Tour Operators
Go Behind-The-Scenes In Europe With Collette
Perched on a terraced vineyard overlooking the Douro Valley in Portugal, the view of all views has left your client speechless. And for this stunning vista at a unique luxurious winery hotel, the river meanders below as the wine terraces cling to the hillside. A moment earlier, your client walked out of their hotel room, right into a vineyard ready for a dazzling dining experience that combines wine pairings in a carefully curated experience, all of which, tailored by Collette’s entrepreneurial design team led by Paul Vieira, the company’s senior global contracting...
Air Canada Vacations puts winter 2024-2025 on show
Air Canada Vacations has unveiled its winter 2024-2025 vacation line-up which features more than 100 daily departures to 37 sun destinations, offering travellers more choices for their next getaway. The 2024-2025 line-up sees Air Canada Vacations returning to popular sun spots and increasing frequency and capacity to Bermuda, Fort-de-France, Cancun, Los Cabos, Tulum, Punta Cana, Saint Martin/ Sint Maarten, Turks and Caicos, and San José, Costa Rica. Nino Montagnese, Vice President, Air Canada Vacations, explained that: “With the addition of Air Canada’s new non-stop routes and...
Air Transat, Promperu take off with key Canadian partners
Air Transat, in collaboration with Promperu, recently hosted a familiarisation trip in Lima to promote Peru as a new destination in its ever-expanding network. The group was made up of Air Transat sales teams and 10 tour operators and partners from Quebec and Ontario that included: Tours Chanteclerc Exotik Tours Voyages Traditours Martour International Majestic Tours Globus Family of Brands Voyzant Airmiles Laurier du Vallon (groups and conferences) BCD Travel The focus of the program was on learning experiences and meetings with key tourism...
G Adventures announces extra ‘karma’ card for Taylor Swift concert
Over the past six months, travel agents around the world have been booking their hearts out in hopes of winning a ticket to G Adventures’ You Belong With G Experience, with 30 winners having already been announced globally. In total, 75 top sellers will dance it out in three cities around the world this year as part of four groups of hardcore T-Swizz and travel fanatics. However, the show’s not over yet. G Adventures is offering five extra tickets or ‘karma cards’ globally to one agent per region - including Canada - who can demonstrate why they also deserve to be in Toronto...
TICO looking for former registrants who can claim security deposit returns
TICO has launched a call-to-action to locate 13 registrants who are eligible to have their security deposits returned to them. As part of the recommendations in the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario’s value-for-money audit released in December 2023, TICO has been reviewing all registrant security deposits that have been held for more than two years. As part of this process, there are 13 former registrants who TICO has been unable to locate or make contact with to initiate the security return process. TICO Registrar Dorian Werda, said: “These cases represent...
Air Canada serving 55 sun destinations this winter
Air Canada is boosting its 2024-25 winter sun network, with increased frequencies and featuring new routes from Ottawa and Quebec City to Tulum and from Montreal to Saint Maarten. In addition, more flights are scheduled from Halifax, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver to popular vacation destinations in Florida and the Caribbean. This winter, Air Canada plans to operate up to 50 flights departing Canada every day, serving a total of 55 Caribbean and U.S. sun vacation destinations. "Air Canada continues to expand the breadth of its winter leisure network by adding new routes...
ACV launches fitness retreat with Bahia Principe
Air Canada Vacations is hosting a fitness retreat event in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, in partnership with Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts. Taking place this November, the event will bring together fitness enthusiasts for an all-inclusive week of expert led workouts and activities at the Bahia Principe Luxury Esmeralda. The retreat is the perfect getaway for those seeking to incorporate fitness practices into their holiday while meeting fellow fitness enthusiasts in a dream vacation destination under the Caribbean sun. "At Air Canada Vacations, we are dedicated to...
TDC invites 25 agency owners on reward cruise through the Med
Transat Distribution Canada (TDC) has invited 25 owners of franchised and affiliated agencies from across Canada and a companion of their choice for a seven-night reward cruise in the Eastern Mediterranean, aboard the luxury vessel Seabourn Encore. "This select group of entrepreneurs I had the pleasure of accompanying on this dream cruise all distinguished themselves in 2023 with extraordinary sales performances. This cruise was our way of congratulating and thanking them for their remarkable contribution as remarkable players within our network," said Karine Gagnon, TDC general...