Ian R. Stalker

3 weeks ago | travelcourier.ca | Ian R. Stalker

Spanish hotel chain Meliá has spent the past three and a half decades building a widespread Cuba presence, and in doing so says it has firmly entrenched itself in the Caribbean country’s tourism trade and beyond as well. Maite Artieda, director of marketing, communications and customer experience, says Meliá has become the dominant hotel company in Cuba, and therefore a key contributor to Cuba’s tourism growth.

3 weeks ago | travelcourier.ca | Ian R. Stalker

Antigua and Barbuda says it’s on a tourism roll, with the destination expecting the number of tourists it will host this year will top last year’s impressive figure. Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority CEO Colin James told the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association’s May 19-21 Travel Caribbean Marketplace that 2024 was a “remarkable year” for his destination, which saw over 1.2 million sea and air visitors.

3 weeks ago | travelcourier.ca | Ian R. Stalker

Travel Courier was on location for the recent Caribbean Travel Marketplace held in Antigua & Barbuda to get all the news from fan-favourite Caribbean destinations like Barbados, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Turks and Caicos. Saint LuciaThe underwater exploration set will soon be offered an intriguing sub-ocean-surface sight when diving off Saint Lucia’s shores.

3 weeks ago | travelcourier.ca | Ian R. Stalker

Dominica is on the verge of taking its tourism infrastructure to new heights. Marva Williams, CEO of the Discover Dominica Authority, told a recent Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association Caribbean Travel Marketplace audience that the Dominica Cable Car is set to begin operation in December, and will be the world’s longest detachable cable car, “stretching 6.6 kilometers from the Roseau Valley to the legendary Boiling Lake.

1 month ago | travelcourier.ca | Ian R. Stalker

Once reclusive Albania has put out the welcome mat for international travellers and they’re responding. Albert Shahinaj, general manager of Explore Albania Holidays, says his homeland spent much of the 20th century largely shunning contact with Westerners, but the end of communist rule in the Mediterranean-fronting nation has led to a dramatic change. “Albania’s tourism industry is experiencing a remarkable renaissance,” he states.