Tour Operators
IT’S TIME TO VOTE!
Are you ready to pick your favourites? Well it's that time again as Baxter Media launches the 2019 Agents' Choice Readership Survey this week. Agents' Choice is Canada's original and most authoritative travel industry poll and each year it asks Canadian travel agents to pick their favourite suppliers in over 40 different categories – ranging from airlines to tour operators; cruise lines to destinations; coach operators to car rentals; and a whole lot more. Numbers matter and in 2018, 6,027 Canadian agents voted for their favourite suppliers in the annual poll. In 2019, the...
Contiki Launches ‘New Year, New You’ Campaign
Contiki has launched a new campaign designed to encourage travel agents to inspire young clients to make travel their resolution for the new year ahead. Entitled, “New Year, New You,” the first major campaign of 2019 for Contiki asks millennials across Canada to think about how they can “be a better you.” Every January Canadians pledge to reset and motivate themselves to live their best life in the new year – whether it’s the old adage of getting healthier or quitting bad habits. But a recent study conducted by Contiki found that over half of Canadian respondents will be...
ATI To Reward Top Agents With African Safari
Recognizing that travel advisor partners have been instrumental in making them one of the top Africa travel specialists in North America, African Travel, Inc. (ATI) will be rewarding their loyalty by sending six of their top-selling advisors on a luxurious six-night trip to South Africa this year. The lucky agents of the President’s Top Producers Award will comprise of African Travel’s top five producers across North America with the highest revenue, plus the advisor with the most improved year-over-year growth. Calculations will be based on client bookings between December 2018...
H.I.S. Group Acquires Red Label Vacations
2019 has certainly started off with a bang with the announcement today that Red Label Vacations Inc. – which operates redtag.ca, itravel2000.com, The Travel Experts and TravelBrands – has signed an agreement to be acquired by a subsidiary of H.I.S. Group, a leading global travel services company based in Japan. Under the terms of the agreement, Red Label Vacations will continue to operate as an independent, wholly-owned subsidiary of H.I.S. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by the Canadian Competition Bureau....
Book a Trip, Send a Child on Safari with Exodus
In the spirit of giving back while still providing globetrotters with life-changing experiences, Exodus Travels is offering travellers the opportunity to share the gift of adventure with children who live in popular tourism destinations with their new Live Adventure, Give an Adventure campaign. For every booking made between Jan. 7 and Feb. 28, the adventure tour operator, which hosts more than 600 journeys in over 100 countries worldwide, will send a child from a developing community on the trip of a lifetime with its responsible tourism initiative, The Inspiration...
Air Transat TGV AIR Service Now Available
Air Transat is advising agents that it is now offering travellers a new service combining plane and train, in partnership with the SNCF in France. It is now possible to book and combine an Air Transat flight to Paris with railway travel, and to explore 18 cities in France, as well as Brussels, in Belgium. It’s one rate, one booking. Plus, passengers benefit from a protection policy in case of a flight or train delay. The TGV AIR service is currently available via GDS, TTS, SIREV, as well as in call centres. For details, visit https://www.airtransat.com/en-CA/tgv-air or see...
Contiki Unveils Re-Imagined South Pacific Program
Contiki has unveiled its newly re-designed South Pacific 2019 program featuring 16 new and improved adventures designed to meet the wants and needs of the youth market. In meeting the needs of the millennial and Gen Z traveller, Contiki's new suite of adventures features smaller group sizes: with a maximum of 30 travellers on Australia’s East Coast and 25 in the Northern Territory in a bid to offer more opportunity for immersive local experiences. Clients will also spend more time in-destination with the inclusion of more internal flights; Contiki now flies from Darwin to Alice...
Trafalgar Appointment
Trafalgar has announced the appointment of Margarita Peloso as sales manager for Ottawa, Montreal, Central and Eastern Ontario. Peloso has been working in the travel industry for more than 20 years, with a focus primarily on cruising. She has worked promoting both mass market and niche and luxury cruise products across the country. In her new role, she will be responsible for executing sales plans and fostering and developing strong relationships with agency partners in Ottawa, Montreal, Central and Eastern Ontario. Peloso can be reached at [email protected] or by...