Destinations
Goway Offers ‘Wild’ Times in Africa
Goway's Africa program spans a range of wildlife ranging from A(ardvark) to Z(ebra). Moira Smith of Goway's Africa program told a Tuesday Toronto audience that the program features 22 countries, with many of those countries having wildlife-based tourism, including Botswana and its Okavango Delta; Uganda, home to the likes of gorillas and tree-climbing lions; and Zambia, which Smith labelled “pristine and wild.” The Serengeti is another prime wildlife region, she continued. “It's like you're living in National Geographic.” Smith said the “safari experience [in Africa] is...
New Adventure Park Set To Open in Cancun
With an investment of more than $50 million, Grupo Experiencias Xcaret will open its new adventure park, Xavage, this winter. The only one of its kind in Cancun and Riviera Maya, Xavage invites visitors to “challenge all their limits, to free their wild side and face the force of water, travel paths full of challenges and conquer the heights, and to live a challenge full of adrenaline and follow their instincts.” Xavage is the first day park that Experiencias Xcaret has in Cancun, and will complement the adventure offerings of its parks Xplor and Xplor Fuego, by integrating six...
Industry Needs To Embrace Digital
Over nine million new jobs can be created within Asia Pacific destinations over the next five years by fully embracing digital platforms and data driven innovation in the tourism sector, according to “Data & Digital Platforms: Driving Tourism Growth in Asia Pacific” -- a new research report published by PATA and Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics company, with the support of Google. Commenting on the findings, PATA CEO Dr. Mario Hardy said: “Now more than ever, it is critical that organizations obtain a thorough understanding of current technologies and innovations to make...
Jamaica, Everything Is Definitely All Right
Jamaica's minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett and its director of tourism, Donovan White were in Canada earlier this month for a series of meetings with the country's travel industry leaders. Along with the Jamaica Tourist Board's regional director for Canada, Philip Rose, the team met with airline executives, tour operators, and other travel trade types. Reaffirming the strong tourism ties between the two countries, Minister Bartlett said, “I would like to thank our Canadian travel partners … for engaging consumers and continuing to promote Jamaica as a prime destination for...
Make It Authentic. Make It Jamaica.
In the first part of a two part series, Jamaica's director of tourism, Donovan White sits down with Canadian Travel Press' executive editor, Bob Mowat to talk about how the popular Caribbean destination plans to play its role in the “finely tuned wheel of global travel and tourism.” Ask Donovan White what his brief is and he'll tell you that it's “to take what is a fantastic product and make it even more fantastic.” The Jamaica Tourist Board's (JTB) director of tourism was in Toronto along with the island's Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett and the JTB's regional director...
Vietnam Gives Agents A Taste Of Its Wonders
Here's some food pho thought from Vietnamese tourism officials – the country's a major culinary centre. A Vietnamese tourism delegation visited Toronto Monday night, promoting the attributes of the southeast Asian country, which includes a food scene that drew international attention when late food enthusiast Anthony Bourdain and former U.S. president Barack Obama had lunch together in a modest but popular Hanoi restaurant that serves the likes of pho, a hugely popular dish in Vietnamese cuisine. Lloyd Coleman of Minh Travel & Tour --- Canadian GSA for Vietnam Airlines-- in...
A Different Style Of Luxury From Goway
Goway Travel is offering travellers in search of luxury the chance to tailor their style of adventure with unique trips to Peru, Australia, Italy, and other popular destinations. Different Globetrotters have different interests and those in search of something more upscale can have very different ideas about what that means. Fortunately, Goway is ready to realize a wide array of luxury travel ideas. That means accommodation at the best first class properties, along with bonus experiences and privileges to make the trip extra special. Goway's Stays of Distinction are hand-picked...
Langkawi Welcomes PATA Mart
The largest event on the busy agenda of the Pacific Asia Travel Association still managed to meet the tourism management goals of the organization, by being staged on the relatively quiet island of Langkawi, Malaysia this week, reports Press Today's western Canada editor, Ted Davis, who is attending the event. The PATA Travel Mart is now underway at the Mahsuri Exhibition Centre on Langkawi, an island off the west coast of Malaysia that has a population of just 98,000. With over 1,400 delegates attending the PATA Travel Mart, hotels, resorts and other tourist services are reporting...