Travel Smart with Exclusive Protection and Coverage from SmartCare Face it; there’s no such thing as hassle-free travel. Even for the most seasoned business traveller, going through the motions of jetting off and arriving at a distant airport can spell many frustrations in between. It’s one thing to shrug off missed luggage, another to ignore […]
How Corporate Travellers can improve your business travel with just $35 When it comes to making travel arrangements, travel planning can quickly unravel into a tangled, time-burgling mess. Juggling, managing, and booking travel for either yourself, someone else, or your organization can overtake your workday all too easily. Add lodging, food, and transportation costs into […]
How Business Travellers Can Earn More Hotel Rewards with SmartSTAY What are hotel rewards? Hotel loyalty programs reward business travellers with everything from free breakfast and hotel stays to free concert tickets and gift cards. But not all hotel loyalty rewards programs are made equal. Some offer discounts on hotel franchise properties, products and services, […]
Solemn ceremonies mark the first anniversary of the March 11th earthquake The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto (JCCC) observed the first anniversary of the March 11 earthquake, and the subsequent tsunami that inundated Japan’s northeastern coastline last year, with an afternoon of prayers, solemn ceremonies and a moment of silence. In his opening address […]
Three Nissei Artists Explore the Lost Secrets of The Royal Cinema Originally published in the November issue of Nikkei Voice, 2011. When the Chinese theatre, Golden Princess, closed its curtains in the early ’90s, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) programmer, Colin Geddes, salvaged hundreds of 35mm Hong Kong and Taiwanese films from the downtown cinema’s […]
Originally published in the February issue of Nikkei Voice, 2012. “Izumi of the North”, Toronto’s favourite — and only — locally brewed sake is now in 70 LCBO stores. Brewed by the Ontario Spring Water Sake Company, the first eastern North American sake brewery, the domestic Japanese rice wine has expanded into more LCBO […]