Destinations
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...
Contiki Puts The Spotlight on the Emerald Isle
Contiki’s 2017 Early Bird 2 campaign travels to Ireland for the last two weeks of March after bidding à bientôt to France. Until March 31, clients can save up to $314 plus $150 off all Contiki trips through Ireland. In addition to client savings, agents are also be able to earn from Contiki Ireland bookings. Through March 31, for every Contiki passenger booked in one of the trips that include the featured destination (in this case, bookings must be on a Contiki trip to Ireland and/or journeying through Ireland that is seven days or longer), the booking agent will receive a $25...
Europe Is Calling
Go big or go home is the phrase that applies to Air Transat's launch of its new advertising campaign to promote its 27 European destinations to Canadians. The campaign theme is “Vacation is calling” – and it was developed in partnership with the Sid Lee creative agency – and it was unveiled earlier this month and will be featured on the Web, social media, television, the radio, billboards and in print media. Genevieve LeBrun, vice-president of marketing at Transat Tours Canada, said, “On TV and the Web, Air Transat presents two videos based on the anticipation of a...
Royal Caribbean Applauds Sustainable Operators
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL) and 70 operators are celebrating the completion of a multi-year program aimed at increasing the number of sustainable tours available to the company's five million annual guests. An important part of RCL's overall Save the Waves program, this commitment serves to protect the destinations the company's ships visit and raise awareness among its guests by designating tours whose operators have been verified to have adopted policies that align with international standards for sustainability developed by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC)...