Tour Operators
TRANSAT, AMAWATERWAYS PARTNER
Transat Holidays has announced that it is partnering with AmaWaterways Cruises, which offers river cruises on the clients the waterways of Europe or the Mekong in Vietnam and Cambodia. The river cruise company, founded in 2002, has become a leader in the field, offering innovative itineraries, unique ship designs and inclusive pricing. One upfront price covers the stateroom, meals, on-board entertainment and professionally guided...
RUTTAN JOINS CLUB MED
Club Med is making a push into Ontario, with the addition of Robert Ruttan as its business development manager for Central and West Canada. Jacinda Lowry, Club Med Canada's sales director, said that the addition of Ruttan "highlights our intention to develop the Ontario market more than we ever have." Ruttan has over 16 years experience with companies like The Adventure Travel Company, G Adventures and The Adventure Center, as well as with Tourism Australia and Tourism Simcoe County. "Our goals can only be achieved with the support of the travel professionals, who are our privileged partners....
BREAKFAST WITH TOURCAN
Tourcan Vacations will host a breakfast presentation in Sarnia, Ont., on July 16 titled, "The Wonders of South Africa." It will provide an overview of what the first time traveller should experience. There will also be a short presentation on the Tourcan product. The presentation will take place at the Holiday Inn Conference Centre starting at 8 am with breakfast. For additional information and to register, contact Monica at [email protected] or 800-263-2995, ext. 2671....
TRANSAT MAKES IT STANDARD
Transat Holidays has standardized its pricing policy for infants travelling on all flights between Canada and Europe. The price for infants ages 24 months or less, travelling on their parent's lap on all European flights, will be 10% of the applicable adult fare. This new pricing policy is applicable to bookings made as of July 8, 2013, for travel on and after Nov. 1, 2013. The change is applicable on flight-only bookings. There will be no charge for infants booked on a Transat Holidays Europe...
ROUGE LANDS IN SCOTLAND
You might call it a "rouge letter day" for Edinburgh as Air Canada rouge inaugurated its new flights between Canada and Scotland this week. And VisitScotland chairman, Mike Cantlay said that the launch of direct flights between Toronto and Edinburgh added an important piece to the "network jigsaw." Air Canada rouge will operate three flights a week between Edinburgh and Toronto. Canadian visitors already generate 83 million pounds a year for the Scottish economy and VisitScotland says the new route will provide a further boost to this important market. The national tourism organisation...
MORE WOW FROM CLUB MED
Club Med is once again offering its popular WOW Sale. And it is also reminding agents that 64% of Club Med's bookings for the upcoming winter are made by July, and 85% by August. And the trend is even stronger in the following months. Jacinda Lowry, national sales director for Club Med, explains: "In this context, the WOW Sale is a milestone in the summer and is intended to be attractive to our partners. There are two main reasons to this: have them offer to their clients a very attractive price, but above all, give them a lot of choices. One of Club Med's points of differentiation is the...
ESCAPE TO THE COOK ISLANDS
IslandsEscapes has unveiled a brand new companion fare sale on non-stop flights to the Cook Islands. The sale represents a $100 discount per passenger on the regular lowest economy fares to the Cook Islands. And the companion fares are also combinable with all vacation options through IslandsEscapes. The operator's Cook Island Beach Escapes incorporates the special discount, with prices starting at CDN$1,559 per person, and including round trip airfare from Vancouver, taxes, airport welcome, 5 nights at the Palm Grove Rarotonga Resort, transfers, island breakfast daily, VIP Guest discount...
TMR PICKS THEOPHILOU
TMR Holidays has named Vicki Theophilou as its commercial director, Ontario. Theophilou was most recently with Total Vacations as its manager-distribution; and worked for 18 years for Air Canada Vacations, the last years as ACV's general manager sales. She will be responsible for sales and groups development. She will represent TMR Holidays in Ontario and will be speaking on behalf of the organization at industry events and retail conferences. Theophilou will report directly to Louise Fecteau, vice-president, sales and marketing. Theophilou can be reached at (416) 727-9332 or at...