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Celebrity Names New CDN Director Of Market Sales
Celebrity Cruises has named Allan Brooks as its new Director of Market Sales, Canada. He will be replacing Ken Brooks who will be retiring on March 31, 2020. Allan Brooks has been with RCI for over 20 years. During that time, he has successfully held positions onboard their ships, in corporate headquarters and ultimately in field sales. He came to the Celebrity Cruises sales team from Hotel Operations (Entertainment) and brought with him an energy and enthusiasm that he has continued to use while working with his team, his agents and partners. His background in operations gives...
Scenic Adds Some Wow To Wave Season
Scenic is kicking off the 2020 WAVE season with offers on the Scenic Eclipse. Highlights include Earlybird Fare savings of 10%, reduced business class airfares, free economy air and 2-for-1 premium airfare offers and are available on new bookings of many sailings in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Travellers wishing to combine a truly once-in-a-lifetime adventure with the top-of-the-line amenities of Scenic’s 228-guest, Polar 6 class, ultra-luxury Discovery yacht can choose to take one of several Antarctica exploration opportunities – and Scenic will throw in business class roundtrip air...
V2V Ferry Departs From BC Tourism Waters
A boutique ferry service that had sailed between Vancouver and Victoria has decided to end its run in the BC tourism business. V2V Vacations, which had been in operation for 2 1/2 seasons, announced that it was folding in the first week of January this year. “V2V Vacations has made the difficult decision to cease our service between Vancouver and Victoria with immediate effect,” says a message on the website home page. V2V had operated a luxury catamaran named the Empress that sailed in stylish comfort on a leisurely 3.5-hour route between the two cities. Sightseeing – not...
Book And Win With Emerald Waterways
Emerald Waterways is offering travel agents a chance to with a 13-day Mekong river cruise for two – including roundtrip airfare. For every three bookings – either Europe 2020 or Southeast Asia 2020-2021 or any combination of 3 bookings – agents make they will ear one entry into the prize draw giving them a chance to win a trip on-board Emerald Waterways' newest Star-Ship, Emerald Harmony, in 2020. Agents must sell 3 ERC or SEA bookings with EW for an entry to win a 13 day Majestic Mekong Discoverer cruise in 2020. Prize includes airfare. Please see attached flyer for...
Discover Alaska with Princess, Holland America
They are the destination leaders together offering more than half of the cruises being offered to Alaska. Princess Cruises and Holland America have the itineraries, the experience and the quality which has made them the first choice to Alaska for cruises. In this edition of Voices of Travel, host Ron Pradinuk talks with John Chernesky, senior vice-president for North American sales and travel trade for both Princess Cruises and Cunard. Often described as the last frontier, Alaska cruises keep growing in popularity year after year. The combined land and sea voyages have taken Alaska...
Agents’ Choice Is Back
Are you ready to pick your favourites? Well it's that time again as Baxter Media launches the 2020 Agents' Choice Readership Survey this week. Agents' Choice is Canada's original, authoritative and most popular travel industry poll and each year it asks Canadian travel agents to pick their favourite suppliers in over 40 different categories – ranging from airlines to tour operators; cruise lines to destinations; coach operators to car rentals; and a whole lot more. How popular you ask? Well in 2019, 6,512 Canadian travel agents voted for their favourite suppliers in the annual...
Quite An Experience With European Waterways
To launch 2020 and the new decade, European Waterways is inviting travellers to experience some of the top UNESCO sites in Europe aboard their fleet of luxury hotel barges that offer the opportunity to see these wonders “up close and in person.” Highlights on the World Heritage List include such famous attractions as France’s sweeping Canal du Midi – a masterpiece of hydraulic and structural engineering and one of the greatest constructions of the 17th century. Originally used for transporting wheat, wine and textiles, the Canal du Midi fell into neglect for over 100 years...
TTAND Is Tops With Celebrity
The Travel Agent Next Door has won Celebrity’s top award for Canada, the Celebrity Account of the Year 2019 for Canada. According to Brenda Yeomans, Celebrity Cruises' strategic market manager Canada, the award is based on exceeding revenue growth with Celebrity’s corporate brand goals in 2019 and meeting and exceeding Average Price per day goals -- and growing group business with Celebrity. It's also awarded for encouraging TTAND Travel Advisors to become Celebrity Five Star Graduates and Ambassadors for the brand and being a true partner with Celebrity Cruises. Said...