Tour Operators
At Home, With Family In Nepal
Rajani Shrestha is standing in the kitchen on the top floor of her house – or, our home, as she puts it – in Panauti, Nepal pinching and shaping a white substance made of rice flour, demonstrating how to make a Newari delicacy called yomari, writes assistant editor, Ann Ruppenstein in this week's Travel Courier. Shrestha is one of 20 women in the historical village who have opened up their homes to travellers, most of whom visit the medieval town on G Adventures itineraries, as part of a community homestay project. After hiking from the eastern edge of the Kathmandu Valley and...
Globus, Cosmos Launch 2020 North American Itineraries
Globus and Cosmos have unveiled their 2020 North American itineraries – some centred on special events – packed with convenience and attention to detail for US and Canada vacations. And effective immediately, all North American tours for 2020 are open for sale. They include new Globus tour Quebec in Depth with the Gaspé Peninsula. Starting in Montreal, but concentrating on historic villages, marine wildlife and farm-to-table dining, a highlight for many will be a whale-watching cruise. Globus has also brought back its Historic Cities of Eastern Canada tour and now with an...
G Adventures’ Change Makers Challenge Back for 2020
Following the success of the inaugural Change Makers Summit in Peru this May, G Adventures announces it is carrying the incentive forward to a new location in 2020. The Change Makers Challenge incentivizes agents to focus on “changing people’s lives through travel” and invites them to rediscover why they love selling travel in the process. The 2020 Change Makers Challenge is now live and runs until Jan. 31, 2020. It culminates in the Change Makers Summit which will be hosted in a mystery location in April 2020. There, more than 150 change makers from Canada, the UK &...
redtag.ca Adds Uplift Pay Option
redtag.ca is making booking and planning a vacation easier with the adoption of Uplift’s innovative payment plan technology, allowing travellers to book travel and split their payment over a 12-month period. “We chose to partner with Uplift to not only to make travel more accessible for our clients, but to provide a new and easy to use, seamless payment option to Canadian travellers,” says Frank DeMarinis, CEO, redtag.ca. “Now, our customers can book their bucket list vacation without worrying about paying for all of it at once. They can enjoy their trip and make fixed monthly...
A Little Mystery From Intrepid
Adventure tour operator Intrepid Travel has officially opened applications for its one-off Uncharted Expedition that will see 12 travellers take on a 3,500-km trip across three borders and four countries into the unknown. The 18-day trip travels a route from Tehran to Istanbul that the world’s largest adventure company has not traversed before. “We have seen an appetite from travellers to be completely surprised. They put their faith in Intrepid delivering the best travel experience, as everything is an unknown on these trips, aside from adventure,” Intrepid Travel...
The Clock Is Ticking
For agents looking to lock in their client's 2020 Europe & Britain trips in the coming months the time is finally here, with Trafalgar releasing its Europe & Britain Pre-sale deals of 2020 trips at guaranteed 2019 prices for a limited time. By releasing these Pre-sale deals earlier this year, this good news comes at the perfect time for clients looking at 2020 Europe & Britain travel, with the brand already seeing an increase in the number of enquiries for next year's travel, in advance of the brands official 2020 launch later this year. Even better, clients can save an...
Globus Picks Jones
Stéphanie Bishop, managing director of the Globus family of brands, has announced the appointment of Chris Jones to the role of director of marketing. Jones, a graduate of the Ivey School of Business, has held a variety of senior marketing roles in advertising and marketing agencies, responsible for strategy, promotions and creative for accounts including Golf Town and Fitness Depot. In his new role, Jones will manage the marketing team responsible for Globus, Cosmos, Avalon Waterways and Monograms brands. “We are very happy to have new talent in the organization,” Bishop...
TICO Takes Care Of Business At AGM
During is 2019 AGM, the Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO) update registrants attending on its accomplishments during the previous fiscal year. And one of the key themes at this year's AGM was the continuous evolution of the travel industry. “We live and work in an exciting era, one in which change is a constant and where innovation is increasingly important,” observed TICO's president and CEO, Richard Smart. “The ever-changing landscape of the travel industry is what makes TICO's role so important - to ensure consumers remain confident with their travel purchases,...