Tour Operators
Monograms Expands Its Vacation Offerings
Monograms has unveiled plans to expand its all-in-one vacations packages to new seasons and cities in 2021. For the first time, travellers can enjoy the seamless vacation planning only Monograms provides – including the on-site services of a Local Host, hand-selected accommodations in the heart of destinations and customizable sightseeing – in the “off season” with savings of up to 40 percent. Further, the company has added New Orleans, Nashville, San Francisco and San Diego to its global vacation portfolio. Stéphanie Bishop, managing director of the Globus family of...
Take Planeterra’s Virtual Trek Challenge
Planeterra Foundation has launched its first annual ‘Planeterra Trek Challenge’ and is inviting the travel industry to join a virtual trek to Everest Base Camp to help rebuild community tourism around the world following the devastating impact of COVID-19. This year’s trek places a spotlight on the work of Planeterra’s partners in South Asia, including Nepal, with the challenge being for participants to walk the 65 kilometres (85,000 steps) it takes to climb to Everest Base Camp. The challenge takes place from Sept. 21 to Sept. 27, with participants ‘reaching the top’ on...
Meet Your New Competition
In conversation with Canadian Travel Press, Forrester’s chief business technology officer & head of FeedbackNow, Steve Peltzman makes it clear that “the pandemic will have a long-term effect, and the customer balance between convenience and safety will shift forever as a result.” Peltzman pointed out that real competition is no longer just other forms of travel and hospitality but rather the desire to not travel at all. He explained that Forrester’s research shows about four in 10 US adults feel comfortable stepping into an aircraft, hotel lobby, or restaurant only after...
Buy Now, Explore Later With explora
Chile-based explora, which has resorts in different South American countries, has a "buy now, explore later" offer that runs through August and gives those who buy US$1,000 vouchers an extra US$500. The offer is valid for all explora resorts, with a checkout of Oct. 31, 2022, and explora says those making a booking will be able to change that booking twice up to seven days before departure. “We want to give you the full flexibility so you can decide when and how to travel,”says, explora, adding vouchers can be used for future bookings at any of its resorts. Those wanting...
Wildlife Protection Is Critical
The TreadRight Foundation has released a short film featuring its Wildlife Ambassador and award-winning National Geographic photographer, Ami Vitale to highlight the power of sustainable travel in protecting wildlife around the world. In 2009, Ami Vitale’s journey as a photographer shifted to focus on the world’s most compelling wildlife and environmental issues, after shooting a powerful story on one of the world’s last living northern white rhinos. Travel has empowered Vitale to share stories about the interconnectedness of humanity and the natural world. The short film...
Demand Recovery Dashboard Launched By WTTC
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched a new in-depth data dashboard that highlights the recovery of travel demand across flights and hotels, as well as revealing the shifting intentions of travellers through online travel searches. Developed by the WTTC, with support from McKinsey & Company, the new tool provides users with easy access to qualitative and quantitative travel data at the global and regional level as well as for 33 major countries around the world, by revealing travel demand since the beginning of the year and is updated on a fortnightly...
Intrepid Launches Animal Welfare Policy Toolkit
Intrepid Travel and global animal welfare organization World Animal Protection have teamed up to provide tour operators with a complimentary Animal Welfare Policy Toolkit that is customizable and free for download from Intrepid Travel’s website. The intention behind this initiative is to create an easily accessible way for tourism companies to implement more ethical wildlife practices into their businesses. The toolkit includes steps that can be taken to become wildlife-friendly, including information on how to draft animal welfare policy for travel companies, and a full editable...
A Little Small Group Luxury From Globus
Globus, Cosmos, Monograms and Avalon Waterways are inviting travellers to discover awe-inspiring places and behind-the-scenes adventures in Asia and the South Pacific in 2021. Stéphanie Bishop, managing director for the Globus family of brands, said: “Small Group Discoveries await travellers across the Pacific Ocean. With the Globus family of brands, they can look forward to sipping sake in Takayama or traditional tea in Tokyo; casting a wide net in Vietnam with the local fishermen or cueing up barbeque in the Outback; they can even enjoy taking a rickshaw through Delhi’s...