Issue Date: Nov 10, 2025
“Oh, that’s a big question,” observed Intrepid Travel’s CEO, James Thornton when asked about the trends that the industry should watch for in 2026. “Look, overall, the trend is that customers seem to increasingly want our style of sustainable, experience-rich travel,” Thornton told Canadian Travel Press during a recent visit to Toronto. He continued: “I think as a 36-year-old company to be growing globally at 17% is a very, very healthy topline revenue number; so, that would be just a global reflection that more and more customers seem to be moving towards our style of travel.”
Nassau & Paradise Island get a boost from Canada this winter This winter season airlift into Nassau & Paradise Island in the Bahamas is getting a significant boost from the Canadian market. “We’ve consistently and historically had 19 flights per week, and that is going up to 40 flights per week,” Joy Jibrilu, CEO of the Nassau & Paradise Island Promotion Board, told CTP. Challenges persist, but business travel optimism rebounding Confidence among global travel professionals is rebounding as companies around the world continue to navigate their business travel strategies amid change and uncertainty. In fact, 43% of them say they are more optimistic now, up 15 percentage points versus prior months in 2025. AmaWaterways setting a course to the future Catherine Powell certainly has a lot of priorities in her role as the CEO of AmaWaterways, making it clear that: “At the heart of all these priorities is one guiding principle: as we grow and evolve, we must preserve the personalized, caring experience that makes AmaWaterways so beloved.
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