Tour Operators
Collette Has A Message Of Hope For Agents
Collette, global tour operator, is taking part in Travel Agent Appreciation, with messages of hope and gratitude transpiring through social media and video. Alongside the launch of the Sincerely Yours campaign, the organization is dedicated to supporting agents during these difficult times and helping to strengthen their hard-earned business through the power of their relationships with clients. “Today is a day to celebrate you, your contribution, the work that you do, and the support and commitment that you have for your clients,” said Jaclyn Leibl-Cote, President of Collette....
More Appreciation For Agents
Tourism Ireland is offering up a big thank you to travel agents all across Canada for their support and partnership. When the time is right, we look forward to getting out and meeting in person to share the world-famous ‘céad míle fáilte - ‘a hundred thousand welcomes.’ Tourism Ireland offers a number of support programs for agents, including: The Ireland Specialist Program Content Library: 45K video and images free to use Ireland Insiders Facebook Group - Exclusive to Travel Agents Sign up to our monthly e-zine for updates on events, fams and...
But What Do I Do If They Want To Stay Home?
This week, TraveLaw Online continues to answer travel agents’ questions about the workplace and the responsibilities of both the employer and the employee during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, travel law experts, Doug Crozier and Tim Law of Heifetz, Crozier, Law respond to a question about working from home. Q: All of our Agency’s staff are now working from home. About half of them like it, and the other half don’t. I’m looking forward to getting everyone back to the office and increasing our productivity, but wonder if those that are liking the forced work-from-home...
Quartet Of TTC Operators and RIT Say Thanks
Trafalgar, Costsaver, Contiki and African Travel are saying “thanks” to their travel agent partners, rolling out something special for them today. While Canadian travel agents are busy working from home, Trafalgar and Costsaver Canada are going to be celebrating #AgentsFirst all month long in support of Travel Agent Day and Month. As a thank you for their support and loyalty, from May 1 to May 31, travel agents will be invited to welcome some lighthearted fun in their lives by joining weekly trivia games. The brands have scoured the galaxy for the best trivia about our...
ACV Has Something Special For Agents
In celebration of Travel Agent Day, Air Canada Vacations is offering you the opportunity to EARN 2X ACV&ME points when you book a package or a group on all product lines for travel from May 6, 2020 until April 30, 2021. This offer is valid on new bookings made between May 6 and May 31, 2020. 2X 500 points per room for flight-inclusive packages of 7 nights or more 2X 500 points per room for flight-inclusive packages of 3 to 6 nights 2X 500 points per 7 nights or more cruise and flight packages 2X 200 points on every 3 to 7 night land or cruise-only booking 2X 300...
Delayed Operator Payments Hurting Caribbean Hotels
The head of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is calling on international tour operator that have delayed paying hotels for services delivered to operators’ clients as early as January to expedite reimbursements. In a letter to major trade organizations representing the bulk of tour operators that do business with the Caribbean, the CHTA’s CEO and director general, Frank Comito, asserted that 69% of hotels report that they have not been receiving timely reimbursements from tour operators for services provided during the first quarter of 2020. The average amount...
Israel, TravelBrands Sign Marketing Deal
The Israel Ministry of Tourism and TravelBrands have signed a year-long marketing agreement to develop an impactful campaign focused on promoting tourism to Israel from Canada. The new project will focus on positioning Israel as “a dynamic destination that caters to all tourism segments” such cultural tourism, MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions), adventure tourism, culinary tourism and heritage tourism. The agreement was signed by Gal Hana, Consul, director of Tourism for Canada and Frank Demarinis, CEO & president of...
Staying Positive, Saying Thanks
Our friends at Anderson Vacations passed this on to Press Today recently and seeing that it’s May and time to appreciate all of the things that travel agents do – in this case, beyond taking care of their customers – we thought it would be a good idea to run it as we received it. It’s a letter from Katie Webster at Personal Travel Management, about a contest that they launched -- with Anderson Vacations and Strategic Private Wealth -- that allows people to nominate an essential worker to win a trip an Aurora Borealis trip with Anderson. Webster explains how it all came...