Destinations
FIND YOUR ALBERTA’ CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
Travel Alberta has partnered with Expedia Media Solutions, the advertising sales division of Expedia, Inc., to launch an innovative digital campaign, "Find Your Alberta."The latest iteration of Expedia's award-winning Find Yours campaign, Find Your Alberta promotes Alberta's vacation experiences and destinations and will run on Expedia. This summer and winter, Expedia's hand-selected globetrotting travel bloggers will visit Alberta to create original travel stories, photographs and videos of vacation experiences with the content profiled on Expedia.com alongside Expedia's online booking...
SHERATON MAUI CELEBRATES 50 CLASSIC YEARS
Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa continues its year-long 50th Anniversary celebration with a special pre fixe family style dinner at 6 p.m. on Aug. 11. The event, 50 Classic Years of Sheraton Maui, treats guests to an evening celebrating the rich lifestyle and fanfare the resort has enjoyed since its 1963 opening. Located beachfront on Ocean Lawn, 50 Classic Years of Sheraton Maui will showcase the signature styles of the resort's 1963 opening. Amongst the evening highlights include a vintage car display by Maui Classic Cruisers and models exhibiting resort fashions of the popular Hawaiian designer...
GEORGIA STRAIT CROSSING OPTION
Travellers who prefer a more adventurous crossing of the Georgia Strait, between Vancouver and Victoria can get it aboard the Prince of Whales fleet, turning a standard journey into an adventure. Travelling with an onboard naturalist, the Prince of Whales crew will take passengers on a sailing to seek killer whales, humpback whales and other wildlife amongst the San Juan and Gulf Islands, while travelling from one city to the other. In recent years, the company has offered this option to passengers bound from Vancouver to Victoria. It has now created the same opportunity for...
VIDEO GAME HISTORY ON SHOW AT PHOENIX ART MUSEUM
The Phoenix Art Museum has recently opened The Art of Video Games exhibit, which has travelled from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The exhibition is one of the first to explore the 40-year evolution of video games, and it features some of the most influential artists and designers during five eras of game technology. Eighty games are featured, on 20 gaming systems, ranging from the Atari VCS to the PlayStation 3. The games are presented through still images and video footage, and demonstrate the evolution of the medium. The exhibition runs through Sept. 29....
HANALEI RESORT HAS NEW NORTH SHORE SHUTTLE SERVICE
Hanalei Colony Resort, a secluded beachfront hideaway on Kauai's north shore, has introduced a complimentary guest shuttle service that is available to transport resort guests to and from various north shore destinations. The 48-room property is situated on a long curve of golden beach near the end of the road in Haena, Kauai's remote northernmost town. Seeking ways in which the resort might help alleviate traffic congestion on Kauai's two-lane north shore roads and provide a convenience to guests, Hanalei Colony conducted an online survey in March asking past guests for input regarding a...
BC ABORIGINAL EXPERIENCES TO BE WON IN SWEEPSTAKES
Aboriginal Tourism BC has launched a summer sweepstakes featuring aboriginal tourism getaways and weekly prizes. The "Places with Stories"sweepstakes invites the public to enter to win unique and authentic Aboriginal experiences. Getaway prizes include a two-night guided kayak and cultural tour up the Sechelt Inlet with Talaysay Tours; a two-night getaway to Alert Bay and the U'mista Cultural Centre off Vancouver Island; and a two-night getaway to the Quaaout Lodge and Golf Resort in Chase, BC, plus weekly prizes of art pieces, wines and dinners. The sweepstakes run until Sept. 15....
RENOVATIONS COMPLETE AT NEW AQUA SKYLINE
Renovations are officially complete as Aqua Hotels and Resorts' unveils the new Aqua Skyline at Island Colony. Featuring 110 rooms within the 740-room building, the property underwent a $6 million renovation to emerge as a modern hotel experience with restyled guest rooms, a fashionable new lobby area with coffee bar, upgraded pool and outdoor areas, meeting space and a new fitness centre. Upon arrival, guests enter an island-style lobby area with flagstone tile, stonework, tropical plants, comfortable rattan furniture and a sleek front desk. Plantation shutters add flair to the lobby windows...
FLY OVER CANADA COVERS NATION IN MINUTES
A flight from one side of Canada to the other will take over seven hours, but a new attraction offers the scenic highlights of the trip in about 10 minutes - including wind in the hair and even scents of the journey. Fly Over Canada opened in Vancouver recently at a former Imax theatre in Canada Place, which also houses the city's cruise ship terminal. Travellers are strapped into seats that lift off and face the giant screen for the coast-to-coast virtual trip. Visuals include Iceberg Alley near Newfoundland, Niagara Falls, the Muskokas in Ontario, the Rockies and west coast wilderness, to...