Tour Operators
Ireland Welcomes Canadian Trade To Virtual Fairs
Tourism Ireland, along with its sister agencies on the island of Ireland, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Northern Ireland, is welcoming Canadian tour operators to its first ever virtual travel trade fair that is now underway. Meitheal and Meet the Buyer are annual events which provide a platform for tourism providers from right around the island of Ireland to meet new contacts and to do business with buyers from around the world, including Canada. The virtual workshops began July 21 and continue until July 31 – with pre-arranged, scheduled appointments between the tourism companies...
Discover Where The Wild Things Are With Globus
In 2021, Globus, Cosmos and Monograms are offering travellers 12 Africa vacations that invite them to pack their khakis, greys and greens to get ready for the ride (rides) of their lives. Stéphanie Bishop, managing director for the Globus family of brands, observed: “We won’t try to camouflage our excitement for the Africa experiences we have created for travellers. Whether they choose to to watch the sun rise over the Serengeti plains or sun set along South Africa’s Garden Route; to follow the tracks of the “Big 5” in Kenya or witness the thunderous roar of Victoria...
G Adventures Suspends Departure To September 30
G Adventures said that it has taken the “unfortunate but necessary” decision to further suspend tours departing up to and including Sept. 30, 2020, as well as the Oct. 21, 2020 departure of its G Expedition ship as a result of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. This comes with the exception of 21 departures which are operating in Europe for travel that is possible between certain countries. Travellers can rebook their tour for a future date or book a different tour instead. All travellers booked and fully paid on a tour departing up to September 30, 2020 will receive a 110%...
TIABC Seeking $680 Million Recovery Stimulus Package
The Tourism Industry Association of British Columbia, along with a coalition of dozens of sector associations representing British Columbia’s more than 19,000 tourism and hospitality businesses, have presented the provincial government with a recovery stimulus proposal that would see the government allocate $680 million from its $1.5 billion recovery package as an initial investment to help mitigate the unprecedented impacts of COVID-19 on the B.C. visitor economy and its workforce. TIABC points out in its request that in 2018 (latest statistics available), the tourism and...
ACV Launches ePackages With Free Checked Bags
Air Canada Vacations has launched a new tool designed to provide travel agents with the ability to easily book flight and hotel packages for their customers. With flexible booking options for customers and the lowest available fares, the new user-friendly ePackages shopping tool allows travel agents to search for flight and hotel options across Air Canada’s extensive route network including Canada, the United States, and Europe. The shopping tool also provides travel agents with cabin upgrade and itinerary options. And to celebrate the launch of the ePackages tool, the tour...
Transat Relaxes FTC Policy
Transat has announced that effective immediately, future travel credits are now transferable and have no expiry date. The move is designed to offer greater flexibility to customers whose bookings have been cancelled due to COVID-19 or who cancelled their trips as part of Transat’s flexibility policy. Now Transat is relaxing the terms around the use of the future travel credits (FTCs) issued as a result and those FTCs are now fully transferable, with no expiry date. As before, any residual credit will remain on file. This new flexible policy applies to flights, packages and...
A Message from Jean-Marc Eustache To Travel Agencies
Dear Travel Consultant, July 23 is, and will remain, a very special day in Transat’s history. Tonight, after four months of inactivity, we are making our first three international commercial flights — Montreal-Toulouse, Montreal-Paris and Toronto-London — in addition to our three domestic flights — Montreal-Toronto, Toronto-Montreal and Toronto-Vancouver. These first departures will certainly be a very emotional moment for the entire Transat team, for me especially. Our entire reduced summer program, which includes 24 routes to some 20 destinations, will be up and running...
Curaçao Is Calling
On July 1, Canada joined the list of select markets like Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, and The Netherlands to get the green light to visit the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao. Ahead of reopening to international travel, the destination introduced new hospitality protocols called “A Dushi Stay the Healthy Way.” In the first 12 days since the borders reopened, close to 3,000 stayover visitors headed to the colourful ABC island, mainly from Western Europe and the Caribbean region. “We’ve put certain prerequisites in. We are approaching this in a very methodical, gradual...