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HotelsCombined, the world’s leading hotel discovery and price comparison website, has revealed 15 stand-out hotels across Canada which have made the cut in its inaugural ‘Stellar Stays’ list for 2013. 

Vancouver-based hotel management company SilverBirch Hotels & Resorts has just announced that six of its hotels and three restaurants have earned the prestigious TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award. For most wanderlusts, we know that the

An overview of Vancouver’s first ever Tourism Master Plan was debuted yesterday by Mayor Gregor Robertson, Tourism Vancouver board chair R. Gordon Johnson and president and CEO Rick Antonson at Tourism Vancouver’s 110th annual general meeting. The AGM took place at the Vancouver Playhouse and was attended by more than 300 members of the regional tourism industry.  

Summer is just around the corner. As much as we would all love to jet set off to Hawaii, or Vegas, sometimes our finances just won’t allow it. What’s a Vancouverite to do?

Your wild side is calling, and it’s demanding some attention. What better way to answer it than by dipping into SocialShopper’s outdoor deals. Imagine the rush of ATVs cascading over rough terrain (50% off), or with the tranquility of coasting across a watery landscape aboard a kayak (58% Off). Lastly, the weightless feeling of riding the wind (68% off) in a Squamish kiteboarding adventure? Summon your inner daredevil, and SocialShopper will take care of the rest. Enter Vancity Buzz’s special promo code “vcfun” at the Social Shopper checkout when you spend over $59 to get another $10 off the ATV, Kayaking and Kiteboarding deals.

On the hit ABC television program “Once Upon a Time,” which just got renewed for a third season, the Evil Queen banishes every fairy tale character we’ve ever known, from Snow White to Jiminy Cricket, to the sleepy town of Storybrooke, Maine. While the show’s scenery certainly evokes a small coastal Maine town, it is actually filmed on location almost half a world away, in and around Vancouver, B.C.

All aboard? 28 of the world’s best travel bloggers, writers and photographers definitely are. The Canadian Tourism Commission and VIA Rail  have invited this group of wanderlusts to discover Canada on an epic journey to TBEX Toronto: The world’s largest

Hey student travel lovers, student travel company, S-Trip!, is looking for passionate students who are pursuing post-secondary education now or in the future, they’re involved in their communities, and they love adventure.

As a seaside city, it should come as no surprise that one of the best ways to explore Vancouver is by boat. Whether you paddle along in a sleek kayak or hop aboard one of the many touring vessels, no vacation or stay-cation in Vancouver is complete without some time spent out on the ocean in the shadow of the towering mountains and lush rainforests.