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Travel Guide · Bridgetown

Barbados Brings Its Table to Canada

New Montréal and Halifax nonstops put Barbados one flight from two more Canadian markets. Its food calendar gives advisors a reason to sell beyond the beach.

Trade Desk · Mykonos

Windstar’s 2027 Chef Sailings, Plated

Windstar's five 2027 James Beard Foundation sailings run July to November, from the Greek isles to East Asia. Food-led clients need a ship and a date now.

Destination Intelligence · Tenerife

The Canary Islands, Nonstop From Canada

Air Canada's Tenerife flights start 25 October and Air Transat adds Gran Canaria in December, giving advisors a new winter-sun option with a European flavour.

Hotel Watch · Maipo Valley

A Chilean Winery Hotel Gets Its Key

Hotel Casa Real, the heritage hotel at Chile's Viña Santa Rita, has won its first MICHELIN Key. It is 45 minutes from Santiago, which makes it an easy wine add-on.

Travel Guide · Belize

Belize, Slowly

Belize is selling JOMO, the joy of missing out. With MICHELIN-Key lodges and WestJet adding Winnipeg, here's how to build a slower Belize trip for Canadian clients.

Travel Guide · Wyoming

Wyoming, by the Plate

Wyoming's food is ranch food: game, local beef and some odd Western traditions. Where to eat it, and how to fit it into a Yellowstone or Teton trip.

Destination Intelligence · San Miguel de Allende

Vancouver Gets a Bajío Nonstop

Flair's weekly Vancouver–Guanajuato flight, launched 3 October, is Canada's first nonstop to Mexico's Bajío, putting San Miguel de Allende within one flight of the West Coast.

Destination Intelligence · Zurich

Switzerland by Architecture

Switzerland Tourism is pushing architecture as a reason to travel, and the buildings work as a self-guided rail route if clients plan around seasonal closing dates.

Travel Guide · Old Port of Montréal

Montréal’s Old Port This Fall

New spa treatments at Bota Bota, two VR shows into January, a Monday bungee rate and a new artisan market fill the Old Port's autumn calendar.

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