World Tourism

PHILADELPHIA — Brian Joseph has been named Business Development Manager for the Ontario region for AMResorts. Based in Toronto, he will report to Jan LaPointe, Senior Director of AMRewards and Sales & Marketing, Canada. Joseph is an industry veteran with nearly 15 years of management experience to the position, working …

OREGON — Cellphone video captured a group of people knocking over a popular sandstone rock formation known as the “Duckbill” on an Oregon beach. Oregon State Parks officials originally said they didn’t think the break at the site frequented by tourists was caused by humans. But the video shot by …

TORONTO — Like just about every other Caribbean destination this past winter Jamaica had a tough go of it from this market. But the long-time favourite for legions of Canadian travellers is determined to boost its performance here, armed with a solid value proposition and a decades-long reputation for top …

LINTHICUM — Victor DaRosa stands under a scorching afternoon sun, loading bags onto a jet heading to Detroit. As each suitcase climbs up the conveyor belt into the plane, a small computer verifies that it actually belongs on that flight. If one bag didn’t, a red light would flash and …

Florida Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said that another tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico could hit northern Florida as a tropical storm later in the week and possibly head toward the Atlantic coast. They cautioned that the storm’s exact path remained uncertain days in advance, …

NEW YORK — American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) has signed an agreement to acquire KDS, a global provider of integrated travel technology. Headquartered in France, KDS has operations in the United Kingdom, Germany and the U.S. The acquisition of KDS is part of a broader investment strategy by GBT …

ORLANDO — Orlando’s major theme parks are now offering free bug repellent to visitors as concerns about mosquito-transmitted Zika virus mount in Florida. Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando Resort and SeaWorld Orlando on Sunday began offering the mosquito spray and lotion free of charge at their parks. No mosquito-transmitted case …

SAN JOSE, CA — Regardless of age, gender or region of the world, travellers say their biggest pet peeve when flying is the person sitting right behind them kicking their seat. That’s one of the many findings of a new international survey on the global travel experience. The new study …

SYDNEY — Three Canadian cruise ship passengers were charged with drug smuggling Monday after police in Australia allegedly found 95 kilograms of cocaine in their cabin luggage. The haul valued at 31 million Australian dollars (US$23 million) was the largest seizure in Australia of narcotics carried by passengers of a …

TORONTO — A new start-up service called Grabr seems rife with potential for smuggling and other dodgy pursuits but it’s the latest trend in the new peer-to-peer sharing economy: making a profit on your unused checked baggage allowance by carrying goods for other people. “Get any item from around the …