Airlines
Another First For Sunwing
Sunwing is adding flights to Daytona Beach, Florida from Toronto for the first time this winter. It will be operating twice weekly seasonal flights – on Mondays and Thursdays – beginning Jan. 28, 2019. Daytona Beach caters to all types of travellers. Racing fans can visit the Daytona International Speedway to see some of the best drivers in the world compete. While those seeking some peace and quiet can enjoy a leisurely stroll along the boardwalk and pier or the renowned Daytona Beach – a 37km stretch of sand that includes some stretches vacationers can drive on. As well,...
Swoop Adds MoBay Flights
Swoop has announced that it will be operating twice weekly service this winter to Montego Bay, Jamaica from John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM) to Sangster International Airport (MBJ). Montego Bay is the carrier's first Caribbean destination and service begins Dec. 16, 2018 and continues through to April 24, 2019. Steven Greenway, president of Swoop, said: “The addition of Montego Bay to our network is another important milestone. Many Canadians of Jamaican origin live in the Toronto area, which makes this new route ideal for connecting friends, family and loved...
Simply Amazing
No one remembers second place. It started as an inside joke, but it’s a motto that may have helped one team successfully come out on top in the 2018 edition of The Air Canada Race held in partnership with Experience Kissimmee, reports assistant editor, Ann Ruppenstein in this week's digital edition of Travel Courier. Travel agents from coast to coast – quite literally from Prince Rupert, BC all the way to Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador – recently gathered in Kissimmee, Florida to go head to head in the 8th instalment of the competition inspired by the reality TV show The...
IATA Giving Destinations Just What They Need
Destination Canada recently bought into IATA’s Global Agency Pro initiative and the initial results have been so positive that our national tourism marketer will be sharing its experience with some 3,000 delegates attending the airline body’s World Routes Development Forum in Guangzhou, China later this week, reports Quebec editor, Mike Dunbar in this week's digital edition of Canadian Travel Press. An IATA backgrounder explains that the GAP intelligence tool offers DMOs and tourism boards a worldwide view of flights ticketed through the global agency distribution channel to help...
Glitz, Glamour and Style
Once again, Air France – the official airline of the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) – welcomed festival-goers at its Air France Bistro on Festival Street last weekend (Sept. 6-9) and it also used the opportunity to introduce it's new vice-president and general manager in Canada to a select group of travel trade types. With the Air France Bistro pop-up Parisian-style café – including a a four-metre high Eiffel Tower – as the background, the new vice-president and general manager Air France-KLM Canada, Vincent Etchebehere told the gathering, “We are pleased to...
Lufthansa Group Employees Give Back
Corporate responsibility is an integral part of the Lufthansa Group and as an internationally operating company and part of German and global society, the Group assumes responsibility for social challenges over and above its business activities, contributing to tackle them in a sustainable manner. At the heart of these efforts is help alliance, the aid organization of the Lufthansa Group. Founded in 1999 by 13 Lufthansa employees, help alliance supports approximately 10,000 disadvantaged people – especially children and young people – in more than 30 projects worldwide to give...
Traveller Numbers Reach New Heights
On the move... the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced industry performance statistics for 2017, revealing that worldwide annual air passenger numbers exceeded four billion for the first time, supported by a broad-based improvement in global economic conditions and lower average airfares. At the same time, airlines connected a record number of cities worldwide, providing regular services to more than 20,000 city pairs in 2017, more than double the level of 1995. Such increases in direct services improve the industry’s efficiency by cutting costs and saving...
Farquharson Leaves WestJet
WestJet has announced changes to its sales leadership team. Effective immediately, Lyell Farquharson, vice-president, Sales, has left WestJet. In the interim, while officials look to recruit a permanent replacement for this position, the following members of the airline's Commercial Leadership team will cover all key sales areas: Brian Znotins, vice-president, Network, Schedule Planning and Alliances, will now also oversee the Sales Strategy and Distribution and Travel Support teams, with Peter Kelava, director, Sales Strategy and Distribution, and Tim Paul, senior manager, Sales...