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Statistics Canada is reporting that in June, the preliminary number of international arrivals to Canada — Canadian-resident return trips, combined with US-resident and overseas-resident arrivals — by air and automobile totalled 5.5 million, up 3.6% from the same month in 2025. It also reported that Canadian-resident return trips from abroad by automobile and air — from the United States and overseas countries — stood at 2.6 million in June 2026, up 2.0% from the same month one year earlier. Of note is that Canadian-resident return trips from the United States in June totalled 1.7 million, up 3.2% from the same month in 2025, marking the third consecutive month of year-over-year increase. This rise…

WestJet’s mainline flight attendants are continuing to vote today to determine if they will provide their union with a strike mandate. The flight attendants are represented by CUPE 8125 and voting continues until July 15, 2026. Alia Hussain, President of CUPE 8125, said: “Our goal remains the same as it has been from the beginning: to reach a fair, negotiated, collective agreement.” Hussain continued: “A strong strike mandate demonstrates that our members are united behind their bargaining committee and committed to achieving meaningful improvements.” The union continues to negotiate key issues, including wages, compensation, scheduling, work-life balance, and other workplace improvements…

Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours has elevated its all-inclusive ultra-luxury offerings to new heights, with the launch of its new 2028 and 2029 worldwide collection featuring Scenic Eclipse and Scenic Ikon. With more exclusive suite inclusions available only on Scenic Discovery Yachts, guests will enjoy an unparalleled experience, across 100 plus countries and all seven continents. Scenic Discovery Yachts are equipped with two Airbus H130 helicopters that carry guests far beyond the coastline inland into areas other luxury ships cannot reach other than by long bus rides or even not at all. Their exclusive range of unique helicopter landing experiences have been specifically designed and developed for Scenic Eclipse guests on board the ships and the launch of Scenic Ikon in 2028. Scenic’s all-inclusive philosophy will now…

TWICE dropped the announcement that K-pop fans had been waiting for. The group, signed to JYP Entertainment, officially unveiled the “THIS IS FOR” World Tour on Sunday. Seoul is already confirmed as one of the stops. The reveal came via the group’s official Instagram account, @twicetagram, with a short caption: “THIS IS FOR 끄-읕💙,” alongside the official hashtags for the tour and the Seoul leg. That stylized 끄-읕 is a phonetic riff on the Korean word 끝. In Korean, 끝 means “end.” Fans have been theorizing about what that choice signals for the tour’s overall concept. Seoul’s inclusion is confirmed…

Kensington has appointed Tara Powadiuk as its new SVP, Marketing. Powadiuk is a seasoned global marketing executive with more than 25 years of experience driving brand growth, digital transformation and customer engagement, and she will lead Kensington’s global marketing strategy as the company continues its rapid expansion across the luxury and ultra-luxury travel markets. Powadiuk joins Kensington during a period of significant momentum for the company. Over the past year, Kensington has expanded its portfolio of personalized travel experiences while introducing new offerings that reflect the evolving expectations of affluent travellers seeking deeper, more meaningful journeys and more options for…

NEW YORK — New York will block the construction of any new large data centers for up to a year so the state can create rules to protect the environment and energy grid from the power-hungry facilities that fuel artificial intelligence technology. Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to sign an executive order Tuesday morning imposing the country’s first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers, which house thousands of computer servers and require massive amounts of energy and a steady supply of water to keep cool. “As data center development threatens to hike up utility bills, deplete our natural resources, and…

ALISON BEARD: I’m Alison Beard. ADI IGNATIUS: I’m Adi Ignatius, and this is the HBR IdeaCast. ALISON BEARD: Adi, how do you think about the difference between being a great functional leader and a leader that’s ready to take on a larger, more enterprise wide role? What differentiates the two in your mind? ADI IGNATIUS: You could be a great team leader, right? You’re sort of in charge of your folks, you’re trying to maximize what they do. You go to an enterprise role, suddenly it’s far more complex. You have to make trade-offs, things that might not favor the…

By TravelPress Staff July 14, 2026 TICO has announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Council (CAC) and Industry Advisory Council (IAC) following a recent recruitment and selection process. The councils bring together diverse voices from consumers and the travel industry to help inform TICO’s work in protecting consumers and supporting a strong, competitive travel marketplace in Ontario. TICO’s CEO Richard Smart said: “We are pleased to welcome our newest council members and look forward to the perspectives they will bring to our discussions. Smart continued: “The councils play an important role in helping us better understand…

I suspect many parents will read your letter and nod. Parents are hardwired to help. They may not be sending $5,000 a month, but they’re paying rent, covering groceries, financing vacations, babysitting full-time or co-signing loans. They want to be emotionally available, supportive and nonjudgmental, and that is wonderful.

The gastrointestinal disease that has reportedly sickened thousands in more than half of U.S. states could possibly be in Canada, but there hasn’t been an outbreak because we’re not detecting it, says a Canadian food safety expert. Though Canadian public health officials haven’t noted an increase in cases of cyclosporiasis, “it could be an ‘if you don’t look, you don’t find’ sort of thing,” says Keith Warriner, a professor at the University of Guelph’s department of food science . “To say that we’re protected in Canada, I’m not sure that’s quite true for the simple reason that when you get…