Sobering employment numbers for NL

ST. JOHN’S NL—Warning employers about the looming employment crisis is nothing new for Wendy Swedlove, CEO of the Canadian Tourism Human Resources Council, who spoke at the recent Lookout! Summit. Indeed, it’s one of her favourite themes. But the demographic picture she painted for Newfoundland and Labrador, a province with ambitious tourism objectives, is truly sobering.

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Travel Summit: Canadians using U.S. airports and going ‘glocal’

TORONTO—A primary purpose of Best Western’s annual Business Travel Summit held at the Dominion Club last month was to publicly launch the three Best Western descriptors, familiar to readers of CLN.  But other topics included, Canadians flying out of U.S. airports and ‘glocal’ thinking.

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Radisson-less in Montreal and downtown Vancouver

WASHINGTON, DC—Carlson Hotels’ newly minted VP development for Canada won’t get specific about where, when and how many of each brand the privately-owned company would like to develop in Canada, but he does note two important omissions from the Carlson portfolio.

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