Tour Operators
Intrepid Introduces Antarctica Savings
Intrepid Travel is offering discounts of up to 50% on select 2019/2020 Antarctica departures, on bookings made by 6 p.m. PT on Oct. 22. Because Antarctica is usually a once-in-a-lifetime, big ticket trip, a discount this deep makes the remote continent much more accessible for travellers. “Those who are in search of a sustainable way to explore the 'Great White Continent' can feel comfortable booking a trip with the B-Corp-certified, carbon neutral company,” Intrepid says. Intrepid Travel offsets every trip it offers on behalf of every traveller, and the company has also made...
TravelBrands Gives Facebook Members A Chance To Win
TravelBrands’ Facebook group, YourTravelBrandsBDM, is celebrating its fifth anniversary and to commemorate the milestone, the tour operator is asking for the Canadian travel agent community to come together and help it reach a goal of having 10,000 members. Once this goal is reached, TravelBrands will give its Facebook members a chance to win prizes. “Our Facebook group was created in 2014 with the sole purpose of connecting with our travel agents on a more personal level,” says Nathalie Tanious, senior-vice president, TravelBrands. “We know our dedicated agents don’t work...
Albufeira Creates Some Buzz In Toronto
A hundred travel agents, tour operators, and other industry professionals gathered in downtown Toronto last night to explore the Albufeira region of Portugal. Visit Portugal was joined by 17 suppliers from APAR, the agency for the promotion of the Albufeira region. Attendees were invited to meet individually with suppliers to understand products like luxury hotels, self-catering apartments, golf courses, tour companies, and DMCs better. “We wanted to create some buzz about Albufeira with Canadians as the weather starts to turn,” explained William Delgado, Country Manager,...
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...