BOB MOWAT
Yvonne Muldoon, director of global OTA’s & regional Sales (EU/NA) for Aer Lingus, leaves no doubt about it, travel agents are a crucial part of the carrier’s distribution network.
In fact, Muldoon was in Toronto recently to meet with Aer Lingus’ travel trade partners here and update them on what’s been going on at the carrier these days.
“The main objective of...
TED DAVIS
Pictured above: Team VisitBritain at the Toronto Pride Parade earlier this summer included (l. to r.) Paul Gauger, Senior VP Americas; Cathy Stapells, Senior Marketing & Communications Manager, Canada; Lynda Falcone, Travel Trade Manager, Canada; and Gavin Landry, Executive VP Americas.
The latest night clubs, art galleries, theatre productions and dining rooms are not the...
GREG COATES
It was all about partnerships Aug. 19-21 as five Carnival Corporation & plc brands – Carnival Cruise Line, Cunard, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and Seabourn – gathered in Miami to recognize the contributions of their top travel partners at the second annual World’s Leading Cruise Line (WLCL) Excellence Awards.
In all, 35 awards in seven categories were...
IAN STALKER
Canadian appreciation of Los Cabos is showing no sign of diminishing.
In fact, the exact opposite is true, with interest in the sun-soaked destination in this country clearly on an upswing.
Rodrigo Esponda, managing director of the Los Cabos Tourism Board, reports Canadian visitations during the January-July period were up 17%, with Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto among cities...
IAN STALKER
Pictured above: Moriya Jutanugarn (l) and Ariya Jutanugarn (r) are successfully competing on the LPGA tour. They’re seen here with the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Puangpen Klanwari and Runjuan Tongrut.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand is using a talented sister act to convince tourists that Thailand is a great place for golfers to hit the links.
The tourism...
IAN STALKER
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
And, adds Craig Wachholz, when in ocean-ringed Australia, do as the watersports-loving Australians do.
And that, Wachholz continues, includes hopping on a surfboard and riding some waves.
Wachholz, with Let’s Go Surfing, which offers surfing lessons in the Sydney area and Byron Bay, the most easterly point in Australia, says surfing has...
IAN STALKER
Pictured above: Standing beside a sheet that offers some Inuktitut are Martha Flaherty, John Houston and Adventure Canada culturalist Heidi Langille.
Adventure Canada clients who sail through Nunavut waters have a good shot at spotting a natsiq or a nanook, while scanning the terrain on any given day.
And, if those clients accept Adventure Canada’s invitation to dabble in...
BOB MOWAT
As Gal Hana sees it, opportunity is knocking for Israel’s tourism industry in the Canadian market. And as the new director for Canada for the Israel Government Tourist Office, Hana plans to “make some noise” about it during his time here.
[caption id="attachment_127683" align="alignright" width="300"] IGTO’s Jerry Adler (l) and Ellen Melman (r) with Gal Hana during a visit...
MIKE DUNBAR
Airline bosses attending IATA’s AGM in Seoul got a rough ride from Violeta Bulc, the European Union’s commissioner for transport, when she got onto the subject of sustainability.
Bulc started out by declaring, “I could stand here all day and talk about the negative externalities of transport in general and the impacts of emissions on our
climate and, therefore, our...
IAN STALKER
The president of Baxter Media has thanked the different foreign tourist boards represented in this country for the contribution they make to Canada’s travel industry.
David McClung told a Tuesday Toronto lunch jointly sponsored by Baxter Media, the Globus Family of Brands and Torstar that their presence here is a major plus for the travel...
