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Issue Date: Jun 19, 2017

Amsterdam Schiphol is Canadian travel agents’ favourite international airport in Agents’ Choice Awards 2017

Amsterdam Schiphol is Canadian travel agents’ favourite international airport in Agents’ Choice Awards 2017     Seems like Amsterdam Schiphol is just about everyone’s favourite. In fact, it has held top spot as Canadian travel agents’ favourite international airport, since the category was introduced 13 years ago. Filling out the rankings of agents’ favourites in this category in 2017 (in order) are London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Dubai, Las...

 

Issue Date: Jun 19, 2017

Canadian travel agents pick Toronto Pearson as their favourite Canadian airport in Agents’ Choice Awards 2017

Canadian travel agents pick Toronto Pearson as their favourite Canadian airport in Agents’ Choice Awards 2017 Since 2009, Canadian travel agents have picked Toronto Pearson as their favourite Canadian airport. Close behind is Vancouver, which held down second spot, followed by Calgary and Montreal-Trudeau. Filling out this category – in order – are Toronto City Centre, Edmonton, Ottawa-MacDonald-Cartier, Halifax, Hamilton, and London. For full...

 

Issue Date: Jun 19, 2017

Air Canada repeats in the top spot in 2017 Agents’ Choice Awards traditional airline category

Air Canada repeats in the top spot in 2017 Agents’ Choice Awards traditional airline category Air Canada has been the favourite in the Traditional category since it was introduced in 2015 and repeats in the top spot in 2017. Along with topping the national result, Air Canada was also the favourite with agents in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. WestJet landed in second spot overall in this year’s poll, and it was the favourite of agents in Western Canada....

 

Issue Date: Jun 19, 2017

Agents pick WestJet as their national favourite low cost airline in Agents’ Choice Awards 2017

Agents pick WestJet as their national favourite low cost airline in Agents’ Choice Awards 2017 Agents picked WestJet as their favourite nationally, as well as in both Ontario and western Canada, while Air Canada rouge was the favourite pick of retailers in both Quebec and Atlantic Canada. Sunwing was agents third favourite low-cost carrier in 2017. What’s interesting in this year’s poll is that from fourth to tenth place, non-Canadian carriers earned the favour...

 

Issue Date: Jun 19, 2017

Air Transat picked as favourite leisure airline in Agents’ Choice Awards 2017

Air Transat picked as favourite leisure airline in Agents’ Choice Awards 2017 In our 2017 poll, Air Transat was picked as the favourite by travel agents, a spot it has held since the leisure airline category was introduced in 2015. Not surprisingly – well, it is the airline business, isn’t it – competition in the category has always been tough, and things were no different this year. Along with topping the national results, Air Transat was the...

 

Issue Date: Jun 19, 2017

Air Canada repeat favourite in executive services category in Agents’ Choice Awards 2017

Air Canada repeat favourite in executive services category in Agents’ Choice Awards 2017 Air Canada repeats as the favourite of agents in the executive services category once again in 2017. The category was introduced in 2016, and in this year’s poll, Air Canada earned the favour of agents nationally, as well as in Ontario, Western Canada and in Atlantic Canada. Emirates, which earned second spot as the favourite of Canadian agents, was also the favourite of...

 

Issue Date: Jun 19, 2017

G Adventures the perennial favourite with agents in 2017 Agents’ Choice Awards

G Adventures the perennial favourite with agents in 2017 Agents’ Choice Awards G Adventures has been the perennial favourite with agents in this category, since it was introduced in 2008. G was the favourite nationally as well as with agents in Ontario, the West and Atlantic Canada. Of note in 2017, Collette / Member Choice moved up from seventh spot in 2016 to second spot in this year’s poll, and it was also picked by agents in Quebec as their...

 

Issue Date: Jun 19, 2017

SkyLink picked as favourite in Agents’ Choice Awards online booking resources category

SkyLink picked as favourite in Agents’ Choice Awards online booking resources category SkyLink was the favourite in the online booking resources category for the second year in a row. Along with the top spot nationally, SkyLink was also the regional favourite in Ontario.Of note: WestJet / WestJet Vacations jumped from seventh in 2016 to second in 2017 and was the regional favourite with agents in Western Canada. In Quebec, Transat was the regional favourite,...

 

Issue Date: Jun 19, 2017

Sabre continues to hold top spot in 2017 Agents’ Choice Awards GDS category

Sabre continues to hold top spot in 2017 Agents’ Choice Awards GDS category Sabre has been the favourite in the GDS category since 2014 and continued to hold the top spot in 2017. It was also the regional favourite in Ontario, Quebec and the West. Of note in the GDS category, Travelport regained the second spot – and was also the regional favourite in Atlantic Canada — with Sirev / Revnet dropping back to third place and Amadeus sitting in...

 

Issue Date: Jun 19, 2017

Jamaica Tourist Board picked again as favourite in Agents’ Choice Awards 2017

Jamaica Tourist Board picked again as favourite in Agents’ Choice Awards 2017 For the past 11 years, the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has been a perennial favourite in the tourist board category, and again in 2017, agents picked it as their favourite. Along with topping the national voting, the JTB was also the regional favourite in Ontario, Quebec and the West. Canada, which finished second (and has held that spot since 2014), was the regional...