Tour Operators
Royal Irish Promotes John Fallon
Royal Irish Tours (RIT) has ‘doubled’ its sales team in Canada, from one to two; promoting John Fallon from its reservations department to the position of Sales Manager, Canada. This might be a little confusing for advisors as there are now two 'Johns' on the sales team, both from Ireland (John Fallon, Sales Manager and Jonathan Sargeant, who is now Director of Sales). Fallon completed his Master’s in International Tourism at the University of Limerick in 2017 before immigrating to Canada where he took up a role in RIT’s reservations department. Growing up on the west coast...
TICO Ready To Meet The Challenges Of The Future
In a conversation with Canadian Travel Press, Richard Smart, President & CEO of the Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO), observes that while “the challenges of the pandemic are far from over, but there is a sense that we’re finally on the path to recovery.” Smart told CTP that: “We’re feeling a sense of optimism from industry. The challenges of the pandemic are far from over, but there is a sense that we’re finally on the path to recovery. Consumers are increasingly feeling confident travelling again. Public health restrictions continue to be lifted at the...
Tauck Announces 2023 Savings For Solo Travellers
Tauck has announced its solo traveller savings for 2023. For the coming year, Tauck has again eliminated the single supplement on its Category 1 European riverboat cabins, waiving the supplement entirely for those cabins on each departure of every Tauck river cruise itinerary. The single supplement is thus being waived on nearly 250 Tauck river cruise departures next year. Tauck has also reduced the single supplement by CDN$1,300 on other selected cabin categories on 63 departures of 20 different river itineraries. On its land journeys, Tauck has reduced the single supplement...
EasyJet Holidays Boss To Talk Sustainability At WTM
The head of the first major UK tour operator to offset carbon emissions from package holidays will share his vision for making travel more sustainable at World Travel Market London’s World Responsible Tourism Day. Garry Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of easyJet holidays, will join World Travel Market’s Responsible Tourism Adviser Harold Goodwin on the Sustainability Stage on Nov. 8. Wilson has headed up easyJet holidays since it launched in 2019, with the aim of being an industry leader in sustainability. He will be on stage to show that it is possible to be a major tour...
Agents Connect For Success At TravelBrands’ Celebration Of The Return To Travel
TravelBrands hosted its first, in-person events in three years this week and they are somewhere beyond happy about it. Company CEO, Frank DeMarinis observed that there has been a lot of suffering for the industry during the past three years and TravelBrands' events in both Montreal (at the Hotel Bonaventure on Oct. 3) and Toronto (at the Paramount Event Space on Oct. 4) were all about celebrating the return to travel and showing its appreciation to travel agents – lots and lots of appreciation. Clearly, agents are up for it, with 300 attending the company’s event in Montreal and...
Sunwing Unveils Initial Winter Schedule For 4 Airports
Sunwing has unveiled its initial winter flight schedules for four large airports from coast to coast, with the winter lineup for various regional markets where Sunwing maintains a strong presence – from Atlantic Canada to the Prairies and Northern Ontario – to be announced over the coming weeks. The tour operator’s winter schedule announcement for Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver airports comes on the heels of customer capacity returning to 2019 levels, with winter capacity already growing by more than 140% over the previous year and expected to climb even further once...
We’re Full Of Ships
TravelBrands Encore Cruises has launched a new cruise campaign that it’s calling ‘We’re Full of Ships.’ The promotion features ‘significant offers’ from top cruise lines and runs from Sept. 28 to Oct. 12. With participation from some of the most sought-after cruise lines, cruisers will be able to enjoy up to a $100 gas gift card and up to a $400 air discount. For 6-night or longer sailings in balcony staterooms and above with Carnival, Celebrity Cruises, Costa, Disney Cruise Line, Holland America, Margaritaville at Sea, MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess...
Live A Life Of Adventure With Exodus Travels
Exodus Travels is celebrating the return of travel by bringing back its popular #LifeofAdventure contest, running from Sept. 27 to Dec. 20, 2022, with a chance to win a different trip every year for life. As the first travel company to ever offer a trip prize of this magnitude, Exodus Travels inviting travellers to explore its world of more than 600 trips in 100+ countries. By entering #LifeofAdventure, travellers don’t have to choose just one ultimate getaway; instead, Exodus is making it possible for one lucky winner to live out one experience on their bucket list every...