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Sunwing Travel Group became a subsidiary of the WestJet Group on May 1, 2023, following an acquisition announced in March 2022. This merger aimed to: Consolidate market share: By combining two major players in the Canadian travel industry, the acquisition significantly strengthens WestJet's position, particularly in vacation packages and sun destinations.
Vacation Express was founded in 1989 by Kevin Hernandez, Gantt Cookson and Meg Deeb. [4] The company's initial offering was air/land vacation packages to Jamaica. [5] In 1992, the company began a charter flight from Atlanta to Cancun and eventually became known as a charter operator in the Southeast and Midwest. [2]
On May 1, 2023, The WestJet Group completed its acquisition of Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines. Stephen Hunter, formerly the CEO of Sunwing Vacations, has been appointed CEO of the WestJet Group's Vacations Business, responsible for all tour operating and vacation package businesses of both the Sunwing Vacations and WestJet Vacations brands.
A partial government shutdown could cost the U.S. travel industry $1 billion per week and lead to widespread disruptions for travelers, a trade group representing airlines, hot… Reuters 22 days ago
That year, a former Skyservice employee named Mark Williams approached the CEO of Sunwing Travel Group, Colin Hunter, and asked if he wanted to start an airline. [ 8 ] In November 2005, a Boeing 737-800 departing from Toronto to Santiago de Cuba was the airline's inaugural flight. [ 9 ]
Royalton Hicacos is a resort in Varadero, in the province of Matanzas, Cuba.Formerly operated by Sandals Resorts as Sandals Royal Hicacos, [1] [2] [3] it was bought by Canadian company Sunwing and started operating under the Royalton brand in December 2014.
Two people were found dead in the wheel well of a JetBlue plane from New York City after it landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the airline said Tuesday.
On this day, the airport served as one of several stops on the first airmail route in Cuba, between Havana and Santiago de Cuba. [2] [3] The airport was located in the neighbourhood of Peralta and named after mambí General Julio Grave de Peralta. However, because there was often dense fog at the airport, it closed a few years afterward; and ...