Hotels & Resorts
IHG, Emirates Skywards Partner For More Rewards
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) and Emirates Skywards and flydubai, have launched a limited time offer allowing IHG Rewards Club and Emirates Skywards members to earn triple Skywards Miles when booking a stay at any IHG Hotels & Resorts worldwide. This exclusive, limited time offer allows guests to earn 6 Skywards Miles per USD $1 spent at Regent Hotels and Resorts, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Hualuxe Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, EVEN Hotels, Voco, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn Club...
CHHB Urges Government To Extend CEWS
A newly formed coalition representing people with a stake in this country's ailing tourism trade is calling on Ottawa to extend the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy well into next year, warning that if the federal government goes ahead with its planned phase-out of the subsidy, widespread travel industry bankruptcies could follow. Ottawa plans to begin reducing the subsidy -- which offers businesses struggling with a drop of 50% or more in revenue because of the coronavirus pandemic to have the federal government pay for 75% of their firms' salaries -- as of Sept. 26 and then eliminate...
Sandals Is Quizzing Canadian Agents
Sandals Resorts International has been changing the game in the all-inclusive industry for close to 40 years and now, they’re inviting Canadian travel advisors to get their game on and test their Sandals and Beaches Resorts knowledge in a new online, rapid-fire quiz show created just for them. “Sandals Game Changer” is a quick-paced, 30-minute, live interactive trivia game that tests the skills – and the speed – of travel advisors from British Columbia to Newfoundland every Tuesday and Thursday at 1:30pm EDT, starting Sept. 22, 2020 for two weeks only. Real time results...
Sun Destination Update From WestJet
WestJet released an updated schedule designed to get Canadians to and from key destinations while supporting the economic recovery of Canada through continued domestic flying. Beginning Oct. 4, 2020 WestJet will offer operations to and from 48 destinations including 39 in Canada, three in the U.S. and three in Mexico, two in Jamaica and one in the U.K. Arved von zur Muehlen, WestJet chief commercial officer, said: “This fall we continue to offer guests stringent safety measures and travel that meets their needs during this extraordinary time.” He continued: “As more...
ACV Unveils Its 2020/2021 Sun Collection
Air Canada Vacations has launched its 2020-2021 Sun Collection. The new Sun Collection features new additions, savings, sun-soaked fun, and its New Health and Safety Standards to make your customers’ next vacation the worry-free break they deserve. The new collection features a selection of packages in 42 sunny destinations, over 700 hotels – mostly all-inclusive – 31 of which are new to the tour operator’s line up, 3 resorts that are exclusive to Air Canada Vacations, 30 semi-exclusive resorts, and more than 100 cruises, with the addition of Cunard Line to its product line....
When Will The Domestic Travel Recovery Begin?
In Canada, we have now completed our fifth month of fighting COVID-19, while we wait on a possible vaccine and try to establish the “new normal.” Our border to the US remains understandably closed, while our federal government takes no progressive action in opening our air borders to “safe” countries such as the EU Schengen countries, and most of us in the travel industry are trying to stay optimistic about the future, despite all the obvious encumbrances. For Canadian hoteliers, we have all been hoping for a resumption of domestic short haul travel as most of the country...
Signs Of A Rebound
According to GlobalData, the travel and tourism (T&T) sector witnessed an uptick in Q3 2020 earnings transcript sentiment scores. The leading data and analytics company reports that hotel operators’ sentimental growth was influenced by improvements in occupancy rates, while airline companies’ sentiments were largely influenced by enhanced liquidity. Rinaldo Pereira, senior business fundamentals analyst at GlobalData, said: “There has been a surprisingly early sentiment rebound in the T&T sector, which has taken a hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic.” Pereira pointed...
Let’s Go There
The US travel industry is sending a message to Americans as part of a newly launched campaign that tells them: “It’s OK to start planning your next trip -- whenever it may be.” Hilton is one of the key backers of the “Let’s Go There” campaign, which is the result of an industry-wide collaboration of more than 75 businesses and organizations that spent months examining the question: What is the right message to potential travellers while the nation navigates the realities of a pandemic? And the answer: Take advantage of the demonstrated personal benefits of travel...