Tour Operators
VIP Treatment
Sunwing Vacations wants its customers to experience the VIP treatment and its latest promotion – available until Sept. 23 – is designed to do just that, with one feature being a complimentary room upgrade. The launch of this limited-time offer that includes a complimentary room upgrade with each seven-night package booked could be the perfect way for couples to experience the benefits of a VIP upgrade without the supplement fee. The offer is available across a selection of Sunwing’s most popular resorts for numerous departure dates between Dec. 18 and April 30, 2017. Packages...
Last Chance to Save With Trafalgar
Travel agents are being reminded that now is the time to book a European vacation with Trafalgar as clients can book their trips with 2016 prices for 2017 summer travel on popular itineraries. Plus, those paying Jan. 12, 2017 can save an additional 10%. If a trip price goes down with the official 2017 Europe and Britain brochure release, Trafalgar will honour the lowest possible price. “Locking in your clients’ 2017 summer Europe vacation with Preview pricing is the best savings of the year,” says Wolf Paunic, president of Trafalgar Canada. “Clients will not get a better...
Globus Increases European Options
In 2017, Globus is featuring more than 480 vacations to 81 countries worldwide, including four new tours to Norway, Iceland, Germany and Ireland. On the new seven-day “Best of Norway” excursion, travellers get to explore Oslo, Gol, Borgund, Flåm, Bergen and more, including spending an overnight at the historic hotel Ullensvang, nestled ideally between the Hardanger Fjord and mountains and taking a ride on the world famous Flåm railway. Also new is Globus’ six-day “Gems of Iceland” tour, which invites travellers to discover the fiery geothermal wonders and warm...
YYZ Travel Group Celebrates 30th Anniversary
“Building a business is like raising a child – sleepless nights with a lot of rewards,” Alexandra Pelts, president of YYZ Travel Group, told the crowd who gathered last night (Sept. 20) in Vaughan for the company's 30th anniversary party. “Tonight is to celebrate everyone you see here who we believe is part of our YYZ family -- first of all it’s our staff, that are the best in the industry, extremely professional, very hard working, very dedicated, very passionate, along with our clients, whom we value very much, and our preferred partners... from the agents to the support...
Sunquest Ups The Commission
In an initiative designed to earn travel agents more money, TravelBrands' Sunquest division is moving non-commissionable fees (surcharges) into the base price of its packages – making them commissionable – effective immediately. According to Bryan Klompas, executive vice-president, TravelBrands, under the new pricing model agents will earn, on average, an extra $40 per double booking. The only non-commissionable portion will be taxes and fees charged by end-suppliers such as airlines. “Ultimately, if the travel agent is successful, we will be successful,” said Klompas,...
Sail On With Intrepid
Intrepid Travel has launched two sailing expeditions that will offer Canadian travellers the chance to experience familiar destinations in a different way. The tours, one in the Florida Keys and the other in the Bahamas, will begin departures in early 2017. The seven-day Florida Key West & Dry Tortugas Sailing Expedition will start March 5, 2017, at $2,282 p.p. and venture to one of the most remote national parks in the United States, Dry Tortugas. The expeditionary nature of the tour means no two departures will be the same; however, white-sand beaches, coral reefs and palm trees are...
ACV Brings Sun to Vancouver
The Sept. 15 celebration at The Imperial Vancouver marked the final leg of a cross-Canada tour launching Air Canada Vacations' Sun Collection brochure for winter 2016/17. Each of the four ACV launch events invited travel agents to learn about the Sun Collection and meet with suppliers and hotel partners, while enjoying refreshments and live entertainment. For full details about the Sun Collection launch events, check out our exclusive coverage of the Toronto event at https://www.travelpress.com/acv-celebrates-fun-sun/#.V9ugqoUt8y4. Travel Courier was at each stop along the way, inviting...
More Sunwing Sun From the ‘Peg
Sunwing Vacations will have more vacation packages departing directly from Winnipeg with the introduction of two weekly, direct flight services this winter, bringing the number of destinations offered from Winnipeg to 15. New for this coming season, customers will be able to choose between Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, and Mazatlán in Pacific Mexico. Departing Thursdays between Dec. 15 and March 30, the service to Puerto Plata will allow Winnipeg residents to reach the destination with ease. Customers that opt for Mexico’s Pacific Coast can take advantage of a weekly Friday flight...