From a shift from summer to fall bookings, to the rise of city-maxxing and the “AI paradox,” Virtuoso revealed the latest travel trends across the industry at its 38th annual Travel Week in Las Vegas, which concluded Friday.
More casinos may be coming to the Niagara Region in the future, as the Ontario government has announced a deal to end existing exclusivity rights.
A British Columbia court has approved a $4.5-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over workplace harassment of flight attendants at WestJet. The settlement was approved last week after a judge ruled it fair and in the best interest of the eligible employees, JFK Law states on its website.
By MICHAEL BAGINSKI/ With planes roaring overhead – somehow fitting for a travel event – the Toronto Skal Club attracted members and friends from as far away as Calgary last week on a picture-perfect day on the course to celebrate the tourney’s remarkable 70th year.
Air Canada reported a net loss of $178 million during the second quarter, compared to net income of $186 million during the same period a year earlier. However, the company says its revenue reached $6.3 billion during the quarter, up year-over-year from $5.6 billion.
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According to the latest Longwoods International tracking study of Canadian travellers, 28% of them visited the U.S. in the past six months, up from 23% a year ago. And 49% intend to visit the U.S. in the next 12 months, up from 43% in April.
As travellers become more selective about the vacation rentals they book, new research from Vrbo shows that the consistent delivery of quality hospitality experiences is more of a deciding factor today than luxury amenities.
Global Traveler has served up the results of its Wines on the Wing airline competition, the survey’s 20th tasting. The blind tasting took place recently at The Ned NoMad in New York City. Judges, including included wine makers, sommeliers, wine shop owners and other wine industry executives, participated in a blind tasting of airlines’ white, red and sparkling wines.
At the Great St. Bernard Pass high in the Swiss Alps, the eponymous dogs still walk the same mountain paths their ancestors patrolled for hundreds of years to find travelllers buried beneath the snow. Down in the valley, a living museum honouring the Swiss national dog’s history – and its future – is marking its first year.
By WALLACE IMMEN/ Carnival Corporation is defending the sustainability of cruising, saying not only has it met targets for cutting emissions early, it is raising its eco-friendly goals and will achieve them sooner.
Barry Manilow recently made a triumphant return a stage in Las Vegas performing three sold-out shows July 9-11 at the legendary International Theater. His performances were notable as the singer had announced in December that he would be postponing performances to undergo surgery after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
Air Canada shares took flight Wednesday after the country’s largest airline announced it would sell a quarter of its Aeroplan loyalty program to Blackstone and a trio of Canadian pension funds for $2.5 billion in a bid to bolster its balance sheet.
The modern business trip looks very different from the ones most companies designed their travel policies around. Airports have become workspaces, hotel lobbies double as meeting rooms, and international travel no longer offers a pause from the working day. Today, work travels with business travellers.
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.
Cunard has revealed plans for an extensive transformation of Queen Victoria, with the elegant ship set to emerge from dry dock this fall with refreshed signature spaces including Cunard Grills suites and the introduction of The Pavilion Wellness Café.
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.
The Turks and Caicos Islands welcomed over two million visitors in 2025 and continued that momentum into 2026 with recording-breaking first-half visitation, says Experience Turk and Caicos.
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.