IAN STALKER
School’s in for travel agents wanting to learn about Transat’s Europe program.
The tour operator has begun hosting 12 workshops across the country this month, familiarizing attending travel agents with what it offers those wanting to see Europe.
Agents who attend the events won’t find any suppliers on hand, unlike Transat’s sun program product launches, notes Dan Prior,...
MIKE DUNBAR
It’s probably just a matter of time before IATA director general Alexandre de Juniac zeroes in on the Americas for air traffic control and airport infrastructure shortcomings; not to mention out-of-control cost escalations as airport operators exploit their monopoly status.
And, it could well be sooner rather than later, given the news that the Trump administration is pondering...
ADAM STEVENS
If you want to evoke images of paradise in people’s minds just say “Tahiti.” Then watch them close their eyes while they envision coral atolls cradled in aquamarine South Pacific lagoons, imagine themselves sunning on the deck of their overwater bungalow, going horseback riding through lush valleys, or cooling off in mountain waterfalls.
These visions become reality for...
ASHLEY ROCHEFORT
(Photo above: The hardest hit section of the Beaches Turks & Caicos property, the French Village, after completed renovations including new shingles, landscaping, and a fresh coat of paint.)
[EDITOR’S NOTE: After weathering a category 5 hurricane in September, Beaches Turks & Caicos is back in business, and in this week’s issue of Canadian Travel Press, Ashley...
TED DAVIS
Travel-hungry tourists from China are already arriving at Canadian airports in ever-increasing numbers, and the recently announced 2018 China-Canada Year of Tourism is forecast to
drive even more of those arrivals.
The agreement to roll out the year-long promotion was jointly signed by prime minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese premier Li Keqiang in the fall of 2016, with a view...
BOB MOWAT
(Photo above: Seen, from l to r, are the Canadian Association of Tour Operators’ (CATO) Richard Edwards, treasurer; Tim Croyle, chairman; Brett Walker, vice-chairman; and Pierre LePage, executive director.)
Despite the cliché to the contrary, perception in not always the reality.
Consider, for example, the Canadian Association of Tour Operators (CATO). It hasn’t had a very...
RON PRADINUK
(Photo above: Watching the sunset from Riviera Nayarit beaches is always dramatic.)
The aircraft that transports visitors may land at the PVR airport, but Riviera Nayarit tourism officials draw a clear distinction between it and the city of Puerto Vallarta.
Like so much of Mexico where Canadian tourists congregate during winter, the beaches that lie along Riviera Nayarit’s...
MIKE DUNBAR
[Editor’s note: This is the fourth part of a multi-part series on the International Air Transport Association (IATA) by CTP’s Quebec editor, Mike Dunbar. This week, it’s all about IATA’s ONE Order and how it targets simplification of airline core reservation, ticketing and fulfilment systems.]
Now that IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) initiative is well under...
BOB MOWAT
For those out there who believe that Vision Travel is only about corporate travel, you may want to have a bit of a chat with Lynda Sinclair, vice-president, leisure travel for Vision, who admits that this is a pretty common misconception about the company.
“I run into this all the time,” Sinclair told Canadian Travel Press, observing that people “do think of Vision as a very...
ANN RUPPENSTEIN
Sometimes how you travel can be just as important as where you actually go.
Such was the case for Insight Vacations & Luxury Gold president Brad Ford, who embarked on Luxury Gold’s Ultimate Italy journey and saw the popular European destination in a new light.
“I’ve been to Italy many, many, many times before, and I saw Italy through new eyes on this journey. It...
