Hotels
Oasis Hosts May Cancun Fam
Oasis Hotels is hosting a May 7-11 fam trip to Cancun. The cost is US$480, single occupancy, and includes return flights from Toronto with Sunwing Airlines, four nights at the all-inclusive The Pyramid at Grand Oasis and transfers. Space is limited and the trip is for travel agents only. Mandatory hotel visits are part of the itinerary. Interested agents should contact Pam Bassett at...
Agents’ Choice Gala Welcomes Sandals As Presenting Sponsor
Baxter Media is pleased to announce Sandals as a presenting sponsor of the first annual Agents' Choice Awards Gala. Sandals joins Air Canada and a growing list of industry supporters and participants in Agents' Choice. The gala brings the annual Agents' Choice readership survey to life by honouring favourites, as voted by travel agents, in over 40 categories. As a presenting sponsor in an event that focuses on celebrating the importance of travel agents, Sandals is demonstrating their commitment to Canada's agent community. Set for June 14, 2018 at the elegant Eglinton Grand in...
Bragging Rights
In what it describes as the “world's first” #TravelBrag Artificial Intelligence (AI) analysis, Hotels.com reveals what's topping travellers' brag charts in destinations around the world. The analysis shows just how diverse travellers to Canada are. Whether it's enjoying rooftop cocktails or visiting the posh Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto, strolling down Stanley Park or shopping on Robson Street in Vancouver, or admiring Montreal's stunning skyline from the top of Mount Royal or wandering its cobble-stoned Old Town streets, social bragging is out in full force. This travel...
Club InterContinental Debuts In Toronto
The InterContinental Toronto Centre says business travellers staying at its newly renovated Club InterContinental are certain to appreciate the hotel's next door neighbour. The 584-guest unit hotel adjoins the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and is “the only hotel in Toronto directly connected” to that cornerstone of the city's business trade, Mary Ann Gamboa, the hotel's director of sales and marketing, told a Thursday event marking the relaunch of the Club InterContinental. Club InterContinental now offers 91 rooms and suites on the hotel's eighth, ninth and 10th floors and...
Playa Cranks It Up A Notch
Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. has entered a definitive agreement for a business combination with Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited, whereby Sagicor will contribute to Playa a portfolio of five all-inclusive resorts and two adjacent oceanfront developable land sites located on the North Coast of Jamaica. The portfolio includes four existing resorts including the 489-room Hilton Rose Hall, the 268-room Jewel Runaway Bay, the 250-room Jewel Dunn's River and the 225-room Jewel Paradise Cove. It also includes an 88-room hotel tower and spa, two developable land sites with a potential...
OPUS Vancouver Gets Forbes Four-Star Rating
OPUS Hotel Vancouver has been named as a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star hotel for the sixth consecutive year. OPUS Hotel will be showcased as the only boutique hotel in Vancouver to have held this rating for six consecutive years. Situated in the heart of Vancouver's neighbourhood of Yaletown, “We are so proud and honoured to receive Forbes Travel Guide recognition for the sixth year running,” says Nicholas Gandossi, general manager of OPUS Hotel. “This achievement is very much a reflection of the hard work, commitment and passion shared by our...
ACV Puts the Spotlight on Antigua
Air Canada Vacations (ACV) is putting the spotlight on Antigua, known for its white-sand beaches and as a true haven for those with relaxation in mind. In partnership with Elite Island Resorts, ACV offers packages to The Verandah Resort & Spa, St. James's Club & Villas, Pineapple Beach Club and the Galley Bay Resort & Spa, with year-round service out of Toronto aboard Air Canada. The Verandah Resort & Spa – An all-inclusive four-star resort with 200 suites and beachfront properties ideal for weddings and families. This resort is part of the Play program, which...
Sunwing Partners With Planet Hollywood
Sunwing Travel Group has signed a deal with iconic lifestyle brand Planet Hollywood in a partnership designed to increase the footprint of Planet Hollywood’s hotel operations globally. Initially, Planet Hollywood Beach Resort Costa Rica will open this fall and Planet Hollywood Resort Cancun will open in spring 2019, marking Planet Hollywood’s first foray into the luxury all-inclusive category. “The Planet Hollywood brand has always been about delivering unique and memorable experiences that translate into lifelong memories for our guests,” said Robert Earl, Planet...