Tour Operators
Israel Signs Marketing Deal With Peerless
The Israel Ministry of Tourism- Canada ‘IMOT’ has signed a worldwide marketing agreement with Peerless Travel Group of Toronto that will offer cooperative support to boost promotions and marketing of Israel into 2022 and onwards. The move is part of IMOT’s long-term vision to reinforce a strong recovery for travel to Israel from Canada and other international markets. Gal Hana, Israel Consul of Tourism for Canada, said of the agreement: “I am proud that IMOT’s Canada office was the last one to sign a partnership with TravelBrands just prior to the pandemic, and the first...
Double Diwali By Voyzant In YYZ, YVR
The festival of Diwali was the occasion for two industry celebrations hosted by wholesale travel provider Voyzant Inc. last week – one in Mississauga, ON and one in Surrey, BC. In Mississauga, the party was attended by about 95 top travel professionals from the Toronto area, while 75 travel retailers from the Vancouver region came to the Surrey celebration. The events took place at the Versailles Convention Centre in Mississauga on Oct. 22, and at the Punjab Banquet Hall in Surrey on Oct. 29. Entertainment included, for instance, a dance troupe at the Surrey soiree. For Voyzant...
TourRadar Embarks On A New Adventure
TourRadar launched the Adventure Booking Platform (ABP) category, alongside the next-gen distribution technology that will play a central role in accelerating growth of the global adventure tourism industry to over $1 trillion over the next decade during its inaugural Adventure Together event dedicated to the multi-day tour industry. With travel essentially shutdown by the global pandemic, TourRadar used the time to pause and reimagine what tourism could be when people were ready to start travelling again. As the industry recovers, CEO and Co-Founder Travis Pittman and his team...
Catch Up With Barbados In November
This month, Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) will be hosting a 'Catchin' Up With Barbados' webinar series -- in collaboration with industry partners -- to provide insight and new developments in the destination to the travel trade here in Canada. Industry partners set to participate in the event include: The Hilton Barbados Resort Sandals Resorts The Crane Elegant Hotels/Marriott International Ocean Hotels Barbados Intimate Hotels of Barbados PEG Farm Santosha Yoga Barbados Harrison's Cave Eco-Adventure Park The series schedule is as follows: ...
BST Vacations Takes Off To Vegas
BST Vacations (Blowes & Stewart Travel Group Ltd) is adding a new destination to its 2022 line-up of Departures from Peterborough, Ontario. In October 2022, BST Vacations will be heading to Las Vegas, flying from the Peterborough Airport. Scott Stewart, president of BST Vacations, said that: “Vegas has been a destination that our clients have been asking us to travel to for years. We are so happy that this is finally coming to fruition and we are able to fly there as part of our Peterborough Departures program.” Stewart noted that: “The pandemic forced us to cancel our...
Insight Wins WTM World Responsible Tourism Award
Insight Vacations has won the WTM World Responsible Tourism Award for its MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experiences in the regional “Rest of the World” Gold category for “Growing the Local Economic Benefit.” The WTM Awards highlight the very best work in responsible tourism that are inspiring others across the industry. This specific category highlights how tour operators can help create additional livelihoods for local communities through small and mid-size enterprise (SME) and micro entrepreneurial activity. Insight’s MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experiences aim to advance 11 of the...
Intrepid Urges Industry-Wide Climate Action
Intrepid Travel is championing travel industry-wide decarbonization efforts by releasing a comprehensive measurement guide to empower tour operators to decarbonize their operations as world’s leaders gather in Glasgow for COP26. There are hopes that COP26 will prompt governments and industries to commit to more ambitious climate action, including halving emissions by 2030. Tourism contributes a significant industry-wide carbon footprint – pre-pandemic accounting for 8% of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Intrepid Travel is using this moment to call on all...
Collette Advanced Commission Program Now Permanent
Originally launched in September 2020, Collette’s Advanced Commission Program was set to expire at the end of this year, but the operator has now been made permanent. The program allows a travel professional to receive a portion of the full commission amount based on type of booking. Collette will not recall the advanced commission payments if a client chooses to cancel. Advisors will be able to earn advanced commission on all tours in the newly released 2022-2023 Worldwide Travel Guide as well as the much-anticipated Oberammergau 2022 tours. The program will no longer...