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Ilona Kauremszky is an experienced journalist whose writing pursuits have taken her around the globe, from where she’s filed numerous articles on the travel industry for leading consumer and trade publications. CONVENTIONS WELCOMEBut Quebec is never conventional
09 FEB 2010: Remember last week when the local media was battling Snowmaggadeon? Perhaps your clients were rushing to the phone panicked. While many of us were caught up in the beguiling winter forecast, our province’s easterly neighbour Quebec was sending out warm welcomes at the Fairmont Royal York.
POP THE CORKWhere when and what is happening in 2011
03 JAN 2011: You heard it here. 2011 is the year of big anniversaries, gonzo (re)openings, parties, and special events. There’s an ongoing party theme in 2011 among some nations. Cars are big, so are weddings and birthdays among the world’s celebrated icons. Here’s a sneak peek at some of what’s planned for the world stage.
INTERVIEW WITH KATI MARTONTriumph over adversity
15 DEC 2010: This interview with acclaimed journalist and author Kati Marton took place prior to the sudden death of her husband Richard Holbrooke, US diplomat and former US Ambassador to the United Nations on Monday December 13. Travel Industry Today expresses its deepest condolences to Ms. Marton.
MAKING IT HAPPENButch Stewart’s Show Stopper
29 NOV 2010: If Gordon “Butch” Stewart wants Christmas to come early to agents, he’ll make it happen. If you were attending last week’s Sandals soiree in Toronto, those agents present — like those who attended the luxury resort chain’s other ‘Sandals Difference’ stops in Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary — know the magic from the legendary resort impresario who invented swim up pool bars.
SERVING UP DALLASIronman style
23 NOV 2010: Dallas is serving up big ideas. This big city in the big state of Texas just keeps cooking up more ways to out-salsa its southern neighboring cities.
CHANGE BUT NO CHANGEStill better in the Bahamas
18 NOV 2010: Some folks around during the seventies might recognize a familiar face. Back then Bahamian David Johnson flew up to these northern climes as part of his country’s pilot sales training program for execs. The close proximity and the independence drive in ’73 he says all brought “us to where we are today.”
In Panamawith Ilona Kauremszky
09 NOV 2010: The shops: Tiffany’s, Dolce and Gabbana, and Perry Ellis. The view: towering skyscrapers butted beside each other. Hong Kong? Nope. Try Panama City.
VIRTUAL SUNSHINE IN YYZHappy Caribbean Tourism Day
02 NOV 2010: Who needs to sit in front of a computer when the sun, sea and sand are sending sweet subliminals? You’ve been eying the recent TV commercials from WestJet’s Bermuda and the Turks and Caicos winter campaign in between watching the steamy series, The Tudors. Clients are poking you with questions on their tried and true sun destinations.
THE MOST MEMORABLE JOURNEYThe past and the present
22 OCT 2010: Ed. Note: When we learned Ilona Kauremszky was taking a river cruise with her mother, we thought it might be interesting to have Mrs. Kauremszky tell us her own version of the trip. She agreed and so in this and the previous article, we are delighted to be able to present the Heart of the Danube both from the perspective of a seasoned travel writer, and through the relived memories of a traveller ‘going home’ after a lifetime away.
SOMETHING SPECIALThe Heart of the Danube with my mother
22 OCT 2010: River cruising has been around it seems forever. Travel impresario Thomas Cook started the industry when he took wealthy Brits down the Nile River in the 1800s. They oohed and awed from Cairo to Aswan. Who wouldn’t?
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