Breaking the invisible ceiling

IATA on course to bridge the gender gap

MIKE DUNBAR IATA has launched a new initiative designed to result in more women piloting airplanes, more men serving in the passenger cabin and more women making key decisions at the executive level. Dubbed 25by2025, the initiative was first mooted last September as a collective effort to bridge the gender gap in several areas, but principally at the senior level, both in the industry and...

 

Ontario tour operator goes global

IAN STALKER Rewards Holiday hasn’t forgotten its Asian roots. The Ontario tour operator began life as Rewards Travel China in 2010 and sending people to China alone but June saw it establish the trade name Rewards Holiday and business development manager Michaela Yan says clients now have a large number of countries to choose from, including several Asian ones. Added in Asia were...

 

A first hand look at the new Istanbul Airport

ANN RUPPENSTEIN Complete with a hotel, an expansive 22,000 m2 for lounges and a 52,500 m2 duty-free area, the new Istanbul Airport marks the world’s largest international hub. “The whole airport features high-end technologies for an enhanced travel experience. With over 500 check-in points, 143 passenger boarding bridges, 228 passport control counters and, Istanbul Airport is an...

 

Five Questions with Erwan Le Rouzic

ILONA KAUREMZKY [caption id="attachment_132155" align="alignright" width="250"] Erwan Le RouzicSCENIC ECLIPSE CAPTAIN[/caption]No wallflower when it comes to expedition cruising, Captain Erwan Le Rouzic who hails from Brittany, France, has been sailing the seven seas for nearly two decades. He’s charged past icebergs, maneuvered in frosty channels of the South Pole, and more daringly,...

 

Quite the impact

Toronto study finds tourism a major economic force

CTP STAFF For those who question the economic power of tourism, the recently released tourism impact study by Tourism Toronto and the Toronto Region Board of Trade should remove any doubt that the industry is a vital catalyst for the city and regional economy. Toronto’s Visitor Economy: An Economic Catalyst for the City and the Region reveals that visitors to the city generate an...

 

Discover Costa Rica from the Pacific to the Caribbean

Aeromexico takes Canadian travel professionals to Costa Rica

[caption id="attachment_132144" align="aligncenter" width="584"] Posing in front of the sloth statue at San Jose Juan Santamaria Airport, from l to r, are Liz Hooker, G Adventures, Karen D’Souza, Huntington Travel; Breanne Wray, Flight Centre; Sarah Bertelsen, SB Travel; Cesar Alvarenga of Aeromexico; Gwen Copeland, Flight Centre; and Juan Carlos Jouvin of Polo Travel.[/caption] EARL...

 

Diners can have a date with The Executioner

[caption id="attachment_132132" align="aligncenter" width="584"] How low can a restaurant guest go? Meat and Justice's The Executioner prepares to lower a caged guest.[/caption] IAN STALKER The First Lviv Grill Restaurant of Meat and Justice gives definitive examples of how justice was once meted out. The Lviv, Ukraine, restaurant has gruesome Medieval torture devices on display,...

 

Something is definitely brewing in Lviv

Beer with backbone

[caption id="attachment_132127" align="aligncenter" width="584"] Hanna Kitsilinska takes a break beside a large reminder of Lviv’s brewing tradition.[/caption] IAN STALKER Does German ale pale when compared to beer produced in Ukraine? Hanna Kitsilinska suggests that might be the case. Kitsilinska, who works for the tourism office in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, says her sister is...

 

Hall of shame recalls former Ukrainian leader

[caption id="attachment_132124" align="aligncenter" width="584"] An impressive home is part of Ukraine’s Museum of Corruption[/caption] IAN STALKER It’s a safe bet that the man who inspired Ukraine’s Museum of Corruption doesn’t plan to set foot in it or any other part of Ukraine anytime soon for that matter. The Kyiv-area museum recalls the opulent life of former president...

 

Lviv: A well-kept secret that deserves to be discovered

IAN STALKER Tourism authorities in the Ukrainian city of Lviv want to lift what they say is something of a shroud of secrecy that has prevented them from getting word about their destination out to international travellers. Lviv, home to some 757,000 people, has a large number of tourism attributes that have often gone unnoticed outside of Ukraine. “We’re the last hidden gem (in...