Hotels & Resorts
On The Road At JAPEX 2018
With 42,400 more seats out of Canada this winter, Jamaica’s minister of tourism Edmund Bartlett is confident the Caribbean destination will be a popular choice for Canadian travellers. “Canada is now back with a bang,” he said at a media breakfast held during the Jamaica Product Exchange in Montego Bay this week. Presented by The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association and the Jamaica Tourist Board, JAPEX is the most important business generator for Jamaica's tourism industry. Featuring 197 delegates, 91 companies and 69 representatives, this year’s show included nightly...
Gaviota Keeps On Growing in Cuba
Something old, something new... Cuba's Gaviota Tourism Group has put a new face on an Old Havana landmark that it says adds another upscale dimension to the Cuban capital. Gaviota's vice-president of marketing Frank Pais Oltuski Rodriguez told a Monday Toronto audience that developments for the Cuban tourism powerhouse include the just-opened 321-room Iberostar Grand Hotel Packard, which Gaviota says provides a “new standard of luxury” in Havana. The building itself dates back to 1911 but the now-Iberostar property underwent a major renovation prior to its opening. And Pais...
Transat To Build Mexican Beachfront Resort
Transat A.T. Inc. reports it has purchased land, and has entered into a promissory agreement to purchase a second adjacent property, in Puerto Morelos on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula for between US$54 and US$57 million to build a beachfront resort. The promissory agreement is subject to certain usual conditions and is anticipated to close on or around Nov. 1. Located on the Riviera Maya, the village of Puerto Morelos is midway between Cancún and Playa del Carmen, about 20 km from Cancún International Airport. “We are very pleased with these transactions in a prominent...
Splash Into Bermuda With Savings
Bermuda is offering travellers a chance to keep their summer alive with a special “Splash Sale.” Some of island's finest resorts and hotels are offering savings of up to 30% for bookings made between Sept. 25 and Oct. 16. The travel window is from Sept. 25 to the end of April 2019. Participating properties include: Aunt Nea’s Inn, an historic Bermudian guest house; Coco Reef Resort; Coral Beach and Tennis Club; Fairmont Southampton; Grotto Bay Beach Resort; the newly renovated Hamilton Princess & Beach Club; Newstead Belmont Hills; The Reefs; Rosewood Tucker’s Point; St....
Tahiti Brings Its Sparkle To Toronto
Tahiti Tourisme and a group of a dozen of its top suppliers, rolled into Toronto last night (Sept. 19) for an informative, intimate and stylish evening of both education and networking for area travel agents. In all about 50 agents were on hand for the event. Those agents had all successfully completely Tahiti Tourisme's travel agent destination specialist training program, called the Tahiti Tiare program. Amalia Meliti, managing director of Tahiti Tourisme, welcomed agents, telling them that the group had been on the road for the past two weeks as they worked their way across...
Sandals to Eliminate Single-Use Plastic Items
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) has announced that all 19 Sandals and Beaches Resorts across seven Caribbean islands – including Jamaica, the Bahamas, St. Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados and Turks & Caicos – will eliminate the 21,490,800 single-use plastic straws and stirrers used across the resorts each year by Nov. 1. Eco-friendly paper straws will be available upon request. “Love is at the crux of all Sandals Resorts, and this love extends to the oceans and communities around them,” said Adam Stewart, deputy chairman of Sandals Resorts International. “We care...
Quite An Extravaganza
If you had any doubts that travel agents were hungry for education, you can put them aside right now. Transat rolled into Toronto last night (Sept. 17) to welcome just over 450 agents to its cross-Canada product showcases that featured on going workshops, a trade show, lots of networking and, of course, food and drink. Dan Prior, sales manager for Ontario & Atlantic Canada for Transat, took some time out of his busy schedule at the Toronto event to chat with Press Today, telling PT that talking to agents about the events, Transat had discovered that the show format – with...
Get Secure With SecurMatic.com
SecurMatic.com has launched its Cybersecurity suite of services for the global travel industry. SecurMatic's cybersecurity as a service solutions can be utilized across travel suppliers (airlines, hotels, car rentals, tours & activity suppliers) and travel intermediaries (wholesalers, tour operators, travel agencies and travel management companies). Lindsay Pereira, general manager of SecurMatic, explained that “Cyber threats to the travel industry are growing and will not slow down anytime soon. Cybercrime affects the online and offline sectors. Hackers target travel companies...