World Tourism

TORONTO — Do you or your agency use Instagram to promote your business? If so, take note: there’s a golden hour for posting that will lead to maximum ‘likes’. According to news site Mic, Instagram’s scheduling site Hopper HQ has determined from the 1.2 million posts scheduled via its platform that …

ORLANDO, Fla. — Muppets fans are going to have more places to ask the question, “Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?” SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. and the non-profit behind Sesame Street announced Thursday that they are expanding their partnership to build another theme park by 2021, and …

TORONTO — MeritBiz, the business travel division of Merit Travel Group Inc., has launched a new travel app for iPhone and Android devices, designed to deliver best in class itinerary management and duty of care solutions. The MeritBiz app has a suite of features centred around four key principles: traveller support, …

TORONTO — Fewer than half of Canadians have a favourable opinion of the United States, the lowest level recorded since 1982, says a new poll. As part of its Focus Canada public opinion research program, the Environics Institute conducted interviews with 2,002 Canadians between April 3 and 15, 2017 and found …

PHNOM PENH — Travel Professionals International’s fourth annual Chairman’s Circle trip brought 15 of TPI’s top producing agents to Vietnam and Cambodia for an AmaWaterways cruise on the Mekong River. Hosted by TPI CEO and President, Morris Chia, the trip rewarded the exceptional performance of the invited agents and allowed them …

ORLANDO — The best of the best were honoured by TL Network Canada during the 2017 Travel Leaders Network International Conference, which took place last week at Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando in Florida. Top Affiliate Member agencies in Canada were celebrated on stage as the organization handed out …

RHODES — It’s amazing what a wristband can get you at an all-inclusive resort. Everything from premium drinks to gourmet food and loungers on the beach are at your disposal with one simple flash of the wrist. But one couple on holiday in the Greek island of Rhodes put a …

TORONTO — Travel agents and media were among the first to get a sneak peek of Disney’s brand new ‘Pandora – The World of Avatar’ at an industry event in Toronto yesterday, which included highlight reels of floating mountains, flying banshees and bioluminescent rivers. Opening May 27 in Disney’s Animal …

ST. JOHN’S — Canadians are really nice, we already know this. But one Aussie recently found that our niceness went beyond his wildest expectations. According to TravelTalk, Shayne O’Brien of Greenthorpe, New South Wales in Australia arrived in St. John’s, Newfoundland for a fabulous two-week, self-drive holiday. But his trip …

ORLANDO — Travel Leaders Group has launched a new consumer travel site that’s being touted as the travel industry’s very first Perpetual Demand Generation (PDG) vehicle. Simply named ‘Vacation’, the site uses the completely repurposed Vacation.com URL and will initially focus on Honeymoon and Destination Wedding specializations. Since nearly 1,900 Travel …