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6 days ago | 
travelweek.ca | Cindy Sosroutomo
TORONTO — Kim Hartlen is always thinking one step ahead. While other travel advisors attending Trevello Travel Group’s 2025 national conference earlier this month in Jamaica may have been strictly focused on networking and developing their skills, Hartlen was also using the trip as an opportunity to build client loyalty.
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1 week ago | 
travelweek.ca | Cindy Sosroutomo
TORONTO — The talk around town these days is largely focused on alternative destinations for Canadian travellers – and St. Kitts & Nevis is doing what they can to be part of the conversation.
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3 weeks ago | 
travelweek.ca | Cindy Sosroutomo
TORONTO — People travel for all different reasons, from romance, relaxation and adventure to the downright weird and wacky (did you know bat tourism is a real thing?). But one particular niche is rising in the ranks among travellers in search of unique travel experiences, and that’s UFO tourism.
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1 month ago | 
travelweek.ca | Cindy Sosroutomo
TORONTO — It’s been a tense few months, to say the least, with countries around the world going tit-for-tat in an ongoing tariff war spearheaded by U.S. President Trump. Since announcing on his first day in office his plans to put 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Feb. 1, Trump has either threatened to impose tariffs, increased tariffs or signed executive orders to impose tariffs on several other economic powerhouses, including China, India, Japan, South Korea and more.
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2 months ago | 
travelweek.ca | Cindy Sosroutomo
TORONTO — Over 80 travel advisors rolled the dice and won big last night, walking away from an industry event in Toronto with fresh insight into Las Vegas’ newest offerings.
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2 months ago | 
travelweek.ca | Cindy Sosroutomo
TORONTO — You’d be surprised by what you may find at the bottom of a rabbit’s hole. For Zach Vanasse, Founder and Director of Dinosaur Trips, he found an entirely new career, a brand new calling and an exciting new niche in guided touring. All because he started looking into a lifelong hobby and kept digging until he found, well, bones. “I’ve always been into paleontology,” says Vanasse, a former travel journalist, editor and travel & tourism consultant.
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2 months ago | 
travelweek.ca | Cindy Sosroutomo
TORONTO — Australia is making moves to increase visitation out of Canada, leaning heavily on travel advisors to bring in more travellers. While in Toronto this week to meet with travel and distribution partners, Chris Allison, Vice President of Tourism Australia in The Americas, tells Travelweek that 2024 numbers out of Canada showed really strong growth, up 4.8% over 2023.
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2 months ago | 
travelweek.ca | Cindy Sosroutomo
TORONTO — With Canada-U.S. tensions escalating amid an ongoing trade war, Canadian travel advisors are bracing for an economic fallout, with no word yet from the federal government about any financial support.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
travelweek.ca | Cindy Sosroutomo
TORONTO — Every once in a while in travel, a ‘soul-changing ‘experience comes along that stays with you forever. For Moira Smith, Goway’s VP Africa and Asia, one of these moments came while sitting in a canoe, meandering down the Zambezi River in Zambia. “I’ll never forget my first canoeing safari in the Lower Zambezi. It left an indelible mark on my soul and remains one of my favourite places in Africa,” she tells Travelweek.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
travelweek.ca | Cindy Sosroutomo
We’ve all been there, stuck on a plane, sitting in front of a chair-kicker or next to a loud-talker or behind a seat-recliner. And if you’ve never had the pleasure of being seated near any of the above, chances are you are the passenger who’s annoying everyone around you (sorry to break it to you).
