Resorts
Celebrate Christmas In Vermont
The Topnotch Resort in Stowe, Vermont, is inviting guests to take advantage of its O’ Christmas Tree Package for the 2018 holiday season. The offer includes a stay in one of a luxury guest rooms, and a trip to nearby Paines Tree Farm where guests take a wagon ride to find the perfect Christmas tree. Once selected and cut, the skilled team at Paines professionally wraps, packages and loads the tree onto the cars for a safe trip home. Rates for the O’ Christmas Tree Package start at $199 for a standard room, double occupancy. The package is available Nov. 9 through Dec....
Lots Happening As Meliá Road Show Hits Toronto
A delegation of executives representing Meliá Hotels International kicked off a Canada-wide road show yesterday in Toronto to update the trade on all that's new at its brands in the Caribbean and Mexico – Paradisus by Meliá, Me by Meliá, and Meliá Hotels & Resorts. In December, travellers will see the transformation of the Dominican Republic resort, Meliá Caribe Tropical, into two separate properties – Meliá Punta Cana Beach, an adults-only resort, and the family friendly Meliá Caribe Beach. The two new hotels will debut with a variety of new programs, services and...
Palladium TRS Hotel Brand Set For Cap Cana
Palladium Hotel Group is expanding its TRS Hotel brand with the opening of TRS Cap Cana Hotel, a new adults-only resort property in the Dominican Republic, that will open Nov. 1, 2018. TRS Cap Cana Hotel will be situated directly on the waterfront, giving guests access to some of the most pristine white sand beaches and turquoise waters of the Dominican Republic's eastern coast. The resort is currently undergoing renovations prior to opening in order to convey the elegance and cutting-edge design of the TRS Hotel brand. When it opens, it will have 115 suites, 39 swim-up junior...
Put Down Your Phone
Wyndham Grand is creating new VIP areas at its pools and restaurants with perks promoting quality time for guests at five of its hotels. The catch? You can't check your phone. An expansion of its Reconnected Family Experience, the unique hotel family program encouraging quality time over screen time, Wyndham Grand is now challenging guests to go phone-free at its pools and restaurants. Through Nov. 12, the brand will offer optional Phone-Free Zones for guests who wish to spend time unplugged. Guests who participate will have access to special perks, amenities and prizes, including...
Exclusive – GANJA JOURNEYS
Like it or not, the legal retailing of cannabis in Canada is soon to get underway. As of Oct. 17, a whole new business sector based on cannabis sales through licensed outlets – with all the much-discussed pros and cons – will start operating across the country, reports Western editor, Ted Davis in this week's digital edition of Canadian Travel Press. Much of the discussion ahead of this ground breaking launch has focused on pros like a predicted reduction in organized crime, and cons like the possible increased access to cannabis by under-aged users. The federal Cannabis Act will...
More STAR Points From Sunwing
For the month of October, Sunwing is encouraging agents to Learn, Earn and WIN with Meliá Hotels International Cuba. Until October 31, agents can earn 4X STAR Agent Reward Points that convert into cash on all new bookings to select Meliá Cuba hotels, for departures from January 5 to April 30, 2019. And each time an agent makes a booking to a participating Meliá resort, they'll be entered into a weekly contest for a chance to win an all inclusive vacation for two to a Meliá resort included in this promotion. The more bookings agents make, the more chances they have to...
Sunwing, Rex Form Strategic Alliance
Beginning Dec. 1, 2018, Sunwing Travel Group's hotel division will be operating six of Rex Resorts' Caribbean hotels as part of a newly formed strategic alliance. As part of the landmark agreement, Sunwing's growing hotel division plans to make significant improvements to each of the resorts over the coming years. Stephen Hunter, president & CEO of Sunwing Travel Group, said: “We are excited to be entering into this partnership which reflects our commitment to the CARICOM countries of the Lesser Antilles.” Hunter added: “We look forward to increasing tourism in Grenada,...
Hawks Cay Resort Offers ‘Snowbird Special’
The newly renovated Hawks Cay Resort, a landmark Florida Keys destination resort which celebrated its grand reopening at the end of August after being closed for almost a year due to severe damage caused by Hurricane Irma, has launched a “snowbird special” for Canadians. Through March 15, 2019, those with a valid Canadian ID can book a stay for 25% off room rates and $10 off the daily resort fee, which includes complimentary use of bikes, paddle boards and kayaks. “We want our Canadian travellers who love visiting Florida to know that the Florida Keys are back and better than...