Tour Operators
Transat Unveils Super Early Booking Promotion
For a second consecutive year, Transat has unveiled its Super Early Booking Promotion, inviting Canadians to plan their fall and winter Sun vacations now so they can benefit from unbeatable and exclusive advantages. All they need to do is book their holidays by June 30, 2017, for travel between Nov. 1, 2017, and April 30, 2018. Clients who book any South package with Transat's Super Early Booking Promotion will pay a deposit of only $100 and benefit from: Transat's Price Drop Guarantee on all-inclusive packages (if a package becomes available at a lower price than the one paid,...
Summer Savings From Sunwing
Sunwing has launched its “Best Deals of the Year” promotion, offering travellers a chance to save on a late spring or summer vacation in destinations in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. Traveller who book by May 5 can grab a vacation for up to 70% less than a peak season getaway, and choose from a wide range of value-added packages at top-rated resorts. And those who book with the tour operator will find that their budget goes even further as they can enjoy exclusive Sunwing perks depending on the resort they select: from valued-added benefits for families such as Kids...
Sunwing STARmillionaire
Sunwing reports that travel agent Cindy Caceres from Islington Travel Agencies Weston, located in Toronto, is its second STARmillionaire. The award was presented by David Wright, director of sales for Ontario and Atlantic Canada for Sunwing at the 2017 Sunwing Travel Agent Presentations held at the Woodbine Track in Toronto. During the presentation, Wright was joined by Lexi Lipitkas (director of groups), Sabrina Colella (groups sales representative) and Jazmin Jimenez (business development manager for Central and Eastern Ontario). Designed to reward agents for their bookings,...
New Destinations, Agent Incentives Highlight ACV Launch
It was all about the travel agent last night (April 27) as Air Canada Vacations (ACV) officially launched its “Go Canada” and “Europe Your Way” product lines at a launch in Toronto. At the event, attended by about 250 agents, attendees were treated to a trade show, dinner and presentation with prizes. It is the first time in three years that ACV has produced a Europe/Cruise brochure. New destinations include Iceland, Berlin and Marseilles. Seven-, 10-, 14- and 15-day itineraries are available. Speaking with PressToday, ACV's George Platanitis and Luigi Iannello said the...
Globus Winners
The Globus family of brands has announced the first two winners of its online booking contest – Shammi Rathwell of Ixtapa Travel in Saskatoon and Murielle Pharand of CruiseShip Centers in Thunder Bay. Each have won a $150 gift card (and their clients enjoy a $25 per person discount off their vacations). The contest runs until June 30 with a weekly gift card draw. The grand prize is a seven-day Avalon Waterways European river cruise for two. To be eligible, agents need only book any Globus family product (Globus, Cosmos, Monograms or Avalon Waterways) online, quoting...
Trafalgar Boosts Europe, Britain Capacity
Trafalgar has introduced extra capacity on 11 of its Europe & Britain departures now available to book for the 2017 season, making it even easier for agents to secure clients’ vacation plans. This includes the tour operator's “Spring off to Europe” flight offer featuring a $400 per couple air credit and 5% early payment discount. “At Trafalgar, our priority is to ensure that our industry partners feel fully equipped and have the confidence to sell our guided vacations with maximum ease and we are committed to helping agents on the journey to sales success, and we’ve...
Sunwing Launch – What An Experience!
There's no disputing that Bonaire is a new destination for the Sunwing Travel Group. The company held a Toronto show Wednesday night (April 27) updating travel agents on what's new for both Sunwing and Signature Vacations, with Lorraine Brisbois, Sunwing Travel Group's corporate manager of preferred partners telling the audience that Bonaire is so new to the company's lineup that it doesn't even appear in the new brochures the company was distributing last night. “We're very excited about the destination,” Brisbois told the gathering about an island known among other things for...
Hola Sun Picks A Winner
Vanessa Mohammed from SellOffVacations.com in Toronto was the winner in an Hola Sun Holidays agent contest. Mohammed won a trip to Cuba and will stay at the Blau Cayo Libertad for a week. The all-inclusive vacation was courtesy of Hola Sun Holidays and Blau Hotels. There will be future contests. For more, go to...