Tour Operators
A Little Incentive From Intrepid Group
Intrepid Group – which includes Intrepid Travel, Peregrine Adventures and Urban Adventures – is bringing back its largest agent incentive, encouraging agents to sell its products to earn a dollar value off any of its over 1,500 tours on every continent. The Intrepid Bucks agent incentive, with no end date, is rewarding agents with $500 Intrepid Bucks for every $10,000 in Intrepid Group products sold. Intrepid Bucks, which are valid for 24 months, can be used in conjunction with agent discounts on most of Intrepid Group's trips, including brand-new trips such as the nine-day...
A Little Magic From Trafalgar
Trafalgar is in a festive mood these days with the launch of its 2018-2019 Christmas Spectaculars European program. Offering three handcrafted trips to reveal the best of Europe's magical Christmas markets, clients will be taken from the iconic to unexpected, while enjoying the warmth of mulled wine and strolling through these vibrant markets with their fairy-tale ambience. Wolf Paunic, president of Trafalgar and Costsaver, observed: “Christmas in Europe is an absolutely bucket list experience and what better way to connect with the magic of the season than an in-depth experience to...
Exclusive Picks Dizon For New Role
Exclusive Tours has named Luisa Dizon as branch manager – a new role added to focus on client care. The tour company is focusing on its investment in people and with the new role of branch manager, the expectation is to create stronger industry ties and elevated and personalized client service. Janice Sousa, vice-president, business development for Exclusive Tours, said: “We are excited to continue to grow our investment in Exclusive Tours with the addition of Luisa as branch manager. This will allow us to deepen our commitment to providing the best experience for agents across...
EXCLUSIVE – Beyond The AD75
Canada is one of only two testing grounds for IATA's brand-new digital Travel Professional ID Card, which went mobile via the AgentExperience app last week. If all goes without a hitch here and in Australia, the paperless card is expected to go global in a couple of months, reports Quebec editor, Mike Dunbar in this week's digital edition of Canadian Travel Press. And, in a major bid to boost the number of ID Card members worldwide, IATA is actively enlisting more travel industry suppliers from all sectors willing and able to offer concessions to the association's accredited...
Globus Appointments
Kim Clarke, director of sales for the Globus family of brands, has announced the following appointments to the company’s Canadian sales team: Carolina Torres has been promoted to BDM Southwestern and Northern Ontario and can be reached at 905-518-2360 or at [email protected]. Torres was most recently with the company’s inside sales department. Joining the company in inside sales is Mathew Viveiros, most recently with American Express Aspire client concierge service. Viveiros will be looking after BC, Alta., Yukon and NWT and can be reached at 416-915-7450, 1-888-268-1928...
Collette Launches New Line of Explorations Tours
Collette has launched a new line of Explorations, 20 plus tours designed for travellers to have unique and immersive experiences far beyond the surface of the destination. Featuring small groups (no more than 19 passengers), Explorations' itineraries focus on active and hyper-local experiences, as well as culturally reflective accommodations and enhanced culinary offerings. Many tours include the choice-on-tour option where guests select the experience that appeals to their interest. “Over the last 100 years, we’ve learned a lot about what works on tour and we’re excited to...
Intrepid Now B-Corp Certified
Adventure travel company Intrepid Group has become the world’s largest travel B Corp, joining a growing community of businesses looking beyond the bottom line. In an era of “greenwashing,” Intrepid looked to a holistic and objective accreditation scheme to quantify its purpose-led business model. To become a certified B Corp, a company must submit to an independent assessment of its social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. “B Corp certification tells our travellers about the people behind the brands and provides a mark of trust that we’re...
A&K Launches New Limited Edition Tours
From the remote wetlands of Brazil’s Pantanal to the desert oasis of Oman’s Wahiba Sands or joining in the revelry of Independence Day celebrations in Papua New Guinea, Abercrombie & Kent (A&K) has developed new limited-edition journeys that deliver the luxury of access with the thrill of discovery. One of the newest tours is also a little closer to home — discovering the coastal wilderness of Canada. “We’ve selected destinations and experiences that may not be on many travellers’ radars yet, but that offer the kind of authentic encounters seasoned travellers are in...