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3 weeks ago | 
travelpress.com | Bob Mowat
It was a double celebration as Turkish Airlines welcomed 210 of its travel trade partners to the Design Exchange in Toronto last night. To begin with, Turkish Airlines was hosting its annual Travel Agency Appreciation Awards event, but the carrier was also marking its 15th anniversary of its Toronto service.
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3 weeks ago | 
travelpress.com | Bob Mowat
It appears that Canadians are discovering the undiscovered — Malaysia. Linawati Ismail, Deputy Director, Americas for Tourism Malaysia was in Toronto last week to participate in the World of Travel Expo at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and she brought good news with her – Canadians are discovering Malaysia in ever increasing numbers.
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1 month ago | 
travelcourier.ca | Bob Mowat
It is pretty clear that St. Kitts & Nevis has understood that today’s travellers want something more in a vacation. And the islands’ tourism experts are intent on giving that to them. As Melnecia Marshall, Deputy CEO of the St. Kitts Tourism Authority, explained to Travel Courier on a recent visit to Canada: “St. Kitts is a very authentic experience and that is what we’re putting out there. We’re not trying to create something for the visitors.
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1 month ago | 
travelpress.com | Bob Mowat
Celebrate And Give Back at the 2025 Agents’ Choice Awards GalaWhile the 2025 Agents’ Choice Awards Gala is Sold Out, there’s good news –The Silent Auction is back. The Silent Auction was one of the most popular features – and there were a lot of them – of the 2024 Agents’ Choice Awards Gala and it will be back at the 2025 Agents’ Choice Awards Gala.
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1 month ago | 
travelpress.com | Bob Mowat
Things seem to be going pretty well these days for St. Kitts & Nevis as Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, International Transport, Employment and Urban Development, the Honourable Marsha Tamika Henderson will tell you. “For the first quarter of 2025, we’ve welcomed 46,641 visitors to St. Kitts … which represents a 15% increase year over year,” Minister Henderson told Travel Press Today.
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1 month ago | 
travelcourier.ca | Bob Mowat
One of the first things that Ron Lonsdale will tell you is that multi-day, guided touring has evolved and Collette has been part of that evolution. Today, its tours are far different than they were in day’s past.
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1 month ago | 
travelcourier.ca | Bob Mowat
Can we start with an update on Canada’s tourism labour market – is there still a labour shortage? What’s the outlook going forward? The good news is that the tourism sector as a whole has caught up to where we were pre-pandemic. In fact, we’re employing slightly more people than we were in 2019. But that doesn’t mean that all industries are in the same boat: hotels and restaurants are continuing to face difficulties in recruiting and retaining top talent.
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1 month ago | 
travelpress.com | Bob Mowat
It was a sunny and warm May evening as the Collette team welcomed 60 of their travel advisor partners at Toronto’s Hotel X for an evening of appreciation. Collette’s vice president, Ron Lonsdale told Travel Press Today (TPT) that the evening was about “taking the time to recognize agents” and to “reinforce how Collette is investing in supporting them” – providing them with tools and programs that are designed to make them more efficient and, in the process, more successful.
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1 month ago | 
travelpress.com | Bob Mowat
Delta Air Lines and Korean Air are strengthening their respective partnerships with WestJet through the purchase of minority equity stakes in the Canadian airline from Onex Partners, the upper middle market private equity platform of Onex, a Canadian investor and alternative asset manager. Affiliated funds and co-investors of the Onex Group intend to participate in the sale alongside Onex Partners.
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1 month ago | 
travelpress.com | Bob Mowat
The European Travel Commission (ETC) is reporting that European tourism maintained strong momentum into early 2025, demonstrating remarkable resilience despite a backdrop of economic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions. According to the latest “European Tourism: Trends & Prospects” report for Q1, international tourist arrivals increased by 4.9% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, with nights up 2.2%.
