Resorts
Advisors Honoured at Inaugural BeAmazing Awards
While in the planning process for the second annual Amazing Agent Celebration, the team behind AMR Collection came up with an idea that would make their inaugural BeAmazing Awards stand out. “Everyone attending is already top performers. We wanted to do something different [from other top performer events]. It’s not about who did the most groups or who did the most sales,” Mark Benson, senior director of sales strategy at AMResorts explained during the four-day event held at Dreams Vista Cancun Golf & Spa Resort from Dec. 1-4. “These agents have gone above and beyond in the...
The Amazing Agent Celebration Underway in Cancun
Travel advisors on location for the Amazing Agent Celebration by AMResorts and AMR Collection were invited to attend a festive launch event for Breathless Cancun Soul Resort & Spa, which officially opens on Dec. 7. The elaborate affair on Dec. 2 featured a ribbon cutting ceremony, fashion show and fireworks with designers, Mexican dignitaries and special guest model Alessandra Ambrosio, a former Victoria's Secret Angel, in attendance. The double celebration also marked the 20th anniversary for AMResorts. The second annual Amazing Agent Celebration, which recognizes top...
Club Med Inaugurates Quebec Charlevoix
As it prepares to open on Dec. 3, dignitaries, partners and industry professionals from around the world gathered to inaugurate Canada’s first Club Med resort, Club Med Québec Charlevoix. The President and CEO of Club Med North America, Carolyne Doyon and President of Groupe Le Massif, Claude Choquette celebrated the official opening, welcoming the Premier of Québec, François Legault; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Groupe Le Massif, Daniel Gauthier; President of Club Med, Henri Giscard d'Estaing; and Mayor of Petite Rivière St François, Jean-Yves...
K2 Group Acquires Travelodge Lundy’s Lane
Toronto-based K2 Group has acquired the Travelodge by Wyndham Niagara Falls Lundy's Lane. The property will be fully-renovated with enhancements to the indoor and outdoor pools, restaurant, fitness center, meeting spaces, banquet halls and 118 guest rooms. A Starbucks Express is also slated to open on-site by the end of the year, and negotiations for a new franchise food and beverage offering are already underway to occupy the existing restaurant and will be announced soon. "We are happy to welcome K2 Group as the newest owners of a Travelodge by Wyndham property within...
Jamaica Gears Up For The Rebound
Clifton Reader, President of the Jamaica Hotel & Tourist Association, is upbeat about the future of tourism to the Caribbean destination. “We are no longer inside the tunnel looking for the light, we are outside of the tunnel,” he said during a recent destination update in Jamaica. “Ladies and gentlemen, tourism is open and ready in Jamaica.” After a turbulent time, Reader said Jamaica is now “averaging 65% occupancy for this winter season” — representing 70-80% of its business in 2019, which marked the best year ever for travel to Jamaica. The Managing Director...
Sandals’ Sales Turn Back The Clock
Sandals Resorts is celebrating “Black Friday & Cyber Monday” – coincidentally timed around their 40th Anniversary on Nov. 27, 2021 – by offering incredible rates of US$400 per couple per night for a brief time. Limited to only 40 rooms per night per resort, the Black Friday & Cyber Monday sale is available exclusively at three resorts: Sandals Royal Bahamian Sandals Ochi Beach Resort Sandals Halcyon Beach The first 40 rooms booked at qualifying resorts between Nov. 26 to Nov. 29, 2021 (for travel between July 31 – Oct. 2, 2022 with a minimum seven-night...
A Mega-Makeover For The Sheraton Gateway
The Sheraton Gateway in Toronto International Airport is ready for the holiday season with the uveiling of a massive $30 million makeover. The 484-room hotel is in the final stages of an overhaul that has completely reimagined the entire property, the only hotel directly connected to Canada’s busiest airport. Built in 1991, the Sheraton Gateway is one of the most visited hotels in the country, but after 30 years, and hosting hundreds of thousands of guests, it was time for a major refresh. In November 2019, Knightstone Capital Management, based in Toronto, purchased the...
A Badge Of Sustainability
Booking.com has launched its Travel Sustainable badge -- a credible, globally relevant sustainability measure that will provide highly coveted information to travellers all over the world looking to make more sustainable travel choices. The badge is available to any kind of property that has implemented a combination of sustainable practices that meet the requisite impact threshold for their destination. Designed to be applicable to a wide range of property types, from apartments, B&Bs and holiday homes to hotels, resorts and even treehouses, and adaptable to local realities and...