Tour Operators
Travel Solo With Contiki
There's no doubt about it. Young Canadian travellers are more open than ever to travelling solo, whether that's due to the “live your best life” culture, complications in coordinating an entire group of friends between vacation days, budgets and bucket list wishes or the desire to fulfil one's wanderlust. So knowing that 55% of Contiki travellers are travelling solo, the tour company has launched its brand new Travel Solo campaign that encourages young clients to step out of their comfort zone and literally fly solo. From now until May 31, 2019, clients can save 10% on select...
Quite An Experience
A group of Canadian retail travel VIPs were in Budapest recently for the christening of Avalon Waterways' Envision – the 13th Panorama class ship in the line's fleet. After the ship was christened by Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert, passengers enjoyed a celebratory meal. Among the Canadian VIPs were, from left to right (standing): Criz Punaslan of Cruise Connections; Lindsay Pearlman of Ensemble Travel; Stéphanie Bishop of the Globus family of brands, parent company of Avalon; and (seated) Leah Pearlman; Una O?Learay of Carlson Wagonlit and Victor...
Vacation Better With Sunwing
Sunwing is on the road these days, taking its Vacation Better Shows to Canadian agents to help them help their clients to Vacation Better. Press Today had a chance to ask the operator's vice-president of sales, Deana Murphy a number of questions about where agents fit in the company's plans; for some highlights of the new product that they were launching; for an update on the Boeing 737 MAX 8 situation; and, naturally, how they're different from the competition. Here's what Murphy had to say: Press Today: Can you talk about how big a role travel agents have played in the success...
Blue-Roads Announces New Agent FAMs
Is touring the picturesque island of Mont Saint-Michel on your bucket list? What about savouring a glass of wine in Portugal's Douro Valley? Blue-Roads Touring has four upcoming FAMs for the travel industry to experience its small group touring product. The options include: Hanoi and Halong Highlights: June 15-20, 2019. A shorter, six-day customized version of this trip. La Belle France: August 27-September 4, 2019 Heart of England: September 25-29, 2019 Discover Portugal: October 27-November 4, 2019 Agent rates, not including airfare, are $499, with companion rates available for...
EXCLUSIVE Meet The Next Generation
The 2019 BSAP Ambassadors have arrived. A new generation was celebrated yesterday at the Fifth Annual Baxter Student Ambassador Awards luncheon at George Brown College's Chefs' House in Toronto and it featured the presentation of the 2019 Awards and a powerful keynote address by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada's (TIAC) president and CEO, Charlotte Bell. But a little background first. The Baxter Student Ambassador Program (BSAP) is committed to identifying the industry’s most-promising student talent in tourism and hospitality programs at Canada’s leading colleges...
New Sunwing, Signature Collection Brochures Available
Sunwing has released the 2019/2020 editions of the Sunwing and Signature Collection by Sunwing brochures, which can be downloaded at sunwing.ca. The largest and most comprehensive Sunwing brochure ever, this edition includes the widest selection of top-rated resorts and excursions in more than 55 popular vacation hot spots across the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America and include two new destinations – Tobago and Grenada. The brochure also features a number of other new arrivals including Lopesan Costa Bavaro Resort, Spa & Casino and the Adults Only Club at Lopesan Costa...
Earn More With ACV
In celebration of yesterday's Travel Agent Day, Air Canada Vacations (ACV) is offering agents the opportunity to earn 3X ACV&ME points when booking a package or a group on all product lines for travel through July 31. The offer, valid on new bookings made between May 1-8, is 3X 600 points per room for flight-inclusive packages of seven nights or more; 3X 400 points per room for flight-inclusive packages of three to six nights; 3X 300 points for every passenger of a group. In addition, ACV has launched an Agent Appreciation Day contest exclusively for agents. When agents book...
Take A Journey With Insight Vacations
Insight Vacations has a secret, well sort of. What it has is itineraries that showcase some of Europe's best-kept secrets to travellers and they're all featured in the operator's newly released 2019-2020 Seasons collection. In its new collection, Insight features two new journeys to Greece: Glories of Greece & Three Continents Cruise and Athens & Three Continents Cruise. It also offers a new Easy Pace Budapest, Vienna & Prague journey and it is operating year-round for clients to enjoy outside of the summer season with travel dates ranging from October 2019 to April...