Resorts
Renovation Complete
Hyatt Regency Calgary has completed an extensive renovation of its 355 guestrooms and executive level Regency Club lounge. The hotel’s guestrooms have been transformed into more sophisticated and contemporary spaces, and The Regency Club has expanded in size to include a Quiet Zone which allows guests to have a more private dining and lounge experience. General manager, Amy Johnson said: “We are excited to welcome guests to a newly refreshed Hyatt Regency Calgary. Since opening in 2000, we have been committed to continuously enhancing the property and services. This...
Sandals Continues Agent Workshop Tour
Sandals Resorts continues its tour across Canada conducting its annual series of educational workshops, with the remainder of the sessions taking place July through September. Space is limited and agents are encouraged to register as soon as possible. By attending the workshops, Sandals invites agents to elevate their success in selling its luxury-included resorts and to take their sales to the next level. The workshops are especially helpful and motivational in advance of the important fall-winter season. During the fast-paced sessions, agents will learn how Sandals’ next...
Good Deal, Good Deeds
The PGA TOUR and Omni Hotels & Resorts unveiled a sponsorship agreement through 2022 designating Omni as the official hotel partner of the PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions. The deal represents Omni's first major league-wide sponsorship. In celebration of the two-year anniversary of Omni's Say Goodnight to Hunger program, the company will help provide four meals for a family in need for every birdie-or-better made during each PGA TOUR event. The meals will be donated through the local Feeding America food bank in each tournaments home city in the United States. For...
Choice Hotels Celebrates 25 Years In Canada
Choice Hotels Canada is celebrating its 25th year of business in Canada. The company was officially formed on June 21, 1993, through a 50/50 joint venture between Choice Hotels International and Journey's End, with the company starting with 173 hotels across the country, including the Comfort, Quality and Econo Lodge brands. Today, Choice has over 340 franchised hotels currently open or under development and 10 different brands covering categories from extended stay to upscale. Even prior to the formal arrangement in 1993, Choice had a longstanding history in Canada. In 1955, the...
Iberostar looks to the future
Fresh off a €500 million facelift across its European properties with renovations and new openings, and amidst a further €700 million in upgrades and future investment in the Americas, Iberostar Hotels & Resorts’ ambitious global expansion plan is well underway. As their product continues to evolve to mainly four and five-star properties, Iberostar Hotels & Resorts, which has a presence in 70 destinations in 17 countries across 37,100 rooms, is educating the trade on the changes and what the new value proposition is for clients. “Specifically Canada is for us a very...
Sabre Checks In With Booking.com
Sabre Corporation has signed a new agreement with Booking.com that will provide Sabre agency customers with to all Booking.com listings – including its alternative lodging listings – through the Sabre Content Services for Lodging. Sabre Content Services for Lodging is a solution that integrates multi-source, multi-representation of GDS, aggregator, and agency-sourced hotel content into the Sabre GDS. TMCs and corporations will be able to more efficiently shop, sell and service millions of hotel options as active GDS bookings. Traci Mercer, senior vice-president of lodging,...
TravelBrands Teams Up With Softvoyage
TravelBrands will offer thousands of hotels located in hundreds of cities worldwide through SIREV, a solution managed by Softvoyage. SIREV is a shopping solution offered to Canadian travel professionals. Developed and managed by Softvoyage, SIREV provides an easy-to-use web-based solution to the travel industry. Through this partnership, TravelBrands is increasing its hotel offerings to tens of thousands of hotels and properties across the globe. This updated distribution supports TravelBrands goal of giving agents and consumers access to the world. Travel agents can access...
The Royal Treatment
Sandals Resorts recently hosted a fam trip for 10 agents from Eastern Ontario to showcase the regal elegance and luxury of Sandals Royal Bahamian in Nassau, Bahamas. During the three-night trip, agents were able to personally experience the resort's many luxurious amenities including the offshore island, Sandals Island and 5-Star Global Gourmet dining at 10 restaurants. During a comprehensive resort tour, agents were able to sneak a peek at a wide-range of accommodation options for their clients, including the recently refurbished Royal Village suites and the new River Pool...