MSC Cruises ready to sail into the future ANN RUPPENSTEINWith innovative new ships launching and the legendary Sophia Loren returning to take on godmother duties, MSC Cruises’ country manager Ian Patterson describes 2022 as “another milestone year” for the cruise line.This December will see the debut...
Taste the Mezcal of Acapulco IAN STALKER Acapulco's Ahuate Craft Mezcal distillery is confident that mezcal-wary tourists will happily bend their elbows a second time after trying its version of a distinctly and uniquely Mexican alcohol.The distillery produces mezcal on site, inviting tourists...
Country expects to host 40 million foreign tourists in 2022 IAN STALKER Mexico's tourism minister says Mexican tourism is back on track, rebounding from a pandemic he says it weathered better than the tourism trades in most other countries. Miguel Torruco Marques said during Mexico's annual tourism...
Bottoms up: A new take on a Cuban classic! IAN STALKER Maria Teresa Bacallao Maceyras is inviting Varadero vacationers to quench their thirst in the same manner that Ernest Hemingway would during his many years in Cuba. Tour guide Bacallao Maceyras notes that Varadero has seen the opening of the Floridita...
Old Havana hotel staff dress for success IAN STALKER Old Havana's upscale SO/ Paseo del Prado hotel is shipshape and to a degree ship-shaped. The upscale Accor property's architecture is designed to somewhat reflect a vessel, fitting given its close proximity to ocean water which vessels ply through. And...
Distilleries and breweries await Kentucky visitors IAN STALKER Bourbon aficionados will clearly find Kentucky a spirit-ed place. The state accounts for 95% of the production of the distinctively American spirit of bourbon, and is cheerfully promoting both the alcohol and bourbon-related tourism...
Checking in: Hotel Bayerischer Hof Look no further than Hotel Bayerischer Hof – a member of the Preferred Hotels & Resorts Legend Collection — for a stay that ticks all the boxes for clients looking for a memorable stay in Munich, Germany. Location? The historic hotel, originally conceived...
Florida Keys Sheriff’s ‘Farm’ benefits animals, inmates and public Jeanne Selander has something of a captive audience willing to lend a helping hand to her feathered friends. As well as assisting Cricket the armadillo, a 70-year-old African spurred tortoise dubbed Albert and a host of other...
After the worst of the pandemic, bookings are picking up again. Travel is rebounding both in the short and longterm as most destinations are eager to welcome back international visitors. Airlift is taking off at remarkable levels, in many cases already reaching pre-pandemic levels....
SAS network expansion links Toronto with Copenhagen and Stockholm SAS — Scandinavian Airlines — is set to launch new flights connecting travellers from Toronto with three weekly flights to Copenhagen and four weekly flights to Stockholm taking off in the first week of June. “We are happy...
