Tour Operators
ACV Introduces Price Drop Guarantee
For a limited time, Air Canada Vacations (ACV) is offering “the lowest guaranteed prices in the market” or agents' clients will be refunded, and commissions protected. With the Price Drop Guarantee, officials say customers can rest assured that they will get the best price for their package. If the price of their package drops after they book, they can contact their travel agent and Air Canada Vacations will issue a refund based on the price difference up to $1,000 cash back per person. The Price Drop Guaranteed offer is applicable on select resorts in Mexico, the Caribbean and...
Discover Iceland, Wales With Kensington
Responding to the interests of its clients, Kensington Tours has created several new, fully customizable itineraries and experiences in Iceland and Wales. In Iceland, the private-guided tour operator has added four new itineraries that include: Icelandic Summer and the Midnight Sun; Iceland Honeymoon; Iceland Golden Circle Exclusive; and Volcanic Valleys of Iceland - part of Kensington Tours exclusive Explorers Club Collection. As the name suggests, the Icelandic Summer and the Midnight Sun itinerary features the famous midnight sun which offers up to 24 hours of daylight and...
Erminia Nigro Joins ACV
Erminia Nigro has joined Air Canada Vacations (ACV) as the new general manager, sales - Ontario & National Accounts. In this role, Nigro will be responsible for leading a six-person sales team, including five area sales managers and one manager of National Accounts. Her new role includes sales oversight and management of the Ontario and Manitoba regions, including strategic growth and development of this very important market. Nigro will also have overall responsibility for national accounts across the country including budgeting, marketing and contract development and...
Goway, APT Extend Early Bird Deals Downunder
Goway Travel has teamed up with APT (Australian Pacific Touring) to distribute their joint Goway - APT Escorted Vacation Brochure for 2019/2020. The 84-page brochure offers a wide range of Premier and Value-Plus touring options, including new Small Group Journeys showcasing the unique features and services that set APT apart as New Zealand and Australia's leading escorted tour operator. And the two tour companies have announced that their extending the Early Bird Savings for bookings made before May 31, 2019 – it was previously March 31, 2019. Passengers can enjoy a 5% discount...
TravelBrands Cruises Loves Kids
Not to put too fine a point on it, but TravelBrands Cruises, by Encore Cruises clearly love kids. In fact, for a limited time, children 12 and under can fly free when booking a cruise vacation with the company. The offer applies to new individual bookings made between April 10 and April 20, 2019. Nathalie Tanious, senior vice president, commercial, TravelBrands, said: “With so many different destinations and onboard activities, a cruise is the ultimate choice when booking a family vacation. We wanted Canadian families to enjoy summer break and decided that this offer for kids to fly...
“I’m Ready To Go”
If you ask Angella Bennett whether she's had time to settle in as she takes on her new post as the Jamaica Tourist Board's regional director – Canada, she'll smile and tell you that she was appointed on April 1, arrived in Canada on April 7 and was hard at work on April 8, observing: “I'm settled. [Canada] is such a familiar market … and I'm ready to go.” In fact, during the course of this past week, Bennett has been joined here by the JTB's director of tourism, Donovan White and the deputy director of tourism – the Americas, Donnie Dawson, as well as the JTB's district sales...
Club Med Launches Amazing Family Program
Club Med has introduced its new Amazing Family program that's available at Club Med Punta Cana and Cancun Yucatan. The new concept includes a fun-filled weekly agenda of activities from five different categories – Time to PLAY, Time to SPLASH, Time to QUEST, Time to RECHARGE and Amazing Family Happy Time. Each category offers families time together. For example: Time to PLAY: Let's families enjoy playing childhood games – like Bag Board, Mölkky, Pallina and life-sized versions of Twister, Jenga and Mikado – as a group. Time to SPLASH: Is all about fun in the water...
Quite An Incentive From Sandals Resorts
Canadian agents who book any type of group – social, wedding or corporate -- of 5 rooms or more (for a minimum 3-night stay) at any Sandals or Beaches resort now through June 30, 2019 will automatically be entered for a chance to win a 3-night stay of their very own. The contest is valid for all contract groups booked with either a tour operator partner (Air Canada Vacations, WestJet Vacations, TravelBrands or Transat) Unique Vacations, Inc. Each and every new group booked immediately earns one contest entry and groups booked to Sandals or Beaches in Jamaica receive a bonus entry...