Destinations
Context Tours Lands in Canada
Award-winning walking tour company, Context Tours, has brought its small-group, scholar-led “walking seminars” to Canada. Led by local historians, architects, urbanists, art historians, artists, chefs, sommeliers and writers, Context Tours' programs are now available in Montreal and Vancouver. Walks are available both privately on request and as regularly scheduled shared group walks. Private walks start at $375 for the party, and group walks from $85 per person. Context’s Canadian experiences start with six to seven different walks, each attempting to highlight subjects...
Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal Make ‘Most Popular’ List
Led by Toronto, Canadian cities took three of the top eight spots as most popular North American destinations in MasterCard’s 2015 Global Destination Cities Index. Toronto finished higher than popular US tourist destinations San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, DC, and Boston. The ranking is based on number of international overnight visitors and how much they spend. Toronto and Vancouver finished fourth and fifth respectively, and Montreal took the eighth spot. Toronto also ranked among North America’s fastest growing destination cities over the seven-year period MasterCard...
Transat Takes a Jaunt into the Fashion World
Transat has launched Style Jaunt, a new web series produced in collaboration with Flare magazine. Part travel guide and part shopping guide, the series follows two Canadian fashion bloggers, Gracie Carroll and Camille DG, as they team up and go on a mission to find the world’s best shopping spots. The new video capsules which focus on travel, fashion and shopping were launched with Lisbon, Portugal as their first destination, and can be viewed on Transat’s blog Experience Transat. One of Western Europe’s most affordable capitals, Transat officials say Lisbon is a true...
Cruise into the Sunset on the ‘New’ Niagara Belle
A new Niagara boat tour allows passengers to soak up the beauty and history of the Niagara River from the decks of a fully restored New Orleans-style paddle wheeler. The Niagara Belle, which previously operated as a cruise boat in Toronto Harbour on Lake Ontario and in the Upper Niagara River, has been given a new lease on life by Niagara Sunset Cruises, sister company to Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours of Niagara-on-the-Lake. Niagara Sunset Cruises bought the boat in 2013 and gave it a complete overhaul, including more than $1 million in renovations. After running private charter trips...
Trafalgar Unveils New Autumn, Winter, Spring Program
Trafalgar is extending its seasonal product line even further with the release of its first-ever worldwide 2015/16 Autumn, Winter, Spring program offering a selection of unique and authentic seasonal experiences across Europe, Asia, the US and Canada. Showcasing 52 expertly planned itineraries across eight different trip styles, including three new Christmas Spectacular guided vacations, clients now have more opportunities than ever before to discover the world’s seasonal experiences from the inside when they travel from November 2015 to March 2016. “Trafalgar continues to offer...
IPW Sees Record Attendance, Vegas On A Roll
This year’s IPW trade show in Orlando has shattered all previous attendance records, according to US Travel Association chief Roger Dow. He announced Tuesday that more than 6,500 delegates from 74 countries had registered for the four-day show. The total included 550 journalists, he said. Dow told a press briefing that travel and tourism is so important to the US economy that every household in America would have to pony up $1,147 a year to make up for what international visitors spend there. He added that 15 million jobs would disappear without the international...
Sunwing Signs Antigua And Barbuda Deal
The Sunwing Travel Group has signed an agreement with the government of Antigua and Barbuda to develop a 500-room all-inclusive resort under the RoyaltonT Luxury Resorts brand on Deep Bay, Antigua. Construction will commence this summer on The Royalton Antigua Resort & Spa, as well as a residential complex with over 200 condominium units. Slated to open in 2017, this $400M development is expected to represent 2,000 new jobs for Antigua and a massive injection to the economy in the form of incremental tourist dollars. Antigua and Barbuda's prime minister, the honourable Gaston...
Discovering A World Beyond Our Own
The travel experts at Cheapflights.ca have been thinking about the world beyond our own and did a little stargazing to come up with the “Top 10 Space Tourist Hot Spots” where travellers can get in touch with their inner rocket scientist and explore the final frontier. From space travel to UFO discoveries here on earth, tourism opportunities for space enthusiasts may be closer than you think as you will see in these six places and experiences that made the list: Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida – Since opening in 1967, Kennedy Space Center has attracted space...