Destinations
St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations Get The ‘Green Light’
More than 250 iconic landmarks and sites around the world will be illuminated green over the coming days – as part of Tourism Ireland’s 2017 “Global Greening” initiative to celebrate the island of Ireland and St. Patrick. The annual initiative, now in its eighth year, which sees a host of major landmarks around the world turn green for St. Patrick’s Day, has grown from strength to strength, with many new landmarks signing up to take part this year. Stadiums, statues, castles and towers will go green in celebration, with new additions for 2017 including the One World Trade...
Living Up To Its Reputation
Living up to the moniker of being the world's friendliest city – as named by Condé Nast magazine – may be a challenge, but one Mexico's Puerto Vallarta is taking in stride and living up to as shown by the number of travellers flocking to the sun destination each year, reports Greg Coates in this week's digital edition of Travel Courier. Located on Banderas Bay in Mexico's Jalisco state, Vallarta is a charming seaside resort surrounded by mountains and known for its beaches, culinary scene and nightlife. Old Town, also known as the Romantic Zone, with its cobblestone streets,...
WestJet Launches Montreal-Halifax Service
WestJet has launched its newest service to Montreal with the departure of flight 3451 from Halifax. The new route operates twice daily on WestJet Encore using its fleet of Canadian-made Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft. WestJet now operates 157 weekly departures from Halifax to 19 non-stop destinations – 12 domestic and seven international and transborder routes. On Feb. 13, WestJet announced a significant investment in Quebec's travel and tourism market with increased service and new routes to and from Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. The...
Grand Wailea Celebrates Humuhumu Reopening
Maui's Grand Wailea, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, is celebrating the completion of a renovation to its signature restaurant Humuhumunukunukuapua’a, now dubbed Humuhumu. Representing the latest phase of a recent US$70 million resort refresh, Humuhumu officially celebrated its reopening in February with a grand charity event for approximately 200 attendees in support of the local Boys & Girls Club of Maui. The event debuted Humuhumu’s refreshed design – the restaurant sits atop a fresh water lagoon, while native Ohia woods form the restaurant’s modern Hawaiian details, which...
Celestyal Kicks Off Aegean Cruise Season
Celestyal Cruises has kicked off its 2017 season in the Aegean, embarking on the classic Iconic Aegean itinerary on March 10, starting the new Euphoric Aegean itinerary April 14 to June 30, and Sept. 8 to Oct. 27, and the Idyllic Aegean itinerary June 30 to Sept. 1. Celestyal Cruises’ new Euphoric Aegean itineraries are three-, four- and seven-day cruises to the region's classic, ancient cities and legendary harbours. Calls include Cesme, Chania, Izmir, Lavrion, Mykonos, Nafplion, Rhodes and Santorini. Celestyal Olympia will be replacing Celestyal Nefeli on the Iconic itineraries as...
Spend a ‘Night At’ the Home of Guinness
Dublin's Guinness Storehouse has partnered with Airbnb to unveil Ireland’s first “Night At” competition airbnb.com/night-at/guinnessstorehouse by listing the seven-storey visitor attraction as a unique residence on its website. One lucky beer fan and a friend will get the first ever opportunity to spend a night at the Home of the Black Stuff – for free. The competition sees the iconic Gravity Bar converted into a loft and the Guinness Gates opened for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. For 24 hours, the Gravity Bar will be completely transformed for the lucky duo to enjoy a...
Air Canada Expands Transborder Network
Air Canada has announced the return of daily year-round service between Montreal and Washington Dulles (IAD) starting May 1. In addition to well-timed connections to Air Canada's extensive network to Europe and North Africa, flights will also offer one-stop service to/from Quebec and Eastern Canada including Bagotville, Sept-Îles, Quebec City, Fredericton, Moncton, Bathurst, Saint John and Halifax. Special introductory fares start from $191 one-way, all in, and tickets are now available for purchase. The daily non-stop Air Canada Express service will be operated with 50-seat...
The Luck Of The Irish
Insight Vacations is launching its Destination Spotlight series – which highlights a specific country and all of the things that travellers can experience on an Insight tour. And to kick off this initiative, the tour company has partnered with Tourism Ireland for March and April, just in time for St. Patrick's Day celebrations with spectacular Ireland savings: http://bit.ly/IVDSIreland. Tourism Ireland's manager, Canada, Dana Welch observed, “We continue to see a record number of Canadians visiting the Emerald Isle, so we are happy to be partnering with Insight Vacations to help...