Tour Operators
Collette ‘Race’ incentive coming to a close
Collette Vacations' "The Race is On'"incentive is ending in a few weeks where agents are rewarded for booking the most revenue from July 1 to Oct. 31. The incentive is only valid on new retail bookings with customers traveling before Dec. 31. Agents are eligible to win the following prizes: 1st Prize - Three Piece Pendant, Earrings & Bracelet set. The set is from Moriarty's Exclusive Trinity Knot Collection and handmade in gold with diamonds, a $2,350 value; 2nd Prize - Diamond Pendant, a $1,000 value; 3rd Prize - Gold Bracelet, a $500 value. In addition, an agent that makes three bookings...
ANCHORS AWEIGH: Set sail with Sunwing
It's smooth sailing with Sunwing Vacations with its newly released 2012/2013 winter Caribbean Cruises brochure. Sunwing is once again featuring MSC Cruises' MSC Poesia offering sailings from Ft. Lauderdale. New this season, Sunwing will be offering the Norwegian Cruise Line's (NCL) Norwegian Epic with sailings from Miami, as well as Disney Cruise Line with sailings aboard the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy from Port Canaveral and the Disney Wonder from Miami. Back for a fourth year with Sunwing, the MSC Poesia sails primarily on two alternating one-week cruises from Ft. Lauderdale. An...
Transat renews partnership with SOS Children’s Villages
Transat has renewed its partnership with the international charity SOS Children's Villages, which helps orphaned and abandoned children around the world. Since 2009, $862,000 has been donated to SOS Children's Villages thanks to fundraising campaigns by Transat employees and customers, as well as contributions by the company. Through their villages, SOS provides vulnerable children with a loving and secure family environment. They are cared for by SOS "mothers"who come from the local community and have received in-depth training. These surroundings enable children to benefit from...
Transat training academies a big success
From Aug. 14 to Sept. 19, a record number of 5,152 travel professionals attended seminars in 53 cities across Canada and in Buffalo for the 2012-2013 South edition of Transat's Training Academies. The program's rising success illustrates the high level of interest in Transat products. These seminars present a great opportunity to see what's occurring in the market through the eyes of travel agents, as well as ensure their expectations for the upcoming season are adequately met. "We are very grateful to the agents that attend our training seminars. This event is ideal for discussing Transat's...
ACV offers resort credits with Paradisus
Air Canada Vacations (ACV) is offering savings of up to $1,000 at Paradisus resorts in the Riviera Maya and on the beaches of the Dominican Republic. The Paradisus Punta Cana features 11 restaurants and nine bars and such daily activities as painting, wine tasting, cooking or tango lessons are available. The Paradisus Playa del Carmen La Perla is an adults-only resort offering nightly entertainment, spa and wedding services and more. Credits can be used for room upgrades, spa services, restaurant dining, golf and more. The offer is valid for travel up to Dec. 22 and is based on a minimum stay...
Sunquest revises pricing structure
Starting tomorrow (Oct. 4), Sunquest is introducing a revised price structure that will see the surcharge, currently bundled with the base price, broken out and the base price reduced accordingly. "Since introducing the new pricing structure for our winter 12/13 program earlier this year, it has become apparent that a reasonable percentage of travel agents still use base prices only when searching for and quoting packages to their clients, and as a result, they didn't see the benefits of our new pricing model,"says Steve Butchart, vice-president, Sunquest. "We recognize the need to make the...
ALBATours offers Avis savings in Italy
ALBATours is offering exclusive savings of up to15% off AVIS car rentals in Italy, now available from $35 per day. The offer is valid on new rentals until Dec. 31 for car pick-up in Italy between Oct. 1 and March 31, 2013, ALBA and AVIS offer Insurances-Inclusive rental rates, which include the following insurance and deductibles: Unlimited kilometres, personal accident insurance, Super Excess collision damage waiver, Super Excess theft protection, collision deductibles, road tax, airport surcharges, 21% Italian government taxes and railway surcharge of 8%....
AC taps Friisdahl to run new leisure travel group
Air Canada has unveiled details of plans to form an integrated leisure group that will combine the activities of its tour operator business, Air Canada Vacations, with its new low-cost leisure airline to launch in 2013. And AC has appointed Michael Friisdahl as the president and CEO of the new leisure group -- which will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Canada. Calin Rovinescu, president and CEO of Air Canada, said: "The creation of a leisure group that combines our new low-cost leisure carrier with Air Canada Vacations, our successful tour operator business, is a major milestone for Air...