IAN STALKER
(Photo above: Aspen-Snowmass offers skiers trails on four separate mountains. Photo courtesy /ASPEN-SNOWMASS)
Aspen-Snowmass’ largest skiing option is getting ready to mark its first half-century of hosting schussers.
The Colorado ski hill of Snowmass – one of four hills that collectively make up Aspen-Snowmass – will be 50 years old on Dec. 15, and the hill is enabling...
Mike Dunbar
Transat may be facing fierce competition on several fronts, but the company is fighting back with a series of initiatives to boost efficiency, simplify operations and reduce costs.
According to company CEO Jean-Marc Eustache, Transat moves some 4.5 million passengers a year, including almost one million Europeans; it boasts revenues in the $3 billion range; flies to some 60...
Ian Stalker
(Photo above: Anderson Vacations clients can travel the Dempster Highway, which links Dawson City, Yukon Territory, with Inuvik, NWT.)
Photo courtesy TOURISM YUKON
Anderson Vacations has a Canada program that reaches from sea to sea – to frozen sea.
The tour operator – which has been sending people to jurisdictions ranging from Newfoundland to British Columbia – plans to...
Mike Dunbar
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Canada’s companies are spending too much on business travel because they’re chronically booking too late to take advantage of lower air fares. And the hardest hit are the companies that can least afford it. Those are the expensive conclusions drawn from a multi-year fare analysis conducted by...
IAN STALKER
(Photo above: A rocket soars over a beach in the Melbourne, Florida, area. The area will see at least 32 rocket launches in 2018.)
Photo courtesy /SPACE COAST TDC
Orlando Melbourne International Airport users who time their Florida vacations right can see NASA light up the night in an awe-inspiring manner.
The airport serves an area that’s home to the Kennedy Space Center,...
IAN STALKER
(Photo above: The movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind made Wyoming’s Devil’s Tower internationally famous.)
Photo courtesy /WYOMING TOURISM
Tia Troy is inviting tourists to experience some close encounters of the eye-catchingly dramatic kind.
Troy, a spokeswoman for the Wyoming Office of Tourism, notes 2017 is the 40th anniversary of the movie Close Encounters of the...
IAN STALKER
Air New Zealand is marking a decade of linking this country with its home base, with Maureen Kam – the carrier’s country manager, Canada – praising her airline’s “growing strength in the Canadian market” during a recent Toronto gathering.
“Canada is an integral part of Air New Zealand’s business,” Kam said. “In the year up to June, we’ve had over 66,000...
ANN RUPPENSTEIN
(Photo above: Pictured at the DoubleTree Hilton Toronto Downtown during Caribbean Week are Saint Lucia’s tourism minister Dominic Fedee and CTO’s secretary general Hugh Riley.)
The Caribbean Tourism Organization’s secretary general Hugh Riley believes travel agents are a growing force in booking travel to the region.
“Travel agents are major influencers in booking...
Mike Dunbar
(Photo above: Pictured at Transat’s 30th anniversary celebration in front of an Airbus A-330 sporting the carrier’s brand-new livery are: (l-r) Jean-François Lemay, president, Air Transat; Annick Guérard, chief operating officer, Transat; Dominique Anglade, Quebec deputy premier, minister of economy, science and innovation and minister responsible for the digital strategy;...
Bob Mowat
One of the first things that Virgilio Russi will tell you about Air Canada’s launch of Branded Fares is that it’s a “good news story” that’s “going to have a big impact” for Air Canada, for its distribution partners and for their customers.
Canadian Travel Press had a chance to sit down with Russi, senior director, sales – Canada and Duncan Bureau, vice-president,...
