ANN RUPPENSTEIN
After analyzing booking data from its 350,000 global travellers across more than 1,000 trips on every continent, Intrepid Travel has released its annual list of travel trend predictions.
Ranging from a spike in extended layovers to an increasing demand for finding female empowerment abroad, Darshika Jones, director of North America for Intrepid Travel, points out that this...
IAN STALKER
(Photo above: Goway clients can explore Hanoi in a Soviet military vehicle once used by the North Vietnamese Army.)
Goway’s Vietnam program has dropped what would certainly have been a terrible gas-guzzler that served as a reminder of the Vietnam War but tour operator clients visiting Hanoi can explore the city in another vehicle that also recalls that long-running...
TED DAVIS
(Photo above: A recent Singapore Airlines event in Vancouver debut the carrier’s new Singapore-Seattle flight service to the travel trade. Hosting the event were (l-r) Adrian Ee, VP for Singapore Airlines (SIA) in the eastern USA; Magdeline Zee, passenger development mgr. for Changi Airport in Singapore; Les Kovacs, SIA sales mgr. for Canada; Tim Lee, SIA VP for the western USA;...
IAN STALKER
A Toronto-based Uniglobe travel agent who frequently visits Mexico and is a familiar face at the country’s annual tourism show Tianguis says she’s far from certain that the early-April exhibition will continue to be a fixture on Mexico’s tourism scene.
Ethel Hansen-Davey expects “major changes” are in the works for Tianguis, given the new Mexican government’s...
MIKE DUNBAR
(Photo above: Alexandre de Juniac)
“Does it make sense that our most trusted employees and people with high-level security clearances are screened in the same way as our least-known passengers?” That was just one question IATA director general Alexandre de Juniac put to aviation security experts at the organization’s recent AVSEC World conference in Miami.
He also...
IAN STALKER
(Photo above: Watersports and famed Varadero beach are available for Solymar guests)
The Barcelo Hotel Group’s Solymar property in Varadero lives up to its translated name.
The resort’s name in English would be Sun and Sea, a fitting description of a resort in sun-soaked Varadero and which lies on the type of ocean-fronting beach Varadero is famed for.
“The beach is...
2019 is a big year for WestJet, and Canadian Travel Press had the opportunity to chat with Jane Clementino, Director, Agency Sales for the carrier about the arrival of its first Dreamliner and operation of its first revenue flights with that aircraft; its new Business and Premium services; code-shares and joint ventures; new opportunities for its travel agency and trade partners; and a whole...
MIKE DUNBAR
Canadians continue to flock south of the border in ever-increasing numbers despite a static 75-cent dollar, according to the latest data compiled by Statistics Canada. Last year’s overnight visitor volume to the US rose 6.2% over the 2017 total to hit 21.5 million the agency reported.
And the demand appears to be accelerating with the December number of 1.5 million rising a...
IAN STALKER
(Photo above: On hand for the event were Susan Webb of Discover America; Carlos Mercado of KCM Services of Rochester, New York; Paul Larcher of VoX International; and Greg Marshall of Visit Rochester.)
The man who oversees US Customs and Border Protection’s presence at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport says the United States remains a welcoming nation for both those...
GREG COATES
(Phtot above: Palladium Hotel Group CEO Abel Matutes and tennis great Rafa Nadal cut the ribbon to officially open the Rafa Nadal Tennis Centre in Costa Mujeres, Mexico.)
The Palladium Hotel Group served an ace earlier this month, as it celebrated the official opening of its two new resorts, TRS Coral Hotel and Grand Palladium Costa Mujeres Resort & Spa, in Costa Mujeres,...
