ANN RUPPENSTEIN
Our names are written on a chalkboard to determine the order of the trapeze lesson. I feel my heart beat a little bit quicker as the one before mine gets scratched off, meaning the dreaded moment has come: I’m next.
Slowly, I clamber up the ladder as the world below gets smaller with every step.
“Four more steps,” I hear, as I continue to climb. “Now, face me and...
ANN RUPPENSTEIN
This may come as a surprise – it appears our ambitions to travel don’t always match up with reality. After surveying 20,500 global travellers, recent research by Booking.com found that, while the majority of people are keen to push their limits, experience new cultures and try local delicacies, they’re actually being held back by anxieties over language barriers,...
Pictured above: Nicole Harvey and Nick Roberti were on hand to welcome those attending a recent Just You event in Toronto.
IAN STALKER
Just You – which uses the tagline “solo adventures together” – is the only tour operator in Canada specifically catering to those who wish to travel with a group, but without a roommate, he says. The company, which doesn’t charge single supplements,...
GREG COATES
Unique culture, outstanding outdoor adventures and some of the best beaches in the world – just a small sample of what this exotic destination has to offer. Aloha, welcome to Hawaii.
With the fireworks of the Kilauea volcano now a distant memory, tourism officials – and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) – are encouraging travellers that may have been scared off by the eruptions...
ANN RUPPENSTEIN
As she officially kicked off the 2018–2019 season, Club Med’s Senior VP, Canada & Mexico, Carolyne Doyon, had one word to describe what’s in store for the all-inclusive sun and ski vacation provider: being a “trailblazer.”
With many projects on the horizon such as Club Med Michès Playa Esmeralda, its first Exclusive Collection resort in the Americas, and Club...
GREG COATES
It’s a story of old and new – a colonial city, laid-back beach bars and perfect sunsets.
From the Historic District (Old Town) with its cobblestone roads to the Golden Zone with its new eight-km malecón (boardwalk) to the nearby charming town of El Quelite, Mazatlan has it all, offering visitors the best of a two-world getaway – a relaxing beach vacation and an authentic,...
ANN RUPPENSTEIN
So long and good riddance, Zika. With no detectable levels of the virus found in the region over the past 12 months, the Caribbean Public Health Agency announced the World Health Organization is no longer flagging the Caribbean with an active high-risk category warning for Zika transmission.
For Saint Lucia's minister of tourism and the newly appointed chairman of the...
Story and photos ANN RUPPENSTEIN
It was a spot so scenic that upon first sight, author Washington Irving described it as “a most picturesque and beautiful city, situated in one of the loveliest landscapes that I have ever seen.” Even decades after backpacking through Andalusia as a student, Bill Clinton returned to Granada to witness what he’d called “the most beautiful sunset in the...
GREG COATES
(Photo above: Brett Tollman (l), CEO and president of The Travel Corporation, and Wolf Paunic, president, Trafalgar Canada)
Trafalgar Canada reaffirmed its commitment to the travel agent community last week with company president Wolf Paunic telling Travel Courier that it has always been “agents first” at Trafalgar and sister company CostSaver.
Paunic was taking part in the...
IAN STALKER
(Photo above: Fiesta Americana is opening two Cuba resorts on Nov. 1.)
Mexican hotel company Grupo Posadas will make its debut outside its homeland with twin openings in Cuba on Nov. 1.
The company, which has different hotel brands and properties throughout Mexico, will open resorts in Varadero and Holguin at the start of next month.
Both all-inclusive properties will be part...
