Resorts
A Bonus From Unique Vacations Canada
Following last fall’s popular 10-week training series “Sandals and Beaches Resorts…in 10 Minutes” created exclusively for Canadian travel advisors, the program returns with a bonus session – in both English and French – featuring the all-new Sandals Dunn’s River on Wednesday Sept. 7, 2022. Led by Lorna Richards, National Training Manager, Unique Vacations Canada Inc. (English) and Sandra Brousseau, BDM, Eastern-Central Quebec and Atlantic Canada (French), Canadian advisors will learn topline info on Sandals’ newest resort – opening Spring 2023 – in just 10...
Puerto Rico Posting ‘Remarkable’ Results
Puerto Rico is continuing to register remarkable results, with its accommodations industry generating US$1 billion during the first seven months of 2022. The industry achieved this milestone three months earlier than in 2021, a year that ended with about $1.3 billion in accommodations revenue. Alisha Valentine, Director of Research and Analytics at Discover Puerto Rico, said: “We have hit that mark for only the second time in history, and we’ve done it three months earlier than last year.” Valentine continued: “Despite the industry concerns, we’ve seen increased...
Booking Demand Soars For Bedsonline
Bedsonline is reporting booking demand is stronger than ever, with a 123% increase in gross sales in United States FY 2022 compared to the same period in 2019. With international tourist arrivals continuing to grow as the latest travel restrictions are lifted, Bedsonline provides its clients with the best tools to support the growth of the more than 60,000 travel consultants around the world who work with the company. Taking to account the needs of its partners to manage this growing demand for the summer, Bedsonline booking engine speaks to their understanding of market...
Experience The Great Migration In Kenya
There are few things in life more breath-taking than seeing wild animals in their natural habitat; imagine seeing thousands upon thousands travelling en masse, right in front of your eyes. Enter, the Great Migration, currently in full swing in the Maasai Mara, where guests staying at the award-winning Mahali Mzuri are currently experiencing this spectacular sighting on their daily game drives. Between June and September each year, guests are invited to secure front row seats to witness Kenya’s annual great migration while staying at Sir Richard Branson’s luxury tented camp in...
Tracking The Trends At GME 2022
Although the global meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions market is showing steady signs of recovery, Accor’s Mansi Vagt reveals that business travellers are emerging from the pandemic with renewed priorities and aren’t eager to get back to the way things were before. “People have taken a step back to really evaluate what they value in life and not getting back to that point of being over scheduled again,” said Vagt, global brand leader & vice president at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, during the recent Accor Global Meeting Exchange at the Fairmont San...
Choice Completes Radisson Acquisition
Choice Hotels International, Inc. has completed the acquisition of the franchise business, operations and intellectual property of Radisson Hotels Americas for approximately $675 million from Radisson Hotel Group, inclusive of the real estate value of three owned hotels. With the close of this transaction, Choice Hotels International has added approximately 67,000 rooms, expanding its presence in the higher revenue upper upscale and upscale full-service segments and bolstering its core upper-midscale hospitality segment, particularly in the West Coast and Midwest of the United...
Mexico Resorts Offer More For Families, Competitive Rates
Viva Wyndham Azteca and Viva Wyndham Maya are all-inclusive oceanfront resorts located in the Playacar Complex of the Mayan Riviera and both have undergone major enhancements recently, including restaurant renovations, revamped public spaces and reconceptualized guest rooms. These family-friendly destinations are offering steep year-round discounts -- when kids stay with two adults in a room, their rate is only US$30 per night. Viva Wyndham Azteca has a refurbished pool area and has undergone a full upgrade of all room categories, including its Superior Rooms, which are now...
Visit San Antonio Partners With Hotelbeds/Bedsonline
Visit San Antonio has launched a first-ever marketing partnership with Hotelbeds/Bedsonline in five targeted markets, providing special promotional rates for the destination. Travel trade in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the U.K. and Germany are key audiences for this campaign which will run through the end of November. The four-month campaign promotes special promotional rates secured by the Hotelbeds Contracting Team. Rates are exclusive to San Antonio hotels just for their domestic and international travel partners including Travel Agents, Tour Operators, Points & Loyalty...