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Royal Treatment
Air Canada Vacations has launched an exclusive, all-inclusive Caribbean cruise package with Princess Cruises, in celebration of the Regal Princess’ inaugural Caribbean season. Available for a limited time, the seven-night Eastern Caribbean itinerary aboard the Regal Princess includes non-stop return flights from Toronto or Montreal, stateroom (as selected), premium bar beverage package, all gratuities and round-trip transfers. Regal Princess departs from Fort Lauderdale with stops in Princess Cays, St. Thomas and St. Maarten. “A cruise holiday can give travellers the...
Trafalgar Goes Inside the South Pacific
Trafalgar has launched its 2015 Australia and New Zealand brochure, highlighted by seven new “Mini-Stays.” With 15 full itineraries and a five-day Fiji stopover, a Mini-Stay can be added to the beginning or end of an Australia or New Zealand guided vacation. Stays range from two to seven days and are designed to complement Trafalgar’s itineraries. With Local Experts, clients can have a private Opera House Tour. They can also experience Authentic Accommodations under starlit skies at the Ayers Rock Resort. A new exclusive Be My Guest Experience at the historic Shenandoah home of...
ACV Has A ‘Dublin Connection’
Fans of the hit HBO television series, Game of Thrones, are sure to take heed of “Dublin Connection,” Air Canada Vacations’ latest special offer to The Emerald Isle where much of the show is filmed. For bookings made by Oct. 31 for travel between Nov. 1 and Feb. 28, 2015, “Dublin Connection” – a five-night itinerary to Ireland’s capital city – is available from $799 per person plus tax, reduced from the regular starting price of $1,029 plus tax. The package includes round-trip airfare, five night's accommodation and daily breakfast, a free “Game of Thrones” day trip...
King/Queen For a Day
Helping Toronto-area travel agents get the feeling their guests will get while staying at an Excellence Group property – that of being treated like a king or queen – Transat Holidays invited dozens of agents to Medieval Times for a presentation by its resort partner, followed by dinner and show. Excellence Group, which operates luxury resorts in Mexico and the Caribbean under the Excellence Resorts and Beloved brands, introduced its latest venture Finest Resorts, which will open its first property, near Cancun, on Feb. 12, 2015. Unlike its original adults-only brands, Finest will...
Transat Makes Changes
Transat is continuing to make changes. The company indicates that these are part of the ongoing integration of Vacances TMR on the one hand, and on the other of a strategic thinking process that it has been conducting in order to improve our efficiency. Transat has also completed the integration of its Transat Discoveries team within the Transat Tours Canada structure, which entails changes within these teams and at TTC, particularly on the commercial side. All brands (Transat Holidays, Nolitours, TMR and Transat Discoveries) will now be represented by a single sales team and a new...
Sunwing Connects Ottawa to St. Maarten
Sunwing Vacations will be bringing the island of St. Maarten closer to Ottawa residents this winter with new direct, non-stop flight service. The weekly flight, aboard Sunwing Airlines, takes flight Dec. 15. New this winter is the adults-only, five-star all-suite Sonesta Ocean Point Resort. A Sunwing Relax Resort, Sunwing guests will receive exclusive perks such as express check-in, a bottle of sparkling wine, rum or tequila in the room, late check-out, unlimited à la carte dining and a 20% discount on spa...
Sunquest Expanding Again
Sunquest is expanding its network, adding four new routes to its sun program for Winter 2015, all of which are available in the system now and ready to book. Increasing its offering out of Halifax, Sunquest now features packages to Samana, with flights on Air Canada and WestJet, and to Puerto Plata, with flights on Air Canada, WestJet and United Airlines. It has also added Samana packages out of Ottawa, again with flights on Air Canada and WestJet, and now features packages to Curaçao out of Montreal, with flights on Air Canada, WestJet and American Airlines. These new routes...
Connect With CanJet On Sabre
CanJet Vacations is now available on Sabre Vacations. John Kirk, CanJet Vacations' vice-president, sales & marketing, said of the move, “We recognize the importance of also positioning ourselves on this key leisure platform, enabling agents to access CanJet Vacations flights and package holidays however they choose.” The company is already on sale on the Softvoyage shopping platform, SIREV. CanJet Vacations launched its new brochure to the trade two weeks ago and Kirk reports that there has been a lot of interest from agents and also many inquiries about group...