Hotels & Resorts
Travel At Ease In Cuba With Iberostar
Travel at Ease, Iberostar’s complimentary assurance package, is now available at the company’s resorts in Cuba to provide support for guests during their stay and in the unlikely event that their vacation is interrupted due to COVID-19 symptoms. The company has developed this range of services to offer extra peace of mind to both customers and partners trusting Iberostar. Iberostar recently announced the launch of Travel at Ease in Mexico, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and Brazil. After its great reception by sales partners, the hotel chain is now announcing its expansion to...
Barbados Resort A Safe Haven For Canadians
Barbados is becoming the destination of choice for visitors looking for a safe haven this winter. On island, The Crane Resort - an historic property that began as a Victorian health spa because of its remarkable warm breezes – took an early leadership role with its meticulously organized and science-based quarantine program. The Crane Resort today announced expansion of their program to include provisions for asymptomatic visitors who may get a positive test result after landing. According to Crane owner, Canadian Paul Doyle, isolating guests – albeit in luxury – is just...
A Window Of Opportunity
GlobalData says that direct booking providers have a ‘window of opportunity in post-pandemic travel. The data and analytics company notes that online travel agents (OTAs) were the primary choice of booking channel for 44% of global respondents in Q3 2019, however, it continues, disputed refund policies, coupled with a lack of efficient customer service, give leading service providers an opportunity to boost direct bookings in post-pandemic travel. Johanna Bonhill-Smith, travel & tourism analyst at GlobalData, said that: “OTAs dominate the online travel market space, but the...
Sandals Resorts Unveils Deal To Add Resort In Curaçao
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) has signed a deal that will see it adding a brand, new destination at the Santa Barbara Resort on the island of Curaçao. Marking the ninth island destination for the brand in the Caribbean region, the new Sandals Curaçao will initially include 350-luxurious rooms and suites stretched along the Spanish Water Bay and the Caribbean Sea, with a further expansion planned in the coming years. Formerly the Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort, part of a broader 3,000-acre development, the resort will be completely “Sandalized,” a process set to...
Get In The Spirit With Unique Vacations
The gang at Unique Vacations Canada is feeling festive these days … And In the Spirit of The Season, they've put together a fun and festive bilingual video message to Canadian travel advisors. https://youtu.be/jNxM7aX4O-s And its message: Let’s all make 2021 a year of hope, a year of love … and most of all … a year filled with travel. Now that should get all of us … In The Spirit of The Season...
Stewart Family Announces Award Recipient
Father-and-son Caribbean hospitality leaders and devout philanthropists, Gordon “Butch” Stewart, Founder & Chairman of Sandals Resorts International (SRI) and Adam Stewart, Deputy Chairman of SRI, have made it their personal and corporate social responsibility to shape the lives and the future of the Caribbean for over 40 years. Through the family’s personal philanthropic efforts and the charitable work of the Sandals Foundation, the Stewart family has worked to positively transform the Caribbean while closely watching those that have also helped pave the way for a better...
2021: What’s Next?
There have been a lot of words spent to describe the travel industry over the years. Definitely, there have been a lot more poured out during the past 9 months. Yet the one word that resonates – whether it’s now or 40 years ago – is persevere. Persevere: to persist in anything undertaken. Persevere: to maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles or discouragement. Persevere: to continue steadfastly. Time and time and time again, the industry has certainly proven that it can and will continue to persevere. As the year of the unimaginable finishes...
Your Space In The Sun
The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority is offering travellers the chance to win the escape they deserve in Antigua and Barbuda for 2021. For travellers looking forward to a bit more space, and a change of scenery in the new year, the ‘Your Space in the Sun’ Sweepstakes offers a prize of free airfare for two and four nights stay in a Diamond suite at the all-inclusive, luxurious Royalton Resort in Antigua. The sweepstakes officially launched at the resort on Nov. 29. The resort reopened with a fanfare and Royalton safety-assured protocols in place the day of the...