Tour Operators
Exodus Lights Up Nepal For Agents
Exodus Travels will celebrate Travel Agent Appreciation Day in 2016 by donating to Nepal on behalf of agents across the country. For every Canadian travel agent who subscribes to Exodus’ trade e-newsletter, joins Exodus’ Agent Facebook Group or shares Exodus’ recent Nepal: One Year On video, the operator will donate a high performance NOKERO solar light to a rural Nepalese family affected by the devastating earthquake that shook the country in April 2015. With tens of thousands of Nepalese facing a second monsoon season living in temporary housing, camps and tents without...
Adventure Canada Ready For 2017
Adventure Canada has unveiled its new brochure, highlighting expeditions to the Canadian Arctic, East Coast and Greenland, headlined by the company’s Northwest Passage departures. To mark Canada’s 150th Anniversary in 2017, Adventure Canada has created a sailing season which celebrates its specialty: Canada’s most remote, pristine, and wild places. Building on the impending 2016 season, the 198-passenger Ocean Endeavour will once again start its summer journey in Quebec City in 2017. The season begins with the Mighty Saint Lawrence voyage, one of National Geographic...
ACV Offers Savings On Travel Vouchers
Air Canada Vacations strives to honour its travel trade partners throughout the year with contests, FAM trips and promotions and during the month of May, in celebration of Travel Agent Day, ACV is turning it up a notch with an exclusive offer. Until May 31, 2016, agents will save 25% when they redeem their ACV&ME points for travel vouchers. That means that 3,750 points - instead of the standard 5,000 - can be redeemed for a $50 voucher. The ACV&ME loyalty program offers agents a variety of ways to earn points for their bookings. These include: 600 points per room for...
Sunwing Opens New Royalton Resorts
Sunwing Vacations has announced that the Royalton Saint Lucia Resort & Spa and the Hideaway at Royalton Saint Lucia will open on Feb. 1, 2017. Both properties are situated on a beachfront on Saint Lucia’s northwestern shore. Packages to both resorts are now available for sale. Prices include return flights on Sunwing Airlines, which will begin a weekly direct service to the island each Saturday from Toronto, commencing Feb. 11, 2017. A week’s stay at the Royalton Saint Lucia starts from $2,095 plus $360 taxes per person based on two people sharing a Luxury Junior Suite,...
Hooray For Travel Agents
Six years ago there was no such thing as an international day in recognition of travel agents. Now the fifth annual Travel Agent Day, taking place on May 4, is shaping up to be the biggest yet – with plenty of tour operators and wholesalers getting on board with festivities, reports Ann Ruppenstein in this week's digital edition of Travel Courier. For its first annual National Travel Agents' Day celebration, Trafalgar Canada is holding an Italian-themed cocktail party on May 4, complete with appetizers, drinks, prizes, a special announcement, and by promoting the hashtag...
Lindblad Explores Cuba By Land And Sea
Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic has unveiled details of Cuba by Land and Sea: Cultural Heritage and Natural Wonders – a 10-night people-to-people program that combines people-to-people visits that capture the country’s culture and political history with and exploration of Cuba’s natural history and marine habitats. The first program departs Dec. 7, 2016, with 16 consecutive departures through March 2017. Rates begin at $9,550 per person based on double occupancy in a category 1 cabin. For reservations or additional information on Lindblad Expeditions-National...
Intrepid Set to Celebrate Travel Agent Day
In celebration of Travel Agent Appreciation Day on May 4, Intrepid Travel has launched a social media contest exclusively for agents across Canada. The “Travel is…” giveaway will reward one agent with a $3,000 trip voucher for sharing online what travel means to them. The contest officially gets underway today (April 28) when Intrepid will be accepting submissions using the hashtag #IntrepidLovesAgents. Entries must be created using an online meme-generator that allows agents to create their own travel mantra. Entries can be made by following these three steps: Step 1:...
ACV Adds New Properties in Mexico
Air Canada Vacations (ACV) has added two all-inclusive properties to its Puerto Vallarta/Riviera Nayarit product offering. First is the 4.5-star Grand Sirenis Matlali Hills Resort & Spa (pictured) which is located in La Cruz bordering the Bahia de Banderas Bay. It is 25 minutes from the Puerto Vallarta airport and 2 km from Riviera Nayarit. The resort includes junior and master suites; one buffet restaurant; two a la carte restaurants as well as a snack bar and health bar. It also includes the Makawe spa; pool and beach towel service; and Wi-Fi in all rooms and service...