Tour Operators
G Adventures Names New Global Purpose Specialist
G Adventures has appointed Ana Santa Maria as its new Global Purpose Specialist, Alberta. She joins the company from Flight Centre where she spent three years as a travel agent. Based in Calgary, Santa Maria is responsible for growing G Adventures’ presence in Alberta, supporting agent partners in the market, and working with the community to create new business opportunities. Santa Maria said: “I am immensely excited for this new chapter with such an incredible and inspiring team, and I am so proud to be working with a Canadian company that thrives on changing people’s lives...
Luxury Gold Picks Its Top Experiences For 2020
Luxury Gold has released its collection of the Top 10 2020 exclusive experiences, all part of its 2020 worldwide collection of immersive journeys. From VIP encounters, to exceptional dining, small group travel and its Chairman’s Collection, travellers can expect to “explore distinctive destinations in luxury on journeys beyond the ordinary.” For a limited time, guests can also take advantage of the second tier of the Early Payment Discount with savings of 7.5% when booking and paying in full by Feb. 27. “Always in the pursuit of excellence, the experiences we curate are...
Contiki Names New Global CEO
Adam Armstrong has been named the new Global CEO of Contiki. The announcement of the appointment was made by the Travel Corporation's chief executive officer, Brett Tollman. Armstrong will be based out of Geneva, Switzerland and will pave Contiki’s path forward, including guiding the brand towards continued innovation as the needs of the 18-35-year-old client continue to evolve. Armstrong is a distinguished travel industry figure with experience spanning over 20 years, holding various leadership positions within the cruising category across Europe, Asia, USA, Australia and New...
TreadRight Making It Easy To Travel Sustainably
In its ongoing quest to make travel sustainable, the TreadRight Foundation has taken the next step to achieve this goal by showcasing sustainable travel tips in its new video featuring its “People” Ambassador and Storyteller, Sarain Fox. The foundation recognized that beyond the desire to be a sustainable traveller, many find it challenging to adopt the practices needed to travel responsibly. To support them in the process and introduce the ways they can have an impact, the new fun and shareable video aims to provide practical tools to become a conscious traveller using a positive...
Support The Cleanup With Globus
The Globus family of brands -- Globus, Cosmos, Monograms and Avalon Waterways -- is advising travel agents that their clients can help support The Ocean Cleanup, an environmental initiative founded to rid the world of the ocean’s plastics. Each time a client opts for e-docs, rather than paper travel documents, the Globus family will make a contribution to The Ocean Cleanup. Founded in 2013 by 18 year old Dutch inventor Boyan Slat, The Ocean Cleanup has three main initiatives: to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch; to place interceptors into rivers to prevent from more garbage...
TravelBrands Shares The Love With Agents
Clearly, TravelBrands loves travel agents. It's an easy conclusion to draw seeing that the tour company is offering it retail partners a chance to earn 15% commission on sales of a variety of its products for the whole month of February. Now that will make agents' Valentine's a little bit sweeter. Nathalie Tanious, COO for TravelBrands, said of the offer:”TravelBrands would simply not exist without the dedicated support of travel agents across the nation. We thought the month of Valentine’s would be a great time to show our appreciation by offering higher commissions. We thank...
Tourism Ireland Takes The West By Storm
Tourism Ireland is in western Canada this week, showcasing the island of Ireland to travel agents in British Columbia and Alberta. A delegation of tourism enterprises from Ireland and Canadian partners are taking part in the targeted sales mission focusing on the cities of Vancouver, Langley, Edmonton and Calgary. The workshops involve partner organizations meeting, educating, and doing business with more than 250 travel agents in the region. The sales mission is a valuable opportunity for Tourism Ireland to highlight new and existing offerings on the island of Ireland to travel...
Intrepid Group Posts Gains In 2019
Intrepid has posted some big gains in 2019, reporting 21% growth in Total Transaction Value (TTV), with the B Corp certified travel company turned over AUD $488-million. As well, the multi-brand company delivered an EBIT result of AUD $22.6-million, a 56% growth in profitability. This is the fourth consecutive year of record growth in revenue and operating profit for Intrepid Group. Headquartered in Melbourne, Intrepid Group has more than 2,300 staff and leaders. More than AUD $4.5-million will be paid out to staff in bonuses. Intrepid Group CEO James Thornton says the...