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GO ACCESS and Win
Agents are invited to play TravelBrands' GO ACCESS game and win up to $100 per booking. Bookings must be made on TravelBrands “Access” agent portal site for hotels, attractions, cars or TravelGenie products. Travel agents have a chance to win up to $100 in Loyalty Rewards simply by booking their clients with TravelBrands and playing the GO ACCESS game. Valid on new bookings only made between Aug. 10 and Sept. 9 for travel anytime, to any destination and for any duration. Once a booking is complete, agents simply click on http://www.travelbrandsagent.com, enter their booking...
Intrepid Wants Tourists to ‘Walk Away’ From Lion Walks
Intrepid Travel marked World Lion Day (Aug. 10) by urging tourists to walk away from lion walks and “orphan” cubs that it says are at “the hundreds of conservation centres believed to fuel the multi-million dollar canned hunting industry in Africa.” Intrepid became the first tour operator to end elephant rides in 2014. Now the adventure travel company has formally signed a pledge that commits the company to actively work towards “the end of exploitation of lions by the tourism industry.” Led by the filmmakers behind the 2015 documentary Blood Lions, the Born to Live Wild...
Spotlight on Antarctica
A G Adventures staffer who's been sailing to the southernmost region of the world for some 20 years says those visiting Antarctica will find themselves in locales that have seen few changes over the past two centuries. Scott MacPhail told a Toronto gathering last night (Aug. 9) that “man hasn't gotten there and attacked” Antarctica, and that those who sail to the “earth's frozen frozen frontier” will find themselves looking at what famed polar explorers “were looking at in the 1820s,” with the region free of the likes of cars and other reminders of human...
Insight Rings in 35 Years of Service
Insight Vacations celebrates its 35th anniversary in Canada on Saturday (Aug. 13) and to ring in the milestone, agents can receive $50 per booking on all bookings made to any destination Insight goes to from Aug. 8 through Aug. 19. And, clients can save an additional $35 p.p. on all tours booked within the same period, combinable with Club Bon Voyage savings and the Early Payment Discount. “Throughout our 35 years in Canada, Insight Vacations has worked with the agent community to provide exceptional touring vacations reflecting our signature qualities of style, quality and...
Goway Awarding ‘Top Agent’ A Trip To Thailand
Goway Travel is inviting Canada’s top travel agents to tell their stories, and possibly win a trip for two to Thailand. The Canada’s “Top Agent Contest” will recognize outstanding agents from across Canada. Goway is giving away Goway Rewards Cards of $500 each, courtesy of Jordan Tourism Board and Tourism Fiji, plus one grand prize, an 11-day trip for two to Thailand, valued at $6,500, courtesy of Tourism Authority of Thailand. The trip includes international airfare from major Canadian cities, nine night's accommodation, transfers, sightseeing and some meals, and will take...
Sunquest Giving Away a Now Onyx Trip For Two
Sunquest continues to reward travel agents in conjunction with its “Deal of the Week” program. This week, receive a bonus US$150 Resort Coupon for a total of US$550 at all Now Resorts and Spas offered by Sunquest in Mexico and Dominican Republic. Plus, agents have a chance to win seven night's free accommodation for two at Now Onyx Punta Cana in a Junior Suite Garden View category. Sunquest will be doing a random draw for the prize when the Deal of the Week ends and all Deal of the Week bookings qualify as a ballot to win. Sunquest’s Deal of the Week contest runs from Aug....
2017-2018 Europe Travel Guide: Collette
Collette has released its 2017-2018 Europe brochure highlighting more than 60 tours and including 10 brand new ones. Full itineraries are featured, as well as dates and prices, must-see inclusions, accommodations and optional tour extensions. The brochure also highlights Collette’s 10 new tours including Irish Adventure, Amsterdam & London, From Castles to Causeways, Captivating Europe, France & Italy, Portugal, Spain & France and more. “At Collette we consider everyone who travels with us our personal guest and we adhere to our responsibility of providing you with...
ACV Adds Avalon to Cruise Lineup
Air Canada Vacations (ACV) is now offering Avalon Waterways to its clients and travel agent partners. Packages include the river cruise line’s popular European itineraries sailing on the Seine, Rhone, Soane, Rhine and Danube waterways. According to officials, Avalon sailings align nicely with Air Canada’s and Air Canada Rouge’s new flights into Europe, including Prague and Budapest, and complements the airlines’ existing services to Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and...