Resorts
Splash Into Bermuda With Savings
Bermuda is offering travellers a chance to keep their summer alive with a special “Splash Sale.” Some of island's finest resorts and hotels are offering savings of up to 30% for bookings made between Sept. 25 and Oct. 16. The travel window is from Sept. 25 to the end of April 2019. Participating properties include: Aunt Nea’s Inn, an historic Bermudian guest house; Coco Reef Resort; Coral Beach and Tennis Club; Fairmont Southampton; Grotto Bay Beach Resort; the newly renovated Hamilton Princess & Beach Club; Newstead Belmont Hills; The Reefs; Rosewood Tucker’s Point; St....
Tahiti Brings Its Sparkle To Toronto
Tahiti Tourisme and a group of a dozen of its top suppliers, rolled into Toronto last night (Sept. 19) for an informative, intimate and stylish evening of both education and networking for area travel agents. In all about 50 agents were on hand for the event. Those agents had all successfully completely Tahiti Tourisme's travel agent destination specialist training program, called the Tahiti Tiare program. Amalia Meliti, managing director of Tahiti Tourisme, welcomed agents, telling them that the group had been on the road for the past two weeks as they worked their way across...
Sandals to Eliminate Single-Use Plastic Items
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) has announced that all 19 Sandals and Beaches Resorts across seven Caribbean islands – including Jamaica, the Bahamas, St. Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados and Turks & Caicos – will eliminate the 21,490,800 single-use plastic straws and stirrers used across the resorts each year by Nov. 1. Eco-friendly paper straws will be available upon request. “Love is at the crux of all Sandals Resorts, and this love extends to the oceans and communities around them,” said Adam Stewart, deputy chairman of Sandals Resorts International. “We care...
Quite An Extravaganza
If you had any doubts that travel agents were hungry for education, you can put them aside right now. Transat rolled into Toronto last night (Sept. 17) to welcome just over 450 agents to its cross-Canada product showcases that featured on going workshops, a trade show, lots of networking and, of course, food and drink. Dan Prior, sales manager for Ontario & Atlantic Canada for Transat, took some time out of his busy schedule at the Toronto event to chat with Press Today, telling PT that talking to agents about the events, Transat had discovered that the show format – with...
Get Secure With SecurMatic.com
SecurMatic.com has launched its Cybersecurity suite of services for the global travel industry. SecurMatic's cybersecurity as a service solutions can be utilized across travel suppliers (airlines, hotels, car rentals, tours & activity suppliers) and travel intermediaries (wholesalers, tour operators, travel agencies and travel management companies). Lindsay Pereira, general manager of SecurMatic, explained that “Cyber threats to the travel industry are growing and will not slow down anytime soon. Cybercrime affects the online and offline sectors. Hackers target travel companies...
A Different Style Of Luxury From Goway
Goway Travel is offering travellers in search of luxury the chance to tailor their style of adventure with unique trips to Peru, Australia, Italy, and other popular destinations. Different Globetrotters have different interests and those in search of something more upscale can have very different ideas about what that means. Fortunately, Goway is ready to realize a wide array of luxury travel ideas. That means accommodation at the best first class properties, along with bonus experiences and privileges to make the trip extra special. Goway's Stays of Distinction are hand-picked...
Clique Hotels Seeing Continued Growth
Celebrating growth of more than 300% over 10 years, Clique has become one of Alberta's best hospitality and accommodation businesses and is just months away from opening Canmore's first four-star luxury hotel. Founded in 1997 by Canmore local businessman Jim Muir, Clique Hotels and Resorts (then known as Summit Resort Management Inc., changed to Clique in 2010) was created to support the Western Canada tourism industry by operating high-performance hotels and resorts and delivering unparalleled customer service and luxurious accommodation. Jim Muir, president of Clique Hotels and...
It’s A Family Affair With AMResorts
AMResorts wants travellers to make it a family affair when they book any Dreams, Now, Reflect or Sunscape Resorts & Spas location. They can bring up to two kids along free and make the next trip an adventure taken together with AMResorts' Kids Stay Free promotion. For Canadian travellers the promotion is valid from Jan. 1, 2018 to Dec. 22, 2018; from Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 22, 2019; and from Jan. 1, 2020 to Dec. 22, 2020. Go to http://www.amresorts.com/ for more. Photo Caption Beach area at Sunscape Puerto Plata Resort &...