Hotels
ACV Adds Catalonia Hotels to Sun Product Line
Air Canada Vacations (ACV) has added Catalonia Hotels and Resorts to its 2018-2019 Sun product line-up. Spanish-owned, Catalonia has 67 hotels (55 located in Spain), including the family friendly Catalonia Bavaro Beach & Golf Resort or Catalonia Playa Maroma and the adults-only Catalonia Royal Bavaro and Catalonia Royal Tulum. In the Dominican Republic, ACV is offering the four-star Catalonia Gran Dominicus in La Romana, Catalonia Bavaro Beach & Golf Resort in Punta Cana, and 4.5-star Catalonia Royal Bavaro in Punta Cana. As part of The Spotlight Collection – Marvelous,...
SLH, Hyatt Launch Loyalty Alliance
Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) have announced plans to bring World of Hyatt members opportunities to enjoy loyalty benefits in many more places. The launch is targeted for the end of the year. Hyatt, with more than 700 hotels worldwide, and SLH, a collection of more than 500 independently owned luxury hotels around the world, are working together to offer World of Hyatt members the opportunity to earn and redeem points during stays at participating SLH hotels when they book through Hyatt channels. “We are constantly looking for ways to add...
Stay and Play at the CNE With Hotel X Toronto
For the first time ever, guests to the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) can stay directly on the fair grounds, at the newly opened Hotel X Toronto. With a special CNE package, guests can go straight from the Ferris wheel to a luxurious suite. The package includes two general admission tickets to the CNE, a $30 resort credit towards the Falcon SkyBar or Maxx’s Kitchen, ice cream cones for two at Nespresso Café, family style movies in a luxurious private screening room, and complimentary parking for one vehicle. Rates start at $425 for a two-night minimum stay. To book this...
Sandals Offers Private Transfers In Montego Bay
Sandals Resorts is elevating the all-inclusive vacation experience with the announcement that guests in top room categories at Sandals Montego Bay and Sandals Royal Caribbean will enjoy complimentary, private luxury airport transfers beginning this fall. Starting Oct. 15 for Sandals Montego Bay and Nov. 15 for Sandals Royal Caribbean, all guests staying in either a Club Sandals or Butler Elite room category will step into a luxury BMW transfer upon landing at Sangster International Airport. The private airport transfers are round-trip, ensuring that guests arrive and depart from...
Aeroplan Renews Partnership With InterContinental
Aeroplan has announced the renewal of a multi-year agreement with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). IHG is a global hotel company with nearly 5,400 hotels in almost 100 countries across leading brands, including Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza and Hotel Indigo. In addition to the current opportunity to earn Aeroplan miles when staying at IHG hotels, Aeroplan members can now also take advantage of a relationship with IHG Rewards Club. Members will now be able to convert 10,000 IHG Rewards Club points to 2,000 Aeroplan miles. To celebrate the launch of this conversion program, members...
Whistler’s Pangea Pod Hotel Open For Reservations
When Whistler, BC's Pangea Pod Hotel opens its doors later this month, officials say it will revolutionize the hospitality industry by bringing chic and price-conscious solo accommodation to one of North America's top tourist destinations. The first hotel of its kind in Canada, Pangea's rooms will, at most, cost half the price of a conventional hotel room, and usually far less. This new style of accommodation will make the resort more accessible to solo and budget travellers wishing to experience all that Whistler has to offer. Husband-and-wife team Russell and Jelena Kling spent...
Loews Chicago Joins ‘Shedd The Straw’ Initiative
Loews Chicago Hotel has joined Shedd Aquarium’s “Shedd The Straw” initiative to reduce the use of single-use plastic straws throughout the hotel. Loews Chicago is the first hotel to join the initiative aimed at reducing single-use plastic straws in order to reduce waste and improve marine and freshwater ecosystems. Beginning Aug. 1, beverages served throughout the hotel, including Streeterville Social, ETA Restaurant + Bar, The Lobby Bar, banquets, and in-room dining will not automatically be served with plastic straws. Guests will be provided with biodegradable straws upon...
‘Skip The Straw, Save A Turtle’
Saint Lucian all-inclusive Coconut Bay Beach Resort & Spa has launched the “Skip The Straw, Save A Turtle” initiative as part of its ongoing commitment to sea turtle conservation. The program will roll out to guests at the resort’s Paradise Beach Bar where straws will no longer be used, reducing pollution on the beach and keeping the nesting turtles and hatchlings safe. New signage at the bar will serve both to notify guests of the program and alert them to the resort’s long-standing turtle conservation initiative which includes releasing hatchlings like the more than 150...