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GNEX-ACOTUR 2023 Conference

Source: GNEX ACOTUR

The GNEX-ACOTUR conference this week brought together six trade associations. There to discuss similarities and differences across regions and countries and give insights into a broader state of the industry.

ACOTUR, AMDETUR, ADEPROTUR, ARDA, CRTA, C.A.R.E.

Conference Info

Hilton Grand Vacations Opens 90 New Luxury Rooms on the Las Vegas Strip

Source: Hilton Grand Vacations

Hilton Grand Vacations announces the addition of 90 new luxury rooms at its premiere Las Vegas resort with the opening of Elara, a Hilton Club. The expansion includes adding four top floors of new penthouses to the property, which is already home to Elara, a Hilton Grand Vacations Club.

Press Release

VACATION OWNERSHIP & TRAVEL INDUSTRY NEWS

The Future Looks Bright For Leisure Travel: WTM Global Report

Source: Travel Press

The 70-page report reveals that the number of leisure trips taken in 2023 will be just 10% lower than during the prior peak in 2019. However, the value of these trips, in dollar terms, will end the year in positive territory relative to before the pandemic.

Leisure Travel Is Poised To Get Cheaper This Winter

Source: TravelPulse

The CEO of Canada’s WestJet Airlines is predicting that airfare to many popular leisure destinations will be cheaper this winter and for summer 2024 travel as well.

Why the drop in prices? More capacity.

Ontario Strengthening Wage Protections for Restaurant Workers

Source: Government of Ontario

The Ontario government has just announced legislation that, if passed, would put in place protections for more than 400,000 people in the restaurant and hospitality industry.

Proposed changes would halt pay deductions for dining and dashing and unpaid trial shifts

Advocates warn of ‘gaping holes’ in accessibility law amid issues facing travellers

Source: Global News

Accessibility advocates are speaking out about unreliable assistance in air travel, pointing to regulatory gaps and scattershot enforcement that can leave travellers with disabilities injured, stranded or demeaned.

Passenger pays huge price for inflight tantrum

Source: Travel Industry Today

A Hawaiian woman has been ordered to pay nearly US$39,000 in restitution to American Airlines for interfering with a crew on a flight last year. The woman was also sentenced to more than three months of time served

Porter Touches Down In Fort Myers

Source: Travel Press

Fort Myers is one of the new non-stop routes Porter introduced this year to serve the growing number of Canadians eager to travel south. Other routes in Florida include Toronto-Pearson (YYZ) to Tampa (TPA), Orlando (MCO), Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and Miami (MIA), and Ottawa (YOW) to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale.