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Luxury Gold Unveils 2020 Worldwide Experiences
Luxury Gold has unveiled details of its brand new 2020 worldwide collection as its parent company, The Travel Corporation, celebrates 100 years of extraordinary travel. The brand will continue to honour the Tollman family's four-generation legacy by sharing their unparalleled wealth of expertise and making travel matter through their Luxury Gold Cares sustainable travel initiatives including a new five-day ME to WE culturally immersive journey extension in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Unveiling over 50 luxury guided journeys to Europe, Africa, North & South America, Asia, India,...
Red Label Vacations Inc. Connects With Disney
TravelBrands, a division of Red Label Vacations Inc. (RLV), has announced that it's now directly connected to the Walt Disney World Resort booking system for hotels and tickets. Through its technology, TravelBrands can provide both travellers and travel agents with instant availability for the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Aulani, a Disney Resort and Spa in Hawaii. Frank DeMarinis, CEO, RLV, explained: “Whether it is visiting the four Disney theme parks, staying at one of Disney's incredible resorts or vacationing in Hawaii at Aulani, our technological infrastructure...
Changing Lives One Trip At A Time
Human trafficking survivor Indira Gurung is president of the SASANE organization in Kathmandu, Nepal, advocating for the rights of rescued women and raising awareness of the widespread issue in an effort to end forced labour and sexual exploitation. Human trafficking is a $150 billion dollar industry globally and the second largest criminal industry in the world. According to the survivor-led organization, which is supported by G Adventures' non-profit Planeterra Foundation, 7,500 Nepalese girls are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation every year and 54 Nepalese children...
Costsaver Unveils Expanded 2020-2021 Asia Program
After the overwhelming success of its initial launch into Asia in 2019, Costsaver has launched an expanded program for 2020-2021. Alongside the list of successful 2019 itineraries, the brand is expanding to include two new exotic destinations, Malaysia and Singapore, as well as the official unveiling of its new ultra-flexible “Mini Breaks” and four new tours expanding the total brand offering to 10 trips across eight countries. “We were overwhelmed by the positive response to our launch into Asia,” said Janice Farnum, director of product for Asia. “Clients are loving the...
Adventure Canada Celebrates Avid Expeditioners
Arctic expedition company Adventure Canada has launched a new loyalty recognition program, League of Adventurers, to encourage repeat travellers and celebrate avid expeditioners. Repeat guests make up a significant number of Adventure Canada’s expeditioners – in fact, 53% of current adventurers have previously sailed with Adventure Canada. The League of Adventurers membership program was recently introduced on Adventure Canada’s Ireland Circumnavigation, where all guests were invited to a membership party and returning travellers were recognized. “League of Adventurers is a...
Sunwing Introduces Waterloo-Cancun Service
Residents of the Waterloo Region can look forward to twice as many ways to escape the cold this winter. Sunwing is doubling its destination offerings from the Region of Waterloo International Airport with the addition of a new direct weekly flight to Cancun, Mexico. Service will operate from Dec. 8 until April 8, 2020. In addition, flights to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic will operate weekly between Dec. 16 and April 13, 2020. Accommodations available from Sunwing include the Grand Sunset Princess All Suites and Spa Resort in Riviera Maya, the newly opened Riu Palace Costa...
Premium Japan Travel by Sea and Air
A small super-lux cruise ship that sails inland waters and visits lesser-known ports is amongst some attractive new tourism products in Japan. The Guntu is more akin to a floating hotel that offers premium services in a distinctly Japanese fashion, while making its way across the quiet waters of the Seto Inland Sea. It has just 19 large cabins for a passenger capacity of 38. The cabins, dining rooms and other public spaces have been designed according to a traditional Japanese minimalist style, with lots of wooden appointments. The Guntu was described during a recent luncheon...
Something to Think About on World Elephant Day
Monday, Aug. 12 is World Elephant Day and while it's dedicated to celebrating these majestic animals, there is an opportunity to bring much needed awareness to the incredible dangers elephants face. Over the past decade, the elephant population has declined by more than 62%, and according to conservationist and CEO of Tully Luxury Travel, Mary Jean Tully, they are seriously facing extinction within the next decade. Today, there are only 40,000 Asian elephants and 400,000 African elephants remaining worldwide. “There is nothing that takes your breath away more than being in the...