Higher-end bookings are coming in hot ANN RUPPENSTEINAs travel picks up momentum again, Rose Cosentino, Vice President, Sales — Canada & EurAsia for Playa Hotels & Resorts, can identify several key booking trends.“People are looking for that higher-end room category and they’re travelling...
Resorts attractive during both summer and winter IAN STALKER Best of the Alps has clearly set the bar high for alpine resorts that wish to join. The group of prominent alpine resorts in Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy and Germany offer visitors lofty locales, with the lowest of the mountain...
Hong Kong offers green spaces for escapes in the great outdoors IAN STALKER Often futuristic Hong Kong is eager to host people who appreciate soothing displays provided by Mother Nature. A destination that's often associated with ultra-modern structures also wants international travellers to realize...
Some resorts seeing record levels of occupancy IAN STALKER Tourists have begun returning to Tahiti in significant numbers and tourist board Tahiti Tourisme is promising that those who do visit will be able to see the same sort of idyllic tropical landscapes that have long lured visitors and were...
A ritual quickly developed in the dining cart onboard the Costa Verde Express, which is decked out with wooden accents and olive green velvet chairs reminiscent of the golden days of train travel era aboard the Orient Express. After a three course meal, the luxury train’s trip...
Beer culture is very visible in Belgium story: IAN STALKERPhotos: VISITFLANDERS/MILO PROFIBelgium was by no means the first place on the planet to brew beer but it darn sure has played a major role in helping raise the art of quaffing a cold one.Marco Frank of Visit Flanders says Belgians have...
Country seen as a role model The Dominican Republic's tourism industry is clearly on a roll.Tourism authorities state the tourism sector in the Dominican Republic is fully recovered, with May seeing the World Tourism Organization recognize the Dominican Republic as leading the world in terms of tourism...
30% of country is protected from development IAN STALKER Costa Rica can offer tourists turtles, toucans, tapirs — and tans. William Rodriguez, the country's tourism minister, says his homeland was a pioneer in ecotourism but Canadians are now primarily attracted by its beaches, found on both...
ACTA conference looks at how the travel industry can build back better ILONA KAUREMSZKY The travel industry worldwide is facing its largest pivot: how do you resurrect yourself in the wake of the greatest upheaval in recent history? In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses are scrambling...
Takeaways from the 4th annual Caribbean Aviation Day in the Cayman Islands ANN RUPPENSTEINDuring the 4th Caribbean Aviation Day held in the Cayman Islands earlier this month, Peter Cerdá, regional vice president, the Americas for IATA, warned that “some Caribbean states are pricing themselves...
