ANN RUPPENSTEIN With a record increase in Canadian arrivals, a revitalized room inventory and an uptick in air capacity, travel to Nassau and Paradise Island is booming. Fred Lounsberry, Chief Executive Officer for the Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board, notes that Canadian visits to the destination...
Holland America Line celebrated the grand opening of its new luxury guest accommodations at McKinley Chalet Resort recently. On hand for the special ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Ridge View building – which opened for the 2019 Alaska cruise season – were Arnold Donald, Carnival Corporation...
(Photo credit - American Queen Steamboat Company) Victory Cruise Lines have unveiled its 2020 voyage itineraries onboard the M/V Victory I and M/V Victory II. Operated by American Queen Steamboat Company, a leader in US river cruising, the 202-guest M/V Victory I and M/V Victory II will offer six new itineraries,...
Vancouver's Fairmont Pacific Rim and Fairmont Chateau Whistler have unveiled a new partnership with BMW Canada and Sea-to-Sky Exotic Car Rental to offer guests a four-day signature drive experience. In addition to luxury hotel accommodation, the package, aptly named Life is a (Luxurious) Highway,...
Iberostar Group has opened a new land-based coral lab in the heart of the Caribbean. The lab, officially unveiled June 8 for World Oceans Day, was created to help protect essential ocean life from rising global temperatures in the future – and defend against a new fast-moving coral pandemic today. Stony...
50 Degrees North, has launched two new escorted small group tours to Greenland for summer 2020. True to 50 Degrees North's philosophy and promise of local expertise, the tours are led by Greenland travel expert, Lykke Geisler Yakaboylu who has spent 20 years of her career working as a consultant for Visit...
Collette has launched social responsible experiences known as “impact moments” which will be featured across explorations tours. The well-known, tour company said that it believes that travel should make a positive impact, both on their guests and throughout the world. These impact moments will...
When it opens in Costa Rica on Dec. 20, 2019, Nayara Tented Camp will be one of the first luxury camps in Central America. Located in the Arenal Volcano National Park, the year-round Camp is the brainchild of owner Leo Ghitis who was inspired by the luxury canvas lodges of Africa and Asia. The...
The Los Cabos Tourism Board has created a new fund that will invest private contributions to promote initiatives and programs abroad for the Mexican destination. Funded entirely by the private tourism industry stakeholders in Los Cabos, the new fund was formed to keep Los Cabos up to speed and to continue...
(photo credit - Servane Roy Berton) PONANT has opened sales for Le Commandant-Charcot’s summer 2021 Arctic itineraries. The hybrid electric ship will be powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and the first luxury passenger vessel to travel to the Geographic North Pole at 90° north latitude....
