Refunds trump deals! Plus new insights into post pandemic travel trends When it comes to what travellers want on upcoming trips, price is no longer king. Results from Expedia Group’s Traveller Value Index research across 8,000 people in eight countries — including Canada — found that the ability...
Industry veteran finds there’s no place like home Ian StalkerBe it ever so humble, there's no place like home – especially when a global pandemic puts a major damper on international travel.And that's made Sunny Montgomery's latest tourism industry foray all the more attractive to many Ontario...
Visiting Jordan is full of memorable experiences Ian StalkerVisiting Jordan's Feynan Ecolodge left Theresa Jackson a little starry-eyed.Jackson, founder of U.S.-based Enlightened Journeys Travel, a luxury experience travel company, told a recent Jordan Tourism Board North America webinar that her stay...
Bats and boas await underground explorers Ian StalkerThis isn't the sort of cave that comes to mind when people think about Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson.In fact, the subterranean retreat dubbed the Bat Cave and used by Wayne – whose alter ego was Batman on the popular 1960s TV show of the same...
Ko Samui and Phuket reopen to international travellers Ian StalkerThailand is banking on two sun-soaked destinations to help it rebuild its tourism trade, with fully vaccinated international tourists now able to visit Phuket and Ko Samui, both of which have taken measures to protect guests and locals...
Everything you need to know about cruising and mixed doses Recently, multiple cruise lines added some specifications to their vaccination policies outlining that travellers who received mixed vaccine doses wouldn’t qualify as fully vaccinated and in doing so impacted a great number of Canadians.At...
Germany is ready to welcome back Canadian travellers Anja Brokjans, the newly appointed director of the German National Tourist Office in Canada, dishes on her new role, the return of travel and some of the memorable sights - and meals - that await travellers. Congratulations on your appointment...
Even as president of a 96-year-old travel company, Tauck's Jennifer Tombaugh was caught by surprise multiple times by how much travellers were eager to lock in post-pandemic trips ahead of time. “We have never seen the level of advance bookings for 2022 than we have right now,”...
RIU and volunteers make a difference in Jamaica Gabriel Beversluis and his colleagues are doing their part to make sure some Jamaican children will be easily able to ramble about on an island famed for people with fleet feet. Kentucky doctor Beversluis is with the Paediatric Orthotic Clinic of Negril,...
How long has it been since you've travelled internationally and why were you interested in taking part in this trip?My last trip (to New York) was in February 2020, and my last cruise was Holland America sailing the Norwegian Fjords in July 2019. Since then, I've had four cruises and one land trip postponed.I've...
