Tour Operators
Massachusetts: It’s All Here
About 65 travel agents and tour operators were on hand to get the inside story on Massachusetts in Toronto last night (April 26) from representatives of the state and its key tourism regions. As well, Massachusetts' airline partners – Air Canada, Porter and WestJet – were also in attendance to update travel trade types on their service to the state. Jackie Ennis, international marketing, Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism, told Press Today that Canada was the state's number one international visitor market, with the most recent visitor numbers (from 2014) showing that...
Signature Offers Free Summer Excursions
Signature Vacations is offering a series of one-week promotions giving travellers more for less. Each week for the next three weeks the tour operator will be pairing one of its most popular hotels with a complimentary excursion offer provided by their exclusive destination services provider, NexusTours. This week only, through April 29, all-inclusive vacationers can receive a complimentary half-day excursion zip-lining, kayaking through rapids or hiking past cascading waterfalls at the La Ponderosa Adventure Park when booking a stay at Riu Palace Costa Rica between May 1 and Oct....
Goway Unveils 2016 ‘Ultimate Fam’ Trip
Goway’s AFRICAExperts has released details about its 2016 “Ultimate Fam” trip. This year, nine lucky participants will win a place on an 11-night trip to Ethiopia and South Africa. Goway has partnered with Tourism KwaZulu Natal and Ethiopian Airlines to put together this exclusive trip. Participants will experience the unique multi-dimensional aspects of Ethiopia – the only country in Africa that was never colonized, as well as KwaZulu Natal, home to a wealth of scenic and cultural attractions in South Africa. The Ethiopian portion of the trip includes Addis Ababa, known as...
A Taste Of Fogo Island
Quench Trip Design is offering travellers a chance to discover the culinary wonders of Newfoundland. Epicurean Newfoundland is a self-drive, point-to-point tour of Canada’s easternmost province, offering gastronomes a chance to explore the enigmatic landscapes of the Avalon and Bonavista Peninsulas and Fogo Island and along the way discover a culinary heritage inextricably tied with land and sea. Partnering with the Fogo Island Inn and Fishers’ Loft, Quench Trip Design's sustainable-food focused trip features seven night departures that are available beginning Sept. 1, 2016 through...
New Brochure, Web Site For Royal Scenic
Consultations with travel agents have led to a trio of Royal Scenic initiatives. The company has launched a new web site and has also introduced a new Certified Asia Specialist program, with that long-running program providing agents with insights about Asia. Agents can undertake the CAS program at home or at work. Among benefits of the program – which has tourist boards and hotel chains among its partners – is that CAS candidates and graduates are given priority for fam trips and there are also fam prices for those same agents. Royal Scenic is also reporting that it has a new...
Trafalgar Unveils CostSaver Program
Travellers on a budget are being invited to savour Europe with Trafalgar's new CostSaver program. And, clients who book a CostSaver European tour can save even more with Trafalgar chipping in $300 towards airfare through May 9. According to officials, CostSaver is the perfect way to discover a destination for the first time and clients are guaranteed “the best travel directors in the industry, airport tranfers, handpicked three- and four-star hotels and authentic local meals, including all breakfasts and up to half three-course dinners.” “From $114 per day, clients can...
Time Running Out To Win ‘Emerald Adventure’
Agents just have until the end of the month for a chance to win an eight-day "Emerald Adventure" with Royal Irish Tours. Agents booking one of the company's trips during April with have a chance to win a trip for two to Ireland, including round-trip air from Toronto. The winner will take part in Royal Irish's eight-day “Emerald Adventure” that includes a stay at the five-star Ashford...
Tucan Travel Sets Up Shop in Canada
Tucan Travel has set up shop in Toronto, with the soft adventure travel company convinced its first permanent physical presence Canada can enable it to make inroads in what it says is a growing interest among Canadians in non-mainstream vacations. The company, which began by sending clients to South America some 30 years ago, leading to the Spanish spelling of toucan that it adopted for its name, already has offices in Britain, Sydney and Cuzco, Peru, as well as an operations team in Bangkok. Sam Dance, Tucan's sales manager, says Tucan already has a “strong loyal client base in...