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Goway Travel is working with Tourism Australia and Virgin Australia to offer travellers a chance to discover some of Australia's coastal and aquatic delights. For example, there’s beautiful Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsundays, Bondi and Manly beaches in Sydney and snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef. The 11 day Whitsunday and Sydney Escape starts at just US$2,599 per person and includes a four night stay in Sydney combined with four nights on Hamilton Island. Travellers will enjoy a full day Great Barrier Reef cruise, a half day excursion to Whitehaven Beach, entry to Hamilton Island...
Sunwing Launches Kidcations Program
Kidcations is a new, family-friendly travel program that Sunwing Vacations has introduced just in time for March Break. Believing that the only people who can really judge whether a family vacation is a “kidcation” are the kids, Sunwing conducted a nationwide contest last year where travel savvy kids and teens competed for the chance to tour some of Sunwing's most popular family-oriented resorts and inspire future kidcationers with the their firsthand reviews. Their travel photos and video diaries can be found on Sunwing's web site and also within the annual Kidcations magazine...
Transat Brings Romance To YVR
A new schedule of summer season direct flights from Vancouver to Rome by Air Transat led the news at the recent Transat Holidays agents’ dinner in Burnaby recently. The direct flights will start operating on June 17 and continue on Fridays until Oct. 7, but flights with connections will be available earlier. Bookings on the new flights are now getting underway, with early booking bonuses in place on Transat programs, said company brass who hosted the Transat 2016 Europe training academy and dinner at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown. For instance, Transat products can be reserved...
SkyLink Is On The Move
SkyLink is moving its head office from its current location at 1027 Yonge Street, Toronto ON M4W 2K9 to 45 Sheppard Ave. East, St 512, Toronto ON M2N 5W9 effective Feb. 29, 2016. Phone numbers and email addresses will remain unchanged. The company is asking its industry partners to make sure to update all of their records and notify related departments of the change. In a message to the travel trade, Yuvraj Datta, president of SkyLink Travel Inc. (a Mondee company), said: “We are confident that the new office will enable us to serve you better and we look forward to welcoming...
TravelBrands Ready To Celebrate
TravelBrands is ready to celebrate and it certainly has a lot of reasons to do so. Zeina Gedeon, CEO of TravelBrands, observed: “The support from our travel agent partners and our supplier partners has been overwhelming. We are so grateful that the travel industry was with us every step of the way.” Gedeon pointed out that: “The last few months have allowed us to take a step back and look at the way we do business, restructure certain areas and especially improve internal efficiencies and processes. Currently there are a series of external factors that weigh heavily on the...
Trafalgar Knows How To Pick Them
Alright, so Valentine’s Day may be over, but as far as Trafalgar is concerned that doesn’t mean the romance has to end. The tour company is inviting couples to continue their love story and re-ignite their passion for travel with an unforgettable trip to Europe. And it's all part of Trafalgar's new “Buy One, Get One for 30% Off” campaign that's running for four weeks. During the first week, which runs until Feb. 22, 2016, Trafalgar is offering nine of its most romantic trips to Europe, with savings of up to $1,184 per couple. The handpicked trips include specially selected...
Transat Offers Zika Update
Transat has issued an updated advisory to agents on the Zika virus. In the advisory, Transat tells agents: “As you are surely aware, the Zika virus is affecting many destinations around the world. This virus is mainly transmitted through mosquito bites. As such, it is strongly recommended that travellers take precautionary measures to protect themselves from mosquito bites.” And it continues: “It should be noted that those most at risk are pregnant women and women who are planning to become pregnant. Your clients should be encouraged to obtain further information on the...
Intrepid, Flight Centre Partner On Trek Pass
To celebrate Flight Centre's Adventure Month, it has teamed up with Intrepid Travel to introduced a new Trek Pass that will give adventure seekers the opportunity to save big on four of the most popular trekking routes on earth. With the Trek Pass, travellers who commit to hiking the Inca Trail in Peru, Mt. Kinabalu in Borneo and Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, will receive a fourth trek to Everest Base Camp in Nepal for free. Travellers will have 3 years to complete the four summits and must take their free trip last. The Trek Pass was created specifically for outdoor enthusiasts...