Discover Quintana Roo's youngest municipality IAN STALKER The beaches in Puerto Morelos, Mexico may have been in place for eons but the community's municipal standing is relatively new.Puerto Morelos is found between Cancun and Playa del Carmen, offering the same sort of beaches that its northern...
Travellers can dance to the music IAN STALKER Will Ivan Capdevila be miffed that I wrote this? Quite possibly, yes, since I disproved his assurance to the catamaran passengers sailing with him in the waters off Cuba's north coast in May. "What happens on the catamaran stays on the catamaran,"...
Hotel recognized as a historic structure IAN STALKER Yolanda Cardenas says that the Baja California community of Todos Santos is an enchanting step back into Mexico's past. And that holds true for her Todos Santos hotel as well. Cardenas is the general manager of the Guaycura Boutique Hotel...
Royal Jordanian is now linking Toronto and Amman IAN STALKER Jordan's tourist trade is getting an airborne shot in the arm from Jordan's national carrier, which is keen on enabling tourists to visit sites that have may hosted Biblical figures, Lawrence of Arabia and even the swashbuckling Indiana...
Real stories from travel agents on how they’ve helped clients out of a bind Angie Oswald is ready to bare all the details about the times she’s saved the day for intrepid travellers.“Clients came in wanting to confirm a hotel they researched online for a wedding,” recalls...
Demand for luxury vacations is rising IAN STALKERA Toronto-area travel agent says he's seeing growing demand for travel, with luxury travel at the forefront of that growth.Pat Probert of Bob Family Travel says that interest in travel is growing by "leaps and bounds," a welcome development for a travel...
Positive signs of recovery for WestJet ANN RUPPENSTEINFollowing the launch of transatlantic service from Toronto to Edinburgh earlier this month, recovery at WestJet is in full swing. The airline recently beat its previous record with a new single-day guest count of 55,000 set – the highest since...
Maya influence remains very visible IAN STALKER The Mexican state of Yucatan offers a look back at Mexico's past — and then some.Senior tourism official Miguel Hernandez notes Yucatan has some 3,000 haciendas, estates that can tell of the Mexico of several centuries ago.Some of those haciendas...
Number of air seats is growing IAN STALKER The director of the Los Cabos tourism board says his destination is seeing a quick rebound in the Canadian market, citing available air seats as proof of the recovery. Rodrigo Esponda says the June-November period of this year will see 82,000 airplane...
Company now has over 100 properties around the world IAN STALKER AMR Collection has worked its way well south, with a company best known for its Mexican and Caribbean islands presence now having arrived in South America. AMR Collection’s president Gonzalo del Peon noted during a May 24 presentation...
