Tour Operators
NARAT Featuring Maldives Escapes
NARAT is promoting Maldives Escape packages with reservation incentives that including a five-night free Sri Lanka villa stay extension. Agents can book "ultimate getaways with select resorts for a destination synonymous with luxury and seclusion, receiving with up to 30% early reservation discount on travel between Aug. 1, 2020 and July 30 2021," NARAT says. Maldives packages are inclusive of all meals and complimentary wellness activities. "Traveller worry-free reservation incentives extend with no deposit requirement until Aug. 1, 2020 and penalty-free cancellation up to 90 days...
Book Canada And Earn With ACV
Until July 31, Air Canada Vacations is offering agents the opportunity to EARN 5X ACV&ME points when booking any Canada Flight and Hotel package, Tour or Hotel only for travel from July 6, 2020 until April 30, 2021. Here’s a breakdown of what agents will earn for bookings of specific ACV Canada products: 5X 500 points per room for flight-inclusive packages of 7 nights or more 5X 500 points per room for flight-inclusive packages of 3 to 6 nights 5X 200 points on every 3 to 7 nights land only booking (per room) ACV advises that this offer is valid on new bookings made...
Agents’ Choice: Vote While You Still Can
Baxter Media’s annual Agents' Choice Readership Survey has re-opened for a limited time in case you missed it the first time around. “The lockdown due to COVID-19 came right in the middle of our Agents’ Choice voting period,” explains Wendy McClung, Executive VP, Operations. “We realize that so many professionals in our industry look forward to selecting their favourites every year, so we wanted to re-open the survey to make sure everyone can have their say and cast their vote.” If you did miss the chance to vote in Agents’ Choice, Canada's original and most...
CATO Makes Its Case
In a July 7 letter to Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, the chair of the Canadian Association of Tour Operators (CATO), Brett Walker asks the federal government to “decide and make clear any measures and/or criteria required for opening of Canada’s borders and the restart of travel of all types, national and international.” Walker writes: “Our members, the likes of WestJet Vacations, Sunwing Vacations, Goway Travel, G Adventures, The Travel Corporation, Globus, Cosmos, Collette, and many others, are a vital part of the travel landscape in Canada. The cumulative sales total of...
Guillemart-Dias Takes Over At AF, KLM Canada
Safety, service and sustainability will be the three priorities of Air France KLM Canada as the carriers begin to ramp up their operations this summer out of this country. They will be doing it under new leaderships as Air France KLM Canada introduced its new boss here during a virtual briefing yesterday afternoon (July 8). Catherine Guillemart-Dias will take on the role of vice-president and general manager Canada, effective Aug. 1, succeeding Vincent Etchebehere, who will be heading Air France’s Sustainability and New Mobilities in Paris. Guillemart-Dias said of her...
Luxury Travel Poised To Make A Strong Comeback
A recent ILTM (International Luxury Travel Market) survey, of 1000 international travel agents, has revealed that more than 50% of respondents are confident the luxury travel market is poised to rebound within the year. Agents also reported some emerging trends, including luxury automobile rentals, private villa rentals, and private jets. And it’s no wonder as luxury travel offers a controlled and secluded environment that works so well in a socially distanced world. Join Baxter Media TODAY at 1PM EST for a FREE webinar, Selling Luxury Travel, to learn all about luxury travel -...
Refreshing Changes From Anderson Vacations
Anderson Vacations has refreshed, repriced and shortened the duration of a selection of its escorted tours in order to help agents provide their clients with the option of staying close to their home provinces and to keep travel times to a minimum while continuing to provide an enriching travel experience. The September departure of the Anderson Vacations ‘Flavours of Quebec’ tour will now start later in order to make sure that participants see the fall colours in the Laurentians and the Charlevoix region of Quebec. And the September westbound ’Best of the Canadian...
Indigenous Tourism BC Relaunches App
Indigenous Tourism BC (ITBC) is encouraging residents to safely visit Indigenous tourism businesses using their new Trip Planner mobile app as British Columbia enters Phase 3 of the province’s Restart Plan The app is an intuitive planning resource with educational tools that immerses travellers in the culture, history and raw beauty of BC’s Indigenous territories. Now live, the app features enhanced travel and safety information, including up-to-date operating hours, booking requirements and new community protocols. Under Phase 3 of the BC Restart Plan, residents can resume...