Tour Operators
Europe Will Rebound, Say Ops
The Canadian general manager for Collette says Europe has become a tougher sell for Canadians following the recent of terrorist attacks and ongoing news coverage of sometimes chaotic migration to that continent from Third World countries over the past couple of years but predicts its popularity will rebound in 2017, reports Ian Stalker in this week's digital edition of Canadian Travel Press. Further suggestions of European turmoil followed the decision by British voters to have their country leave the European Union. Collette's Brett Walker told Canadian Travel Press that Collette's...
Goway’s Ultimate Journey
Goway Travel advises that it's now taking bookings for the second departure of its Cape to Cairo Ultimate Journey of a Lifetime. “Cape to Cairo” is the name of one of the most famous transcontinental travel routes in the world. It was named by Cecil Rhodes at the height of the British Empire in the 1890s. In January this year, Goway Travel operated its first luxury Journey of a Lifetime across Africa, based on this legendary track. The company’s next exclusive trans-African experience will depart on Sept. 29, 2017. Bruce Hodge, president and founder of Goway Travel, notes...
Intrepid Introduces New Ryerson Scholarship
Intrepid Travel has furthered its commitment to sustainable tourism and the tourism industry with a new scholarship at Toronto's Ryerson University. The Intrepid Travel Responsible Tourism Award will provide a $2,500 annual scholarship to a student of Ryerson University’s Hospitality and Tourism Management program. This marks the first scholarship the travel company has donated in Canada. The award grants $1,500 plus a $1,000 Intrepid Travel trip voucher to allow students to understand what sustainability and responsible tourism looks like in practice. Applicants must achieve high...
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...