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Support Australia
“All across the world, people stand in solidarity with Australians in the midst of the heartbreaking bushfires that have spread across parts of the country,” Goway Travel said in a statement updating the bushfire situation in Australia. The operator's statement continues: “At Goway, we extend our deepest sympathies to the families and communities affected. We hope for an end to the fires and a speedy recovery for the impacted townships and natural landscapes. We also commend the fearless efforts of first responders who are combating the fires and working to restore their...
Intrepid Foundation Helping Out In Australia
The Intrepid Foundation, the not-for-profit arm of Intrepid Travel, has a new campaign to support the Red Cross Bushfire Emergency Appeal. Australia’s bushfires have already burned over 6 million hectares of land, taking the lives of millions of animals and over two dozen people. The scale of the crisis is unprecedented, and as a result, Intrepid pledged to match all donations up to AU$100,000, doubling donors' impact. After massive support from the Intrepid community, the company increased the target to AU$200,000 since the previous goal was hit in the first few days. To date,...
The Celebration Continues
As it celebrates its 100th anniversary, The Travel Corporation is advising that both Insight Vacations and Uniworld have extended their anniversary offers. Insight Vacations is celebrating with an Anniversary Sale and up to 20% of savings for clients. The offer consists of 22 European Discovery journeys including Flavours of Europe, European Rhapsody and European Flair as well as Spain, Portugal and Morocco journeys such as Easy Pace Spain, Best of Morocco and Country Roads of Portugal. If booked between December 30, 2019 to January 10, 2020, past guests save 20%, while new guests...
Collette Launches 2020 Agent Incentive
Collette is putting its money where their mouth is during travel agents' busiest time of the year. For every 10 bookings, agents will earn $1,000. Bookings made from Jan. 1 to March 31, 2020 for travel through April 30, 2021 are eligible for these fantastic earnings. Jaclyn Leibl-Cote, president of Collette, said of the initiative: “We’re dedicated to our travel agent partners and want to recognize them for their efforts during the busiest time of the year. We’re excited for this 2020 agent incentive to support our agents in their growth.” Agent Incentive is valid on new...
Sunwing Launches Beach Blowout Sale
To celebrate the start of the new decade, Sunwing has launched its Million Dollar Beach Blowout Sale. To kick off the New Year, the tour operator has negotiated millions of dollars in savings on all-inclusive vacation packages to a grand selection of resorts across the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America. Canadian travellerrs can take advantage of these unbeatable deals when they book their winter getaway by Jan. 10, 2020. Savings this big won’t last long and winter departures are in high demand – vacationers will want to book now to secure their preferred package. For a limited...
Travel South America Plastic-Free With Goway
Goway has launched a new program aimed at reducing plastic waste in South America. Many governments in Central and South America are taking steps to tackle the issue, but Goway is also playing its part, working to rid South and Central America of single-use plastic bottles. Most of the region’s hotels supply their guests with complimentary water bottles. While the tap water is generally perfectly fine to drink, most travellers feel more comfortable drinking bottled, filtered water. This unfortunately results in more plastic water bottles hitting the eco system, leaving a “waste...
G-Normous Is Back
For the seventh consecutive year, G Adventures is bringing back G-Normous. Launched Jan. 1 and spanning four months, the North American agent incentive program includes over $100K in prizes. Aizaz Sheikh, marketing director for G Adventures, said: “G-Normous continues to grow and grow and has become a sort of post-holiday gift for our agent community and, in turn, their clients. With over 3,400 new agents joining G-Normous last year, we’re looking forward to sharing more love with our new and existing agents in the campaign’s seventh year. As peak season for adventure travel is...
Sunwing Offers Double STAR Points
For the month of January, Sunwing is encouraging agents to “Learn, Earn and WIN” with Princess Hotels & Resorts. Through Jan. 31, agents can earn 2X the STAR Agent Reward Points on all new bookings to Princess Hotels & Resorts for travel between Feb. 1 and May 31. In addition, agents can learn more about the resort chain with a series of Sunwing-hosted webinars. Princess Hotels & Resorts are one of the most popular all-inclusive resort chains with locations across Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and Riviera Maya in Mexico. To help agents secure their...