Destinations
Saint Lucia Celebrates With Special Travel Deals
Saint Lucia is celebrating its 40th Anniversary of Independence with a robust calendar of on-island events throughout the year and special offers up to 40% off for travellers visiting from global destinations. In honour of the anniversary, Saint Lucia hotels and resorts have created promotions and packages that include discounts on future stays, spa treatments, activities and other amenities. All details can be found on the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority website at https://www.stlucia.org/specials. Offers are available at 20 properties, including: family friendly favourites: Bay...
WestJet Launches Calgary-Atlanta Service
WestJet has launched new Calgary-Atlanta service, with the Georgia city being the airline's 65th destination served non-stop from Calgary. “Today's flight between Calgary and Atlanta marks another significant milestone in WestJet's continued investment into Alberta while supporting strong business and tourism ties,” said Arved von zur Muehlen, WestJet's chief commercial officer. “We are thrilled to offer our guests this service, along with access to 111 unique routes between Atlanta and points across North America served by both WestJet and our codeshare partner,...
Royal Scenic Releases New ‘Asia/World’ Brochure
Royal Scenic has released its 2019/20 Asia & The World brochure, highlighted by more than 100 of the hottest Asia destinations while also meeting the demands of bucket list tours in the Middle East, South America and South Pacific. Royal Scenic has six product lines to choose from, starting with the Royal Value Collection, Royal Cityscapes, Royal Soft Adventure, Royal Prestige Collection, AsiaRibbean and Royal Romance. The tours are crafted to meet every budget for every occasion, from white-sand beaches, city escapes, lovers getaways, best value collections to high-end luxury...
Take A Listen To Voices of Travel
Winter skiing, dude ranches, exceptional golf and scenic vistas which will fill your iPhone or camera photo space. In this week's issue of CTP, Voices of Travel host, Ron Pradinuk will take listeners on a tour of the Grand County region of Colorado – the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park. At over three thousand metres, it's the breaking point of the Continental Divide from where the watersheds either flow west to the Pacific Ocean or East to the Atlantic. In addition to Winter Park Resort – the closest major ski area to Denver – it is a summer destination for whitewater...
Saint Lucia Hits The High Notes
Saint Lucia celebrated its newly announced partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Centre for the upcoming Saint Lucia Jazz Festival with a special VIP event at the CN Tower Friday night (March 1) featuring a performance by Sage Harris and other notable guests like the island’s minister of tourism and a robot to boot. “It’s so exciting with the partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Centre because the type of artists that we’re having come to Saint Lucia, this is world class artists, and we hand-pick every single one of them,” Saint Lucia Tourism Authority's acting CEO Tiffany Howard told...
In Tune With Cuba
The Cuba Tourist Board wants Canadians to literally face the music. And that's very easy to do for those who visit Cuba. Eloy Govea, director of the board's Toronto office, said Thursday night that his Latin homeland has given the world a staggering number of musical genres that include the likes of salsa, mambo and cha-cha-cha. Music and dance are very much part of Cuban culture, with visitors able to encounter them wherever they are in Cuba, he said while hosting a group in Mississauga, Ont., for the Made in Cuba show, which showcased different forms of dance and music,...
Miami Brings The Heat!
It may have been sub-zero temperatures in Toronto last night, but Miami brought the heat as a delegation of tourism officials hosted an evening of all things Miami at the downtown Stratus Restaurant. Led by Suzie Sponder (pictured), senior director of communications, US/Canada, the group included destination and hotel partners, as well as Norwegian Cruise Line. Sponder spoke with PressToday and the stressed the importance of the Canadian market, which continues to send people in record numbers. “It's our number one international market. That's why we're here,” said Sponder,...
HAL Debuts ‘Asia’ Specialist Training Course
Adding to its collection of global sales tools, Holland America Line (HAL) debuted a new Holland America Line Academy Specialist Course that supports travel agents in selling the premium brand’s Asia cruises. Called “Asia: Ancient, Modern and Miraculous,” the online course helps agents increase their cruise sales by giving insider tips and tools around those itineraries. The course takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete and includes information about the advantages of a Holland America cruise in the region. Travel advisors learn how to identify and sell to the best...