Tour Operators
BEST OF CHINA: Tauck expands in Asia
Tauck has added a new 11-day exploration of China to its portfolio of Asian journeys, increasing the total number of land and cruise itineraries in Asia to nine for 2013. For this year the company has also added a new 17-day journey in Northern India and Nepal, as well as a 16-day land and sea exploration of Southeast Asia featuring the new luxury small ship, Le Soléal. According to Tauck CEO Dan Mahar, the company's new China itinerary includes visits to a number of iconic "bucket list"sites, complemented with insider and off-the-beaten-path experiences that independent travellers would...
DID YOU KNOW: Fun Sun launches agent incentive
Starting on Monday and running for the month of April, FunSun Vacations will be challenging agents' knowledge of its recently launched all-inclusive packages through a fun and rewarding "Did You Know" incentive. Offering a daily prize of 50,000 TC Loyalty Points (the equivalent of $500) to one lucky agent who can identify the applicable FunSun "Did You Know" phrase of the day, the incentive will run from Apr. 1 to April 31 and is valid on all package bookings departing anytime from April 2 onwards. To be eligible for the daily prize, when agents make a FunSun package booking, they simply need...
RISING STAR: Sunwing picks Lopez
Ana Maria Lopez has been appointed director of product at Sunwing. In her new role, Lopez will be involved in Cuba contracting and relationship building. She brings with her years of experience from previous roles at Tours Mont-Royal and World of...
Definite departures’ at 80% with Trafalgar
Trafalgar has seen a 20% sales increase in 2013 trips to Europe and Britain and, as a direct result, has announced that 80% of the program's itineraries are now definite departures, adding up to more than 3,200. "Trafalgar's 2013 Europe & Britain global sales are up over 20% from last year, reflecting a buoyant optimism in consumer confidence, so we were strategic in creating great incentive offers for our loyal agents to meet this pent-up demand,"says Gavin Tollman, Global CEO of Trafalgar. "With our 65-year legacy, we are the largest tour operator in Europe and our long term partnerships...
Exotik Tours in Bulgaria
Exotik Tours is inviting agents and consumers alike to discover the wonders of Bulgaria, all at a great price. For agents, Exotik Tours is offering a special agent/partner/friends and family rate of $1,099 net (based on double occupancy, not including flights) for a 15-day "Bulgaria: Tour and beach stay on the Black Sea coast."Departing May 13 and returning May 27, this trip includes an eight-day tour that visits the capital city Sofia, Rila's monastery, the ski village of Bansko, the old city of Plovdiv, and much more, along with a seven-day beach stay in a one-bedroom apartment at the...
Trafalgar wins Flight Centre award
Trafalgar recently attended the sixth annual Flight Centre Canada Annual Supplier Appreciation event, held at the Fairmont Chateau in Whistler, BC, and was honoured by receiving Flight Centre's Best Mainstream Escorted Tour Operator Award for the second year. Approximately 70 representatives from travel suppliers and tourism boards were in attendance for the two-day event. Supplier awards voted for by Flight Centre's travel consultants were available in 34 different categories. "On behalf of all Trafalgar employees, I am happy to accept this prestigious award, which rewards our commitment to...
Kids stay free with ACV
Whether on a cruise, travelling to Europe or to great destinations across Mexico and the Caribbean, kids will benefit from free stays and more on summer travel with Air Canada Vacations (ACV). Kids fly, stay and eat for free throughout Mexico and the Caribbean when travellers book their summer vacation by April 18. Choose from select destinations as: Antigua, Aruba, Cuba (excluding Havana), Dominican Republic, Liberia, Costa Rica, Mexico (excluding Mexico City), Montego Bay, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Turks & Caicos. In Europe, kids stay and eat for free when booking air and select hotel...
Vision acquires TCNA’s M&IT business
The Vision 2000 Travel Group has acquired Thomas Cook North America's (TCNA) meetings and incentives business, which trades as SM+i. Brian Robertson, COO of Vision 2000 announced today (March 22) that an agreement had been finalized with TCNA to acquire its meetings and incentives business, which trades as SM+i. TCNA's CEO, Dean Moore said of the deal that, "SM+i has always been a profitable and unique division of our company, but because its sole focus is on the corporate incentive market, the brand was never integrated with our other businesses and is not core to our principal leisure...