Bob Mowat
(Pictured above: Virginia Tourism Corporation’s president & CEO, Rita McClenny and Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe during a visit to the offices of Canadian Travel Press in Toronto recently.)
At certain times of the year, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe says, you’ll see more Canadian licence plates on the state’s highways than Virginia licence plates.
Considering...
Ted Davis
(Pictured above: Amanda Edwards, digital sales director for FlightNetwork.com (l), met with the HTA (Hawaii Tourism Authority) Canada team during the recent Global Tourism Summit in Honolulu. Next to Edwards were (l–r) Susan Webb, president of VoX International (HTA account holders); Lea-Ann Goltz, the HTA Western Canada account manager; and Colin Wood, VoX account...
Bob Mowat
(Picture above: Duncan Bureau (l) and Virgilio Russi (r))
In a move designed to provide better and faster support to home-based and smaller, independent agencies, Air Canada has rolled out Air Canada Liaison.
The self-service platform was launched earlier this year and is presently being used by over 100 agencies, and company officials are confident that its use by the agency...
BOB MOWAT
Pictured above: Seen at Ensemble’s Toronto office (l-r) are Franca Iuele, Liz Scull, Clare Burke, Ingrid Lopez, Lindsay Pearlman, to his left is Judi Ticknor, Sandra Lowe, Chris Lackstrom and Christine Campbell.
It kind of takes your breath away to realize that Ensemble Travel – originally GIANTS – celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2017. In the first part of this three-part...
BOB MOWAT
In the second part of a three-part series on Ensemble Travel, CTP executive editor Bob Mowat continues his conversation with the group’s co-president, Lindsay Pearlman, and gets some insight on what’s going to be shaping the travel marketplace in 2017.
If you ask Lindsay Pearlman (pictured above) what keeps him up at night as he looks ahead in 2017, you’ll probably be...
BOB MOWAT
Pictured above: Lindsay Pearlman on stage with the local Make-A-Wish family. Through a raffle and live auction, an all-time high amount of $152,000 was raised at the Ensemble conference in San Diego.
In the final part of a three-part series on Ensemble Travel, CTP’s executive editor, Bob Mowat wraps up his conversation with Lindsay Pearlman and learns how agents are driving...
BOB MOWAT
Pictured above: Seen in the photo during the Toronto presentation, from l to r, are TripXpertz founder and CEO, Brad Miron, and the Mexico Tourism Board’s Cesar Mendoza.
“Content,” observes Brad Miron, “is the new travel currency.”
Miron, the founder and CEO of TripXpertz, sat down with Canadian Travel Press during the last week of January to talk about the launch of...
BOB MOWAT
Donald Trump.
That’s who’s keeping Michael and Jason Merrithew up at nights these days.
Now, Mike Merrithew, founder of the Merit Travel Group, can certainly point to a number of other factors, observing: “I mean the positives are that we’ve seen recovery in oil prices and a Canadian economy that is recovering in the West. But there are some concerns. There are some concerns...
BOB MOWAT
In the first of a three-part series on Merit Travel, CTP’s executive editor sits down with Michael (r) and Jason Merrithew (l) (pictured with Louise de Grandpré) to unravel some of the intricacies of the company’s recent deal with Japan’s H.I.S. Co. and where it’s taking the Canadian travel firm.
Welcome to the future!
While there’s no sign with that message actually...
BOB MOWAT
Pictured above: from l to r, are Scott Allison, Destination Canada; Emily Rayson, CanadaStays; Gino Riola, Allianz Global Assistance; Jason Merrithew, Merit Travel; and Sunil Johal, Mowat Centre, School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Toronto.
Top industry executives were on hand in Toronto last week for a panel discussion on some of the key trends that will be...
