Destinations
‘Tee Up & Wind Down’ With Hanalei Colony Resort
Hanalei Colony Resort, located on Kauai’s lush north shore, has partnered with Princeville’s famed Makai Golf Course to introduce a new golf and spa package for couples who want to enjoy both experiences during their stay. The “Tee Up & Wind Down” package allows guests to tee up for a memorable round of golf, then wind down with a relaxing spa treatment at Hanalei Day Spa located at the resort. The package includes five nights in an Ocean View suite; an 18-hole round for two at Makai Golf Course with complimentary shuttle service to/from the course, if needed; a...
Ontario Prepares to Attract LGBT, WorldPride Visitors
When hundreds of thousands of visitors descend on Toronto for WorldPride celebrations next month, Travel Gay Canada wants to ensure those travellers extend their stays and experience the unique and LGBT-friendly tourism offerings of Ontario. To achieve this, Travel Gay Canada is conducting an LGBT tourism development initiative in four destinations within Ontario, with funding support from the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport. The destinations include St. Catharines, Kingston, Prince Edward County and Sault Ste. Marie/Algoma. The initiative is enabling the destinations...
Bahamas Names New Director General of Tourism
Joy Ann Jibrilu has been appointed the new director general of tourism for The Bahamas, replacing 30-year tourism veteran, David Johnson who becomes the new chief executive officer of the Hotel Corporation of The Bahamas. The appointment has been described as an “organizational restructuring” and part of the Ministry of Tourism’s new marketing campaign to be more responsive to increased global demands and changing trends within the global tourism market. Jibrilu comes to the position after serving as the director of The Bahamas Investment Authority within the office of the...
Escape the Meeting Blah! in Puerto Rico
Meet Puerto Rico’s new Escape the Meeting Blah! campaign rewards meeting and incentive industry planners for booking groups at member hotels and resorts in Puerto Rico by May 30. Promotion bookings for groups of any size and meetings on any date will receive $15 per room night for their meeting in Puerto Rico if a contract is signed during the promotion period. Also, meeting planners will be entered into a drawing to win one of five pre-paid $5,000 gift cards. In addition, as an extra incentive, meeting planners with confirmed bookings of 500 room nights or more will be invited to a...
Germany Remembers and Celebrates
At this year’s Germany Travel Mart (GTM), a lot of talk was on the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany. Using these as the main focus of their marketing and sales activities, the German National Tourist Board (GNTB) will be highlighting Destination Germany from 25 new perspectives with revived or reconstructed popular sites of cultural or natural interest. For instance, Perspective 1 hones in on Berlin, “where unity has many different faces.” Twenty five years on after the defining moment of the fall of the wall, the German capital is...
Aqua Appointment
Aqua Hotels and Resorts, a division of Aqua Hospitality, has announced the appointment of Stacy Manzo as director of sales for the oceanfront Aqua Kaua‘i Beach Resort. In her new position, Manzo works with the hotel’s sales and catering teams to drive sales from all distribution channels. Among her many responsibilities, Manzo creates special promotional packages, develops partnerships and cultivates relationships with meeting planners, corporate clients, key wholesalers and consortia accounts. Most recently, Manzo was account director – Leisure Sales at Westin Princeville...
New CTC Campaign Highlights Ontario’s Rich Diversity
For British travellers, it’s time to take a second look at Ontario. The UK office of the Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) has just unveiled a new campaign in partnership with Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation. The campaign aims to highlight the diversity of Ontario’s experiences beyond its internationally recognized icons such as Niagara Falls. The centrepiece of the four-week campaign, on display at Euston Station in London, is a wall of giant posters of photos from around the province, designed to capture the attention of the thousands of busy commuters. A...
Connect Worldwide Gets Vegas Contract
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) has awarded Connect Worldwide Canada the contract to serve as the official tourism representative agency for Las Vegas in the Canadian market, effective July 1. “The team at Connect Worldwide Canada demonstrated that they have the key tourism and trade PR relationships and unique skillset we were looking for to ensure that Canada remains our number one source of international visitors to Las Vegas,” said Michael Goldsmith, vice-president of International Marketing, LVCVA. “We look forward to working with such a dynamic...