Dorothy Dowling Receives HSMAI Lifetime Achievement Award
PHOENIX — Best Western Hotels & Resorts’ SVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Dorothy Dowling, has been awarded the Albert E. Koehl Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hospitality...
Best Western Hotels & Resorts Adds New BW Premier Collection by Best Western Property
CRANBROOK, B.C. — Best Western Hotels & Resorts has added Prestige Rocky Mountain Resort Cranbrook to its BW Premier Collection by Best Western.
Located in Cranbrook, B.C., the...
B.C. Provides Grants to Help Businesses Launch Online
VICTORIA — The B.C. government is investing $12 million to help businesses launch or upgrade an online store that will provide the platform they need to increase...
Canada’s Hotel Construction Pipeline Ends 2020 with 270 Projects
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — According to Lodging Econometrics’ (LE) year-end Construction Pipeline Trend Report for Canada, the country’s hotel-construction pipeline ended the fourth quarter of 2020 at 270...
Marriott Launches Updated Loyalty App
BETHESDA, Md. — Marriott International has released a re-designed version of its Marriott Bonvoy mobile app, which boasts enhanced customization, new booking options and tailored ways to...
Sunwing Travel Group Announces Mutual Agreement with Marriott International
TORONTO — Sunwing Travel Group’s hotel division, Blue Diamond Resorts, has signed an agreement with Marriott International to combine their brand concepts. As part of the agreement,...
Ontario Extending Stay-at-Home Order Across Most of the Province
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Monday that the province would extend a stay-at-home order across most of the province, but would let an official...
Hani Roustom Appointed CEO of Friday Harbour in Lake Simcoe
LAKE SIMCOE, Ont. — Hani Roustom is the new CEO of Lake Simcoe, Ont.’s luxury-resort community Friday Harbour, located on the shores of Big Bay Point.
With more...
Canadian Hotels Report 23.8 Per Cent Occupancy
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — STR data for January 24 to 30 shows Canada’s hotel industry recorded slightly higher occupancy compared with previous weeks.
Percentage changes from a comparable week...
Federal Government Places One-Year Ban on Cruise Vessels
OTTAWA — The Government of Canada has announced two new Interim Orders, which prohibit pleasure craft in Canadian Arctic waters and cruise vessels in all Canadian waters...
