Hotels
Holiday Inn Express Opens in Thornhill, BC
InterContinental Hotels Group has announced the opening of the new-build 111-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites Terrace hotel in Thornhill, British Columbia (June 16). Located near Terrace Airport, Highway 16 East and Skeena River, this is the first Holiday Inn Express property and the only IHG property in the area. The hotel features an indoor pool, 24-hour fitness centre, 24-hour business centre and 336 square feet of meeting space accommodating up to 20 people. Guest rooms feature 49-inch LCD TVs, contemporary styling, queen-, king-sized or two queen beds, a sitting area with...
Club Med ‘WOW’ Sale
Club Med has launched a “WOW Sale” offering air-inclusive stays starting from $1,649 per adult. When booking an all-inclusive Club Med vacation by Aug. 24, travellers can enjoy some of the following perks: free stays for children under four, waived single supplement fee, free checked luggage, free golf, free waterski. Valid for travel through Feb. 18, 2017, the sale applies to 45 Club Med destinations worldwide, including Sandpiper Bay, Florida; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (pictured); La Caravelle, Guadeloupe; Buccaneer’s Creek, Martinique; Cancún Yucatán and Ixtapa...
AIC Launches UNICO Hotels
AIC Hotel Group is launching UNICO Hotels, an adults-only, all-inclusive hotel brand designed to reflect each property’s locale and native culture. The nomenclature will play on the latitude and longitude of each location with the first hotel, 20° 87°, a UNICO Hotel located in the Riviera Maya that's scheduled to open in in the first quarter of 2017. Signature guest experiences consistent in each hotel throughout the UNICO Hotels brand will include an in-room gallery with art to purchase from local artisans and an “Experience Room” where guests select their own beach gear...
Sandals Unveils Virtual Wedding Planning Experience
Sandals Resorts has enhanced its WeddingMoons planning experience for newlyweds-to-be with the launch of the Sandals Virtual Wedding Planning Experience, a high-tech interactive web system that will bring the resort company’s wedding consultations to a whole new level. “We are dedicated to delivering the highest level of convenience and services to couples who are planning their wedding at Sandals,” says Marsha-Ann Brown, director of romance, Sandals Resorts. “With our new virtual wedding planning experience, planning a wedding at Sandals will be even more convenient for...
InterContinental Marks International Day of Yoga
The InterContinental Toronto Centre offers guests flexibility when it comes to the likes of spa appointments, dining, check-ins and their bodies. The downtown hotel this morning marked the United Nations-declared International Day of Yoga with a free mass yoga class in the lobby, which drew some 75 guests and community residents eager to begin their day with the likes of stretching exercises under the watchful eye of a skilled yoga instructor. “We wanted to do something that engages our community,” says Mary Ann Gamboa, the hotel's director of sales and marketing. “The hotel...
CLIA, Marriott Launch New Partnership
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and Marriott International have launched a new partnership to provide qualifying CLIA members a variety of benefits, including commissions on qualified hotel bookings across Marriott’s 19 brands. The new partnership also provides CLIA Agency and Individual Agent Members access to Marriott’s Fam-Tastic familiarization rates. Agents who are associated with a qualifying CLIA Travel Agency and hold a CLIA EMBARC ID are eligible to access the rates once they successfully complete Marriott’s Hotel Excellence! training program and become a...
Conrad Hotels Debuts In Manila
Conrad Hotels & Resorts has made its debut in the Philippines with the opening of the Conrad Manila. Managed by Hilton Worldwide, the 347-room hotel is located at the forefront of the Mall of Asia complex, in the heart of the 42-hectare Bay City development, a destination earmarked as a shopping, leisure and business hub. Amenities include an infinity pool, 24-hour fitness centre and spa, and six restaurants and lounges, including a coffee bar, pool bar and in-room...
Moon Palace Introduces KidZania Go!
Mexico's Palace Resorts has announced the addition of KidZania Go! to the summer programming of its signature Cancun property, Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort. From July 6 through Aug. 17, the AAA Four Diamond resort will transform the property’s Moon Palace Arena into a play-paradise. KidZania, an interactive and educational recreation experience, provides children four to 12 years of age with an introduction to skills and lessons that will serve them for life. KidZania gives children and their parents a safe, unique and realistic educational environment that allows them to...