Tour Operators
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day With Tourism Ireland
Tourism Ireland has been celebrating St. Patrick’s Day this week with a host of exciting initiatives and keep Ireland top of mind during this spotlight opportunity. In rolling out its St Patrick’s Day activations, Tourism Ireland aims to bring some positivity, hope and some fun to the almost 5 million Canadians who claim links to the island of Ireland and invites everybody across Canada to join in on the celebrations. At a time when people cannot travel, Tourism Ireland wants to shine a ‘green light’ in various ways to provide a sense of connection to Ireland and remind...
2020: A Year When The Sun Forgot To Shine
Across the Caribbean, the impact of COVID-19 on the travel and tourism industry has been more than apparent; in fact that impact was particularly evident during the April to mid-June period when there was literally no activity in some Caribbean destinations -- empty hotels and restaurants; deserted attractions; shut borders; laid-off workers; grounded airlines; and crippled cruise lines. While the region saw some fluctuations in the levels of visitors for the remaining months of the 2020, the Caribbean Tourism Organization's newly released 2020 Performance Review makes it clear that...
African Travel Ready For 2021
African Travel, Inc. (ATI) has launched its new 2021 Advisor Educational Program, featuring trips to Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa. The Advisor Educational Program was created to reflect the trends ATI has been seeing in travel this year from clients including: exploring a single country in-depth and flexibility in planning, travelling on preferred dates and more. Canadian travel advisors and their travel companion can both take advantage of the same low price and look forward to living the African dream later this year. And, for those interested in travelling to East Africa...
Discover Canada’s Rockies With Anderson Vacations
As Alberta relaxes provincial COVID-19 restrictions and moves fully to Phase 2 of its reopening plan, Anderson Vacations is preparing the ground for the time when Canadians will once again be able to explore their own backyard. With the end of the year-long COVID-19 tunnel finally in sight, the company is working on several initiatives including launching new COVID-19 safe Self-Drive Alberta travel packages, introducing completely redesigned train journeys to rediscover the Canadian Rockies, and creating an Alberta fam tour opportunity for agents to get their travel juices flowing once...
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,...