TTC Tour Brands is prioritizing partnering with indigenous organizations, guides and reservations to support the preservation of their native lands, traditions and cultures.
Global tour operators, Trafalgar, Contiki, Insight Vacations and Luxury Gold have introduced new travel experiences across global itineraries that support Indigenous-owned businesses and allow travellers to learn from Native people about their history, communities and culture.
These conscious travel activities, known as MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experiences, include visits to Indigenous reservations,...
TourRadar has announced that its second annual Adventure Together event will be hybrid, held online and in Vienna, Austria Oct. 18 to Oct. 19, 2022.
The event will feature conversations about the future of adventure travel and multi-day tours and participants will hear fresh perspectives on what’s ahead for the travel industry and delve into important topics such as sustainability, distribution, online marketing, and travel trends.
Advisors can register now for free and start earning points for a chance to win incredible prizes at the event including two roundtrip Air Canada...
Over the next year, Irish journalist Claire Scott is roaming around the world on the newly launched ‘Roamies’ travel style with G Adventures and Hostelworld. After each adventure, she’s sharing all the details with Travel Courier. Here’s the first story from the 34-day Ultimate Europe: Berlin, Tuscany & Greek Gods trip.
The ‘Roamies’ travel style is all about meeting new people, trying new things, getting out of your comfort zone and seeing the world. After two years of social isolation, it couldn’t have arrived at a better time and here’s why…
It has been 34...
Tourcan Vacations is offering agents the opportunity to book their client’s air arrangements directly on their new on-line booking engine which was launched this week.
The operator’s new on-line booking engine provides very easy access to thousands of flight options, airlines, and price options. It is easy to access through the agent portal on our website and provides a very user-friendly option to book flights on-line. And the operator adds that it has used the most updated and efficient technologies to ensure a smooth process.
Agents will need to register to gain access to...
Exodus Travels is adding some more buzz to its small group and self-guided cycling trips with a special new promotion – book between Aug. 8 & Aug. 31, 2022, for departures between Sept. 1, 2022, and Dec. 31, 2023, and get half-off the price of an e-bike supplement.
Available on 98 of its cycling itineraries worldwide, travellers can simply quote the promo code EBIKE2022 at the time of booking to upgrade to an e-bike. But hurry, there are only a limited number of e-bikes available on each departure
Seeing unprecedented levels of growth over the last couple of years, e-bikes...
Collette is celebrating a brand new Explorations tour, which departed earlier this week. The operator is the only one offering such a comprehensive tour that includes two full days in Yellowstone National Park, a cruise through the Gates of the Mountains following in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark, as well as an overnight at St. Mary Lodge- just outside of Glacier National Park.
Guests on the 11 day Montana: Exploring Big Sky Country tour will experience visits to both the North and South bound loop of Yellowstone, a white water rafting or scenic float trip excursion in Glacier...
This September, the Kingdom of Bhutan will reopen its historic and sacred Trans Bhutan Trail for the first time in 60 years.
The trail will be officially reopened in a formal ceremony in Bhutan on Sept. 28, 2022, and as its exclusive launch partner G Adventures will be the first group adventure operator to take travellers along the Trans Bhutan Trail when its inaugural, sold-out, departure leaves on Oct. 2, 2022.
Other long-awaited destinations returning to G Adventures’ portfolio of more than 1,400 trips this September are Australia and New Zealand, which is perfect timing for...
Intrepid Travel has launched their first-ever Citizen Science program in Antarctica. These participatory programs will be available on every departure on board their polar expedition ship, the Ocean Endeavour, which is making its inaugural sailing in November 2022.
In all, there five programs ranging from the NASA Globe Observer, which observes cloud movements in concert with NASA satellite flyovers, to Seabird Survey where travellers can record wildlife viewings that will help scientists better understand seabird migrations in the Southern Ocean.
The experiences will be...
ClarityTTS is powering the travel business automation of Huntington Travel Group to facilitate an efficient travel content distribution.
As part of this subscription, ClarityTTS provides enhanced automation, end-to-end travel technology solutions, and IT and Tech Stack support for Huntington Travel Group.
Huntington Travel Group will now scale up their travel content distribution operations with ClarityTTS's Travel Automation platform and the access to the high-performing technical team to support superior travel booking capabilities and complex itinerary creations for their closed...
The Flight Centre Travel Group (FLT) has amended its 2022 fiscal year (FY22) market guidance following a solid rebound in travel demand globally late in the year. Based on preliminary FY22 trading results, FLT now expects to record an underlying EBITDA loss between $180 million and $190 million for the 12 months to June 30, 2022.
The mid-point in this new range – an underlying $185 million EBITDA loss – represents:
An 11.9% improvement on the mid-point in the company’s initial FY22 market guidance of an underlying loss between $195million and $225million; and
A material...