Visit Huntington Beach, the destination marketing organization for Huntington Beach, California, also known as Surf City USA, has appointed The Pilgrim Group as its agency of record in Canada after a competitive and in-depth review process. The Pilgrim Group will work closely with Canada’s travel trade industry to assess the needs of Canadian travellers as they return to travel, build awareness of the destination, and increase visitation from the key Canadian markets. “Canada continues to be California’s largest international market for overnight visitors, and with new direct flights from Vancouver and Calgary to Orange County Airport (SNA), Huntington Beach is now more accessible Read more
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Days after the U.S. reopened its land and air borders to vaccinated international visitors, including Canadians coming over the land border, the U.S. Travel Association released a study that shows that domestic leisure travel has returned to near pre-pandemic levels. But they’re forecasting an uneven recovery for the international inbound and business travel segments. The forecast, based on analysis from Tourism Economics, projects that domestic leisure travel will continue to drive the U.S. travel industry’s recovery in the near term. This segment is projected to surpass pre-pandemic levels in 2022 and beyond. U.S. domestic business travel spending is expected to reach Read more
Swoop, Canada’s leading ultra-low fare airline, has reaffirmed its commitment to the Edmonton region with the announcement of new service to one U.S. and eight domestic destinations from its Western Canadian base. The airline’s significant new investments were celebrated this morning alongside the unveiling of Swoop’s newest aircraft, which will fly with the name #Edmonton. The airline’s growth will see Swoop’s flight capacity in Alberta’s capital increase 76% compared to pre-pandemic levels, supporting the creation of 140 additional direct and spin-off jobs and an anticipated $120M of economic output activity in 2022. “This is a major milestone for Swoop as Read more
More Europe. And now both Los Angeles and San Francisco. Air Transat has announced its flight program for the summer of 2022. At the height of the season, it will operate more than 250 flights each week to 44 destinations. It will gradually increase its service to Europe, strengthen its position in the United States by offering flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco for the first time, offer a selection of its most popular South destinations, and enhance its domestic flight program. “We are actively rebuilding our network with a modern and versatile fleet that will enable us to Read more
Lahaina might be my fave small city in the world. It’s a delightful, tropical town perched on the dry side of the West Maui mountains, with a colourful history and a fun, engaging charm. This was the center of the Pacific whaling industry for some time, and you’ll find remnants of old jails that housed rowdy sailors. The town center also features one of the world’s largest banyan trees, which has dozens of trunks and spreads over an entire city block. It’s a great place for kids to explore and dream about being a member of the Swiss Family Robinson Read more
