Ann RuppensteinBaxter Media’s special Travel Agent Appreciation edition celebrates advisors from coast to coast Welcome to our annual Travel Agent Appreciation combined issue of Travel Courier and Canadian Travel Press. Since 2016, we’ve been highlighting remarkable travel advisors across the industry...
There’s a new travel agency on the block in Chilliwack ANN RUPPENSTEINAt the height of the pandemic, travel agencies were shutting down across the country. Even as travel restrictions lifted, many agency owners decided to turn the lights off on the additional overhead costs associated...
Bolivian hotel a reflection of its surroundings IAN STALKERGuests at Bolivia's Palacio de Sal should be understanding if they hear staffers chanting that old refrain, "Rain, rain, go away.” After all, precipitation does lead to an unusual hotel situation for a truly unusual hotel.Palacio de Sal,...
Little Canada exhibit recreates memorial to fallen troops IAN STALKERLittle Canada has become bigger, with its latest exhibit a poignant tribute first made available to its guests on a poignant day. The downtown Toronto attraction — which says its goal is to "replicate Canada in miniature" — unveiled...
New SWISS YYZ-ZRH flight taking off soon ANN RUPPENSTEINTourism to Switzerland is booming with the destination reporting that overnight stays from Canada increased by 13.1% compared to the record year of 2019. In total, overnight stays reached 312,000 from the Canadian market. “While the most...
More Beatles Memories Emerge In Liverpool TED DAVISMemories of The Beatles in all their musical genius are well served by the “The Beatles Story,” the definitive museum devoted to the Fab Four in Liverpool. But there is another Beatles-based attraction in Liverpool that is also...
Destination's tourism trade is enjoying the good times IAN STALKER Dubai's tourism trade is on a roll, with the Middle Eastern destination last year posting a record number of visitors, topping pre-Covid numbers while doing so. Cibele Moulin of Dubai Economy and Tourism told a recent Toronto gathering...
New Business Premier and Business Premier Luxe suites will be available this year IAN STALKERAir New Zealand will later this year launch its latest service for those making the journey across the Pacific from Vancouver to Auckland.Airline national account manager Katie Olsson told a recent Toronto...
Events coincide with rising Canadian interest IAN STALKERTwin anniversaries are expected to make this a particularly interesting year to visit South Africa.Justin Barnette of South African Tourism told a recent Toronto gathering that this marks the 30th anniversary of South Africa becoming a democratic...
Give a little bit back while travelling ANN RUPPENSTEIN Through the Mālama Hawai’i program, the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority is all about providing ways clients can give back while on vacation. “Mālama is one of the foundational Hawaiian values we grow up with here in the Hawaiian Islands....
