Tour Operators
Visit Dracula’s Castle After Hours With Insight
With the upcoming Halloween Celebrations, Insight Vacations offers a private after-hours evening visit to Dracula’s Castle in Transylvania. On Insight Vacations’ immersive 18-day Treasures of the Balkans premium guided tour, guests will learn about the inspiration of Irish novelist, Bram Stoker’s legendary masterpiece, Count Dracula during an Insight Experience with a private after-hours visit to Bran Castle. Guests will travel to the forested area of Transylvania to explore the castle’s narrow winding stairways, connecting to over 60 rooms. This Gothic national...
Chile Ready To Welcome Visitors
Chilean lodging company explora reports that Chile plans to welcome back foreign travellers Nov. 1, meaning all of the South American countries where it has properties will be accepting guests. “We are happy to tell you that the borders of the countries where our lodges are located have begun to open and allow the entry of foreigners. The last one to make this decision was Chile, announcing that the opening will take place as of Nov. 1.” To do this, travellers must: First complete a process of vaccine approval on the website www.mevacuno.cl. Check the documents you need...
Get Off The Beaten Path In Europe
On his first post pandemic trip, Wolf Paunic discovered there’s no place like home. “I decided to go back to my roots, to revisit and emotionally re-live a selection of my most favourite places in the two very trendy and inspiring European countries: Croatia and Montenegro,” the president of Trafalgar, Costsaver and Brendan Vacations Canada tells Travel Courier. “I realized how much the pandemic changed my own travel pattern; in the super hectic pre-pandemic world, I was looking to add new countries and places of renown, as if I was trying to complete a task. Post-pandemic,...
Goway Partnering With Signature Travel Network
Goway is partnering with Signature Travel Network in order to expand its reach in the United States and strengthen its ability to provide dream vacations for world travellers. Signature Travel Network’s objective is “to serve the unique needs of discerning travellers,” and Goway is uniquely equipped to help do just that, with over 50 years of experience crafting tailor-made vacations for globetrotters. Signature Travel Network has over 11,000 members and has long been a trusted name in the travel industry. For over 50 years, Goway has taken travellers to over 100 destinations...
ACV Partners With Uplift
Air Canada Vacations and Uplift have announced a partnership that will provide flexible payment options to Canadians, allowing them to pay for their trips over time with Uplift on www.aircanadavacations.com. Uplift provides travellers with the ability to book their trip when they are ready and spread the cost over affordable monthly payments. Consumers can easily compare the costs of paying monthly with those of paying upfront, choosing the option that works best for them. There are no late or early payment penalties and travellers clearly see the monthly payment amount and total...
Tourism Ireland Is Back And Ready To Go
Tourism Ireland is back. Well, in truth, the tourism organization was never that far away, hosting a range of virtual activities and providing support to its partners here is Canada throughout the pandemic. So, let’s start this again … Tourism Ireland is back and that’s back and in-person, hosting a group of about 20 of its Canadian airline and tour operator partners at a small gathering at the Black Sheep – yes, it is an Irish pub -- in Toronto’s Liberty Village yesterday (Oct. 26). Alison Metcalfe, executive vice-president, USA & Canada and Sandra Moffatt,...
New Tours, Incentives Mark Collette’s 104th Season
Collette is kicking off its 104th travel season with the launch of 29 new tours as well as providing travel professionals with the opportunity to download or order their new worldwide brochure, complete with tours across all seven continents and created specifically for their client’s needs. Tours-in-demand are back -- like Shades of Ireland and Reflections of Italy -- along with 29 new tours to destinations like Croatia, Japan, and The Netherlands. Travel professionals can earn extra on bookings that include the famed Oberammergau Passion Play. Advisors will qualify for the...
Transat Names Pagano To New Post
Transat has appointed Maria Pagano as its Senior Director, Brand & Customer Experience. Pagano brings over 15 years of marketing strategy and branding experience in the civil and commercial aviation industry. Xavier Szwengler, Vice President of Marketing and International Markets at Transat, said: “I’m thrilled to have Maria join our team. Her cutting-edge expertise, data-driven culture and global vision of tourism, and more specifically of air travel, will be a significant asset in the deployment of our strategic plan.” In her new role, Pagano will oversee the...