Tour Operators
G Reveals Locations For Next Change Makers Summit
G Adventures has announced the return of its agent incentive program, Change Makers, and for 2020 selected travel agents will get the chance to experience two destinations: India and Nepal. The Change Makers challenge incentivizes agents to focus on changing people's lives through travel, and gives them the opportunity to showcase how they give back to their own community via a social good submission category. Agents who successfully earn a place at the Change Makers Summit will see firsthand how their work directly impacts local communities in the destinations G Adventures...
Downunder on Sale, Goway Doubles Rewards
Goway Travel has introduced Downunder deals for the month of October. Featured destinations include South Pacific favourites Australia and New Zealand, as well as the islands of Tahiti, Fiji and the Cook Islands. “We’re thrilled to be promoting Downunder,” says Shirley Rourke, Goways’ VP South Pacific. “The response to our product and destinations in this part of the world has always been fantastic, so we’re looking forward to sharing more great Goway travel ideas, themes, and hot deals with our agent partners and their clients.” Agent e-blasts will feature a...
KLM’s Secret Of Success
A hundred years in any business is quite an achievement. A century of flying in the airline business is, not to put too fine a point on it, simply astounding. And if you ask KLM executive committee member, Barbara Van Koppen how the airline has been able to do it, she'll tell you that it began with the entrepreneurial spirit that has characterized the carrier through a century of operation and has been coupled with the loyalty of its customers and employees, observing: “That has been the secret to our success.” In Toronto to celebrate the airline's 100th anniversary with its...
Goway Releases 2020 Africa Travel Planner
Packed with innovative travel ideas, Goway’s 2020 Africa and Middle-East Travel Planner is now available. “With over 250 travel ideas, 22 countries and multiple styles of travel, this is the definitive planning tool for an agent selling Africa,” said Moira Smith, Goway’s Africa & Middle East general manager. In line with global trends, every idea can be personalized and custom built to the traveller’s requirements. Along with tried and tested best-sellers, this year’s planner features several innovative new itineraries, with experiences that can’t be had...
Booking Site Gets Thumbs Up At YVR India Event
The smooth functionality of a booking website operated by tour operator Services International Ltd. of New Delhi took centre stage during a dinner presentation on India tourism in Vancouver recently, reports Press Today's western editor, Ted Davis. The automatic rate adjustment function of the booking site, which quickly changes the final tour program prices according to the addition/subtraction of land tour products, different hotels or different flights, was demonstrated to agents in attendance at the event. It was held at the Salam Bombay Restaurant in downtown Vancouver and...
The Art Of Travelling In Style
Well, that was quite an experience. Insight Vacations brought “The Art of Travelling in Style” to Toronto yesterday (Oct. 9) -- complete with its promise of “All the sights and the insights, up close and personal, in comfort and style” -- welcoming a small group of VIP partners to the Lena Restaurant in the city's downtown core. Carla Brake, vice-president of sales for Insight Vacations, took the group on a journey through some of the highlights of the premium, escorted operator's newly released 2020 Europe & Britain Collection, including a sneak peak of its new brand...
ACV Unveils ‘Orlando Promise’
Air Canada Vacations (ACV) has launched its new Orlando Promise, featuring three key features with any package purchased – a reduced deposit, flexible cancellation, and price drop guarantee. Agents can now book their clients’ escape to the Sunshine State’s theme park paradise with only a $50 deposit. The program also offers travellers the peace of mind to cancel their booking with a full refund up to seven days before the departure date (including their deposit). ACV's new Orlando Promise features added flexibility with a price drop guarantee. If the price drops on any Orlando...
Luxury Gold Shines For Agents
Not to put too fine a point on it, but Luxury Gold depends on travel agents to listen, remember and support it and clearly, Canadian agents have responded as Brad Ford will tell you. “Luxury Gold experienced a very good year in Canada in 2019, where we had 22% growth which is really a point of pride for us,” he told Canadian Travel Press. Ford, is president of both Insight Vacations and Luxury Gold, and along with The Travel Corporation's chief executive, Brett Tollman and the head of travel experiences for both Insight and Luxury Gold, Claire Hanney, and Tourism Ireland's Dana...