Tour Operators
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...
Change Abounds At Cuba Cruise
Since last year’s successful second season of operations, Cuba Cruise has seen a vast change in political climate, reports western editor, Ted Davis in this week's digital edition of Travel Courier. That is, Cuba is now increasingly on the radar of American travellers, and Cuba Cruise is proving to be a popular way to reach and experience the once-reclusive island nation. A thawing in the diplomatic relationship between Cuba and the United States is starting to open the door to American tourism to Cuba, although those visits are still restricted. As such, early bookings on the...
Goway Celebrates ‘Down Under Months’
It's that time of the year again as Goway staffers don kangaroo suits, etc., to promote Down Under Months (October and November). This year, Asia has been added to the list with promotional deals in effect for the likes of Tahiti, Fiji, the Cook Islands, Malaysia, Bali and Thailand, as well as Australia and New Zealand. Goway BDMs are calling in travel agencies across the country promoting the destinations and Goway's deals there, as well as issuing rewards to agents. For example, if the tour operator rep finds Goway's three brochures – Downunder, Asia and Idyllic Islands –...