Airlines
Celebrating Women In Travel On IWD 2019
Their contributions have changed and continue to change the nature of travel and tourism in Canada and around the world. They are movers and shakers, who have taken risks and found their own path to success. Since March 2017, Canadian Travel Press has been telling their remarkable stories in its monthly Women in Travel series. In honour of International Women's Day 2019, the series continues in this week's issue of CTP with an in-depth profile of Dorothy Dowling, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Best Western Hotels & Resorts. As well, if you go to...
Get Down To Business With Air Canada, WeWork
Air Canada has added a new feature to its “Air Canada for Business” program through a partnership with WeWork, which provides its more than 400,000 members around the world with the space, community and services to do business. Members of Air Canada's small to medium business program, who already enjoy exclusive offers, now have discounted access to WeWork's global network of more than 425 locations in 100 cities and 27 countries. “The Air Canada for Business program is designed to evolve with new emerging business travel trends. Given we fly to over 60 destinations where...
WestJet Launches Calgary-Atlanta Service
WestJet has launched new Calgary-Atlanta service, with the Georgia city being the airline's 65th destination served non-stop from Calgary. “Today's flight between Calgary and Atlanta marks another significant milestone in WestJet's continued investment into Alberta while supporting strong business and tourism ties,” said Arved von zur Muehlen, WestJet's chief commercial officer. “We are thrilled to offer our guests this service, along with access to 111 unique routes between Atlanta and points across North America served by both WestJet and our codeshare partner,...
Exclusive: Air Canada rouge Takes Flight
If you want to understand what Air Canada rouge is all about – including how it has changed in the six years since its launch – it would be well worth the time to corner the carrier's president, Duncan Bureau and have a chat. Off the top, Bureau will tell you that Air Canada rouge launched in 2013 and carried 300,000 passengers in its first year of operation; last year (2018), it welcomed 8.1 million travellers on board its flights. It began its operations with 10 aircraft and by the end of 2018, it had a fleet of 53 aircraft. “Since inception,” Bureau told Canadian Travel...
Air Canada Renews American Express Partnership
Air Canada and American Express have concluded agreements for a renewed and expanded partnership that will enable the financial services company to participate in Air Canada's new loyalty program launching in 2020. The 10-year agreements cover the creation of new co-branded payment cards, participation in the American Express Membership Rewards program, and expanded commercial co-operation between the two companies. “We're excited to renew Air Canada's long-standing relationship with American Express and reaffirm our position as its exclusive Canadian co-brand airline partner,”...
Air Canada Ups Capacity to ‘Magical’ Oregon
Air Canada's Simona Cercel, tourism and sales development manager, took advantage of a Tuesday night Travel Oregon event in Toronto to announce that it is nearly doubling capacity on flights from Toronto to Portland this spring. The carrier is enhancing its daily Toronto service, from May 24 to Oct. 25, by moving from 97-seat Embraer 90 aircraft to Rouge service, aboard an Airbus A319, seating 136 (including 12 Premium Rouge). Air Canada also offers flights to Oregon from Calgary and Vancouver. Oregon's current tourism campaign is dubbed “Only Slightly Exaggerated” and...
Vietnam Airlines, Sabre Expand Relationship
Vietnam Airlines and Sabre Corporation were joined by President of the United States of America Donald Trump, and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong, at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, for the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Sabre and Vietnam Airlines and its subsidiary. The MOU describes Vietnam Airlines' intention to significantly expand its existing strategic relationship with Sabre, with a potential value of over US$300 million. The scope of the signed MOU includes innovative...
SEA Flight News By SQ Comes With Big Prize
A night of information gathering by attendees at a recent Singapore Airlines (SQ) event turned into something much bigger for meetings consultant Alex Frias of International Conference Services of Vancouver. Frias was on the receiving end of a randomly drawn prize package that includes return flights to Singapore on Singapore Airlines with a space-available upgrade designation. He will be onboard one of the new flights that will be departing from Seattle (SEA) as of Sept. 3, when the new non-stop service to Singapore begins. The package also includes a three-night stay at the...