Category Archives: Event coverage

ITB Berlin 2018. Photo credit: Christina Newberry

I’ve been covering events for more than a decade, creating quick-turnaround stories that highlight the most important takeaways, complete with expert quotes.

New article for PAXnewsWest.com: Agents spend a night in Europe with Transat

transat_europe_mainTransat Holidays welcomed 130 travel agents to the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel last night for its 2015 Europe Training Academy.

The big change for Transat's Western Canadian offering this year are the new connector flights to Toronto. The weekly YVR-YYZ flight connects Vancouver passengers with Transat flights to four new destinations: Dublin, Rome, Venice, and Barcelona. It also increases the number of weekly flights available for Western Canadians flying to Paris, Glasgow, and Manchester…

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New article for PAXnewsWest.com: Air Canada marks the Year of the Ram in Vancouver

ac_chinese_new_yearOn Feb. 13, Air Canada hosted 80 travel agency partners, media guests, and staff from its various divisions for dinner at Vancouver’s Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Rocky Lo, Air Canada's general manager of business development – Asia, who organized the event, told PAX the airline embraces the Chinese tradition of "getting the family together” once a year before the festival…

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New article for PAXnewsWest.com: Velas Resorts showcases Chef Xavier Peréz Stone

photo by Vancouver travel writer Christina NewberryVelas Resorts hosted a private dinner in Vancouver last week for 32 journalists and travel advisors. From the first bite of molecular-gastronomic Basque-Mexican fusion cuisine to the last, one message was clear: Velas Resorts may be all-inclusive hotels, but they do not serve your typical all-inclusive food…

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