Destinations
Hawaii Tourism Conference Set for Aug. 27-28
The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) will hold its annual Hawaii Tourism Conference on Aug. 27-28 at the Hawaii Convention Center. The two-day conference is Hawaii's premier tourism stakeholder event featuring local, national and international experts on tourism issues and trends in Hawaii's visitor industry. Attendees of the 2015 conference get insights on topics like the outlook for airlift, cruise industry updates, trends in visitor accommodations, digital marketing strategies, changing traveller demographics and more. The conference keynote speaker will be award-winning San...
Transat Sets Sights On Paris
Transat reports that travellers will be able to fly from Toronto to Paris this winter thanks to the addition of new connecting flights to Montreal. Air Transat will also be offering a new Montreal-Toronto route allowing passengers to leave from Montreal and board Toronto flights for London, Manchester or Glasgow as well as a new Calgary-Vancouver route allowing passengers to leave from Calgary and board a Vancouver-London flight. “Based on the success of our connecting program for this summer, we are pleased to provide travellers with access to more of our European destinations...
ACV Encourages Families to Hit ‘Play’
Air Canada Vacations (ACV) will launch its 2015/2016 Sun Collection on July 28 – a robust 375-page brochure of favourite sun-and-sand vacation packages. The new collection is the largest in the company’s 35-year history and includes 525 three- to five-star hotels and resorts – 73 of which are new to the tour operator – and more than 40 inspiring destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean. Most notable this year is ACV's new and exclusive Play Collection, delivering the ultimate family vacation. Families who book an air-inclusive package from the Play Collection by Oct. 31 can...
Intrepid, Tauck Heading Back to Nepal
Intrepid Travel says the first safety assessment of the Annapurna region of Nepal since April's earthquake shows it's safe for tourists to return to the region. The assessment, conducted by Miyamoto-Earthquake Structural Engineers and carried out from June 25 to July 2, declared that the Annapurna Circuit and Annapurna Sanctuary trails and villages covered in this study appear largely undamaged by landslides following the April and May earthquakes. The assessment was proposed by Intrepid Travel, which co-ordinated the logistics and whose local guides provided assistance. It was...
Tourisme Québec Selects VoX
VoX International has announced the addition of Tourisme Québec to its portfolio of clients. VoX will serve as Quebec's representation office in Canada, with the overall objective of positioning Quebec to Canadians as a viable vacation option. VoX will continue to grow awareness of Quebec in Canada, while working with the travel trade, tour operators, meeting and incentive firms, as well as print and broadcast media. “Tourisme Québec is VoX International’s first domestic account. We are so thrilled to be representing such a great Canadian destination filled with history and...
JTB’s Sandra Scott Retiring
Sandra Scott, deputy director of tourism-marketing for the Jamaica Tourist Board is retiring. Well known here in Canada in her role running the JTB's offices, Scott's decision to retire is a personal one. Paul Pennicook, director of tourism for the Jamaica Tourist Board, offered his comments on Scott's decision to retire, stating, “Sandra has been an exemplary employee throughout her career in hospitality, and particularly during her 10 years of service to the Board both in Canada and here at home in Jamaica. It has been my good fortune to have worked with her over the...
WestJet Adds New Lift
WestJet is adding new non-stop service between Edmonton and Nanaimo, British Columbia, as well as more flights between Edmonton and Grande Prairie, Kelowna, Regina and Saskatoon. Chris Avery, vice-president, network planning, alliances and corporate development for WestJet said: “Edmonton is one of the fastest-growing cities in Canada and these important schedule improvements will support that growth.” Avery also noted that: “These increases cover a broad range of areas including key business and leisure routes, offering greater flexibility for business travellers who want...
Pan Am Games Are Gold For Toronto
Tourism Toronto says Toronto's tourist trade may be among Pan Am Games winners. Tourism Toronto COO Andrew Weir says a strong performance by the Canadian team helped pique interest in this country and therefore draw attention to the host city, and the games are always popular in Latin America, boosting Toronto's profile in some markets where Tourism Toronto is eager to make inroads. “Exposure for Toronto in key tourism markets like Brazil and Mexico is very important,” says Weir, who adds there was a large foreign media contingent in Toronto for the games and it not only covered...