IAN STALKER
Pictured above: Seasonal whale-watching is available in Newfoundland.
Caroline Swan is inviting people to see the New-foundland region that all the theatrical fuss is about.
Swan, product development manager for Adventure Central Newfoundland, notes it was her region that inspired Come From Away, the musical work that’s won acclaim within and outside this country,...
IAN STALKER
Pictured above: Brian Faber displays a bag of Kaapittiaq coffee on the deck of the Ocean Endeavour.
Adventure Canada clients can help residents of the Nunavut community of Cambridge Bay brush up on their traditional language skills when having a cup of Joe while sailing northern waterways.
The tour company, which has several cruises in Nunavut waters, is now helping the...
ANN RUPPENSTEIN
With 32 islands and cays to choose from, St. Vincent and the Grenadines offers a honeymoon experience that’s hard to replicate anywhere else in the world.
“There are nine inhabited islands that each have their own distinct character and feel. The main island of St. Vincent is often overlooked by travellers on their way to the Grenadines, but is well worth the visit....
IAN STALKER
(Photo above: Havana is one of the cities Paradiso is active in.)
Think of this as Cuba’s version of Dancing With the Stars.
Havana-based firm Paradiso is happy to teach tourists Cuban dancing, including salsa dancing in a salsa-mad country.
Classes can be one to three hours, says Paradiso’s Araceli Camacho.
“It depends on the client’s interest. We do not...
TED DAVIS
(Photo above: Christopher Thompson, president of Brand USA, was a keynote speaker at the recent IPW conference and trade mart in Anaheim, CA.)
United Stories is the latest addition to a suite of story-telling platforms by Brand USA that help illustrate and define the characteristics – and characters – of the United States. Prospective visitors to the US are the intended...
MIKE DUNBAR
End-to-end seamless travel across borders came a step closer to reality when IATA member airlines meeting in Seoul for this year’s AGM unanimously resolved to accelerate the global implementation of the One ID initiative, which will be based on a single biometric identifier to move passengers through airports without the need for paper travel documents.
Prior to the vote, IATA...
ANN RUPPENSTEIN
I was a little dumbfounded standing in the middle of a staircase inside the National Theatre of Costa Rica in San Jose as a complete stranger pressed a five-dollar bill into my hands and insisted it was mine to keep as I tried to give it back.
“You've been given a very special gift,” said local tour guide Vinicio Viquez, explaining that the now defunct five colones...
TED DAVIS
(Phto above: Travel Best Bets home-based agents stop for a photo while touring the Celebrity Eclipse cruise ship during the recent Travel Best Bets Conference Weekend on the last weekend of July.)
One of Canada’s top travel agencies has recently launched an online school for those seeking entry to the fast-moving travel retailing industry. The Travel Best Bets Academy is the...
MIKE DUNBAR
(Photo above: Calin Rovinescu)
Air Canada chief exec Calin Rovinescu has reiterated his pledge to keep the brands distinct and maintain separate head offices, if Air Canada gets the nod from shareholders to proceed with the purchase of Transat AT when they vote on the proposed deal later this month.
And, in a quarterly conference call with AC investors, he declared that the...
IAN STALKER
John Chernesky says Princess Cruises’ latest innovation gives guests even more time to put their feet up, while sailing the high seas.
The company’s MedallionClass provides each guest with the Ocean-Medallion, a small, free device that’s the key to all MedallionClass benefits. The OceanMedallion can be worn on a necklace, sport band or placed in a pocket and, Princess...
