Tourism

It’s more than your standard party boat. Walking up the gangway and into the mahogany-panelled main salon of the Grace Anne II is akin to stepping through a passageway into a Gatsbyesque era of wealth and privilege.

Stepping into the McIntyre Coffee Shop, patrons are transported to another time.

Entrepreneurial Haileybury couple transforming town's grand mansions to cozy getaway spots

Thunder Bay will host an inaugural summit that will examine how to boost tourism in Northern Ontario. From Nov.

The Town of Chapleau is working on a branding and marketing plan to attract visitors to the region and promote economic development.

Budget-conscious companies and organizations are increasingly looking to colleges and universities as popular and affordable venues for staging meetings and conventions.

Business travellers and conferencegoers to Fort Frances can get a taste of the lakeside life in northwestern Ontario’s Boundary Waters with a stay at La Place Rendez-Vous Hotel and Convention Centre.

Thanks to one of its latest additions, the Days Inn in downtown Sudbury has become a more competitive option for business travellers and organizations in need of space for conferences and meetings.

More than $1 million has been poured into interior renovations of Thunder Bay ’s Sportsdome. “It was time to update the dome and offer something new and exciting,” said facility spokeswoman Sandi Boucher.

A conversation will start this spring about whether Timmins’ hoteliers and tourism-oriented businesses have an appetite to adopt a destination marketing fee.