Tour Operators
Collette Now A Preferred Partner With Ensemble
Ensemble Travel Group has named Collette as a Preferred Partner. In that role, Collette will expand Ensemble’s offerings to sell Collette’s array of classic group tours to destinations around the world. David Harris, CEO of Ensemble Travel Group, said: “We are truly thrilled to welcome Collette to Ensemble as one of our preferred partners. As travel slowly restarts, we believe there will be tremendous interest for consumers to book trips with established and trusted operators such as Collette and our advisors and clients alike will benefit from access to Collette’s wide range...
Tauck Plans To Bloom In 2022 With Floriade Cruises
With demand expected to be strong, Tauck is setting a course to the Floriade International Horticultural Expo with its river cruises in 2022. In 2012 – Floriade is held once every 10 years -- Tauck offered just a single itinerary visiting the expo, however, next year the event will be featured on a total of four different river cruises. According to Tauck CEO Dan Mahar, the basis for the company’s bullish enthusiasm is two-fold. “Our excitement is rooted in both our past experience with Floriade, and in the really incredible plans we’ve seen for the 2022...
Changes At Club Med Canada
Club Med has announced promotions for members of its senior team. Amélie Brouhard, currently Vice President, Managing Director of Club Med Canada, will assume the role of Vice President Sales USA and Omnichannel Marketing for Club Med North America. Brouhard has over ten years of travel expertise in sales and marketing, working in both France and Canada, and she will join the brand’s head office in Miami and will lead the North American division’s commercial and marketing strategies to gain market shares and continue optimizing the customer omnichannel pathway. She has played...
Contiki Makes The Switch For Nature
With travel on pause, Contiki has been using the downtime to get ready to embrace the new world. To that end – and to celebrate Earth Hour this past weekend and the fact that it made the #SwitchForNature – Contiki unveiled two special stays at its newly renovated French Château and Austrian Ski Chalet. The Château De Cruix in France and the Haus Schöneck chalet in Austria, have moved to renewable energy, and both stays will be run on 100% renewable energy by Jan. 1, 2022. Sheralyn Berry, president of Contiki Canada, said that: “We were already aligned with our...
Trillion Dollar Impact
The World Travel & Tourism Council’s annual Economic Impact Report (EIR) reveals the full and devastating impact of COVID-19 had on the global Travel & Tourism sector last year, which suffered a massive loss of almost US$4.5 trillion. The annual EIR from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, shows the sector’s contribution to GDP dropped a staggering 49.1%, this compared to the overall global economy which dropped by just 3.7% last year. Vast losses run up during 2020, paint the first full picture...
New Itineraries From Lindblad Expeditions
While they may not have been able to travel far from home during the pandemic, Lindblad Expeditions’ expedition developers have been busy creating new itineraries for when it is time to travel once again. Some of the new experiences include visiting Vietnam’s coastal villages or seeing rare penguin species in the Subantarctic isles, and fresh returns to Raja Ampat for its vibrant undersea, or to Franz Josef Land for its untrammeled wildness. All of this has been given renewed optimism provided by advances in therapeutics and testing, or the most important development, a vaccine,...
Sunwing Setting Sail With MSC Seashore In 2022
For Canadians ready to set sail in 2022, Sunwing is offering them the opportunity to book a cruise aboard MSC Cruises’ brand new MSC Seashore. Sailings will be available between Jan. 8, 2022, and April 23, 2022, with flight departures from Toronto, Quebec City and Montreal. Plus, customers who book their cruise on board MSC Seashore by April 20, 2021 will receive a free upgrade from an Oceanview to a Balcony Stateroom. The MSC Seashore is one of MSC Cruises’ most innovative ships yet, featuring unique architecture that’s designed to bring guests closer to the sea....
US Industry Hoping For July 4 Resumption Of Travel
Leaders of the U.S. travel and aviation industry are calling on the Biden Administration to commit to a plan for reopening the country to inbound, international visitation by May 1. The U.S. Travel Association is among the 26 organizations to sign a letter urging the White House “to partner with us to develop … a risk-based, data-driven roadmap to rescind inbound international travel restrictions.” U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow, said: “Travel and tourism is the industry hardest hit by the economic fallout of COVID-19, and the damage is so severe that...