Destinations
CostSaver Introduces New Pilgrimage Experiences
CostSaver is celebrating the Easter holiday season with its new 2018 Travel with Faith specialty program offering spiritually meaningful and faith-based immersive experiences. Each of the six pilgrimage experiences, starting at $111 per day, are specifically designed to provide a deeper and enriching understanding of these spiritual communities and the depth of each religious custom and tradition. “The Easter season ushers in a time of reflection and we have seen a heightened interest especially in our faith-based journeys that inspires Canadian clients to feel a renewed sense of...
‘New’ Carnival Paradise Resumes Service From Tampa
Carnival Paradise has returned to year-round service from Port Tampa Bay following an extensive month-long dry dock that added a variety of spaces and innovations, including a water park, 38 new staterooms, 98 balconies added to existing accommodations and an array of food and beverage outlets. Paradise departed on a five-day Caribbean cruise to Cozumel and Grand Cayman yesterday – part of the ship’s year-round sailings from Tampa that also include four-day cruises to Cozumel and five-day cruises to Cozumel and Mahogany Bay (Roatan), Key West or Grand Cayman. The ship also offers...
Save With ‘Summer Only in Cayman’ Campaign
The Cayman Islands has plenty of reasons for Canadians to visit during the summer, not the least of which is savings of up to 30% on accommodations and attractions. Travellers booking a Summer Only in Cayman vacation by June 30 for travel between May 1 and Dec. 15 will receive limited-time offers on accommodations, attractions, watersports, dining and more. Air Canada offers convenient access to Grand Cayman with non-stop flights from Toronto, as well as easy connections through Toronto from seven Canadian gateways. The following are properties are taking part in the summer...
SVGTA Selects VoX
St. Vincent and The Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA) has selected VoX International as its public relations and communications representative in Canada. VoX will manage media relations and day-to-day operations for the Canadian market. The destination is poised to welcome more Canadians in 2018 with direct air service and the opening of its new international airport. With the recent opening of the Argyle International Airport on St. Vincent, it's easier than even for Canadian travellers to explore the many adventures of St. Vincent and The Grenadines’ 32 idyllic islands and...
Dreaming of Europe With Air Transat
Air Transat has unveiled a new ad campaign in which images of Rome evoke a blissful European vacation. Keeping in line with its campaigns over the past two years and keeping its “Vacation is calling” tag line, Air Transat features its own employees in the ads, as they happily share their favourite vacation spots with travellers. Created in partnership with creative agency Sid Lee, the campaign took flight on March 26 on the Web and social media, as well as television, radio, billboards and in print media. One of the new campaign videos is available at...
Finland Takes ‘Glamping’ to New Heights
Northern Finland is the site of a new hotel experience where a well-appointed “glamping” cabin is towed into a remote wilderness location, deep in the Arctic Circle. The cabin is one of three rooms that are then moved to an optimal spot for lying back to experience the Northern lights from the comfort of your bed. Located 6 km east of Kilpisjärvi, Finland, the new mobile rooms, set on skis, include a clear Aurora viewing roof. The Aurora Wilderness camp, three rooms, is available to book through Off the Map Travel until mid-April. After the end of the season, the Aurora...
Spotlight on Turkey
Turkish tourism authorities got the word out about their homeland in Toronto Friday night. The Turkish Consulate General's Culture and Information Office in Toronto had Judith Liberman, a France-born storyteller who fell in love with Turkish culture and now lives in Istanbul where she has become a pioneer in the Turkish story-telling movement, promote the country before an audience on hand for weekly Friday Royal Ontario Museum events. The Turkish-speaking Liberman, in Toronto for the 2018 Toronto Storytelling Festival, also hosts Istanbul radio shows and mentors other Turkish...
Paul Gauguin Debuts New Itinerary, Diving Excursions
Paul Gauguin Cruises has unveiled a new seven-night Society Islands & Tahiti Iti itinerary, along with new shore and SCUBA diving excursions. Paul Gauguin is the first cruise line to visit the port city of Vairao in Tahiti Iti, which is the smaller of two landmasses comprising the island of Tahiti, and offers a wild coastline, marae (temples), Polynesian culture and surfing fame. Tahiti Iti is scheduled on seven-night Society Islands & Tahiti Iti voyages that depart and return to Papeete, Tahiti, and visit Huahine, Society Islands; Motu Mahana (Taha’a), Society Islands;...