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Articles tagged “canada”

Skift Originals

SkiftAds of the Week: Air France’s creative new music app hides songs in the sky

The Air France music-in-the-sky app is a great marketing innovation, though beyond that "gimmick" hopefully they keep adding new tricks to keep it fresh.

SkiftAds of the Week: Air France’s creative new music app hides songs in the sky

Tourism

Moving to Canada? Here’s what you need to know before you go

Upset about the election? Here are a few things you need to know before you follow through on that promise and pack your bags for Canada.

Moving to Canada? Here’s what you need to know before you go

Online Travel

Square ventures over the Canadian border in its first international expansion

Currency exchanges could soon become a travel hassle of the past as Square and similar mobile payment services expand making a valid credit card the only source of money you need to travel.

Hotels

Canadian shoppers, the secret behind making U.S. border cities look good

Weak U.S. dollar may have negative effects in many ways, but for tourism, travel and spending, it is a boon, and travel marketers are learning to leverage that in a more organized way.

SkiftX

Canadian tourism sees fourth straight month of decline from core markets

Europe is falling out of love with Canada, time for a bigger marketing push perhaps? That and Canada's still way more expensive as a destination than its neighbor USA.

Airlines

Canadians will breeze through shared border with U.S. with new Nexus program

While Canadian officials work to keep their countrymen flying out of domestic airports, the U.S. is offering perks that will keep Canadian travelers’ dollars flowing through its own airports and airlines.

Airlines

Canada brainstorms ways to keep its citizens from crossing the border for cheaper flights

Officials are having trouble figuring out where to shift the burden of fees and taxes, which make up the 40 percent difference between US and Canadian fares, when taken off of passengers.

Canada brainstorms ways to keep its citizens from crossing the border for cheaper flights

Airlines

Canadian-screened bags won’t need re-screening in U.S. if new bill passes

Common sense in air security. Imagine that.

Business Travel

Business travel to and from Canada grows more than leisure travel

Citizens from each of the border side travel more for vacation than business, but overnight business trips have increased more than the number of vacations in the past year.

Tourism

New duty-free limits drive Canadian overnight travel to U.S. to an all-time high

The new limits have boosted business in cities around Washington state this summer, while across the border; the Canadian economy has taken a hard hit from the exodus of shoppers looking for a sweeter deal.