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A Bright Future
Taking time out from the hectic fall travel season, over 100 Transat, Transat Distribution Canada and Jonview Canada employees volunteered to plant trees in Mississauga, Ontario between Sept. 29 and Oct. 1, 2015 The group planted a total of 265 trees as part of the One Million Trees Mississauga project which was launched to help conserve and enhance the city's open spaces and forested areas. The goal of the project is to plant one million trees by 2032. Along with Transat's many initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions since 2003, Transat's latest employee-driven project...
The More The Merrier With Transat
Transat has released its 2015-2016 Groups Guide for agents, a new tool created to help agents book group sales to Transat’s more than 60 destinations offered via direct flights to the South and Europe. The guide gives agents have access to information and incentives that will allow them to keep their clients better informed on the key trends in the industry, including: group travel amongst friends; destination weddings; family travel; business meetings and conferences held in tropical or culturally rich destinations; guided tours; and cruises. Features include an online group zone...
They’re Back!
Insight Vacations is gearing up for the return of its Travel Showcase events which are set to be held in 28 cities across Canada, starting in Moncton, New Brunswick on Oct. 27. Working in partnership with Tourism Ireland, Insight Vacations' veteran European tour directors will offer presentations designed to inspire will feature presentations by their veteran European Tour Directors, who will be sure to inspire agents' guests and encourage them to travel. Those attending the showcases will also hear from Cris David, vice-president Carla Brake, and on select nights in Western Canada,...
Book Vegas With ACV And Save
Agents who book their clients on an Air Canada Vacations' package to Las Vegas by Oct. 31, 2015 will save them $150 per family; see them receive free seat selection; and up to two free days in car rentals. ACV's offer also includes: Free Rock of Ages show tickets for clients who book a minimum five night stay at The Venetian. Free breakfast for two for a minimum three night package at the Wynn Las Vegas or Encore at Wynn Las Vegas. 2,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles per couple for bookings at any MGM resort by Oct. 31. Hotels participating include: Bellagio, Aria Resort & Casino,...
All You Need Is … WestJet
With a nod to next year's London Gatwick start-up service, a Beatles cover band belted out “All You Need is Love” and a costumed Austin Powers entertained top WestJet partners at the airline's 3rd annual Travel Partner Awards at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto last night. The soft-sell event for a couple of hundred guests was more celebration than commercial as the airline and its tour division, WestJet Vacations, handed out trophies to top partners and prizes to guests who had to negotiate games like rock-paper-scissors to win. Terrific Canadian motivational speaker and The Book of...
Sunwing Has The USA Covered
The best of Florida, Las Vegas and Hawaii, as well as tailor-made itineraries to some of America's most iconic cities -- including New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Antonio, New Orleans, Washington DC, Chicago, Phoenix and San Diego -- highlight Sunwing's new USA Brochure. In Florida, Orlando, St Pete/Clearwater and Fort Lauderdale are featured with direct flights on Sunwing Airlines from 10 gateways (including Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax, Gander, Deer Lake and Moncton). New are weekly services from Winnipeg to Fort Lauderdale and St. John, New...
Here Comes The Sun
Transat is offering more sun vacations to Canadians all across the country, with expanded programs out of Ontario, Atlantic Canada and Western Canada during the 2015-2016 winter season. Across the country, Transat's flight program features 36 sun destinations, including its most recent addition of Curacao from Toronto. That service will operate on Sundays from Dec. 2015 to April 2016, featuring resorts that include the Sunscape Curacao Resort Spa & Casino, the Renaissance Curacao Resort & Casino, the Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort and the Hilton Curacao. Other new...
Rediscovering The Philippines
Usually travellers are motivated to book a trip so that they can experience a new destination. But here’s a switch -- many Filipinos are drawn to travelling so that they can go back home and rediscover where they came from in the first place, reports Western Canada editor, Ted Davis in this week's digital edition of Canadian Travel Press. The well-known diaspora of hard-working Filipinos to economies around the world has meant that many of them resettle in places far from home. Second and third generations follow their parents in their adopted nations, and connections to their land of...