Tour Operators
Trafalgar Extends Sun-Kissed Sale
Trafalgar is continuing to make agents’ lives easier by extending its Sun-Kissed Sale until July 24, 2017. Effective immediately, agents can continue offering the 10% sale savings to their clients, which remain valid across all remaining Europe & Britain Trafalgar and CostSaver trips for September departures in the 2017 summer season. Responding to increased demand, Trafalgar is giving guests one last chance to snap-up a sun-kissed European summer at a discounted price, before both the availability and offer disappear. From savouring the flavours of Tuscany, embracing...
WestJet Turns Up The Heat
WestJet has launched an Early Booking Bonus on eligible WestJet Vacations packages to anywhere in Mexico, the Caribbean or Hawaii where each guest on the booking can receive an additional 100 WestJet dollars. Lyell Farquharson, vice-president, sales and business development for WestJet, said: “WestJet is giving our guests an even greater incentive to book early and secure their spot in the sun this coming winter." The Early Booking Bonus is available to WestJet Rewards members on WestJet Vacation packages anywhere in Mexico, the Caribbean or Hawaii with a minimum package price of...
Double Acquisition
Flight Centre Travel Group Limited (FCTG) has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares of Olympus Tours, a leading Mexico-based destination management company (DMC) and it will be looking to close within the next 30 days. The move significantly strengthens FCTG's in-destination offerings in key markets such as Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica. It is the company's second DMC acquisition, complementing the Asia-based Buffalo Tours business. Both acquisitions will strengthen its rapidly expanding in-destination travel experiences network, which is the company's third core...
Simple And Fast
Mastercard reports that Masterpass is now available on http://www.aircanada.com and http://www.vacations.aircanada.com and helps travellers get from booking to vacation-mode a lot faster. Air Canada joins a rapidly expanding roster of travel sites offering fast, easy and secure digital payment with Masterpass. Duncan Bureau, vice-president, global sales for Air Canada, said that: “Air Canada is committed to continually enhancing the entire travel experience, including making it as easy as possible for customers to make purchases from Air Canada and Air Canada Vacations....
Sunwing Extends Zero Deposit Promotion
Sunwing has extended its zero deposit promotion until Aug. 15. The offer is available on a wide selection of vacation packages to resorts across Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America, and applicable for numerous departures between Dec. 22 and June 30, 2018. Plus, travellers booking during this time limited promotion will also receive a $50 future travel voucher per person. Many of Sunwing’s most popular resort chains are included in the sale, including Memories Resorts & Spa, Palladium Hotels & Resorts, El Dorado Resorts, Sensimar Resorts and Nickelodeon Resort Punta...
Off The Beaten Path In Germany
The German National Tourist Office, Lufthansa and the state of Bavaria teamed up to host a group of top travel executives from Canada late last month. The group included Kim Clarke, director of sales, Globus family of brands; Mike Foster, president, Nexion Travel; Franca Iuele, director of marketing Canada, Ensemble Travel Group; Penny Martin, vice-president, The Travel Agent Next Door; Brett Walker, general mManager, Collette Vacations; and Antje Splettstoesser, director, German National Tourist Office. Splettstoesser provided Press Today with a first hand report on the trip and what...
Globus Picks More Winners
Kim Clarke, director of sales for the Globus family of brands, announced some more winners in its online booking contest. Shirley Dyer of Canada-One Travel in Winnipeg, Janet Camsell of World Travel in Petty Harbour, Nfld., Kelsey Janssen of CruiseShip Centers in Duncan, BC. and Jacqueline Mizon of LaSalle Travel in LaSalle, Ont. (pictured) have each won a $150 gift card (and their clients will enjoy a $25 per person discount off their vacations) in the contest. The grand prize will be a seven-day Avalon Waterways European river cruise for...
TDC, AIR MILES Expand Relationship
Transat Distribution Canada (TDC) and AIR MILES are expanding their long-term relationship, giving collectors more travel options, more ways to book and more Miles. Effective Aug. 13, 2017, AIR MILES Packaged Vacation and Cruise (PVC) bookings will now be completed through Transat Distribution’s travel agency network. Transat Distribution Canada's general manager, Nathalie Boyer observed that: “After a relationship of nearly 20 years, we are thrilled to be able to take it to the next level. This represents a great opportunity for our travel agencies and travel professionals to...