Tourism

Book it: Hintonburg store owner sees travel guide sales spike as COVID restrictions ease

Brad Green says foot traffic at World of Maps is on the uptick, with customers planning trips to other parts of Canada and abroad.

‘Playful’ Marriott hotel brand to open first Ottawa location at historic ByWard Market site

Rimap Hospitality said this week it has signed a deal with Marriott International to open a 222-room Moxy hotel in the Major Building at 126 York St. 

Ottawa Tourism wants to inspire visitors to come back to the city

After two years of a pandemic and several weeks of a trucker protest, Ottawa Tourism is itching to spread the message far and wide about why Canadian and international travelers should return to the nation's capital.

Go Global: The big 25, Ottawa’s Airport Authority celebrates decades of service – and modernization

For the past two plus decades, Ottawa’s International Airport Authority has serviced travellers and locals alike – bringing loved ones together and supporting the economic growth of the city.

You can now buy drinks on the Rideau Canal Skateway – and we’re not talking hot chocolate

Locally owned and operated Dunrobin Distilleries is now operating its own cocktail kiosk on the world's largest skating rink.

Your go-to list of 2022 events, festivals and activities in Ottawa

Ottawa residents and visitors alike will be in for a year of culture in 2022 as Ottawa Tourism shines the spotlight on events and campaigns that focus on the creative arts.

‘A plethora of empty rooms’: No Winterlude, no February, hoteliers lament

Bookings disappear, revenues dry up after city's biggest annual winter tourism event is put on ice for the second year in a row due to the pandemic.

Cobblestone Tours offers new way to cruise capital in winter — minus the frostbite

Leave it to a former paramedic to help resuscitate the local tourism sector. Étienne LeBlanc-Cameron, together with business...

Fairmont Château Laurier gets first female general manager

"To me, it’s the most beautiful, iconic hotel in Canada," new boss Geneviève Dumas says.

T.O.-based Pivot Airlines to launch Waterloo-Ottawa route next February

Airline says it chose Waterloo as its southern Ontario base rather than Toronto because smaller terminals “offer a better, more seamless and hassle-free alternative for regional travel.”

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