Hotels & Resorts
Fun In The Sun With Club Med
Club Med has kicked off its Fun in the Sun Sale, with sale bookings available until Feb. 26, 2019. Between now and then, Canadian vacationers can take advantage of Club Med's best offerings for winter and spring holidays in a sunny destination starting at $1,649 per adult, which includes airfare and unbeatable perks. For select travel dates between now and Aug. 24, 2019, families and couples alike can enjoy staying at one of Club Med's top resorts in Mexico, Florida and the Caribbean, including Punta Cana, Cancun Yucatan, Ixtapa Pacific, Columbus Isle, Turkoise, Buccaneer's Creek and...
IT’S TIME TO VOTE!
Are you ready to pick your favourites? Well it's that time again as Baxter Media launches the 2019 Agents' Choice Readership Survey this week. Agents' Choice is Canada's original and most authoritative travel industry poll and each year it asks Canadian travel agents to pick their favourite suppliers in over 40 different categories – ranging from airlines to tour operators; cruise lines to destinations; coach operators to car rentals; and a whole lot more. Numbers matter and in 2018, 6,027 Canadian agents voted for their favourite suppliers in the annual poll. In 2019, the...
Booking.com Reveals Canada’s Most Welcoming Cities
Booking.com has released the seventh edition of its annual Guest Review Awards, which includes a list of Canada's most welcoming places. For the 2018 edition of the awards, 759,845 properties across 219 countries and territories are being given an award, with more than 2,200 Canadian properties claiming awards. Based on the share of properties receiving an award in 2018, for the first time ever Booking.com reveals the most welcoming places, according to customer reviews. The reported most welcoming destinations in Canada are Calgary, Kelowna, Whistler, Victoria, Vancouver...
Sandals Ochi Opens New Over-The-Water Chapel
Sandals has unveiled its newest Over-the-Water Serenity Chapel at Sandals Ochi Beach Resort in Jamaica. This brings the brand’s Over-the-Water Chapel portfolio to three. This unique and picturesque venue, now available in Ocho Rios, features 360-degree, panoramic water views and a glass floor aisle, allowing guests to truly walk on water on their special day. The new 450-sq.-ft. chapel holds 40 guests and features delicate décor decided upon by the bridal couple, as part of Sandals’ Aisle to Isle wedding...
Free Agent Webinar: Melia Update in Punta Cana
Agents are invited to attend a free informative webinar next Tuesday (Jan. 15) at 2 p.m. (EST). In December 2018, Melia Resorts International unveiled two new resort experiences in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic – Melia Caribe Beach, all-inclusive for everyone, offering upgraded accommodations, a culinary journey of international flavours, and multi-generational activities; and Melia Punta Cana Beach, an adults-only oasis where guests can enjoy cocktails at the specialty bars, feel the cool breeze by the white sand beach, or have some R&R time at the Yhi Spa. Next Tuesday’s...
Weathering The Trends
When it comes to what's visually luring travellers into booking a particular hotel, it turns out the money shot isn’t just of the view, but also the loo. “Oddly enough, a bathroom photo [is important],” Bonnie Vesterfelt, Expedia’s Toronto area manager tells Canadian Travel Press' Ann Ruppenstein. “It does really help on an increase in Average Daily Rate, typically, if you have a really good solid bathroom photo, which are sometimes hard to get. Also, with an international traveller too, they love to see the size of the bathroom.” Vesterfelt, whose market management team...
Sandals Hosts Chairman’s Appreciation Luncheon
Gordon “Butch” Stewart, founder and chairman of Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts, along with Jamaica Prime Minster Andrew Holness, recently hosted the Chairman’s Appreciation Luncheon – dedicated to give the sincerest thanks to those who help move the brand forward every day – at Sandals Montego Bay, the flagship resort. Adam Stewart, deputy chairman, Sandals Resorts International, noted that the luncheon’s focus was to “tell the Sandals story.” He walked attendees through the resort company’s timeline from its humble beginnings with one resort near the airport in...
RIU Opens Third Los Cabos Resort
RIU Hotels & Resorts recently opened the Riu Palace Baja California, its third hotel in Los Cabos and its 20th in Mexico. The all-inclusive resort has 24-hour room service and is also the chain’s first adult-only hotel in Los Cabos. With the new hotel, RIU is taking another step in the innovative architecture of its hotels by changing the structure of the spaces, bars and restaurants. This lets views of the sea take centre stage. Palace Baja California, like the newly opened Riu Palace Costa Mujeres hotel, represents a 180-degree turnaround in the usual layout of RIU hotels....