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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...
Doom At The Inn
The president of the Hotel Association of Canada is calling on the federal government to step up support for this country's beleaguered hotel industry, warning that Canada is on the brink of a rash of hotel closures brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, reports Ian Stalker in this week’s issue of Canadian Travel Press. Susie Grynol warned during Tourism Industry Association of Canada’s 2020 Tourism Congress that: “The clock is ticking. We're squarely in the middle of the second phase of the pandemic and it's worse than the first phase ... Hotels in this country are sitting...
SLH Sets Sail With Kontiki Wayra
Small Luxury Hotels of the World is venturing into the sea, announcing the first ever water-based member to its portfolio: Kontiki Expeditions. The first yacht expedition, Kontiki Wayra, offers a luxurious and sustainably-minded way to explore destinations along the coast of Ecuador. Guests can choose between two sea expeditions which provide an immersion into the local cultures, traditions and cuisine of each port. The first voyage begins on May 30, 2021, and comes at a time when demand has soared for exclusive and safe cruising options. Departing weekly and travelling between...
Sandals, Beaches Extend Black Friday, Cyber Monday Sale
Sandals and Beaches Resorts have extended their Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale, offering their guests additional time to book and benefit from one of the luxury-included resort company’s biggest sales of the year. For all new bookings of six nights or longer in any room category at any Sandals or Beaches resort made now through Dec. 4, 2020 – and for travel immediately through Dec. 26, 2022 (a two-year travel window) – guests will receive a host of complimentary add-ons to elevate their Luxury Included vacation experience. Sandals Resorts “Ultra-Romance Package”...
It’s An App From RIU
RIU Hotels & Resorts is taking a big step forward in technology with the launch of its new app. This application stays by the customer’s side throughout the holiday, from booking right through to the stay in the hotel, and it also offers direct access to all the benefits of the Riu Class loyalty program. This means RIU customers have all the information they need in a single platform. “We want to make sure our customers don’t have to go to different websites to get information about their RIU holidays. In the digital age, we want to offer them instant access to everything...