Tour Operators
TravelBrands Launches ‘Booking Bingo’ for Agents
It is time to play Bingo with TravelBrands. Through April 29, travel agents who book various TravelBrands' products will be eligible to play Bingo for a chance to win Loyalty Rewards points. “We launched Bingo as a way to connect with our trusted agents and have fun while doing so,” says TravelBrands president Frank DeMarinis. “Our Booking Bingo showcases the wide array of products and offerings TravelBrands has on its Access platform, while giving back to our agents as a gesture of gratitude for all of their hard work.” Certain Bingo squares include air, car rentals,...
TreadRight Marks World Wildlife Day With New Partner
The TreadRight Foundation, a joint initiative between The Travel Corporation’s (TTC) family of brands, celebrates World Wildlife Day 2018 with the announcement of its newest Wildlife Initiative project partner – the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). WCS joins leading organizations the Wilderness Foundation – Africa and Wildlife SOS – India as current TreadRight Wildlife Initiative partners, all with the shared goal of helping to ensure the planet’s most at-risk wildlife populations are protected. Through the new partnership, TreadRight is helping to support WCS’s Big...
Punching Above Its Weight
As tourism to Ireland continues to boom, with the island nation reporting record-breaking results for the 7th straight year, the Canadian market is doing its part to contribute to the growth, joining the ranks as a top 10 feeder market for the destination, reports assistant editor, Ann Ruppenstein in this week's digital edition of Canadian Travel Press. “We’ve finalized figures, which show us breaking over the 200,000 [Canadian] visitors mark, which is really positive and we believe we can grow on that again. As a small country, we’re really punching above our weight,”...
Globus Going Gangbusters
Globus family of brands has announced that all of its 2018 European departures are now guaranteed. And the tour company says that the guarantee has been fuelled by a 22% increase in bookings across all of its the brands – Globus, Cosmos, Monograms and Avalon Waterways. Stéphanie Bishop, managing director of the Globus family of brands in Canada, observed: “What a wonderful opportunity this will be for all our travel agency partners to close sales with even greater confidence, knowing every departure on every itinerary in Europe is guaranteed.” But there's more. For 2018,...
To Infinity And Beyond
If there's one thing that the people at Disney can do, it's throw a party. And they did just that in Toronto yesterday (March 1), as they welcomed about 300 agents and tour operators at the Pearson Convention Center in Brampton and used its magic to take them “To Infinity And Beyond.” Oh and there was definitely a lot to celebrate with a host of openings, new products, special events happening at the Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland; aboard Disney Cruise Line; with Adventures by Disney; and at the Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa. Topping the list, of course, is the June...
Air Canada Vacations Unveils New Promotion
There's lots of excitement at Air Canada Vacations these days as the operator has launched a new promotion for Go Canada and Europe your Way packaged bookings. ACV is offering agents a chance to play an interactive game though their ACV&ME profile which gives them a chance to win bonus ACV&ME points and be entered in for the grand prize draw for a land-only trip for 2 to Greece. And it's no wonder they're excited at ACV as this is the first game ever launched with the rewards program ACV & ME. When any Go Canada or Europe your way package is booked, agents will...
Why Wait, Travel Now
The woman who penned the New York Times bestseller 1,000 Places to See Before You Die is cautioning those with wanderlust not to repeatedly delay travel to their dream locales. Patricia Schultz told Trafalgar's A Winter's Travel Tales gathering that those who do repeatedly put off their dream trips may find the day will come when they're no longer able to travel. “Your knees have expiration dates,” Schultz told her Tuesday Toronto audience. Schultz has long been a brand ambassador for Trafalgar and told her audience that those who travel with that tour operator are “pretty...
Still Time To ‘Book Your Own Bonus’ With Collette
Collette’s “Book Your Own Bonus" program has one month to go, coming to a close on March 31. Agents qualify for this promotion after their first booking. Following their initial booking, earnings starts to increase: second booking, earn $50; third booking, earn $100. Any booking after three earns $100 per booking. “Collette’s Book Your Own Bonus program encourages agents to gain limitless rewards and watch their 'bonus' earnings increase,” said Courtney Iannuccilli, vice-president of marketing at Collette. “We’re celebrating our 100th birthday in 2018 and we want to...