World Tourism

Credit: Linked In TORONTO — Cynthia Farrill has joined Pulse Travel Marketing Inc., tapped to help manage the Brand USA travel trade account for Pulse from its Toronto-based office. Farrill will have support from Patrice Bell and the Pulse offices in Montreal and Vancouver and the Pulse PR and Marketing …

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Some visitors to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at California’s Disneyland got a surprise: Captain Jack Sparrow himself. Johnny Depp donned the getup of his swashbuckling alter ego and interacted with riders on Wednesday. Videos taken by park goers and shared on social media show Depp …

TORONTO — More than half (56%) of corporate travel managers have seen more business travellers report heightened personal security concerns in the past three months, according to a new survey from American Express Global Business Travel and ACTE. The survey also showed that 54% of corporate travel managers say travellers …

TORONTO — To celebrate Canada’s sesquicentennial, Fairmont Hotels & Resort has teamed up with VIA Rail Canada to launch a new 20-day luxury train trip that travels from coastal Vancouver all the way to Quebec. Inspired by both brands’ unique Canadian heritage, ‘The Great Canadian Railway Adventure’ includes quintessential Canadian experiences …

NEW YORK — Explor VR has been handpicked by Virtuoso to take part in the luxury retail organization’s Virtuoso Incubator tech start-up program, one of five companies chosen for the 2017 lineup. Explor VR is Travelweek’s virtual reality platform that launched nation-wide last fall, with free Explor VR headsets going …

TORONTO — There’s no doubt that Canadians love their beer. But how do we measure up against other beer loving countries? According to The Telegraph, which recently mapped out the world according to beer consumption per capita, Canada doesn’t even rank in the top 10. Ouch! Compiled by the Japanese beverage …

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has issued a statement condemning an apparent terrorist attack Thursday on Paris’ iconic Champs-Elysees boulevard. A gunman opened fire on police, killing one officer and wounding three people before police shot and killed him. A French prosecutor said the attacker emerged from a …

NEW YORK — People’s fascination of the doomed Titanic shows no sign of diminishing, even after 100-plus years after its tragic demise. The latest glimpse of what life was like on the famous ship comes courtesy of Harper’s Bazaar, which recently published its actual menus in first, second and third class. …

TORONTO — Online travel agency Booking.com has set up shop in Toronto with a hiring mandate for 200+ customer service reps in 2017 and a total of 600+ over the next four or five years. The company has 187 offices in more than 70 countries, with some 16 call centres. …

OTTAWA — The latest numbers from Statistics Canada show that Canadians are making fewer trips to the United States, both by car and by air. Canadian residents made 3.5 million trips to the U.S., down 1.0% from January, but still up 7.2% compared with February 2016. Fewer Canadians took car …