Tour Operators
TMR HOLIDAYS IN ONTARIO
TMR Holidays is coming to Ontario. Part of Transat A.T. Inc. since February 2012, TMR Holidays is a tour operator specializing in sun destinations, namely Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba, the latter representing half of its global offering. Founded in 1969, TMR is a renowned leader in the Quebec travel industry headed by Anna Malito, president and long-time Transat executive. Malito and her team have many years of experience in tour operating. In Ontario, the tour operator will offer departures from Toronto and Ottawa as of Nov. 1. Its initial offering will include close to 200...
CELEBRATE CANADA DAY WITH ANDERSON
Anderson Vacations has launched its fourth annual Canada Day window display contest to help celebrate Canada's birthday. Anderson is inviting Canadian agents to get creative and show what it really means to be a proud Canadian agency. Retail agencies are encouraged to create a full Canada window display or even a store display showcasing the unique travel options that are accessible to travellers within Canada. Anderson Vacations invites pictures from agencies of their display and will share them with the travel trade later this summer. Photos should be submitted to CEO, Corey Marshall at...
MIDDLE EARTH EXPLORED
Boomerang Tours has unveiled its new and improved 2013-2014 New Zealand and Fiji brochure, which is loaded with options perfect for the independent traveller, from self-drives to independent coach touring, and more, including a number of new and unique packages. In New Zealand, some of the new product highlights include a deluxe golf package that introduces travellers to some of the country's top courses, including Kauri Cliffs, Cape Kidnappers, Jackãs Point Queenstown and Terrace Downs in Methven; Hobbit fans out there will enjoy the 15-day self-drive "Explore Middle Earth" package that...
SUNQUEST GIVING AWAY OVER $10,000
Sunquest is celebrating the launch of its new packages with an agent incentive that will give away over $10,000 throughout the month of June. Applicable on all new Sunquest bookings made between June 3 and 27 for travel anytime from June 4 onwards, the "Show You the Money"incentive will hold daily draws from all qualified bookings, awarding $100 every Monday, $200 every Tuesday, $300 every Wednesday, $400 every Thursday and $500 every Friday. To be entered in the draws, agents must submit their applicable booking number, along with a quick note about why they like where Sunquest is going, via...
WIN AN iPAD WITH GOWAY
Goway has launched a new agent promotion in which those booking any of the tour operator's packages in Korea (minimum one night) by Sept. 30 will go into the draw to win one of four iPad2's. For every booking that includes Korea, agents should tell their Goway agent to "add me a little Seoul"and their name will automatically go into the draw. Winners will be revealed in mid-October. One qualifying trip includes Goway's nine-day Korea Encompassed. The group tour is priced from $1,589 p.p. and includes eight night's accommodation, extensive sightseeing, transfers and all meals (except for the...
SUNQUEST UNVEILS NEW STYLE
Sunquest's new style of packaged vacations is now on sale across all channels. "Sunquest is an iconic brand in the Canadian travel industry,"says Sunquest vice-president Steve Butchart. "It was a pioneer in its field when it started operations more than 40 years ago, and with this new business model that offers a completely new way to create a packaged vacation, it continues its innovation traditions to better meet the needs of today's consumers who are looking for more choice and flexibility with great value."Offering an expanded program from previous years, with hundreds of hotels in the...
SUPPORTING RESPONSIBILITY
Transat A.T. Inc continues its sustainable tourism awareness efforts, highlighting the environmentally responsible practices of its hotelier partners. Web sites and brochures published by Transat Holidays in Canada and Vacances Transat in France, as well as by Nolitours, Look Voyages, Jonview Canada and Canadian Affair, identify establishments holding one of the six certifications recognized by Transat -- Green Key, Travelife, Green Globe, Biosphere, ISO 14001 and Blue Flag -- so that travellers can make informed consumer choices when it comes to accommodations. "Since 2007, Transat has been...
CHASING ICE WITH GOWAY
Goway Travel has announced that Jeff Orlowski, director of the Oscar-nominated climate change documentary, Chasing Ice, will join the 22-day Antarctic expedition featuring the first-ever floating "Polar Film Festival." Orlowski's Chasing Ice chronicles environmental photographer James Balog's attempts to capture the Earth's changing climate on film. As his team journeys north to the Arctic, they deploy time-lapse cameras, designed for the unique Arctic climates, to record irrefutable evidence that glaciers are, in fact, melting at record rates. This eye-opening film, which garnered awards at...