Life and travel can be funny sometimes. In the past 13 years, I’ve probably been to a couple hundred destinations around the world, from Thailand to Tahiti and Scotland to Saint Lucia. I’d been all over the globe, but somehow I forgot about one of the great cities a mere 10-hour drive from my home in Toronto. My wife and I visited Boston before we had our first child, and I thought it was terrific. A few years later I became one of the Toronto Star’s baseball writers, which allowed me to cover Blue Jays’ games at Boston’s fabled Fenway Read more
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With its amazing architecture, sparkling lakefront, amazing parks, fabulous food and friendly locals, Chicago is consistently rated one of the world’s great cities. Here are some great things I was able to see and do on my latest visit. (I am not including the wonderful Obama Presidential Center as I wrote a separate story on it, which you can find here.) SKY HIGH VIEWS It’s always good to get your bearings when you arrive in a city, and one of the great ways to do that in the city that pretty much invented the skyscraper is to take in a Read more
DETROIT – A classic ballpark. A great hotel. Terrific food and drinks. My wife and I recently got to spend the better part of a day in Detroit, a city I’ve visited several times in recent years. My previous two visits were for several days, which allowed me to see and do a great deal, including The Henry Ford complex, the stunning Detroit Institute of Arts, the gloriously restored Michigan Central Train Station, and the super-fun Motown Museum (currently closed for renovations). I also got to check out amazing architecture, such as The Guardian Building, take in a Detroit Lions Read more
One of the great things about summer in southern Ontario is you can have two wildly different types of lake holiday. I’ve spent many a summer’s day in Muskoka, as well as the Kawarthas and other areas with freshwater lakes and rocky islands and deep, thick forests of maple, birch and pine. But I’ve also spent a considerable time on fine, powdery beaches that go on for miles and offer a completely different experience, including beach bonfires and glorious sunsets. My wife and I recently rented the Sandpiper Cottage at Inverhuron Beach on Lake Huron, just north of Kincardine. As Read more
Tourism Australia has released its new 10-year strategic Tourism 2035 plan, aimed at creating future demand and competitiveness for Australia as a destination internationally and supporting the nation’s tourism sector. The strategy aims to grow total overnight high-yield traveller spend to between $61 and $69 billion by 2035, helping to boost the economic contribution of Australia’s second-largest export sector. Tourism Australia Managing Director, Robin Mack, said at a time when global competition has never been fiercer, Tourism 2035, had identified 10 key global factors influencing future demand for our tourism offering. “This strategy sets an ambitious course to create and Read more
