Tour Operators
Transat, Nolitours Summer South 2014 Promotion
Transat Holidays and Nolitours have launched their Summer South 2014 Early Booking promotion. Offers are valid on new individual bookings made between March 18 and April 30 for travel between May 1 and Oct. 31, and apply to select hotels. Clients who book before April 30 will benefit from the following advantages: Savings up to $200 per couple; The chance to change their travel dates up to 21 days before departure; “Children stay and eat free” promotion available at certain hotels. These are not applicable to groups, cruises or Florida flights. For more information, refer to Get...
Tourcan On The Move
Tourcan Vacations is moving its offices. As of April 7, Tourcan’s address will be 5799 Yonge St., Suite 1001, Toronto. M2M 3V3. Telephone numbers remain...
The Road To Happy
Just in time for the second annual International Day of Happiness (March 20), Monograms and Shawn Achor (pictured), positive psychology researcher and international bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage, unveil results from a new Road to Happiness Study. This 34-item survey of 414 world travellers examines the connection between travel and happiness, and the effect of travel upon stress and energy. More specifically, the new research sheds light on what, scientifically speaking, is the best way to achieve happiness before, during and after a vacation. Have you ever felt...
Anderson Introduces 20th Anniversary Tour
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Anderson Vacations and to celebrate the company is having a special 20th Anniversary Tour at Chateau Lake Louise. It includes three nights at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, all meals and activities, such as wine tasting, cooking classes and soaking up the stunning mountain scenery. “A day trip to Banff is included if clients wish to go and enjoy the shopping, hot springs or numerous other sites Banff has to offer. Or they may wish to enjoy a leisurely day walking along the shores of Lake Louise and enjoying the breathtaking mountain...
Agents Score Reduced Rates With Globus
Globus, Cosmos, Monograms and Avalon Waterways are inviting Canadian agents to enjoy a raft of benefits – including free and reduced travel rates – just for completing online training courses. Three courses cover the company’s four distinct brands and generally take just a few hours to complete at the agent’s own pace. Upon successful completion of a brand’s course, agents enjoy access to an array of marketing tools, including specialist designation, ready-made customized videos, and priority presence on the “agent locator” area of the brand’s web site. Along with...
Agent Giveaway
The hit BBC Two show Top Gear is heading to the Caribbean for the Top Gear Festival Barbados and Sunquest is getting in on the fun. Valid on all new Barbados package bookings, with accommodation at one of the resorts listed below, if a customer’s travel dates cover the festival period of May 17-18, they will automatically receive these exclusive bonus inclusions free of charge: Stay at the Accra Beach Hotel & Spa (seven nights from $679, EP), complimentary daily breakfast; Stay at the Bougainvillea Beach Resort (seven nights from $739, EP), receive free transfers to the festival...
Holiday House, FunSun Celebrate
To celebrate the recent launches of three new brochures – California, CityEscapes and Europe – Holiday House and FunSun Vacations are running an exclusive new “Extreme Weekend Giveaway” promotion for agents, where just by making a booking to California, Las Vegas or London, agents qualify to win an “extreme weekend” for two. The offer is applicable to all new California, Las Vegas and London bookings made between March 17 and April 21 for travel anytime. Agents will be entered in one of three grand prize draws to win a trip for two to one of those three...
Falling Dollar Hurts Transat Numbers
Transat A.T. Inc. has posted revenues of $847.2 million for the quarter ended Jan. 31, 2014, compared with $805.7 million for the same period in 2013, an increase of $41.5 million, or 5.2%. The Corporation, however, recorded an operating loss before amortization and depreciation of $23.8 million, compared with $21.0 million in 2013, and a net loss of $25.6 million ($0.67 per share on a diluted basis), compared with a net loss of $15.1 million ($0.39 per share on a diluted basis) in 2013. The decline in value of Canadian dollar alone resulted in increase in operating expenses of $14...