Tour Operators
Island Routes: A Decade Of Success
Island Routes is celebrating its 10th anniversary. What started with a handful of tours in Jamaica in 2009 has expanded into a successful business operating in 12 countries and offering more than 500 tours for travellers. “We’re celebrating 10 years this year, the company was formed in 2009, the same year The Sandals Foundation was created,” David Shields, vice president of sales at Island Routes told Travel Courier Digital. “It was conceptualized as a branded item for quality tourism activities throughout the Caribbean by Adam Stewart. He had been on a tour of Africa with high...
Bringing Back The Golden Era Of Travel
Partnering with Tourism Ireland, Luxury Gold hosted about 50 of its top travel advisors at an event in Toronto last night that was designed to recognize their support in a very special way. On hand to host the event were the Travel Corporation's chief executive, Brett Tollman; head of travel experiences for Insight Vacations and Luxury Gold, Claire Hanney; president of Insight and Luxury Gold Canada, Brad Ford; Tourism Ireland's manager, Canada, Dana Welch. For Ford, the evening was about recognizing the support that travel advisors have given – and continue to give – to Luxury...
TTC Pledges To ‘Make Travel Matter’
In celebration of World Tourism Day, The Travel Corporation (TTC) has launched its new “Make Travel Matter Pledge.” Guided by The TreadRight Foundation, a joint initiative between The Travel Corporation’s family of brands, including Trafalgar, Uniworld, Insight Vacations, Contiki and Red Carnation Hotels, the pledge serves as the next step in a longstanding commitment to sustainable tourism and conscious travel. This World Tourism Day (Sept. 27), TreadRight is making its commitment public to “Make Travel Matter.” Inspired by Palau’s First Lady, Debbie Remengesau, who...
Collette Gears Up For 102nd Travel Season
Russia, Patagonia, the Azores and a combo tour to Egypt and Jordan are just some of the 20 new tours offered by Collette in 2020. In Toronto last night (Sept. 25) to launch its 102nd travel season, Jaclyn Leibl-Cote, president of Collette, said the tour operator is only just getting started with 160 tours across five travel styles in all continents. “We’re continuing to redefine what guided travel is and continuing to evolve, innovate and be creative to the guest experience and really listening to our customers to make the best possible experiences across the globe,”...
Goway Puts The World On Sale
This fall, travellers have more ways than ever to explore the world and embark on a journey of a lifetime with Goway’s World on Sale. Running from now through October, World on Sale features over 30 trips to six continents with savings of up to 45%. Curated by Goway’s destination specialists, World on Sale is the perfect tool to help travel agents sell to globetrotters. Among the many offers on sale are an unforgettable journey across New Zealand that pairs its largest city, Auckland, with its adventure capital, Queenstown, showing off two sides of this beautiful nation. Travellers...
Insight Celebrating Europe And Britain In 2020
Insight Vacations will be getting its clients up close and personal with the launch of its new 2020 Europe and Britain collection with over 100 journeys -- including 5 brand new trips. As well, new in 2020 is Insight Choice, where guests can choose their own adventures. On the majority of this year’s European guided journeys, Insight’s Travel Directors will offer clients the choice of two included experiences. Guests can choose experiences reflecting their varied interests from art, fashion, food, local traditions and nature excursions. In addition, they will enjoy new Insight...
A Cricket Match To Remember
Goway is on the go. The tour operator's cricket team defeated an Air New Zealand team 115 to 75 Tuesday in the annual Toronto match the two firms hold, with yesterday's game being the 16th such competition. Cricket is a popular sport in New Zealand and many of Goway's employees are from countries where the game is hugely popular. “This is one of those fun events that I look forward to every year,” said Goway's Sam Cottar, who would have had a lot of exposure to cricket growing up in India. “Everybody gets to play. “It's not about winning or losing. It's all about...
Grenada: It’s The Talk Of The Travel Trade
There's lots of competition out there, isn't there? Be it from other destinations, tour operators, hotels, you name it, everyone is looking to get travel agents to sell their products and services. And while that's pretty much always been the case, in a world where information flows as rapidly as the waters cascading over Niagara Falls, it has become increasingly tough for smaller destinations to get their message heard. Yet talking to the Grenada Tourism Authority's marketing manager, Francine Stewart and its director of sales, Canada, Sekou Stroude it seems that hard work and...