Tour Operators
ACV Has Sandals & Beaches Group Offer
Sandals & Beaches have teamed up with Air Canada Vacations (ACV) to offer an exclusive group promotion to all their resorts. Book your clients’ group by June 7 for travel from May 14 and completed by Dec. 20, 2020 to save. Passengers in every sixth room will fly and stay free (restrictions apply). The offer is valid for all group types such as incentive and wedding. Plus, by booking their group with ACV and Sandals & Beaches, client get unlimited golf at select resorts, $1,500 Premium wedding perks, $500 future travel credit for their next vacation, no deposit wedding for...
A Passion For Tourism
Along with reunification, the CEO of the German National Tourist Board believes the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 also played a significant role in helping shape Germany into the thriving tourist hub it is today, reports assistant editor, Ann Ruppenstein in this week's digital edition of Canadian Travel Press. “The fall of the Berlin Wall was also a tourism gift,” Petra Hedorfer said at the recent Germany Travel Mart (GTM), the largest business-to-business workshop for Germany’s inbound tourism industry. “All of us tried to reconstruct the country, tried to make sure we have...
Royal Scenic Hosts Silk Road Tour
Royal Scenic is teaming up with China Southern and the China National Tourist Office on a June 17-25 Silk Road fam. Participants will visit Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Moon Spring, literally an oasis in the desert; attend the national travel mart opening ceremony; visit mysterious Yadan Devil City; and explore the Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that houses ancient Buddhist art. The cost for a non-CAS agent is $1,259 plus taxes; a CAS candidate will pay $1,159, plus taxes; and a CAS graduate will pay $1,059, plus taxes. Rates are from Toronto and include air plus land...
TravelBrands Joins The Celebration
We're excited to welcome TravelBrands to the list of Feature Sponsors supporting Baxter Media's first annual Agents' Choice Awards Gala. Presented by Baxter Media, Air Canada and Sandals, the awards gala will reveal the results of the 19th annual Agents' Choice survey on June 14 as decided by 6,027 travel agents! Favourites in more than 40 categories will be honoured with a live trophy presentation on stage. In addition, 28 favourite sales reps will be recognized and the W.H. Baxter Lifetime Achievement Award will be handed out for the first time in 10 years. Lots of surprises...
Goway Pairs Island Escape With City Break
Goway’s newest Asia offer invites agents' clients to shop, dine and explore to their heart’s content in one of the continent’s most exciting cities, before relaxing their cares away in romantic Bali. Clients can enjoy three nights in either Hong Kong or Singapore. Both are considered foodie and shopping havens, each with their own unique thrills, sights, experiences and history. The Hong Kong itinerary includes a half-day island tour with visits to Victoria Peak, Stanley Market, Repulse Bay Beach and Aberdeen fishing village. Meanwhile, Singapore tempts travellers with the...
Kids Fly Free To Orlando With ACV
Air Canada Vacations (ACV) is offering travellers free flights for kids to Orlando. In addition, travel agents who book vacation packages with ACV by May 10 will receive a 2% bonus commission. With the Kids Fly Free offer, up to two children -- aged between two and 17 years old -- will fly for free to Orlando when clients book a minimum of four-night stay at an Orlando hotel, including Walt Disney World Resort hotels by May 30. This offer amounts to savings of up to $250 per child and is valid for travel by Feb. 28, 2019. Flight and hotel must be booked at the same time for...
Transat Sets A Course To The Future
“These are exciting times for Transat,” was how Jean-Marc Eustache, the company's president and CEO opened his presentation to shareholders in March of this year. Exciting times indeed as the company embarks on its new 5-year plan -- “Building Sustainable Profitability” – and sets a course towards creating the Transat of tomorrow, reports executive editor, Bob Mowat in this week's digital edition of Canadian Travel Press. Guiding the company along the way will be its new chief operating officer, Annick Guérard, who in a conversation with Canadian Travel Press explained...
Taking Care Of Agents
WestJet has welcomed more than 2,000 travel agents at its fourth annual Travel Trade Expos over the past couple of weeks. The Expos kicked off in Edmonton and travelled on to Vancouver, Calgary, Mississauga and Halifax with more events still to come. In each city, agents visited with their regional WestJet Business Development Managers and interacted with many of the airlines preferred hotel and destination partners. Presentations by WestJet representatives focused on the airline's plans for international expansion, its enhanced schedule, product enhancements and more. And...