Accommodation prices paid by domestic visitors to the nation’s capital declined by roughly three per cent last year, the smallest drop among major Canadian cities, according to a recent survey.
But two weeks after the landmark Lansdowne decision, the head of the Ottawa Association of Exposition Managers said he still has more questions than answers on the future of trade and consumer show space in the nation's capital....
In addition to the $1.1 million escalation in security charges, the airport is increasing all other carrier fees by two per cent, effective Jan. 1, 2010. Despite these increases, officials say Ottawa's airline fees will remain among the lowest...
Moment Factory, which designed the interactive set for rock band Nine Inch Nails' 2008 tour, has been tasked with developing and technically planning the Parliament Hill show, which will launch next summer.
The NCC received four...
Around one year ago, on Aug. 28, Ottawa-based Zoom Airlines suddenly ceased operations because - it said at the time - the economy had slowed down and higher fuel prices added $50 million annually in costs.
The airline used to offer...
Go Travel Direct quietly made the move this spring, at the end of the winter vacation season, and says it will close its office near the Ottawa airport when the lease expires at the end of August.
But Hugh Boyle, the firm's owner, told OBJ Go...
The festival launched a day's worth of free programming at Confederation Park including three major concerts, with an attendance of around 3,000. It's a kick-start festival executive producer Catherine O'Grady said would never have happened, had...
At a press conference held to discuss the airport authority's annual report, he pointed out last year's six per cent increase in traffic alone put $14 million in the coffers as $86 million in revenues outperformed the $72 million in losses.
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The discount flights operator said regulatory permits related to its recently announced partnership with Finnair did not go through as quickly as planned.
The news comes a few weeks after the Canadian Transportation Agency issued...
The agency said GO Travel had violated section 59 of the Canadian Transportation Act, which prohibits the selling or public offering for sale in Canada an air service unless licensed to do so.
GO Travel, which was founded by Hugh Boyle, the...
Ottawa's GO Travel Direct - which used to partner with Zoom before its bankruptcy - will now serve as a competitor along with its new partner, Finnair.
The Finnish airline will operate low-cost flights to Paris and London from Toronto,...
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