Tour Operators
Scratch And Win With TravelBrands
TravelBrands is giving back to travel agents through a new, interactive Scratch and Win game. From Oct 1 until Oct 14, 2019, travel agents can book eligible products for a chance to win prizes including a cruise vacation, airfare tickets, travel vouchers and Loyalty Rewards points. Frank DeMarinis, CEO, TravelBrands, said: “Around this time of year, it is always important to remember what you are thankful for and show your appreciation. To celebrate Thanksgiving, we decided to create this interactive game to show our appreciation for our agents. This game is another way to support our...
Sunwing Foundation Lends Its Support
The Sunwing Foundation and Royalton Luxury Resorts helped NBA players, Jamal Murray and Rondae-Hollis Jefferson, in hosting basketball camps for local youth in Montego Bay, Jamaica recently. The three basketball camps took place at Montego Bay Community College in collaboration with the Jamaica National Basketball Association and had hundreds of children in attendance. Canadian player for the Denver Nuggets and seventh overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft, Jamal Murray, frequently hosts basketball camps in his hometown of Kitchener, Ontario together with his father, Roger Murray who was...
JTB Canada Launches Fall Roadshows
The Jamaica Tourist Board Canada is on the road and is inviting its travel agent partners across the country to its 2019 Fall Product Update Seminars, which get underway this week in Saskatoon and continue until the end of October. Agents will have the opportunity to meet with industry experts such as tour operators, airline partners and destination representatives who will relay key insights and provide an in-depth look into all the newest and most exciting developments on-island. Angella Bennett, regional director, Jamaica Tourist Board Canada, said: “This exclusive evening...
Just You Has A Secret
Tour operator Just You, which offers group tours for solo travellers and doesn't charge single supplements but provides each client with a room, wishes to announce ... that it will have some significant announcements on Oct. 8. The company held a Monday Toronto lunch describing upcoming developments to a select group but asking those in attendance not to disclose those developments until next week. “Please hold your tongue until then (Oct. 8),” Just You's Nick Roberti told the group. As it always does, Press Today is honouring the request. In the photo Seen here after...
TreadRight, TTC Take The Pledge
Inspired by the Palau Pledge, an initiative whereby travellers have to sign an eco-pledge promising to act in an environmentally responsible way upon entering the country, The Travel Corporation and The TreadRight Foundation have introduced the Make Travel Matter Pledge. Coinciding with World Tourism Day, representatives from its local and global offices gathered in Toronto on on Friday (Sept. 27) to celebrate and share the new official pledge centred on helping protect people, the planet and wildlife. “This came about from the First Lady of Palau and learning about her pledge...
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...