A good sign for recovery: CAA is ready to grow travel consultant team CAA is preparing to boost its travel division, a development it said bodes well for an industry that has clearly struggled during the past two years. The agency group said an upswing in travel is leading it to hire 20 new consultants...
Melia has over 30 years of experience hosting Cuba vacationers IAN STALKER May 10 saw Melia marking over three decades of creating something of a pioneering presence in Cuba, with what began as a single hotel in Varadero having built into a network of resorts and hotels found not only on beaches...
River passes through areas known for their musical expressions Story by IAN STALKER lede photo courtesy of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and TourismLyn Pilch says the longest waterway in the United States and iconic symbols of Americana are forever intertwined.Pilch heads Mississippi...
Turks and Caicos again breaking visitor arrivals The Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board has released preliminary arrival figures — showcasing that travel travel and tourism is back in a big way. The destination recorded 138,762 air arrivals and 173,151 cruise arrivals in the first quarter of 2022. “The...
Clients can follow in the footsteps of Pilot Pete in South Dakota with Intrepid Travel Peter Weber — known as Pilot Pete from his reality TV days during multiple quests for love as part of the Bachelor franchise — recently partnered with Intrepid Travel to explore the natural beauty of South...
The founding values behind Bula Coffee — a coffee production company in Fiji — extend far beyond providing a good cup of morning joe. As Luke Fryett, whose job title cleverly reads ‘Man on the Ground,’ explains, while giving the world a great shot of coffee, Bula Coffee is “all...
Airlift to Mexican state home to Cancun and Playa del Carmen already exceeding 2019 levels ANN RUPPENSTEINAs travel from the US and Canada resumed, the director of the Quintana Roo Tourism Board said the Mexican state — which covers popular destinations like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum...
Route is seen as a 'major milestone' IAN STALKERThe Yukon and the Northwest Territories now have a direct air link to Toronto, a link provided by a Yukon carrier that has a notable presence south of the 60th parallel.Whitehorse-based Air North began twice-weekly Whitehorse-Yellowknife-Toronto service...
Cuba again hosts its annual tourism show IAN STALKER Cuban officials are predicting that Cuba's tourism trade will be growing and greening. Tourism officials said during early May's FitCuba tourism show that the country is fully capable of hosting visitors in a safe manner, and cited the very...
Go beyond the beach in Belize with Minister of Tourism Anthony Mahler Over the past 10 years, tourist arrivals to Belize have increased at a rapid pace. In 2019, overnight arrivals exceeded the 500,000 visitor mark for the first time. Although the growth rate was curtailed by the onset of the global...
