Resorts
Club Med Launches Amazing Family Program
Club Med has introduced its new Amazing Family program that's available at Club Med Punta Cana and Cancun Yucatan. The new concept includes a fun-filled weekly agenda of activities from five different categories – Time to PLAY, Time to SPLASH, Time to QUEST, Time to RECHARGE and Amazing Family Happy Time. Each category offers families time together. For example: Time to PLAY: Let's families enjoy playing childhood games – like Bag Board, Mölkky, Pallina and life-sized versions of Twister, Jenga and Mikado – as a group. Time to SPLASH: Is all about fun in the water...
Quite An Incentive From Sandals Resorts
Canadian agents who book any type of group – social, wedding or corporate -- of 5 rooms or more (for a minimum 3-night stay) at any Sandals or Beaches resort now through June 30, 2019 will automatically be entered for a chance to win a 3-night stay of their very own. The contest is valid for all contract groups booked with either a tour operator partner (Air Canada Vacations, WestJet Vacations, TravelBrands or Transat) Unique Vacations, Inc. Each and every new group booked immediately earns one contest entry and groups booked to Sandals or Beaches in Jamaica receive a bonus entry...
Gaviota Sees New Opportunities For Cuba
The Gaviota Tourism Group and representatives from a number of fine hotels across Cuba are touring Canada this week. In Toronto on April 9 and Montreal on April 10, the representatives are here to highlight the extensive upgrades and developments taking place across in Cuba in 2019. “Canada is one of Cuba's main markets with more than 1 million visitors per year, “ said Frank Oltuski, Vice President, Gaviota Tourism Group. “This year is exciting as Havana, Cuba's vibrant capital, celebrates its 500th anniversary and we share new opportunities for growth, diversity, and our...
SLH Welcomes Agents At The AGO
Agents had a chance to immerse themselves in luxury last night (April 8) at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto as 16 members of Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) were on hand to showcase the kind of product they were offering. As SLH's Pegi Amarteifio explained it, SLH is all about matching independently minded travellers with its independently spirited hotels. It is a strategy that clearly works as the group has been around for almost 30 years, with Amarteifio observing that SLH continues to evolve and grow. In fact in 2018, the group added 51 properties to its...
New VIP Service Available at Sandals Royal Barbados
In a continued effort to constantly innovate its Luxury Included experience, Sandals Resorts has launched all-new VIP Arrival Service at Sandals Royal Barbados. The complimentary service is available to guests of the following Butler Elite room categories which include Rolls-Royce Ghost transfers: South Seas Royal Rondoval Butler Suite with Private Pool Sanctuary; Millionaire Butler Oceanview One Bedroom Suite with Balcony Tranquility Soaking Tub; Millionaire Crystal Lagoon Swim-up Butler One Bedroom Suite with Patio Tranquility Soaking Tub; Beachfront One Bedroom Butler Suite with...
Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart Honoured In Toronto
Light, learning, liberty was the theme of the 10th annual University of the West Indies (UWI) Toronto Benefit Gala that was held this past weekend (April 6). The hundreds of scholarships presented over the years have not only benefitted the students and their families but also the education and business institutions in the Caribbean. The prestigious Chancellor's Award is presented to Caribbean organizations or institutions that have achieved outstanding success. And it should come as no surprise that this year's recipient Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, Sandals Resort, was the...
Bettoja Takes Up Earth Day Cause
The upcoming Earth Day, on April 22, is serving as the guiding principal for a new program by Bettoja Hotels Collection of Italy. Bettoja has announced the removal of all plastic bottles from its hotel properties starting on Earth Day 2019. The plastic bottles will be eliminated in the mini-bars and the restaurants located in their three hotels in Rome, including the Hotel Mediterraneo, Hotel Massimo d’Azeglio and Hotel Atlantico. “We are taking action on Earth Day this year and we hope to achieve a new sustainability goal every year,” said Maurizio Bettoja, president of...
Park Royal Offers Authentic Mexican Experience
Cancun's Park Royal Beach Resort can offer its clientele both a “Mexican vacation experience” or a “very Mexican vacation experience,” with those guests able to choose the degree of familiarization they wish to have with the Latin American country. Hotel general manager Luz del Carmen Ruiz Rodriguez said during a Tuesday Toronto visit that her hotel – part of the Mexico City-based Park Royal Hotels and Resorts chain that has hotels in the Mexican capital, ocean-fronting Mexican resorts, Florida and Argentina – likes to “really focus on being Mexican,” with guests always...