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Play Air Launches in Canada
2023/01/13

Play, a low-cost airline operating flights between Iceland and Europe, is launching service in Canada, with the first flights to Europe taking off in summer 2023. Travellers can book tickets from John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport to 26 European destinations including London, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Dublin, Brussels, Stockholm, Gothenburg and more. Flight service from John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport will begin on June 22, 2023. To celebrate its inaugural flights from Canada, the airline is offering travellers tickets for as low as $169 to 13 destinations across Europe, including Berlin Brandenburg (BER), Brussels (BRU), Copenhagen (CPH), Dublin (DUB), Göteborg Landvetter (GOT),…
Coast Hotels Expands USA Footprint
2023/01/12

Vancouver-based Coast Hotels Ltd. has expanded to the USA., after completing the acquisition of a master franchise agreement that includes nine American hotels. The expansion plan will enable one of Canada’s largest hotel brands to increase its footprint, particularly throughout the West Coast. Operating as Coast Hotels USA, a newly established subsidiary of Coast Hotels Limited, the company aims to achieve growth through a combination of new franchise and hotel management contracts, mergers and acquisitions and the purchase of…
Compass Group Buys Lazy Gourmet
2023/01/12

Vancouver catering company The Lazy Gourmet has joined Compass Group Canada, a leading food service provider. The deal will see The Lazy Gourmet and its entire team of 130 join the company to further the locally-run business’ footprint in Metro Vancouver and beyond. Susan Mendelson, who co-founded The Lazy Gourmet in 1979, will stay on and continue to provide her veteran catering lens for the company, while long-time, award-winning general manager Kevin Mazzone will continue to take the reins…
Canada Tourism Recovery Expected by 2024
2023/01/12

Full recovery for Canada’s tourism industry is expected as early as 2024, according to Destination Canada’s latest outlook forecast. Despite ongoing challenges, the recovery trajectory for Canada’s tourism sector is strengthening, bolstered by the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and resilience in travel demand. Leisure travel is now expected to recover to 2019 levels by 2024. Domestic tourism will continue to lead the sector’s recovery with strong spending providing a foundation for brisk recovery to 2019 levels. Domestic travel market spending is…
Porter Airlines Adds Halifax Route
2022/12/30

Porter Airlines has added a new route between Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) and Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ). Porter has been serving the Halifax community since 2007. Passengers can now choose to travel with Porter using two Toronto airports on this popular route, including the downtown convenience of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. Pearson service begins February 23, 2023, with multiple daily, non-stop roundtrip flights. “Halifax is a popular destination for business and leisure passengers. This new service from Pearson provides everyone with more…
Latalis Canada Partners With CCF
2022/12/30

Lactalis Canada Foodservice and the Canadian Culinary Federation (CCF), a national association of professional chefs and cooks, have entered into a new national partnership aimed at delivering excellence in foodservice. As the exclusive national dairy partner, Lactalis Canada Foodservice will collaborate closely with the association’s members on dairy solutions, food trends, flavour, format, product research and development under its best-selling brands. “Lactalis Canada Foodservice is very proud to join forces with the Culinary Federation and its 1,000-plus esteemed member…
MTCC Sets New Records for Events
2022/12/29

The Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) announced that it set new facility records for securing major conventions in 2022 and in fiscal year 2023/24. The MTCC will host 21 citywide conventions in fiscal year 2023/24, the highest yearly total in the facility’s 38-year history. The 21 citywide conventions will generate an estimated $246 million in direct spending economic impact for the region and bring over 100,000 attendees to the heart of Toronto. Economic impact is incredibly valuable for the…
Vancouver Delta Hotels Opens
2022/12/29

Delta Hotels by Marriott Vancouver Delta in British Columbia has opened. Located 15 minutes from the BC Ferries Terminal and 20 minutes from the Vancouver International Airport, the new hotel – part of Delta Hotels by Marriott, from Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio of 30 hotel brands – will bring the brand’s signature seamless travel experience for guests to the destination. The hotel is attached to the recently-opened Cascades Casino Delta. “We are thrilled to open the latest Delta Hotels by…
IHG Opens Canada’s First Avid Hotel
2022/12/28

IHG Hotels & Resorts has opened its first Canadian Avid Hotels property in Vaughan, Ontario. Operating under the ownership of PI Cap, the Avid Hotel Toronto is the first to open of four planned properties across Canada for IHG’s newest Essentials brand. “With more than 180 hotels currently open across the nation, and more than 40 in the pipeline, Canada remains one of IHG’s fastest-growing markets. We are honoured to work with PI Cap to introduce the ‘just right’ experience of our Avid hotels brand…
NFCC is Certified Sensory Inclusive
2022/12/28

Niagara Falls Convention Centre (NFCC) has partnered with the non-profit organization KultureCity as a part of its commitment to make the Centre more accessible and inclusive to everyone attending an event. With this partnership, NFCC became the first Convention Centre in Canada to be Certified Sensory Inclusive by KultureCity. To receive this new certification, the Niagara Falls Convention Centre team was trained by leading medical professionals to better recognize guests with sensory needs and how to handle sensory overload…

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