Destinations
New Campaign Invites People To Come Back To Jamaica
Jamaica has launched a new advertising campaign inviting people to come back to their best selves in Jamaica. The Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica, said: “In Jamaica, we’ve been recording arrivals that exceed pre-COVID levels, demonstrating that our travel sector is resilient and so are travellers.” The island’s minister of tourism continued: “While everyone has been impacted by the pandemic, we want to let everyone know that Jamaica is good for the spirit. Therefore, it is the ideal destination to help people rediscover their sense of adventure,...
A Taste Of Puerto Rico
As chef Nivia Villanueva arrives at Plaza del Mercado de Río Piedras, a traditional market in San Juan, her eyes light up when she sees the abundance of fresh local produce on offer just a few short weeks after the destination was hit by Hurricane Fiona. “Look at this!” she says with excitement, holding up a large avocado that’s quadruple the size of the typical ones found in grocery stores back in Canada. “We also need peppers, onions and garlic.” Our mission today is to pick up the ingredients needed to prepare a typical Puerto Rican feast for lunch. We’ll soon be...
Attend Anguilla Webinar to Win
Lose the Crowd – Find Yourself in Anguilla. Baxter Media invites you to attend a webinar with the Anguilla Tourist Board on November 9 at 2:00 p.m. ET. Attend the full webinar for your chance to win a $100 or $50 gift card. This webinar will review Anguilla’s location, how to get there, styles of accommodation, activities and its fantastic gastronomy scene. Find out why Anguilla is Beyond Extraordinary and has been voted the #1 Caribbean island by Travel + Leisure for 4 consecutive years. Join the Director of Tourism, Stacey Liburd, and Nancy Drolet, Anguilla’s...
The Bahamas Is Open For Business
Make no mistake about it, The Islands of The Bahamas are open for business. That’s the message that a high-profile delegation, led by the Honourable I. Chester Cooper, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments, and Aviation delivered to its travel trade partners in Calgary earlier this week and to a similar group of VIPs in Toronto last night (Nov. 1) during an event at the tony Park Hyatt Hotel in the city’s downtown. In a conversation with Press Today, Deputy Prime Minister Cooper said that Islands of the Bahamas are seeing a ‘strong rebound’ with the...
Air Canada Acquires Additional A220-300s
Air Canada has converted options for 15 Airbus A220-300 aircraft into firm orders, bringing to 60 the total number of the Canadian-built aircraft it will acquire for its fleet. Michael Rousseau, President and Chief Executive of Air Canada, said that: “This expanded order for the A220, built up the road from our Montreal headquarters, is an important development in the modernization of our fleet and a clear indication that we are emerging from the pandemic solidly positioned for the future. The A220 has become a mainstay of our narrowbody fleet, and its performance and passenger...
TIAC Announces Canadian Tourism Awards’ Finalists
TIAC has announced the finalists for its annual Canadian Tourism Awards, which recognizes success, leadership, and innovation in the industry. Beth Potter, President and CEO of TIAC, said: “We are thrilled to be announcing the finalists of these Awards, which mean more to us this year than ever as the industry first hit and hardest hit by the pandemic.” Potter continued: “Each of these finalists have proven to have gone above and beyond in offering travellers superior experiences in Canada, and have done so under incredibly trying circumstances; amid a global recession,...
Ski Vermont Is Ready For Winter
Ski Vermont is reminding people about some upcoming ups and downs -- with the ups in this case amounting to riding up Vermont ski lifts and the downs being then schussing down Vermont ski resort trails. The ski resort promotion body held an Oct. 27 reception in Toronto, with Bryan Rivard, Ski Vermont's director of communications, reporting state ski resorts will soon be ready for skiers to hit their trails. "It's a wonderful sport," he said of skiing. "It's a great way to connect." But Rivard added that Vermont ski resorts don't cater to skiers alone, even during...
Agents Explore The Amazon With ProColombia
Colombia can accommodate those who want to indulge in a little monkey business. Juan Sebastian Sanchez of Colombian tourism board ProColombia told a Thursday Baxter Media webinar that the country has huge expanses of Amazon jungle that are home to monkeys, jaguars, pink dolphins and a host of other exotic creatures. Sanchez says his homeland is a particularly biodiverse country, something that is reflected not only in the Amazon but other areas as well. For instance, of the some 14,000 bird species found worldwide, around 2,000 "fly through the skies of Colombia," he...