Spoiler alert: “Ottawa has a lot to offer for group travel.” —Cory Mace “A really livable city with a cool vibe.” —John McGlade “I’m already ...
If you want to meet me on the Norwegian Bliss, I’ll be on Deck 15. On a ship with 20 restaurants and 13 bars, my ...
Halifax, Nova Scotia, played host to Rendez-vous Canada in May, and the eastern harbor town welcomed 1,875 delegates, the highest attendance in the show’s 42-year ...
If you’re looking for an otherworldly experience, Meteor Crater, outside of Flagstaff, Arizona, has a pretty good track record. “Along with other sites in the ...
Without question, Albuquerque has more to offer than authentic and inventive cuisine. The largest city in New Mexico, Albuquerque also boasts attractions and landmarks reflecting ...
A new permanent exhibit opened recently at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Arizona. “Native Peoples of the Colorado Plateau” displays the stories of ...
The vintage steam and diesel locomotives of Texas State Railroad take passengers on a 25-mile journey between the East Texas towns of Rusk and Palestine, ...
“What’s the Jordan brand?” That’s the question Dr. Abed al Razzaq Arabiyat, managing director of the Jordan Tourism Board, posed to 70 of us in ...
I spent a spring-break week in Central Florida this year to watch my son’s college baseball team. As luck would have it, the Visit Central ...
Let’s start this out “Jeopardy”-style: Answer: An elephant, a lighthouse and the world’s loudest organ. Question: What three things did you not see coming in ...
Four of the delegates shared their thoughts with Courier about CSR in the midst of the Feb. 23–28 trip. Each brought a different level of experience and ...
That summation by Casandra Matej, president and CEO of Visit San Antonio, describes what’s taking place not only in San Antonio this year, but also ...
A different type of diversity is a selling point for Pam Upton of Blue Grass Tours. The Lexington, Kentucky-based company takes seven or eight student ...
Eighteen of the 20-member group met during NTA’s Travel Exchange in December 2017 at San Antonio, but the secret is definitely out. Also convening during ...
How do you tackle the large land masses that stretch hundreds of miles across the pristine and wild regions of Canada’s true north? In small ...
The Biloxi-based property has 1,740 rooms and suites, an 85,000-square-foot casino floor, 10 restaurants, four bars and lounges, a dozen retail venues, a 1,550-seat entertainment ...
I forgot all about baseball. Last May, when Tourism Cares announced Toronto as one of its “cares-for” cities, I elbowed out my NTA colleagues to ...
Courier: How do local suppliers benefit from the work your office performs? Edevane: All of our sales and marketing efforts drive visitors and planners to ...
These adjustments to entry and permit fees—including CUA application and management fees—will have a serious impact on the many NTA tour companies that package the ...
One of the Texas destinations hit hard by Hurricane Harvey was Port Aransas. The community endured winds of over 132 mph with nearly six feet of ...
Mississippi destinations dodged hurricanes Harvey and Irma, but another storm stalked its friendly shores. “Hurricane Nate’s impact wasn’t as severe as anticipated, and we were ...
Located close to the Gulf of Mexico (and a short drive from New Orleans), Lafayette, Louisiana, was spared from any hurricane damage in 2017. “There ...
In Lake Charles, Louisiana, it wasn’t tourism that was halted by hurricanes. Instead, it was the storm itself. “Thank goodness, Hurricane Harvey basically stopped about ...
Mobile, Alabama, was one of the Gulf Coast destinations that dodged damage from the 2017 hurricanes. “We had a little flooding in our downtown area ...
Anyone who has ever enjoyed fishing, snorkeling, dining or sunning in the Florida Keys was likely watching weather forecasts in early September 2017 with dread. ...
And last November, a group of wildfires in and around Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, claimed 14 lives, burned 16,000 acres and damaged or destroyed ...
Following hurricanes Irma and Maria, the NTA-member cruise companies that sail the Caribbean were quick to respond, both to their customers and to the people ...
Despite facing personal and business-related challenges, Vámonos Tours owner Jorge Pardo and his colleagues are moving forward with scheduled—and redirected—tours. Vámonos Tours specializes in providing ...
Not every island in the Caribbean was damaged by the hurricanes of September. June Wright, a marketing consultant for SeaGarden Beach Resort in Montego Bay, ...
I just wanted more New Orleans. So after I moved into the Courier office and needed cities to write about, I dialed up my friend ...
With only weeks to work a miracle, Willoughby enlisted the help of the travel and tourism community to preserve funding for all three of Delaware’s ...
I became another one of those Nashville visitors this summer, when I toured the town with a dozen or so travel writers. And we weren’t ...
Terry Soto, CEO of Burbank, California-based About Marketing Solutions Inc., helps clients deepen their understanding of the Hispanic market, and, in the process, boost their ...
If you’re scouting out the Milwaukee area leading up to Travel Exchange in November 2018, be sure to build in a visit to Kenosha, which ...
Fall and football season take on enormous significance in Green Bay, Wisconsin (home of the NFL’s Packers), but groups can enjoy attractions and activities away ...
“We include at least one museum in 95 percent of our tours,” says Lydia Griego-Hansen, co-owner of Destination Southwest. “We package our museum visits as ...
Be prepared for sensory indulgence in Cleveland. At the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, you’d expect to be all ears for a ...
The adjoining resort communities of French Lick and West Baden, Indiana, have been welcoming guests for more than 100 years to National Landmark properties and ...
Because of The Henry Ford’s enormous size (250 acres), scope (300 years of history) and content (26 million artifacts), you might take on the Dearborn, ...
The folks in Eagan, Minnesota, have their eyes on 2018. In March, the Minnesota Vikings will open a new headquarters, training facility and outdoor stadium ...
Here are three Chicago attractions are sailing along and offer tour product with a nautical theme: Chicago Architecture Foundation Inspiring guests to discover why design matters, ...
