Skip to main content

Latest

canada
New federal task force to review government service delays, reduce wait times
People line up at a passport office in Montreal, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. For another day, hundreds of people are waiting outside a downtown Montreal passport office, hoping to get a new travel document. Large crowds have gathered outside the office every day this week, as people, many of whom have travel planned within 48 hours, try to renew their passport or get a Canadian passport for the first time. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
report on business
Canadian insurance firms in U.S. move to extend health benefits after Roe v. Wade overturned
Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the United States Supreme Court as the court rules in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
opinion
Welcome to Bermuda: the island nation sees a return of tourism
opinion
Passport delays, customs chaos, lost baggage all wreaking havoc on travel industry
Rita Trichur
travel
Stylish new Canadian hotels for an inflation-beating summer staycation
Little Wing, Muir's 36-foot Morris yacht (city view) - photo credit_ Muir. Muir Hotel Halifax
u.s. business
Accor to sell 10.8% stake in Ennismore to Qatari consortium for $195-million
FILE PHOTO: The logo of French hotel operator AccorHotels is seen on top of the company's headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
life
Leave the city behind for a sailing adventure on the open water
Captain Howie Colt, also the company owner, navigates during an afternoon sail with Gone Sailing Adventures in Toronto, Ontario on June 13, 2022. This is for a travel piece by writer, Saira Peesker.(Photo by Peter Power for The Globe and Mail)
u.s. business
‘Perfect storm’ for airlines facing strong U.S. dollar and high oil prices
An Icelandair 737 taxis past the 737 Max family of airplanes, from left, a Boeing 737-10 flight test airplane, an Alaska Airlines 737-9, a Ryanair 737-8-200, a Southwest Airlines 737-8 and a Boeing 737-7 flight test airplane outside Boeing's Seattle Delivery Center at Boeing Field, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Seattle. (Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool)
u.s. business
Airlines upbeat on recovery but labour shortages may hurt growth
FILE PHOTO: Willie Walsh, Director General of the International Air Transport Association, takes part in a panel discussion at the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Annual General Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
travel
Searching for my joie de vivre in the French Riviera
The village of Villefranche mer.
canada
Border-city mayors and tourism industry leaders urge Ottawa to ditch ArriveCan app
A line of vehicles wait to enter Canada at the Peace Arch border crossing Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, in Blaine, Wash. Border-city mayors, tourism industry leaders and an opposition MP say it’s time to bid a less-than-fond farewell to the ArriveCan app. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
canada
End of vaccine mandates poised to widen travel floodgates, despite doubts for some
Travellers at Toronto Pearson International Airport’s Terminal 3, are photographed on May 12, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
carrick on money
How to keep rising costs from hijacking summer travel
Rob Carrick
canada
Canada suspending vaccine mandates for most domestic and international travel, government jobs
Travellers at Toronto Pearson International Airport’s Terminal 1, are photographed on May 25, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
life
Go glamping and never fight with tent poles or sleep on hard ground again
At Cielo Glamping Maritime, in New Brunswick the domes are private and “you have the feeling of being under a tent but the security and the luxury like you have in a fancy suite in a hotel,” says co-owner Pat Gauvin.
u.s. business
U.S. to drop COVID-19 testing for incoming international air travellers
FILE - Travelers pass a sign near a COVID-19 testing site in Terminal E at Logan Airport, on Dec. 21, 2021, in Boston .The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights, easing one of the last remaining government mandates meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
report on business
Air Transat second-quarter loss deepens amid pandemic-related flight cancellations, soaring fuel prices
Air Transat aircraft sit on the tarmac at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Cole Burston/Bloomberg via Getty Images
canada
Canadian travellers urged to take precautions against monkeypox abroad
An electronic microscope image shows the monkeypox virus seen by a team from the Arbovirus Laboratory and the Genomics and Bioinformatics Units of the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) in Madrid, Thursday May 26, 2022. The Public Health Agency of Canada is warning travellers to be extra careful abroad because of the potential threat of catching monkeypox. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Unidad de Microscopi­a Electronica del ISCIII, via AP
world
Japan considers resuming tourism discount as COVID-19 eases
FILE PHOTO: A sign for 'Go To Travel' campaign, a Japanese government-backed travel discount program encouraging domestic travel to help boost the economy, is displayed at a souvenir shop along Nakamise Street at Asakusa district, a popular sightseeing spot, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
world
Airlines step up push to get U.S. to drop international COVID-19 testing rule
FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2021, photo, a passenger wears a face mask to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus as he waits for a Delta Airlines flight at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. More than 1,000 airline flights were canceled as of Saturday afternoon, May 28, 2022, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, where Delta is based, and has its largest hub, is heavily affected by the travel snags. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)