Tour Operators
Intrepid Secures Strategic Partnership
Intrepid Travel has unveiled details of a strategic partnership with investment company Genairgy. The French-based business has secured a minority equity stake in Intrepid’s global business. The strategic partnership will help Intrepid to accelerate its ambitious growth strategy with the goal to become the world’s first $1 billion adventure travel company by 2025. The agreement will support Intrepid in four key growth areas: digital transformation, product innovation, market expansion and purpose initiatives. Intrepid co-founders Darrell Wade and Geoff Manchester, who started...
Take A Walk With Vox City In Toronto, Niagara
Vox City Walks will be launching its new Hop-on Hop-off walking tour concept in Toronto and Niagara later this year. Through a new and exclusive partnership with Redback Tours, the Vox City Walks brand will be expanding into Canada, with the launch set for Summer 2021. Guests will be able to discover the city’s tourist hotspots and attractions, across a mix of guided and self-guided walking routes. As they enjoy fascinating storytelling from local guides throughout their experience, guests can discover all of Toronto’s major sights, from CN Tower and Royal Ontario Museum, to...
Increase Your Groups With TTC
The Travel Corporation (TTC) Groups Department launched a brand-new group sales incentive to help its Canadian travel agent partners restart travel through groups. Agents who book a new group with Trafalgar, Costsaver, Insight Vacations, Luxury Gold or Contiki from now through June 30, 2021 will receive a bonus commission of CDN$250 for booking groups of more than nine guests, CDN$750 for groups of 15+ and CDN$1,000 for groups with 20+ guests. As travel begins to rebound, TTC recognizes group sales will be an important revenue driver for the travel advisor community. To help...
An Anniversary No One Wants To Celebrate
One year. I have been thinking about the passage of time. In those early days, it passed like a dripping tap … drip … drip … drip … we left our offices, closed our businesses, abandoned our daily routines and barricaded ourselves in our homes because we needed to stay away from each other. As we scurried to our safe place, we searched frantically for toilet paper, paper towels, antiseptic wipes, masks, gloves and other supplies that we bought in bulk, believing by doing so we'd be protected from something that couldn’t be seen, but we all knew was out there. At home,...
Kensington Managing Testing For Clients
Kensington Tours says it will manage in-destination COVID-19 testing for all clients in order to help them meet government requirements for a negative test before returning to the United States or Canada. It indicate that it will now arrange for an in-destination PCR test for all clients, to determine whether or not the COVID-19 virus is present. This will help them satisfy current government policies in both the U.S. and Canada that require a negative test result before boarding an aircraft for return to that country. For itineraries that include two or more countries that may...
Atout France Ramps Up Support Of Canadian Market
Travel to France from Canada may have come to a standstill for now, but Atout France is not slowing down its efforts to support the Canadian market. With a growing team, a specialist program in the pipeline and active trade engagement, Mélanie Paul-Hus, director of the tourism development agency of France in Canada, says the team is working hard to ensure the destination will be top of mind when international travel resumes. “We want Atout France to remain the main contact to create a network between our suppliers and our members. We have over 1,300 members from our industry in...
Linblad Acquires Duvine, Of The Beaten Path
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. has acquired majority stakes in DuVine Cycling + Adventure Co. and Off the Beaten Path LLC. The acquisitions further broaden and deepen Lindblad’s platform of high-quality experiential product offerings in robust adventure travel sectors, including the rapidly growing cycling tourism and domestic expedition market. Similar to the acquisition of Natural Habitat, Inc., Lindblad will leverage its experience and resources to accelerate the growth of these unique and profitable businesses and capitalize on the growing demand for authentic and...
TICO Inviting Nominations For Its Board
The Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO) is inviting nominations for one elected RETAIL, WHOLESALE OR MARKETING GROUP position on its Board of Directors. The term of office of the Director who is elected will be for two (2) years commencing at the Annual General Meeting to be held on June 29, 2021 and ending at the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2023. Nominations must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on April 16, 2021: Travel Industry Council of Ontario 55 Standish Court, Suite 460 Mississauga, Ontario, L5R 4B2 TICO...