Hotels & Resorts
Find Out What’s New at Playa Hotels & Resorts
Baxter Media invites travel agents to attend a webinar with Playa Hotels & Resorts on Thursday, March 31 at 1 p.m. (EST). Playa Hotels & Resorts offers a collection of luxury all-inclusive resorts located in the most popular beachfront destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean. In this webinar, you’ll learn about pertinent topics like new Playa resorts, complimentary COVID testing, and AgentCash+. Register and attend the webinar to find out more details on:* New Resorts: Wyndham Alltra Cancun and Wyndham Alltra Playa del Carmen, Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun and Hyatt...
SRI Executives Make Exploratory Visit To The DR
Top executives from Sandals Resorts International were in the Dominican Republic for what’s described as an “exploratory visit.” Led by Executive Chairman Adam Stewart and CEO Gebhard Rainer, members of the Sandals Resorts International (SRI) Executive Committee toured the Dominican Republic, meeting with government officials including being received by His Excellency Mr. Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, President of the Dominican Republic. The exploratory visit was at the personal invitation of Her Excellency Angie Shakira Martínez Tejera, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic...
Make Vacation Memories With Club Med
Club Med is inviting Canadians to write their own story and create holiday memories that will last a lifetime. After a long and restrictive winter, Club Med is delighted to welcome guests back to a variety of its sun-soaked Caribbean resorts including Club Med Michès Playa Esmeralda, Punta Cana, Cancún Yucatan, Ixtapa Pacific, Sandpiper Bay, Buccaneer’s Creek, La Caravelle and Turkoise and its newly opened Canadian mountain resort, Club Med Québec Charlevoix. Canadians are encouraged to book their long-awaited all-inclusive getaway now and save up to 45% off packages...
IHG To Leverage Expedia Group Platform
Expedia Group and IHG Hotels & Resorts have announced that Expedia Group is now a preferred redistributor of IHG Hotels & Resort properties’ wholesale rates through Expedia Group’s Optimized Distribution Preferred program. The wholesale distribution market is inefficient and expensive. The complexity of maintaining disparate channels takes a significant chunk out of hotels’ bottom line. Expedia Group’s Optimized Distribution program resolves these challenges by creating a primary gateway solution for the hotelier and its B2B demand partners, ultimately reducing...
Unique Vacations Promotes C.J. Smith
Maureen Barnes-Smith, Vice President, Sales & Marketing Canada, Unique Vacations Canada has announced that C.J. Smith has been promoted to Director of Sales. Smith’s promotion is effective immediately. He has been an indispensable member of the Canadian sales team for Sandals and Beaches Resorts since 2008, and was most recently Senior National Sales Manager. He first joined the Sandals family in 2001 with various on-resort roles at Sandals Montego Bay and Sandals Negril before moving to Canada in 2008 to assume the position of Business Development Manager, Alberta. After...
Another Award As Best Ski Hotel For Pan Pacific
The Pan Pacific Whistler Mountainside has once again earned the title of Canada’s Best Ski Hotel at the World Ski Awards. That makes it nine years in a row for this Pan Pac property. The World Ski Awards is the premier awards program in global ski tourism, with hundreds of thousands of travel professionals, skiers, hotel guests and media casting their votes for their favourite ski destinations and brands. Categories include best ski resort, best ski hotel, best ski boutique hotel and best ski chalet. This winter, Whistler is open to fully-vaccinated US and international visitors,...
O2 Beach Club & Spa Offering Rates For Agents
O2 Beach Club and Spa is offering the Canadian travel industry a chance to come down and experience the property in person. The newest all-inclusive resort in Barbados has been receiving rave reviews since opening this past fall and to that end, it has announced special travel industry rates beginning immediately. Agents can book anytime between now and Feb. 28 for travel anytime through April 17, 2022. Agents have the opportunity to choose from three room categories: Club Collection -- Enjoy the island breeze as you sip a coffee on your private balcony. Unwind in rooms...
Club Med Has Big Plans
Club Med will open 17 new resorts by 2024. Despite the global impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the hospitality industry, Club Med continued its expansion momentum in 2021 with four resort openings, including Club Med Seychelles (Africa), Club Med Lijiang (China), Club Med Québec Charlevoix (Canada), and Club Med La Rosière (French Alps). The brand also completed four renovations, including Club Med Albion (Mauritiuis), Club Med Peisey-Vallandry (French Alps), Club Med Pragelato-Sestriere (Italian Alps) and Club Med Marrakech (Morocco). Carolyne Doyon, president...