensions that surfaced after the CFO of Huawei was detained in Vancouver because of an arrest warrant for her in the United States. But Yang said she's confident that travel between the Canada and China will continue on a large scale. “The cooperation in...
Bahamas Bound
With a record increase in Canadian arrivals, a revitalized room inventory and an uptick in air capacity, travel to Nassau and Paradise Island is booming, reports assistant editor, Ann Ruppenstein in this month's issue of Travel Courier Digital (www.travelcourier.ca). Fred Lounsberry, Chief Executive Officer for the Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board, notes that Canadian visits to the destination sky-rocketed by 88% over 2017. "The Bahamas is a hot place to visit," he says. "We have added a bit over 1,000 average seats a day since 2016 and most importantly to our airline...
Pretty In Pink
Do the rugged vehicles whose manufacturer liked to boast in an ad campaign that it wrote the book on four-wheel-drive look pretty in pink? Ania Kozlowski thinks so. Kozlowski is with Las Vegas' Pink Jeep Tours, which has a fleet of 150 vehicles, including Jeep Wranglers, all of which are painted pink. The vehicles are used for guided tours of Las Vegas itself and the surrounding area, including locales with such foreboding names as Death Valley and the Valley of Fire. Pink Jeep Tours has both air-conditioned enclosed vehicles and open-air ones with canopies, with Kozlowski...
Vancouver Reports Another Record Year
Tourism Vancouver reports that 2018 was another banner year, with the city welcoming 10.7 million overnight visitors to Metro Vancouver. That represents a new best for Metro Vancouver's tourism industry and the sixth consecutive record-breaking year. The collective efforts of tourism operators and industry partners including Destination Canada, Destination British Columbia, the Vancouver Hotel Destination Association, Vancouver Airport Authority and the Vancouver Convention Centre, were instrumental in making 2018 another outstanding year for the Vancouver tourism sector. The city...
Follow Your Sunshine
There's no doubt that Canadians know Florida well, observed VISIT FLORIDA's Sam May during a stop at Press Today's offices in Toronto yesterday, but he's quick to add that there's more to the state that they may not know about. In fact, May explained to PT that VISIT FLORIDA has done a bit of a re-branding and is focusing on the diversity of the state's tourism offerings, as well as the many off-the-beaten path options available to Canadian visitors who may be looking for something a little different. VISIT FLORIDA's Meagan Dougherty agreed with May, telling PT that the message to...
Britain Brings The Love To Toronto Pride
New research figures by Visit Britain give Great Britain the number one ranking amongst seven other European countries for popularity amongst Canadian LGBTQ holiday-makers – just in time for the Pride Parade in Toronto last weekend. Britain came out ahead of Spain and the Netherlands tied in second place, then Ireland, France, Germany and Italy. The survey also indicated that Britain was one of the most welcoming countries for Canadian LGBTQ travellers, with 95% agreeing that Britain is an “LGBTQ-welcoming place to travel.” The LGBTQ Leisure Travel to Britain study revealed...