Tour Operators
Earn 17% Commission on Cruise Bookings with ACV
Air Canada Vacations (ACV) is offering agents another chance to earn extra commission on cruise bookings. For every Norwegian Cruise Line or MSC Cruises itinerary booked online until Dec. 31 agents will earn 17% commission. The offer applies to new bookings only and must be made online. It is valid for travel anytime, and not applicable to...
Travel Corporation Appointment
The Travel Corporation, Canada has appointed Michele Rauzon as the sales manager for Quebec and Manitoba and will represent Trafalgar, Insight Vacations and Uniworld. Rauzon has many years of travel industry experience and began her career in sales and customer service at Treasure Tours. She has held various senior positions and was most recently the VP of National Sales at ALIO, where she was responsible for national accounts. With experience in selling niche, boutique product, she has a successful track record of building and maintaining relationships while exceeding the...
Trafalgar Loves To Talk Travel
For the seventh consecutive year, Trafalgar is inviting agents and their clients to discover the all new “Love to Talk Travel” events. From November to January, Trafalgar executives will take guests on an interactive travel journey with Trafalgar’s worldwide guided vacations. Attendees can also enjoy complimentary refreshments, exclusive prizes and booking incentives. Clients who attend a Love to Talk Travel event will be entered to win a $2,000 Trafalgar travel voucher and $2,000 flight voucher valid on any guided vacation with Trafalgar. “Our new Love to Talk Travel...
Sunwing Increases Flights to Puerto Plata
Sunwing is introducing more flights from Western Canada to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic this coming winter season, with the addition of weekly services from Regina, Saskatoon and Calgary. Travellers from Regina can take advantage of a Tuesday service that will operate between Dec. 13 and March 28, 2017, inclusive. Flights from Saskatoon are scheduled to operate on Thursdays between Dec. 15 and March 30, 2017, inclusive and the Calgary flight service will be available on Fridays from Dec. 23 to March 31, 2017, inclusive. With this increased scheduling, Sunwing will be offering...
Transat A.T. Sells France- and Greece-Based Operators
Transat A.T. Inc. has concluded the sale of its France- and Greece-based tour-operating business units (Transat France and Tourgreece) to multinational tourism company TUI AG for $80 million. According to officials, the price could be adjusted on the date of final closure of the accounts and certification, within 90 days following the sale closing date, in concordance with adjustments relating to working capital. The transaction received authorization from European anti-trust authorities on Oct. 21. “This transaction marks an important step in Transat’s history. It will enable...
Sunwing Brings Back ‘STARmillionaire’
Following the success of its first STARmillionaire incentive (in which Jubilee Travel’s Alexis Parks, pictured, scooped a million STAR points) Sunwing is once again giving agents a chance to become the Sunwing STARmillionaire. Through March 28, 2017, agents who book a group of 10 or more clients with either Sunwing or Signature Vacations can win up to one million STAR Agent Reward Points that can be used for travel rewards, or be converted into an equivalent cash value of $1,800 ($1 is equivalent to 555 STAR points). The next STARmillionaire winner will be selected by a random draw...
RIU Palace Las Americas Wraps Up Reno
Signature Vacations is advising agents that the RIU Palace Las Americas in Cancun has officially reopened following a $12 million renovation. Offered exclusively by the tour operator, the resort all-inclusive property is the first under the RIU Hotels and Resorts chain in the Cancun/Riviera Maya region to cater exclusively to adults. Guests staying at RIU Palace properties with Signature are treated to perks such as 24-hour room service, poolside waiter beverage service, complimentary WiFi, in-room coffee maker and champagne breakfast daily. New features at the RIU Palace Las...
ACV Gears Up For Winter 2016-2017
Air Canada Vacations (ACV) is gearing up for winter with a variety of new routes, increased frequencies and capacity and more exclusive properties. ACV will launch a new route from Montreal to Puerto Vallarta in November which will operate three times a week until April 2017. This December, new routes between Toronto and Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago and Montreal and San Jose, Costa Rica will launch and both will offer service two times weekly. All three routes will be operated by Air Canada Rouge. New seasonal service between Montreal and San Juan, Puerto Rico will also launch...