Resorts
Greg Norman Visits New Sandals Golf Course
Golf icon Greg “The Shark” Norman recently met with Sandals Resorts International deputy chairman and CEO Adam Stewart in Saint Lucia to discuss transformation plans for Sandals St. Lucia Golf & Country Club at Cap Estate. The 18-hole golf course is the newest addition to the Sandals brand in Saint Lucia. Sandals Resorts acquired the St. Lucia Golf and Country Club last year, with massive plans for expansion and redesign by Greg Norman Golf Course Design, who previously created the award-winning golf course at Sandals Emerald Bay. Norman and his team will convert the...
Say ‘Fore’ With Casa de Campo
Casa de Campo Resort & Villas, home to some of the Caribbean's top golf experiences, including the iconic Teeth of the Dog course, is featuring two “Unlimited Teeth of the Dog” golf packages. Highlighted by the “bucket list” opportunity to play the Pete Dye-designed course, the “Unlimited Teeth of the Dog with Breakfast” package starts at $247 per person, per night through Dec. 21, 2018. In addition to all day play on Teeth of the Dog, guests can also tee it up from sun-up to sundown on the resort's two additional Pete Dye courses – Dye Fore (27 holes) and The...
I Like You Just As You Are
Those vacationing in the Central American country can expect the hot, tropical weather sun-seekers want, and Ana Garcia of the Nicaraguan Tourism Board told a gathering in Toronto earlier this week that Canadian interest in her homeland is soaring, with visitations reaching 62,000 in 2017, up from 35,000 the previous year. Overall, 1.8 million people visited Nicaragua last year, an 18% increase from the previous year. Garcia's visit coincided with the launch of a new Nicaraguan destination campaign titled, “I Like You Just As You Are.” “Nicaragua is not looking for massive...
Oasis Hosts May Cancun Fam
Oasis Hotels is hosting a May 7-11 fam trip to Cancun. The cost is US$480, single occupancy, and includes return flights from Toronto with Sunwing Airlines, four nights at the all-inclusive The Pyramid at Grand Oasis and transfers. Space is limited and the trip is for travel agents only. Mandatory hotel visits are part of the itinerary. Interested agents should contact Pam Bassett at...
Agents’ Choice Gala Welcomes Sandals As Presenting Sponsor
Baxter Media is pleased to announce Sandals as a presenting sponsor of the first annual Agents' Choice Awards Gala. Sandals joins Air Canada and a growing list of industry supporters and participants in Agents' Choice. The gala brings the annual Agents' Choice readership survey to life by honouring favourites, as voted by travel agents, in over 40 categories. As a presenting sponsor in an event that focuses on celebrating the importance of travel agents, Sandals is demonstrating their commitment to Canada's agent community. Set for June 14, 2018 at the elegant Eglinton Grand in...
Bragging Rights
In what it describes as the “world's first” #TravelBrag Artificial Intelligence (AI) analysis, Hotels.com reveals what's topping travellers' brag charts in destinations around the world. The analysis shows just how diverse travellers to Canada are. Whether it's enjoying rooftop cocktails or visiting the posh Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto, strolling down Stanley Park or shopping on Robson Street in Vancouver, or admiring Montreal's stunning skyline from the top of Mount Royal or wandering its cobble-stoned Old Town streets, social bragging is out in full force. This travel...
Club InterContinental Debuts In Toronto
The InterContinental Toronto Centre says business travellers staying at its newly renovated Club InterContinental are certain to appreciate the hotel's next door neighbour. The 584-guest unit hotel adjoins the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and is “the only hotel in Toronto directly connected” to that cornerstone of the city's business trade, Mary Ann Gamboa, the hotel's director of sales and marketing, told a Thursday event marking the relaunch of the Club InterContinental. Club InterContinental now offers 91 rooms and suites on the hotel's eighth, ninth and 10th floors and...
Playa Cranks It Up A Notch
Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. has entered a definitive agreement for a business combination with Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited, whereby Sagicor will contribute to Playa a portfolio of five all-inclusive resorts and two adjacent oceanfront developable land sites located on the North Coast of Jamaica. The portfolio includes four existing resorts including the 489-room Hilton Rose Hall, the 268-room Jewel Runaway Bay, the 250-room Jewel Dunn's River and the 225-room Jewel Paradise Cove. It also includes an 88-room hotel tower and spa, two developable land sites with a potential...