Tour Operators
A Memorable Event
Visit Flanders welcomed about 300 travel trade types to an event in Toronto this week that gave them an opportunity to savour the taste of both Flanders and Belgium itself. Line Vreven, director, North America for Visit Flanders, told the gathering of agents, operators, meetings & incentive partners that in the last couple of years, the northern Belgium destination had seen its traffic from Canada grow by 25% and for the first six months of 2014, visitor numbers were up by 8.3%. Vreven told Press Today, that Flanders attracted the well-educated traveller who is interested in...
ACV Expands Car Rental Program
Air Canada Vacations (ACV) has put its car rental program into high gear with an expanded portfolio, now extending worldwide, to offer travellers greater access and convenience. Travellers booking with ACV now have more options when renting a car, with access to more than 20,000 pick-up locations in 180 countries. ACV's expanded global car rental program is operated in partnership with Auto Europe. Air Canada Vacations is offering a free three-day car rental to those who book an “Air + Hotel” package to Hawaii, Florida or California. “This is an exciting new development...
South Pacific Savings
Goway Travel is introducing a new vacation escape to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Visit Sydney, Auckland - the ‘City of Sails,’ and relax afterwards with a free stopover in Fiji – all the while saving up to $1,100 per couple. This 12 day package is priced from CDN$2,849 and includes round trip airfare from Vancouver with Fiji Airways, all taxes and 9 nights hotel accommodation – 4 nights in Sydney, 3 nights in Auckland and 2 nights in Fiji with airport-hotel-airport transfers and breakfast. The Goway package also includes a Sydney Unlimited Attraction Pass offering a choice...
Sell Big, Win Big with Transat
Transat is launching Confetti, a unique and engaging sales program that aims to reward top travel agents, as well as their agencies. A different sales challenge will be issued each month, with extravagant prizes to be won. “The program is both fun and innovative,” commented Denise Heffron, vice-president, National Sales & Commercial, Transat Tours Canada. “A unique twist is that we are acknowledging and rewarding both agents and their agencies. We understand that support for Transat comes from both and we want to celebrate their mutual achievements. The program is designed to...
Encore, Royal Caribbean Special
For a limited time, Encore Cruises, together with Royal Caribbean International, is featuring a “buy one, get one half off” promotion, along with double Loyalty Points. Running through Oct. 31, the promotion applies to all cruise plus air bookings on all January, February and March 2015 departures aboard Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas, Freedom of the Seas and Oasis of the Seas. The offer is valid out of all Canadian gateways and prices include roundtrip flights to Fort Lauderdale, Miami or Orlando, a seven-night Eastern or Western Caribbean cruise, roundtrip transfers...
Leading By Example
Africa specialist Big Five Tours & Expeditions insists brushing up on geography could help allay growing international alarm over Ebola and the company's president is citing his own ongoing travels in Africa to demonstrate that most of the continent isn't now at risk for the deadly disease, reports Travel Courier's Ian Stalker. The number of fatalities linked to Ebola is now hovering around 5,000 and a handful of cases that have surfaced outside of western Africa have raised fears among some that Ebola may work its way into other regions, with Africa – where medical care often...
Experience Michelin Star Dining at the Iberostar Grand
Sunquest is offering travellers a unique culinary event that will be available at the Iberostar Grand Hotel Bavaro in Punta Cana. Kicking off on Oct. 31 and running for a full year, the Iberostar Grand Hotel Bavaro is launching a special “Chef Tour,” inviting 16 prestigious Michelin star chefs from Spain to participate. For Sunquest guests who visit the resort during November, they will enjoy the culinary innovations of Chef Danny Garcia, recipient of two Michelin stars. Blending tradition with the latest culinary techniques, Garcia will delight guests with a unique and...
ACV Partners with MGM, Cirque du Soleil
What happens in Vegas starts right here in Canada as travellers will have the ability to book “best-priced” tickets for all eight Cirque du Soleil shows either when they book their Air Canada Vacations' (ACV) packages or, for more spontaneous travellers, directly from their seats aboard Air Canada rouge flights to Las Vegas. The in-flight booking program for Cirque du Soleil tickets, the first of its kind in Canada, will start Jan. 1, 2015 from Montreal, with a view to expanding across Canada in the future. This new service is a result of a partnership between Cirque du Soleil, MGM...