World Tourism

TORONTO — CIT Tours’ new 2017 Europe brochure offers customizable tours and features everything from extended independent rail tours to new FIT packages, City Breaks and Wine & Gourmet itineraries. New rail tours include a seven-day Rome and Puglia tour including accommodation in a traditional trullo, a five-day Tale of …

LONDON — The dream client for any travel agent is the one who keeps coming back. And according to a new survey by LGBT-friendly travel company OutOfOffice.com, no one is more likely to come back than lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) travellers. The results, which were released to coincide …

VANCOUVER — Rocky Mountaineer is encouraging Canadians celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday in their own backyard with its latest Stay & Play offer. Available now through to March 3 on qualifying GoldLeaf or SilverLeaf service packages, passengers receive up to $600 in added value to spend on dining, cruising, sightseeing and …

BEIJING — The Chinese government plans to expand the country’s high-speed rail network to 30,000 kilometres by 2020, part of public infrastructure spending aimed at shoring up economic growth. The network would connect more than 80 per cent of China’s major cities, Vice Transport Minister Yang Yudong said. Last year, …

LOS ANGELES — After her husband asked for a divorce, Amber Clisura gave back her engagement ring, kicked him out of the house and tossed everything that reminded her of the ruined marriage. Except for one item: a polished steel barbecue smoker that her future ex-husband had fashioned for her …

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Canadian man is being held on $5,100 bond in Florida after driving a baggage-towing vehicle across the tarmac at Orlando International Airport. The Orlando Sentinel reports that police identified the man as 27-year-old Richard Hogh. According to an affidavit, Hogh was flying Friday to Chicago and …

MONTPELIER — A new law that will make it easier for people to travel between Canada and the United States will be good for Vermont and other states, even some far the border, officials said Thursday. U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont was at the Burlington International Airport on Thursday. …

MONTREAL — Air Canada is offering customers an opportunity to give the gift of travel to someone deserving this holiday season. Click here to view the video on Facebook Yesterday evening aboard Air Canada’s 787 Dreamliner flight AC115 from Toronto to Vancouver, customers were each gifted two round-trip flights to …

NEW YORK — In the wake of the Berlin truck attack, police departments around the U.S. are making a show of force at places where crowds gather at Christmastime. In New York City, police dispatched heavily-armed counterterrorism officers to stand guard at crowded pop-up Christmas markets in Union Square, Bryant …

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s fragile economy is getting a tonic from tourism this year, with revenue up by more than 10 per cent through October including a 20 per cent jump in visitors from the United States. Tourism minister Ana Mendes Godinho says the sector brought in some 11 billion …