With the annual US travel trade show PowWow about to kick off in Los Angeles, we look back at last year's host city, San Francisco, with a feature on the top 10 things not to miss in the city by the bay.
France's new tourism strategy is firmly planted in the digital age. Find out why in the Courier this week.
And, time is winding down for voting in the Agents' Choice Awards readership survey for 2012 (voting ends April 30). One lucky agent will win a European summer cruise courtesy of Azamara Club Cruises; another, a stateroom aboard a Royal Caribbean International vessel. And, of course, there's a Kenya safari courtesy of MYESCAPADES.com and Huntington Travel. Find out more, and how to vote, on pages 24. (Or vote at www.travelpress.com/aca2012/)
This week we profile the cruise grand prizes for this year's Agents' Choice Awards. One lucky agent will win a European summer cruise courtesy of Azamara Club Cruises; another, a stateroom aboard a Royal Caribbean International vessel. Find out more, and how to vote, on pages 13 and 14. (Or vote at www.travelpress.com/aca2012/; voting ends April 30.)
Speaking of cruising, check out our coverage of the recent Cruise Showcase held in Vancouver and attended by TC western editor Ted Davis.
Sections this week include Asia, Europe, Airlines & Consolidators.
What could be better than holidaying in the Canadian Rockies? Holidaying in the Rockies for free, that\'s what! And one lucky agent (and companion) will do just that courtesy of Brewster Vacations, which is inviting agents to enter its April contest in Travel Courier. See all the details in this issue on pages 10 and 11.
Changes are afoot at the Canadian Institute of Travel Counsellors. Find, who, what, why and when in this week\'s edition.
Sections this week include Canada, Asia/Pacific and India.
Ongoing is the 13th annual Agents\' Choice Awards. See the ballot on page 25 (or go to www.travelpress.com/aca2012/ ) for voting instructions and details on three great grand prize incentives: a Kenya safari from MYESCAPADES.com and Huntington Travel; and cruises courtesy of Royal Caribbean and Azamara Club Cruises. Voting ends April 30.
Meander over to Munster (Germany) with this week\'s cover story, courtesy of Travel Courier western editor Ted Davis, who visited recently.
News bites include new funding for Quebec tourism, a photographic report from Ensemble\'s recent regional event in Toronto, and weekly features on Cruising, Europe and Mexico/Latin America.
Tourcan is celebrating 25 years is in business and we\'ve a got a special supplement in this week\'s Courier looking back, and forward, on the Toronto-based exotic tour wholesaler.
Ongoing is the 13th annual Agents\' Choice Awards. See the ballot on page 18 (or go to www.travelpress.com/aca2012/ ) for voting instructions and details on three great grand prize incentives: a Kenya safari from MYESCAPADES.com and Huntington Travel; and cruises courtesy of Royal Caribbean and Azamara Club Cruises. Voting ends April 30.
The 13th annual Agents' Choice Awards is in full swing and this week we examine one of the amazing grand prizes — a Kenya safari courtesy of MYESCAPADES.com and Huntington Travel. Check out the cover photograph and imagine yourself there, then turn to page 10 and 11 for all the details before casting your votes at www.travelpress.com/aca2012/. Please note: voting ends April 30.
And if a safari grand prize isn't enough to get the blood bubbling, turn to page 3 to read all about our latest grand prize, a cruise with Royal Caribbean. Along with an Azamara cruise, that makes three grand prizes in total as incentives for Agents' Choice.
Sections this week in Travel Courier include Caribbean, Africa, Middle East and Cruising, along with our weekly departments — air, hotels, tours, West, fams, events, and incentives.
An amazing Azamara cruise has been added as a second grand prize for this year\'s Agents\' Choice Awards readership survey, conducted by Travel Courier, Canadian Travel Press and travelpress.com. One lucky agent will win a luxury trip to Europe to sail with Azamara Club Cruises aboard the Azamara Journey or Azamara Quest. The Azamara cruise joins a sensational safari to Kenya, courtesy of MYESCAPADES.com and Huntington Travel, the latter with return air between London, UK, and Nairobi courtesy of Kenya Airways. See the full details on page 3 of this issue and the ballot on page 21. Voting online is easy at www.travelpress.com/aca2012/.
If you can get beyond the prospects of winning a cruise or safari after voting in the readership survey, be sure find out how to win yet another trip, this one to the Calgary Stampede, courtesy of Anderson Vacations and its tourism partners in Calgary and Alberta, on page19.
Oh, yes, the news! See our guide to Palm Beach, Fla., and special features on the Caribbean and cruising, plus all the regular features in Travel Courier.
Thailand is terrific, but there\'s more to the destination than Bangkok. Travel Courier western editor Ted Davis visited recently and offers some suggestions of where to visit outside the metropolis.
More and more Canadians are travelling across the border to begin their travelling, and that costs the Canadian travel industry. Find out who the Hotel Association of Canada blames in this week\'s Courier
And don\'t forget to enter the Agents\' Choice Awards for a chance to win a sensational safari in Kenya for two! Sponsored by MYESCAPADES.com and Huntington Travel, the trip will be awarded to one participant in the annual readership survey, which is back for its 13th year. Details can be found on page 26.
The Calgary Stampede is as iconic a Canadian institution as there is. Anderson Vacations, with partners the Stampede, Tourism Calgary and Travel Alberta, will take one lucky travel agent to the experience via the March Travel Courier cover contest. For full details of how to enter, see page 11.
BC\'s government has dropped its tax on jet fuel. We look at the reaction in this week\'s Courier. Sections included USA and the Caribbean.
Don’t forget to enter the Agents\' Choice Awards for a chance to win a sensational safari in Kenya for two! Sponsored by MYESCAPADES.com and Huntington Travel, the trip will be awarded to one participant in the annual readership survey, which is back for its 13th year. Details can be found on page 24.
Xi’an is renowned for its terra cotta warriors, but there are other aspects to the ancient Chinese city than simply that UNESCO World Heritage Site. We tell you what in this week’s Travel Courier cover story.
Also this week, we look at the upcoming Rendez-vous en France trade shows and focus on the Middle East, along with all our regular features.
Don’t forget to enter the Agents’ Choice Awards for a chance to win a sensational safari in Kenya for two! Sponsored by MYESCAPADES.com and Huntington Travel, the trip will be awarded to one participant in the annual readership survey, which is back for its 13th year. Details can be found on page 13.
A sensational safari in Kenya -- for two, no less! -- is the grand prize in this year\'s Agents\' Choice Awards. Sponsored by MYESCAPADES.com and Huntington Travel, the trip will be awarded to one participant in the annual readership survey, which is back for its 13th year. All the details can be found in this week\'s edition of Travel Courier.
Also this week we gauge the reaction to the announcement that all of Canada\'s major scheduled airlines will offer \"all-in\" pricing in their advertising.
And, our sections include Canada, Europe and Cruise.