Starting a “new chapter” in this country, TM Americas has been appointed as the official representative of the Jordan Tourism Board in Canada with Cinthia Vázquez to serve as Canadian Trade Representative.
A new report from UN Tourism and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) shows that women remain severely underrepresented across tourism transport, particularly in technical, driving and leadership roles.
While once the Faroe Islands might have slipped under the radar, more tourists than ever are arriving on the remote archipelago in the north Atlantic. According to Statistics Faroe Islands, a record 94,954 check-ins occurred last year at hotels, hostels and guesthouses.
Digital wallets, including Apple Pay and Google Pay, now account for nearly one-third of all online spending in Canada, according to new research from Global Payments, highlighting the growing importance of offering travellers greater payment flexibility when booking flights, accommodations, cruises, and vacation packages.
Global Travel & Tourism investment exceeded $1 trillion in 2025, growing by 8.5% year-on-year, as the whole sector outperformed the wider global economy, according to World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
Booking.com is facing several major legal battles, over anti-competitive price parity clauses. More than 10,000 hotels across Europe have joined a landmark European class-action lawsuit, significantly expanding a case against the hotel booking company that could ultimately involve claims worth several billion euros.
By CINDY-LOU DALE/ In a world obsessed with speed, there is one remarkable creature who has spent almost two centuries proving that life’s greatest journeys are never rushed. His name is Jonathan and he has witnessed the reign of eight British monarchs, survived two World Wars, seen the invention of the telephone, motor car, aeroplane and internet, and quietly grazed his way through almost 200 years of history.
For the first time, Brazil’s Amazon region has come together under a single, unified brand to promote tourism and sustainable actions in one of the richest, most diverse, and symbolic territories in the world.
As Canadians engage in the peak summer travel season, new research from Intrepid Travel, suggests they are looking beyond crowded and social media-driven hotspots in favour of local connections, human expertise and experiences that positively impact the people and places they visit.
A 20-minute burst of electricity is a small miracle in Havana nowadays – a miracle that sometimes comes at 3 a.m. That’s when 72-year-old Leidis Rodríguez frantically cooked beans after the lights switched on this week following hours of uninterrupted blackouts.
Kicking off in less than a month, Air Canada Vacations has opened registration for its 2026 Product Launch Events and agents are advised to sign-up early to ensure attendance. The typically packed presentations return this September with an expanded cross-country tour that will visit seven Canadian cities, including new stops in Calgary and Quebec City.
A Porter Airline flight was cancelled due to child refusing to fasten its seatbelt. An airline spokesman said in an email that its plane left the terminal in Victoria on Thursday and was headed to the runway for departure to Toronto, but a young child was standing in their seat and would not secure their seatbelt despite attempts by the accompanying parent and cabin crew.
Long before mega-ships and crowded ports came to dominate much of the cruise industry, Mexico’s Baja California Sur built a quieter reputation as one of North America’s most noteworthy small-ship cruising destinations, where private yachts, scientific expeditions, and adventure travellers have long used the Gulf of California as a gateway to some of the continent’s most remote and biologically rich marine environments.
Nunavut saw fewer visitors but more money spent in the territory between July and September 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, Statistics Canada data shows. There were 22,800 out-of-territory visitors to Nunavut during the three-month stretch last year, well down from the 25,000 tourists that visited during the summer of 2024.
Wildfires are burning in North America and Europe. Deadly heat waves have parked over cities and the world’s oceans are the hottest ever recorded for this time of year. A strengthening El Nino is forecast to be off-the-charts, spiking global temperatures and warping weather all over.
Canada has announced an expanded air transport agreement with Nigeria that allows for direct flights between Canada and Nigeria for the first time. With the news, Air Canada immediately announced that it intends to launch flights to the African country in 2027.
By MICHAEL BAGINSKI/ With the exception of my friend Terry who is already fine-tuning his snowmobile in the garage in anticipation of winter, most Canadians are still basking in this country’s too-short summer season to be feeling sentimental about snow.
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities has implemented a new Digital Visa-on-Arrival System, a key step forward in modernizing entry procedures for international travellers. The pilot phase of the new system began Aug. 1 at Cairo International Airport (all arrival terminals), the first of a nationwide rollout to other airports.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, United Airlines and the U.S. Department of Transportation will spend US$20 billion on a landmark transformation of beleaguered Washington Dulles International Airport designed to create a facility “worthy of the nation’s capital.”
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Italy placed all of its major cities under the highest heat alert Thursday as a blistering heat wave gripped Europe, setting a national temperature record in Austria, fueling wildfires in France and disrupting energy and transport systems across the continent.
Walking off the job for a day helped earn flight attendants at WestJet a more than 18% wage hike over three years and new compensation for duties the company hasn’t typically covered.
By MICHAEL BAGINSKI/ I hate the Red Sox. Beantown bums! Foes of the beloved Blue Jays. But, on a sunny summer afternoon, there’s no place I’d rather be than historic Fenway Park, home of the red stockings since April 20, 1912.
Every year on Sept. 1, fans around the world mark the day students return to Hogwarts. This year’s celebrations are especially meaningful as fans commemorate 25 years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone first brought the wizarding world to the big screen, and excitement builds for the forthcoming HBO Original series.
Most Canadian travellers don’t understand that Ottawa’s travel alerts can void their travel insurance and don’t know how embassies can help them while abroad, says a new survey commissioned by the foreign service.
WestJet says it has returned to normal operations as it continues to re-book travellers whose flights were cancelled due to a work stoppage this past weekend. The airline says it was operating all of its scheduled flights on Wednesday, while thanking customers for their patience during its ramp-up this week.
By MICHAEL BAGINSKI/ Grenada has long appealed to Canadians seeking an authentic Caribbean escape, but the island is nevertheless still emerging from the shadow of some of its better-known neighbours. With expanding air service from Canada, growing recognition in the luxury market, and an impressive culinary scene, the Spice Island is increasingly demonstrating that it is one of the Caribbean’s most compelling destinations.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is not ruling out ever allowing jets to land at Toronto’s island airport, but he is focused for now on a broader transportation picture. Ontario Premier Doug Ford had pitched a plan to expand Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport to allow jets to land, framing it as a way to boost the economy.
Explora Journeys officially named EXPLORA III in Barcelona, welcoming the brand’s first LNG-powered ship to the fleet and marking the halfway point in its vision of six ships dedicated to ultra-elegant ocean travel.
TTC Tour Brands is today unveiling a reimagined Groups Program, delivering the most significant set of enhancements to date across Scheduled Groups, Custom Groups, Small Groups and Trafalgar River Cruises, designed to make group travel easier to book, more flexible to manage and more rewarding for travel advisors and their clients across Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Costsaver and Brendan Vacations.