Aeroplan’s slow demise started months ago, and Air Canada’s announcement yesterday that they were going to intervene in their headline program was simply an inevitable conclusion to a slow motion drama. That Air Canada did not own their primary trade-brand …
Here, in a different spin on the blog, is a conversation that I had with CBC Radio’s Nadia Kidwai about the ever-changing rules and regulations about travel.
Not only passport validity needs to be checked, and the requirements vary from …
United Airlines – tell us it ain’t so ……
A friend checking in to Lisbon airport this morning for a United flight to Newark was advised that his reservation had …
More folks flying means more crowded and overbooked planes
The United Airlines incident is a most instructive situation, and one …
Tourism embodies the ideal of people moving around the world to meet other people, understand other cultures and become …
It is true to say that in general, tourist resorts hold little fascination for me but tourism does. I am intrigued by the ebb and flow of people seeking a brief sojourn in another country or place, and have spent …
North Africa, it is safe to say, is not the tourist industry’s flavour of the month. …
I checked into The Hotel Madrid with a little apprehension, although curious as to exactly what €38 per night could possibly buy in Las Palmas, one of the great tourist destinations of Europe, I had booked this property based …
“I love ships”, I have told myself, “but I don’t like cruises.” It is a subtle difference, and one that I have a hard time explaining.
What I really mean, …
I qualify the statement simply because there are a couple of other extraordinary restaurants that I know and love, and would not want to …
Visiting Bologna is a very special experience, and one that all travellers to Italy should consider.
Touring Italy is a wonderful experience, but where to start? How do you separate the wheat from the chaff, the brands from the local …
I have been most remiss; I have, as you will know, not written a piece for some time, and have been rightly chided by some regular readers for this absence.
I have, …