Hotels & Resorts
Iberostar Cuba To Host Classic Car Parade in Havana
On Jan. 5, 2020, Havana will play host to a classic cars rally organized by Iberostar Hotels & Resorts Cuba as a tribute to one of the city’s most iconic sights. The cars will parade along Havana’s Malecón seafront avenue and will take in Iberostar hotel locations. The Habana Riviera by Iberostar will be the starting point for the route, followed by a stop at the Iberostar Parque Central before finishing at the Iberostar Grand Packard, the hotel that takes its name from the emblematic classic Packard cars. Iberostar will award a prize to the best kept car among all those...
Spotlight on Riu Hotels & Resorts
The Riu Hotels & Resorts brand will continue to surface in points far and wide in the coming years. Hugo Aguilera, Riu's director of partner marketing and business development USA and Canada, told a Toronto gathering yesterday (Nov. 28) that next year will see the Spanish company open its first hotels in Dubai and Britain, having acquired “a building in one of the best areas of London.” The London building will be renovated and then open as a Riu Plaza urban property. The year 2021 will see a Riu Plaza property open in Toronto, Riu's debut in this country. The company –...
Sandals Honoured at 2019 World Travel Awards
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) received four prestigious awards at the 26th annual World Travel Awards Grand Final Gala Ceremony that took place Nov. 28 in the Sultanate of Oman. Most notably, Sandals Resorts International was dubbed the World's Leading All-Inclusive Company for the 24th consecutive year. “Our Sandals family is extremely humbled to have been recognized as the world’s leading all-inclusive company by the World Travel Awards once more,” said Gordon “Butch” Stewart, founder and chairman of Sandals Resorts International. “This award serves as an...
RIU’s Splash Water World Opens In Costa Rica
Canadians planning a stay at Riu Guanacaste or Riu Palace Costa Rica can now enjoy unlimited complimentary access to an on-site water park, with the opening of RIU’s first ever Splash Water World in Costa Rica. The brand new park features five water slides, including a four-lane Aquaracer slide and two tube slides, in addition to a mini splash pad for kids. Located on Matapalo Beach, both resorts offer travellers comfortable accommodation options, delicious dining and action-packed activities for all ages. Riu Guanacaste offers sprawling pools perfect for relaxing and a host of...
Club Med: Making It New In 2020 And Beyond
It is a special time for Club Med as it gears up to celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2020. Over those seven decades, the iconic hotelier that launched the all-inclusive concept has continually re-invented and re-imagined itself and that's clearly a key to its long-term success. And about 100 of Club Med's industry partners – travel agents and airline executives – gathered at Toronto's Fifth Social Club to celebrate the occasion and to be part of the launch of Club Med's 2020 brochure. That brochure drew a round of cheers from retailers on hand as it features two distinct covers....
YVR Hotel Workers End Rosewood Strike
Striking hotel workers at Rosewood Hotel Georgia in Vancouver have voted overwhelmingly to approve a newly negotiated contract. The Hotel Georgia was the last in a group of hotels that had been impacted by strikes that ran for as long as eight weeks during the fall. The affected hotels included the Westin Bayshore, Hyatt Regency, Pinnacle Harbourfront and Four Seasons. They all resolved labour disputes by workers who were represented by the UNITE HERE Local 40 union in mid-October. The agreement with the Rosewood Hotel Georgia was struck last week, and then ratified a few days...
Greater Fort Lauderdale Loves Canadians
There's no doubt what the message was last night in Toronto as travel trade types were welcomed at one of the city's popular downtown gathering places. It was pretty simple: Greater Fort Lauderdale loves its Canadian visitors and it was up here to make sure it stayed 'top of mind' when travel retailers are looking for sunny spots to send their clients. Chatting with Press Today before the formal presentation, Tracy Vaughan, Sr. VP Tourism and Travel Industry Sales, Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau, made it clear that travel agents were an important part of the CVB's...
Majestic Opens First Mexican Resort
The highly anticipated Majestic Elegance Costa Mujeres is open, the hotel company’s first resort in Mexico. “We have brought the same luxury and excellence that we’re known for in the Dominican Republic to Costa Mujeres. A guest-first mentality is the heart and soul of all of our resorts, and that will be reflected in Mexico,” said Bernard Wyss, COO, Majestic Resorts. Set along the white sand Costa Mujeres beach, Majestic Elegance Costa Mujeres offers 570 modern, well-appointed rooms in a picturesque beachfront location. Located just 20 minutes north of Cancun, the resort is...