More News Archives

April 15, 2021

Rocky Mountaineer Delays Canada Restart Until JUL

The luxury Canadian train operator had previously hoped to begin offering services in JUN.

YYZ Revenue Down $823M Last Year, 500 Staff Laid Off ^TheStar

Long Road to Recovery for YYC Due to Pandemic ^{CalgaryHerald}

EU Countries Officially Agree to Digital Health Pass Use to Restart Summer Travel ^Reuters

Turns Out Carry-On Sunscreen is Still Banned, as TSA Issues Correction ^Fox13

New Zealand Study Tracking COVID Spread During Travel “Reinforces the Need” for Border Restrictions ^CNN

Four In Five Business Travellers Impacted By Lack Of International Travel: Survey ^TravelMole

EU Airlines Could Be Using New EU COVID Pass By Summer ^Reuters

‘Decimated’ Air Travel Industry Will Take 5 Years To Recover, Says YCC ^CBC

Barbados Will Reduce Quarantine Time For Vaccinated Visitors ^TravelWeekly

Travellers Can Avoid Paying For Canada’s Hotel Quarantine by Saying They Can’t Afford It ^GlobalNews

April 13, 2021

VIA Rail’s ‘Canadian’ Resumes Between Toronto-Winnipeg

More transportation good news comes with the announcement that VIA Rail Canada is resuming partial service on its Canadian route…

April 12, 2021

BORDER BOOM

CDNs Use Loophole to Skirt Hotel Quarantine Rules at US Border

There are two sets of rules for Canadian arrivals: one for air, and the other for land. More air travellers…

April 12, 2021

Amtrak Plans to Add Service to Toronto and Montreal

U.S.-based rail company Amtrak has revealed plans to expand its footprint in Canada with new connections between Toronto and Detroit,…

April 08, 2021

PRICKLY SUBJECT

Canada Has Vaccine Passport Issues Both Domestic and American

While some countries around the world are in the advanced states of rolling out a vaccine passport for their citizens,…

April 08, 2021

‘Better than Sex? Travel Tops Love and Work for Canadians in New Survey

Canadians’ wander’lust’ is more robust than ever. That is just one of the findings of a Booking.com survey that revealed…

April 05, 2021

Northern Ireland Invites Visitors to Embrace its Giant Spirit

In unveiling its new “Embrace a Giant Spirit” brand slogan last month, Northern Ireland shared some of the special tourism…

April 05, 2021

Atout France Webinar Spotlights Provence and Cote d’Azur

Travel advisors were transported to the charming French countryside of Provence and stylish coastline of Cote d’Azur in Atout France…

April 01, 2021

DOESN’T ADD UP

First Month of Hotel Quarantines – By the Numbers

In only one month, the federal government’s hotel quarantine has easily topped the list of Quarantine Act transgressions. New data…