Tour Operators
G Adventures Unveils Spring Fam Lineup
G Adventures has unveiled its lineup of spring 2018 Canadian agent fam trips. Agents have the opportunity to explore Sri Lanka, Croatia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Peru with the travel company. The trips are eight to 11 days in length and depart in April and May 2018. All fams are priced from $299 to $799 per person, land only, and are available to Canadian travel agents only. “We’re excited to host agents on our fams this spring. A big part of understanding the G Adventures experience, brand and culture is experiencing it first-hand. Also, we know it’s far easier for...
A Mission Of Happiness For Club Med
Club Med's Carolyne Doyon says the all-inclusive vacation provider's mission can be summed up in one quote by founder Gérard Blitz: “The aim of life is to be happy. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now.” After being “in the happiness business for 67 years,” Club Med, which boasts 68 sun and ski resorts across five continents, continues to grow with another 15 resorts slated to open by 2019. “Club Med resorts have evolved through the years,” says Doyon, the senior vice-president of Club Med Canada and Mexico. “And it's in 2004 that Club Med started...
Trafalgar Commemorates the End of the First World War
As Remembrance Day approaches, 2018 will be a historically significant year Canada as we not only honour those 650,000 Canadian men and women who served and fought in The Great War, but also commemorate the end of the war. Trafalgar invites Canadian travellers to join them on an immersive journey to the most poignant battlefields and monuments in southern Britain, northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands. On the 12-Day WWI & WWII Battlefields, Trafalgar takes guests beyond the expected to explore the important military sites and cultural history of Europe. “2018 will mark...
Trafalgar Invites Agents, Clients To Talk Travel
In celebration of The Good Life, Trafalgar Canada will host 34 “Love to Talk Travel” social gatherings across Canada. For the seventh consecutive year, travel agents and their clients are invited to attend the interactive and fun receptions. “All the details are taken care of, and guests can relax and be in the moment as they mingle together and share their favourite Trafalgar experiences and be inspired with new immersive travels,” the tour operator says. Starting today (Nov. 8), Trafalgar Canada’s team members will host Love to Talk Travel gatherings, starting in...
TravelBrands Offers Agents Extra Commission
TravelBrands is giving agents the opportunity to earn more money through their bookings. Agents who book hotel stays or Travel Genie packages will receive 3% extra bonus commission. For any car rental bookings made, agents will receive 15% commission. The offer is valid on new bookings made for travel at any time. The bonus commission will be added to the agents’ file after the promotion has ended. Agents can earn their commission by booking at...
Small Change, Big Hearts
Transat is making it possible to contribute to its “Small Change, Big Hearts” program when booking a package online at transat.com and through travel agents or its Transat call centre agents. Since 2009, the fundraising program has collected pocket change, in all currencies, from its passengers at the end of every flight. These funds are donated in equal amounts to SOS Children’s Villages, an international organization that cares for orphaned and abandoned children in 134 countries, and the Children’s Wish Foundation, an organization whose mission is to enable children with...
Cooking With Transat
Over 50 VIP, travel trade types were welcomed to Cirillo's Culinary Academy in west Toronto yesterday (Nov. 6) to get the inside scoop on Transat Tours Canada Inc.'s 2018 Europe program and to roll up their sleeves and cook themselves a gourmet lunch featuring dishes from destinations – Italy, Greece, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Canada, Europe, Israel, Spain and France – that the tour company is featuring in its new program. And not only did agents have a chance to enjoy some tasty dishes, they were also provided with lots of need-to-know information on what the operator had in...
Ireland Shines For Canadian Travel Agents
With Belfast and the Causeway Coast in Northern Ireland clinching a coveted spot as the number one region in the world for travellers to visit in Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2018 ranking, as last year saw a record number of Canadians travel to Ireland, and as non-stop and year-round air access from Canada continues to increase, all signs point to further growth for Canadians travelling to the Emerald Isle, reports assistant editor, Ann Ruppenstein in an exclusive story in this week's digital edition of Canadian Travel Press. “Last year we had 203,000 Canadians so we’ve had over...