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TIABC Seeking $680 Million Recovery Stimulus Package
The Tourism Industry Association of British Columbia, along with a coalition of dozens of sector associations representing British Columbia’s more than 19,000 tourism and hospitality businesses, have presented the provincial government with a recovery stimulus proposal that would see the government allocate $680 million from its $1.5 billion recovery package as an initial investment to help mitigate the unprecedented impacts of COVID-19 on the B.C. visitor economy and its workforce. TIABC points out in its request that in 2018 (latest statistics available), the tourism and...
Beaches Resorts Set To Expand To St. Vincent
Adam Stewart, Deputy Chairman of Sandals Resorts, took to Twitter to announce Sandals Resorts International has acquired the closed Buccament Bay Spa and Resort. “I am excited to share news of our company's expansion to a new destination and our eighth island in the Caribbean, St. Vincent and The Grenadines. This will be our first Beaches Resorts in the Eastern #Caribbean and brings together four years of talks and focus on our strong future,” he said. I am excited to share news of our company's expansion to a new destination & our 8th island in the #Caribbean, St. Vincent...
Who Profits From Non-Profits – Everybody
In a joint editorial, the CEO and director general of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), Frank J. Comito, CEO and Brian D. Frontin, president, Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives (CSHAE) and CEO, Trinidad Hotels, Restaurants & Tourism Association (THRTA), write that the nonprofit tourism associations of the Caribbean are integral to the region’s recovery and to the sustained profitability of the tourism and hospitality sector. The two executives point out that: “During these difficult Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) times it is even more important...
Bahia Principe Opening More Properties
Grupo Piñero, parent company of Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts continues to move forward in resuming its operations, reopening two of its hotels on Tenerife and one in Mallorca. The Bahia Principe Fantasía Tenerife plans to reopen on Aug. 10, allowing guests to enjoy the themed resort that offers a new holiday concept for families in Spain and which, in its first year, registered a NPS of 41 points and a GRI of 90.3%. The Bahia Principe Sunlight Tenerife will begin welcoming guests beginning Aug. 1. Located on top of a cliff, the resort is renowned for its unique...
CHTA Celebrates The Life Of Heinz Simonitsch
The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) saluted legendary hotelier Professor Heinz Simonitsch, CD, who passed away over the weekend, as the foremost pioneer of sustainable tourism development in the region. In a joint statement, the CHTA’s CEO and director general, Frank Comito and CHTA president, Patricia Affonso-Dass said: “Professor Heinz was a pioneer in the industry in so many ways, leading by example, providing exemplary service, infusing ‘Caribbean’ and ‘Jamaican’ into his product offering, and expanding the boundaries of the industry well beyond that of...
Meliá Ready To Go In Cuba
Meliá Hotels International is again welcoming guests in several of its hotels in Cuba. “Cuba has handled the epidemic situation in an exemplary way. It has fewer cases than the rest of the countries in the area with a strong health system and a strategy for the safe reactivation of the sector, which is of great value,” said Francisco Camps, deputy director general of the hotel company in the island. The number of Cubans infected with coronavirus in the last three months is barely over 2,400 and the country has only seen 87 deaths. There have been less than 100 active cases in...
Agents’ Choice: Last Chance To Vote
Calling all travel agents! Today is your last chance to vote in the annual Agents' Choice readership survey. Vote now at www.travelpress.com/agentschoice. In case you missed the chance to vote in Agents’ Choice - Canada's original and most authoritative travel industry survey - Baxter Media has re-opened the survey for a limited time to capture any votes that may have been missed due to the havoc wreaked by the onset of COVID-19 in mid-March. Vote for your favourite destinations, suppliers, brands and services in 40+ categories, and be entered in a draw to win one of five...
Riviera Nayarit Ready To Welcome Visitors
Mexico's Riviera Nayarit says COVID-19 will have travellers seeking not only sanitary destinations, but also those that offer exclusive experiences in the great outdoors where they’ll have plenty of social distancing and peace of mind. Riviera Nayarit offers says it offers just that and is prepared to welcome back travelers who are seeking that "intimate isolated getaway surrounded by beautiful, vast landscapes." Beyond its natural offerings, the Mexican destination recently debuted the Riviera Nayarit Wellness & Best Practices Guide, a cleanliness plan for prevention that...