When you love Aruba, it loves you back is the new mantra driving Aruba's tourism strategy Ronella Croes was in Toronto recently to talk about Aruba, its performance in the Canadian market, the outlook for the upcoming 2025-2026 winter season and the findings of a recently released Responsible Tourism...
BOB MOWATJamaica’s ambitious strategy to grow its business out of Canada is clearly paying off as the Caribbean island is seeing a double-digit increase in air seats out of this market for the winter 2025-2026, putting it within striking distance of its target of welcoming 500,000...
BOB MOWATA high-profile group of tourism officials from Cork, Ireland were in Canada recently to meet with travel trade partners, tourism officials and others to talk about how the destination can go about attracting more Canadian visitors. Seamus Heaney, head of Visit Cork, explained...
TDC helps members shine by harnessing star power in a changing travel landscape If you ask Karine Gagnon how things are going, Transat Distribution Canada’s (TDC) General manager will tell you: “I’m happy to report, in terms of performance and sales in general, 2025 has been a good year....
Air Canada’s Mark Galardo says the Airbus A321XLR is a game changer offering a wide-body experience on narrow-body jets It’s “a game changer” was the descriptor that Mark Galardo used to explain the importance of the impending addition of the Airbus A321XLR to Air Canada’s fleet in 2026. The...
BY: BOW MOWAT While there’s no doubt that Canadian visitors are down so far in 2025, Experience Kissimmee’s President and CEO, DT Minich made it clear that “we will do whatever we need to do” to ensure Canadians continue to visit Kissimmee.“I try to get up here at least...
ITAC president Keith Henry celebrates new funding, bold goals for Indigenous Tourism Over the past decade, the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC) has proven time and time again that it knows how to meet a challenge. Whether that challenge is accessing adequate funding to run its operations,...
BY: BOB MOWAT “We’re the Caribbean and we’re really known for the fact that we love tourists. We’re very welcoming. We’re one of the few places that offers a lot of things to do – whether it’s a boutique hotel or a big mega resort; if you’re into art; if you’re...
Los Cabos Tourism Board's Rodrigo Esponda on what's new and the significance of the Canadian market These are good days for Los Cabos. And frankly, that shouldn’t surprise anyone as it’s a destination that provides the ‘evolving’ Canadian traveller with the kind of accommodations, activities...
BY: BOB MOWAT “One thing is we have been blessed with natural beauty. We have the heritage. We have beautiful beaches and lush tea gardens. And, while Sri Lanka may not have tigers or lions, it does have leopards and many other varieties of animals and birds.” –U. L. Mohammed Jauhar,...
