Chicago tips from Choose Chicago’s president and CEO Lynn Osmond ANN RUPPENSTEINWhen it comes to getting a picture perfect Instagram shot in Chicago, Choose Chicago’s president and CEO Lynn Osmond has a few suggestions that are “really spectacular.”The first notable photo opp is standing...
Numerous species call park home IAN STALKER South Dakota's Badlands National Park is in fact good lands for wildlife enthusiasts. The 244,000-acre park — described as a "maze of buttes, canyons, pinnacles and spires" — is home to bison, bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope, coyotes, eagles and other...
Sustainable tourism conference tables solutions to climate change The growing awareness and acceptance of climate change as undeniable fact continues to push the agenda of problem solvers across all sectors, but especially in the tourism industry.In oft-repeated phrasing, tourism...
Tourism spending in Canada is expected to bounce back quicker than expected IAN STALKERTourism spending in this country is now expected to bounce back from the punishing Covid pandemic faster than was forecast a couple of years ago.Marc Seguin, TIAC's vice president, policy and government affairs,...
The resort report: what's new in the hotel world ANN RUPPENSTEINA look at the latest hotel and resort news from fresh renovations to brand new properties and noteworthy packages. Hotel La Compañía, The Unbound Collection With the opening of its American...
Canada can be at the forefront of Indigenous tourism IAN STALKERThe Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada says it hopes that Canada will be at the very forefront of Indigenous tourism by the end of the decade.ITAC vice president Sébastien Desnoyers-Picard told a Feb. 1 TIAC town hall in Toronto...
The resort report: what's new in the hotel world ANN RUPPENSTEINA look at the latest hotel and resort news from fresh renovations to brand new properties and noteworthy packages. Aspen Meadows Resort Aspen Meadows Resort in Colorado is undergoing a guest...
Spas are common in the destination IAN STALKER Los Cabos tourism authorities say there's is a great place for those wanting to literally shape up. Rodrigo Esponda, head of the Los Cabos Tourist Board, told a recent Toronto gathering that the destination has some 85 hotels that have spas and tourists...
“We don’t look in the rearview” BOB MOWATThere’s no doubt that it’s competitive in the consortia space these days. But during a briefing in Toronto last week, senior executives from TL Network made it clear that it’s not something they spend too much time worrying about – if they...
Island is a green tourist retreat IAN STALKERDominica's tourism board is quick to acknowledge that that island isn't at the forefront of Caribbean tourism development.And that suits it just fine."We're what the Caribbean was 40 years ago. We're not over-developed," says Jerry Grymek of LMA Communications,...
