Destinations
Boutique Luxury in Arizona
The El Portal Sedona Hotel is a boutique hotel where guests can enjoy Sedona, AZ and area in historic, yet luxurious surroundings. Each guest suite includes a private entrance, patio, fireplace, whirlpool bath, free Wi-Fi, cashmere blankets and luxury Egyptian cotton sheets for the ultimate in restful comfort. Guests also have access to personalized concierge services for Sedona and area. Amongst the sights are two different Native American ruin sites – the Palatki Ruins and the Honaki Indian Ruins – plus one of the best-preserved meteorite impact sites and the areas of Page...
Should You Stay Or Should You Go?
Whether it's dancing to steel drums and bongos in a feathered headpiece or pounding back your favourite lager with a side of sausage, we've all got a favourite holiday. And while many cultural holidays that Canadians like to participate in originate in other countries, celebrating overseas can be pricey. So, the experts at Hotels.com are helping Canadian travellers get the most bang for their buck by breaking down the most popular holidays based on costs and activities to determine whether it's worth making the trek abroad. “Celebrating milestones or festivals abroad can be such...
Still Time to Enter Israel, El Al Holy Land Contest
The Israel Ministry of Tourism's and El Al Israel Airlines' Holy Land video contest continues, a Facebook-oriented competition in which the winner will be awarded an all-expense-paid trip for two to Israel. The contest encourages participants to create a 45-second video showing the world what is special about the Holy Land. Each video must include three elements: the most interesting place to see in Israel, five reasons to visit Israel and footage of Israel's diverse landscapes. Contestants then upload videos to their YouTube accounts in accordance with the procedures and rules...
Hong Kong Stays The Course
In this week's digital edition of Travel Courier, staff writer, Ian Stalker reports that tour operators sending people to Hong Kong say the current unrest in that destination may lead to them making adjustments to their programs, but that visitors are continuing to take in that destination's sights. Diane Molzan of Goway told Travel Courier that the “civil disturbances in Hong Kong haven't had an impact on our ground operations whatsoever, but we are keeping a close eye on it. All airport transfers and sightseeing tours are still operating as per normal, with some slight traffic...
Full Of Surprises
Croatia's Dalmatia coast is full of surprises; not least its stunning beauty to those who don't know the unlikely sliver of the country wedged between Bosnia-Herzogovina and the Adriatic Sea, running north from Dubrovnik, reports Press Today's Mike Baginski. The town of Ston, for example, boasts the second-longest fortified wall in the world after China's Great Wall, and Europe's oldest and largest salt works (the former was built to protect the latter). Another surprise: Dubrovnik county is actually physically separated from the rest of Croatia by a 24-km stretch of Bosnia that...
Hukilau Marketplace Wraps Up Five-Year Remake at PCC
The Hukilau Marketplace is one of the last major projects being completed at the Polynesian Cultural Centre on Oahu, as part of $100 million spent on facility and experiential improvements over the past five years. Other recent improvements of note include a rejuvenated Hawaii Village with a design inspired by ancient land division traditions, plus the features in the village like new activities, architecture and exhibits of native Hawaiian culture. “Hawaiian Journey” is a new cinematic experience housed in a theatre built to resemble a volcano and shown on a high-definition...
Connect With Ontario’s Tourism Gems
The Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation (OTMPC) has launched “The Local Insider” tourism campaign featuring great places to visit and things to do this fall. The campaign gives travellers the “inside track” on ideas and activities that are unique and distinct in every region of the province. The Local Insider magazine is a signature piece of the campaign with 336,000 English and 28,000 French copies distributed throughout Ontario. Another 803,500 copies will be distributed in New York City, Buffalo and Syracuse. The campaign is supported by additional marketing...
New WestJet Flights to Islands of Loreto
WestJet will launch a new service from Calgary to the Islands of Loreto in the Baja peninsula of Mexico, starting on Valentine's Day next year. Loreto will welcome guests on the weekly Saturday flight starting February through May 2015. Flights will be operated on WestJet’s Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft. Inbound flights to the region will depart Calgary at 9 a.m. and arrive at the Islands of Loreto at 12:55 p.m. Service from Loreto is slated to depart at 1:50 p.m., with return flights arriving in Calgary at 5:56...