‘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
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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 partner Léon Dufour Harris, is launching a
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
Ottawa’s hotel bounceback to lag behind recoveries in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal: report
CBRE is projecting Ottawa’s average hotel occupancy rate to rise to 48 per cent next year, up from 30 per cent in 2020 and a
Meet Trina Mather-Simard, the entrepreneur behind Ottawa’s latest Indigenous tourism attraction
For more than 20 years, Trina Mather-Simard has been a trailblazer in the Indigenous tourism industry. Her company, Indigenous Experiences, has led the way in
Airport’s outlook ‘a lot brighter’ after recent passenger gains, official says
After being at less than 10 per cent of pre-COVID levels earlier in the year, passenger volumes at YOW have climbed to within 50 per
Air Canada’s new Ottawa-Toronto Island route to take flight this month
It’s the first time in 15 years that the carrier will offer service between the nation’s capital and the Toronto Island airport.
Summer tourism surge convinces Lord Elgin to reopen
After being closed for more than 18 months as the pandemic all but wiped out tourist traffic for most of 2020 and into 2021, the
Ottawa’s travel ‘savant’ sells downtown agency to U.S.-based firm
Scott McCord’s business has been the go-to agency for Parliament Hill staffers, civil servants and journalists in the nation’s capital for 22 years.
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