Toronto-based tour operator and community tourism pioneer G Adventures has launched “Trees for Days,” an initiative “bringing the protection of the environment and empowerment of local communities closer together to enact powerful change through travel and tourism,” while at the same time enabling clients to support tree planting in their most cherished destinations.
A seeming spot of skullduggery caused concern and delays for passengers at Salt Lake City Airport TSA screening. Checking a carry-on bag, officers found a skull containing a 9 volt battery and sensor, which, unsurprisingly, they found to be ‘suspicious.’
TTC Tour Brands North America is pleased has announced the appointment of Lora Hamre as the new Groups Business Development Manager, Canada effective immediately. A familiar face in the Canadian travel industry, Hamre brings over 20 years of sales experience – including an earlier position as BDM with Trafalgar, Costsaver, and Brendan Vacations – to the newly created role.
A senior Qatar Airways executive told an Australian Senate inquiry last week there would be no repeat of an incident at Doha’s international airport in 2020 in which female passengers were subjected to invasive gynecological examinations conducted at gunpoint by guards.
MSC Cruises celebrated its return to Canada after four years with a series of visits by travel advisors in Saint John, NB; Charlottetown; and Halifax last week as it heads into the fall season for a series of cruises in the Maritime region on return itineraries out of New York.
With planning and integration activities “well underway,” the WestJet Group says its goal is to complete the integration of Sunwing Airlines into its mainline business by October, 2024. The move would see all of the airlines’ 727 aircraft moved into the same AOC (air operator certificate) as well as a seamless transition of the company’s 2,000 employees.
Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, will fly three times a week between Jeddah and Toronto’s Pearson International Airport starting Dec. 2. Transport Canada says it’s the first time there have been direct routes between the two countries since 2018, when Saudi Arabia suspended flights as it protested the Canada’s loud condemnation of its human-rights record.
Goway’s groups department’s says its new “Journey to Success” platform makes booking 10 or more people “easier than ever,” with four exclusive tools and an elevated support that covers 115 destinations.
Citing growing demand for The Bahamas from the Canadian market, the Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board (NPIPB) has reinstated its partnership with Newmarket, Ont.-based Canlink Travel Representatives to expand its marketing and sales efforts in Canada.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in northern England in connection with what authorities described as the “deliberate” felling of a famous tree that had stood for nearly 200 years next to the Roman landmark Hadrian’s Wall. Photographs from the scene showed that the tree was cut down near the base of its trunk, with the rest of it lying on its side.
The global travel and tourism industry celebrated World Tourism Day, Sept. 27, while other round-up items include an Expedia found that travel is more stressful than, well, read on to find out. Also, global rankings were not kind to YYZ and YUL, Club Med sets its sights on South Africa, and an iconic hotel brand opened its doors in a popular American city.
Air Canada pilots are demonstrating at Toronto’s Pearson airport today, calling for better wages and working conditions as talks with the country’s biggest carrier continue. The Air Line Pilots Association kick-started the bargaining process in June, one day after fellow union members at WestJet ratified a new collective agreement.
A new survey reports that four in 10 (39%) Canadian travellers find air travel to be more stressful than a flooded inbox or sleeping through an alarm. Expedia’s 2024 Air Travel Hacks Report of 1,000 Canadian flyers also says almost half (43%) of air travellers find the process of securing a good flight deal especially stressful, and 17% even checked back on ticket prices after booking to see if they could have saved more.
One airline plans to find out if solitude-seeking travellers will pay a hefty extra charge to avoid sitting near babies and little kids. Corendon Airlines says that it will sell an adults-only zone – no one under 16 – on flights between Amsterdam and Curacao starting in November.
With a head-spinning array of unique and inspiring choices, the answer to the question, “What should I eat in New Orleans?” is really another question: What shouldn’t I eat? And the answer to that is, essentially, nothing! It’s pretty much all amazing, and a foodie, casual or serious, can’t really go wrong in one of the world’s greatest food cities.
It’s rush hour on, and the congestion is severe – not just gas-guzzling, pollution-spewing, horn-honking snarls but also quieter and greener bottlenecks of cyclists jockeying for space. Until four years ago, motorists largely had the Paris thoroughfare to themselves. Now, its bike-lane jams speak to a cycling revolution that is reshaping the capital of France – long a country of car-lovers, home to Renault, Citroen, and Peugeot.
Keyword planning is one of the basics of a great digital strategy. It means research and analysis on words that are relevant to your brand and target group (TG). The better and richer the keyword planning, the easier it is for the audience to find you.
Holland America Line is launching a global fresh fish program by engaging a network of 60 ports to source and serve 80 types of fresh fish in all its restaurants,– promising to go from port to plate in less than 48 hours.
Funny how a song can be inexorably linked to a time or place (or people). For me The Stray Cats will always belong to London, in 1981, where I spent a summer. The likes of Adam and the Ants and two-tone ska bands like Bad Manners made sense there at the time – but the emergence of an American rockabilly band (that was not known in the US yet), did not.
Based on a survey of 425 business respondents around the world, the ‘Investing in Travel to Drive Business Growth: A Strategy for Thriving in Disruption,’ report concludes that business travel gives companies a valuable return in today’s hybrid world, with most respondents reporting that meeting in person enables dealmaking, company culture and innovation.
The river cruise captain of Viking Sigyn was sentenced to more than five years of prison for his role in the death of 26 South Korean tourists. He was ruled negligent after the ship collided with a smaller Danube cruise boat in 2019.
Delta Air Lines passengers who have long enjoyed access to free meals, alcohol, and a quiet place to relax before their flight are in for some major cutbacks in coming years.
An ancient Roman imperial palazzo atop the city’s Palatine Hill that offers sweeping views of the Roman Forum below has reopened to tourists, nearly 50 years after its closure for restoration. The nearly 2,000-year-old Domus Tiberiana was home to rulers in the ancient city’s Imperial period.
A female American Airlines flight attendant has been found dead with a sock in her mouth in a hotel room near Philadelphia’s Airport, according to ABC News’ Philadelphia station WPVI. She was supposed to have checked out two days earlier.
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has announced the appointment of Noor Ahmad Hamid as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective Oct. 1. Noor’s appointment for a three-year term will usher in a new era for PATA as the influential industry association dedicates itself to promoting responsible travel and tourism within the Pacific Asia region.
The new Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure Park is dedicated to “discovering, recruiting, and training the next generation of superheroes.” It’s a hero training complex where guests can team up with family and friends – and the Avengers – to take on whatever the universe throws at them, and a place to live out one’s superhero dreams.
Today (Sept. 27) is World Tourism Day 2023 with the global sector to coming together around the theme of Tourism and Green Investments. “Tourism has never been more important for our economies or for our societies,” says UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili. “Its potential is enormous. And so, on this World Tourism Day, we celebrate tourism’s ability to drive growth while also highlighting the vital need for investments to ensure such growth is inclusive and sustainable.”
Nav Canada is proposing to reduce customer service charges by close to 6 percent, which would claw back some of an almost 30 percent hike implemented on Sept. 1, 2020, during the pandemic when global air traffic was significantly reduced.
Making news this week is a Costa Rican FAM for Quebec agents, Ensemble teaming up with Jamaica, Flight Centre helping wishes come true, and top marks for The Travel Agent Next Door from Air Canada Vacations. Costa Rica Eighteen travel advisors from Quebec recently experienced an all-encompassing Costa Rica FAM trip, highlighting the country’s Central
With its recent addition to the Blue Diamond Resorts portfolio, Royalton CHIC Antigua is set to debut in early April 2024. Designed exclusively for fun-seeking adults, the beachfront resort is set on the northwest coast of Antigua and is now available for bookings.