ANN RUPPENSTEIN
(Photo above: Laura Pena Alberdi, Director of Spanish Tourist Office, Embassy of Spain in Canada, and Cristina Gargallo, North America Director, Catalan Tourist Board)
Tourism to Spain is on a roll.
Overall arrivals to the European destination soared to 81.8 million tourists in 2017, including a record 489,307 Canadians – representing a growth of 25.2%.
“2017 was a...
IAN STALKER
(Photo above: Among those on hand for a massive party the State of Guerrero held during Tianguis were Gabriel Cardona and Fernanda Rosas of the Mexico Tourism Board’s Montreal office; and Patricia Perez and Camilo Aguilar of Canandes.)
Mexican tourism authorities this month put the Pacific coastal city of Mazatlan squarely in the tourism limelight and, in doing so, helped...
GREG COATES
(Photo above courtesy of SBW-Photo)
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If bigger is better – and many certainly think that’s the case – then Royal Caribbean International continues to be tops at sea with the recent launch of Symphony of the Seas, the world’s largest passenger cruise...
IAN STALKER
(Photo above: On hand in Toronto for a New Hampshire event were Ashton Marcus of Reach Global Marketing, which represents New Hampshire in Canada; Michele Cota, Victoria Cimino and Taylor Caswell of State of New Hampshire, Department of Business and Economic Affairs, Division of Travel and Tourism Development; Charmaine Singh and Varuni Sakhalkar of Global Reach Marketing; and...
IAN STALKER
You shall see shells...
The Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel spokeswoman Francesca Donlan pulls no punches when she says her Florida destination is particularly suited for those who love gathering seashells on ocean vacations.
“We’re sort of the wild side of Florida,” she says. “We have this amazing sort of natural playground that the other destinations don’t have as...
IAN STALKER
(Photo above: On hand for a Japan National Tourism Organization event in Toronto were Athena Ho of the JNTO’s Toronto office; Miss International Canada 2017 Marta Magdalena Stepien; and Air Canada’s Mark Hashimoto.)
The Japan National Tourism Organization is welcoming an upcoming air link between this country and Japan, service the JNTO believes will help it move nearer to...
IAN STALKER
(Photo above: Industry veterans Surjit Babra and Shanaz Pithawala are working together at FareLink.com.)
Travel industry veteran Surjit Babra is back in the industry with a new firm and a familiar promise.
Babra, best known in the travel agency community as the founder and ex-owner of SkyLink Travel, has a new venture called FareLink.com, which he says provides the industry...
GREG COATES
(Photo above: Ontario Tourism Minister Daiene Vernile (c) with Humber travel and tourism students (l-r) Krizia Deluisi, Sarah Osmond, Brittany Bhagwandeen and Sydney Jackson.)
Travel and tourism students at Humber College in Toronto received a nice show of support March 7 when Ontario Tourism Minister Daiene Vernile dropped by for a keynote address.
The newly appointed...
IAN STALKER
(Photo above: Italy is one of the countries Trafalgar has a major presence in.)
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Trafalgar president Wolf Paunic flatly states this country’s travel agent community should be confident that they’ll always have a loyal ally in the company that he oversees.
And Paunic said that any agents...
ANN RUPPENSTEIN
(Photo above: Pictured in Toronto are Pieter de Man, director, business development, Canada, Air France-KLM; Mélanie Paul-Hus, director for Canada, Atout France; and Marc Trouyet, Consul General of France in Toronto.)
After facing some tumultuous times for tourism – leading to a global decrease in arrivals in 2016, Mélanie Paul-Hus, director for Canada at Atout France,...
