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Loonie Tunes

Our limping loonie has turned the tables of tourism in Canada. We examine how in this week’s front page stories.
Club Med is the latest to acknowledge the trend towards luxury all-inclusives. Xavier Mufraggi, the company’s North American CEO, discusses the development with Ann Ruppenstein.
It’s Marquee time! This week Cruising gets the royal treatment.
Other features this week include Canada, Mexico & Latin America, and Five Questions features Maurita Baker of Travelport

Posted in Canadian Travel Press

The travel industry can help a Nova Scotia sanctuary with its mission to rehabilitate local wildlife and return the animals to nature; our cover story this week discusses how…
Toronto’s Pan Am Games are now officially in the books and, beyond some new sporting venues and a airport rail link, we wondered if the event would have a tourism legacy. Some key travel industry figures weigh in with their opinions in this week’s lead story…
Weekly sections include Cruising; Caribbean; Mediterranean; and Australia, NZ and the South Pacific.
As always: air, rooms, touring, incentives, fams, events, West and much more.
Plus, check out Jamaica Island Vibrations special digital newsletter.

Posted in Travel Courier

A Canadian tour operator hopes to bring awareness about the unethical treatment of elephants in many elephant riding tour activities in Thailand.
Barbados is booming out of Canada, including having had a record month in January.
Crystal Cruises is getting into the river cruising business.
Other features this week include Five Questions with Tom Civitano of the Jumeirah Group and Travel Law, which looks back at the first year of Canadian ant-spam legislation.

Posted in Canadian Travel Press

New York state tourism execs are eager to ensure that travel agents, and prospective visitors, remember that there is more to the state than New York City. We discuss in this week’s cover story.
What’s happening in Aruba? No less an authority than the island’s prime minister himself dropped in to the offices of Travel Courier to provide an update.
Weekly sections include Cruising, Mexico & Latin America, Britain & Europe, and US.
As always: air, rooms, touring, incentives, fams, events, West and much more.

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Our cover story this week looks at I Like Local, a booking service based on the growing trend of sharing or peer-to-peer travel.
Unused vacation time is being called an “epidemic” – and not just by the travel industry. It’s bad for the economy and people’s health, says the US Travel Association, which is working to reverse the trend. Find out how in our lead story this week.
Weekly sections include Family Travel and Sun Destinations.
As always: air, rooms, touring, incentives, fams, events, and much more.

Posted in Travel Courier

Transat wants agents to join the fight
Greek bookings slow, but no reason not to go
Air Canada has come a long way and it’s ready for anything
Margaritaville heads for Hollywood Beach
Adventure meets luxury with PONANT
And don’t miss the special RTTF Showcase supplement featured in this week’s issue of Canadian Travel Press

Posted in Canadian Travel Press

Club Med meets Cirque du Soleil at a unique resort in Punta Cana. TC’s Anne Ruppenstein flipped out over her visit.
Soft Voyage will launch a cruise booking engine this fall; get the preview in our lead story.
Weekly sections include Caribbean and the Med.
As always: air, rooms, touring, incentives, fams, events, West and much more.

Posted in Travel Courier

The recent Well-Being Symposium in Toronto explored many aspects of the $494-billion industry, including offering tips on how agents can get their share.
Saint Lucia honoured some of its top agents on island recently and CTP’s Ian Stalker was there to report on the Piton Awards.
Skiing in Mexico and the Caribbean? Hit the slopes with Hard Rock.
Other features this week include Five Questions with Intrepid’s Christian Wolters and Travel Law, which answers the question: “My employee left: what’s next?”

Posted in Canadian Travel Press

Ted Davis travels overland to Mongolia in this week’s cover story.
A new route to (southern) China takes flight this week from Vancouver courtesy of China Eastern Airlines.
Weekly sections include River Cruising, US & Mexico/Caribbean.
As always: air, touring, incentives, fams, events and much more.

Posted in Travel Courier

WestJet is going to Glasgow and we were on the first flight. Check out our cover story for details.
TPI is celebrating 20 years in Canada, but our lead story looks to the future of the Winnipeg-based travel agent organization.
Weekly sections include Britain/Europe, Hotels/Business Travel and Western Canada.
As always: air, rooms, touring, incentives, fams, events and much more.

Posted in Travel Courier