Destinations
Insight ‘Gold’
Insight Vacations has introduced a new “Luxury Gold” collection with the launch of its 2016-17 Americas compilation of 25 curated trips. The 10 Luxury Gold trips are featured in the USA, Canada and South America 2016-2017 program where Insight will whisk clients away in true elegance and style to the vast continents of North and South Americas. Described as a journey like no other, “Luxury Gold” clients will enjoy all the flavours of each continent with Insight’s authentic Signature Experiences, discovering epicurean cuisine and regional specialties at fine restaurants...
Topdeck Releases 2015-2016 Europe Program
Topdeck Travel has released today its 2015-2016 Europe Winter brochure highlighted by three new trips and featuring 23 countries and 48 cities. The brochure is available in print and online at http://www.topdeck.travel/brochures/winter-europe-brochure. Amongst the trips launching this year is the Road to Marrakech, a 15-day journey from art nouveau, tapas and alluring accents in Madrid to street-side mosaics and seaside vibes in Europe’s San Francisco, Lisbon. New this year, the trip loops down across the Strait of Gibraltar to offer young adventurers the chance to spend six days...
Renowned Graffiti Artist Gets Creative at Frankfurt Airport
A 360-metre-long art project was recently unveiled at Frankfurt Airport (FRA). Created by artist Helge Steinmann, the graffiti artwork features 15 images representing Frankfurt, from city hall to the old opera house and an homage to the local Bundesliga soccer team Eintracht Frankfurt. The project is portrayed along a wall by the airport's bus station across from Terminal 1, while Frankfurt’s skyline is painted on an integrated bridge pylon. FRA’s operating company Fraport AG says the mural is a celebration of the city of Frankfurt and gives the airport a generous touch of...
Vail Unveils ‘EpicMix Time’
Vail Resorts has unveiled EpicMix Time – an expansion of its industry-leading and award-winning ski and snowboard app, EpicMix – which will allow guests at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone to access real-time lift line wait times enabling them to make the most out of their ski and ride experience. Leveraging recently developed technology, EpicMix Time will calculate and display up-to-the-minute chairlift and gondola line wait times across 55 core lifts and gondolas, as well as 13,600 acres of skiable terrain in Colorado. “EpicMix Time delivers time transparency to...
ACL Doubles Capacity on the Columbia, Snake Rivers
American Cruise Lines reports that the Queen of the Mississippi (to be renamed) will join the Queen of the West in the Pacific Northwest on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. The three-year-old vessel, featuring oversized staterooms and private balconies, will more than double the capacity on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. The line’s new riverboat America will replace the Queen of the Mississippi on the Mississippi River in early 2016. The repositioning of this riverboat to the Pacific Northwest and the introduction of the new 185-passenger paddlewheeler America to the Mississippi...
Margaritaville Resort Coming to Orlando
Margaritaville Holdings LLC, and Encore Capital Management have announced the development of a Margaritaville Resort community in Orlando, a project that will include a hotel, vacation ownership and vacation homes. Inspired by the lifestyle celebrated in Jimmy Buffett’s iconic songs, “the resort will become an oasis for relaxation and fun – that 'one particular harbour,' and will offer many experiential opportunities including a 'FinCity' arcade, a St. Somewhere Spa, a planetarium and the Son of a Sailor fishing school, paddleboarding and kayaking. Ancillary to the Margaritaville...
Tourism Toronto Names New CEO
Tourism Toronto has announced that Johanne Bélanger has been appointed president and CEO, effective Sept. 1. Bélanger was president of Freeman Audio Visual Canada for the past 10 years and throughout her career has been a globally recognized leader in exhibitions and events. She also served as chair of Tourism Toronto’s board of directors from 2012 to 2014 and has been a member of the board since 2009. In 2014 she was inducted into the Meetings and Incentive Travel Hall of Fame and has also served as president of the board of directors for InfoComm International, the trade...
Caesars Prepares For Palace Milestone
With The LINQ's transition from the former Imperial Palace now officially in the books (as of this month), making the hotel-casino the newest on the Las Vegas strip, Caesars Entertainment (CE) will turn its attention to its iconic Caesars Palace property, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year. Minor renovations to the hotel-casino have taken place during the past couple of years, but CE was mainly occupied with the development of Project LINQ, a new entertainment district across the street from Caesars, which includes The LINQ Hotel & Casino, an outdoor entertainment...