Destinations
Montage Kapalua Bay Opening In Maui
Montage Hotels & Resorts is expanding its luxury hotel collection with the addition of Montage Kapalua Bay in Maui. Scheduled to debut in the spring of 2014, the resort is set atop the world-class picturesque Kapalua Bay, and will feature a 50-room all-suite Montage hotel and 56 Montage branded residences for sale. Montage is investing in a multi-million dollar improvement project of the presently operated Residences at Kapalua Bay to prepare for the grand opening. Go to http://kapaluabay.montagehotels.com for...
Meetings With A View at Sheraton Waikiki
Sheraton Waikiki’s Leahi Club Lounge is now available for groups to facilitate a board meeting or use as a function space. Leahi Club Lounge, perched 30 floors above the world’s most famous beach, offers panoramic views of Waikiki Beach and skyline. The lounge was named after the original Hawaiian name for Diamond Head as it offers the finest views of the iconic crater from anywhere in Waikiki. Guests may access Leahi Club via private glass elevators to the resort’s exclusive club located on the 30th floor. Further information is available at http://www.sheraton-waikiki.com...
Lights, Camera, Action
Tourism Ireland has launched a series of four new online films featuring Canadian astronaut, Chris Hadfield. Prospective holidaymakers from Canada and around the world are encouraged to visit Ireland and follow in the famous spaceman's footsteps. Earlier this year, Tourism Ireland enlisted Hadfield's help when he visited Ireland -- filming the Canadian as he spent several days as a "tourist," visiting some of Ireland's top attractions and experiences. The resulting four short videos are called "An Astronaut's Guide to the Island of Ireland." The short films feature Donegal and the...
Homewood Suites Opens In Winnipeg
Homewood Suites by Hilton, Hilton Worldwide’s international brand of upscale, all-suite, extended-stay hotels, has opened the Homewood Suites by Hilton Winnipeg Airport – Polo Park. The 113-suite hotel is the brand’s 12th property in Canada. Homewood Suites Winnipeg Airport-Polo Park offers studio and one-bedroom suites, with additional guest amenities including a full evening meal with drinks Monday-Thursday in the hotel’s hospitality centre -- the “Lodge” -- 24-hour on-site pantry, complimentary grocery shopping service, fully equipped fitness centre, indoor saltwater...
Turtle Bay Upgrade Includes Spa
Turtle Bay Resort on island Oahu has recently completed a multi-million dollar major renovation, spanning extensive upgrades to all standard and premium guest rooms and hallways. The work also took in two restaurants featuring the best of fresh, locally sourced cuisine; a newly renovated luxury spa and fitness center; the main building roof and lobby area; as well as two new coastal lifestyle retail shops. The resort also recently opened its Nalu Kinetic Spa, a first-of-its-kind health and wellness center. With any 2014 group program booked by the end of this year, guests will...
TIAC On A Mission
TIAC CEO David Goldstein joined Canadian business leaders this week invited by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Minister of Industry James Moore to participate in the Canadian Trade Mission to the Kingdom of the Netherlands in conjunction with the G-7 Summit. Goldstein used the opportunity to discuss the important role of increasing ties to the European market by increasing the number of business and professional meetings and conferences coming to Canada. "Canada's leadership in natural resources, life sciences and aerospace technologies make us an important destination for...
Air Canada rouge Expands In The West
Air Canada has announced that its leisure carrier subsidiary, Air Canada rouge, is expanding to Western Canada to serve a number of predominantly leisure markets from Vancouver and Calgary to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Anchorage. Flights on these routes, currently operated by Air Canada, will be converted to Air Canada rouge service beginning this spring, as will flights to San Diego from Toronto. In addition, the airline announced that it will introduce new seasonal non-stop service operated by Air Canada rouge between Vancouver and Phoenix beginning Dec. 17, 2014....
Tourism Partnership to Focus on Indigenous Rights
The World Indigenous Tourism Alliance (WINTA) and the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) have agreed to develop plans and programs to give practical expression, through tourism, to Indigenous rights. Guiding principles will be taken from the relevant portions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This agreement follows their common focus in fostering tourism developments consistent with the principles of the Larrakia Declaration that were promulgated on March 30, 2012 at the Pacific Asia Indigenous Tourism Conference 2012 in Darwin, Australia. The...